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National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Space Shuttle Orbiter/ Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavour


NASA/Boeing/Rockwell
The U.S. Space Shuttle provides Earth-to-orbit and return capabilities and in-orbit support. The diversity of its missions and customers is testimony to the adaptability of its design. As of mid-2006, the Shuttle had flown 115 times. The Shuttles Maneuvering Orbital and Engines primary purpose during the remaining Attitude Maneuvering System Pod 4 years of operation will be to complete the assembly of the ISS. By 2010, it will be retired.
Crew Access Hatch Star Tracker Nose Cap Payload Bay Door Hinges

Vernier Thrusters

Aft Bulkhead Body Flap

Air Data Probe Forward Reaction Control Primary Engines External Tank Umbilical Door Reinforced CarbonCarbon Leading Edge Hydrazine and Nitrogen Tetroxide Tanks Rudder and Speed Brake Main Engines Orbital Maneuvering Engines Aft Attitude Control Engines Body Flap Elevon

Aileron/Elevon

Main Landing Gear Door

Length Height Wingspan Typical mass Cargo capacity

37.2 m (122.2 ft) 17.3 m (56.7 ft) 23.8 m (78 ft) 104,000 kg (230,000 lb) 16,000 kg (35,000 lb) (typical launch and return to ISS) 74 m3 (2,625 ft3)

Thermal Control Radiators

Remote Manipulator

Forward Attitude Control Engines

Main Landing Gear

Flight Deck Fuel Cells

Nose Landing Gear Middeck

Pressurized habitable volume Mission length Number of crew Atmosphere Cargo Bay Length Diameter

716 days, typical 7, typical oxygen-nitrogen

18.3 m (60 ft) 4.6 m (15 ft)

The Shuttle approaches the ISS carrying the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM).

Shuttle berthed at the U.S. Lab, PMA 2.

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