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The Space Shuttle external tank (ET) carried the propellant for the Space Shuttle Main Engines, and connected the orbiter vehicle with the solid rocket boosters. The ET was 47 m (153.8 ft) tall and 8.4 m (27.6 ft) in diameter, and contained separate tanks for liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen.
Space Shuttle Independence, formerly known as Explorer, is a full-scale, high-fidelity replica of the Space Shuttle. It was built by Guard-Lee in Apopka, Florida , installed at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in 1993, and moved to Space Center Houston in 2012.
In Space Shuttle the main goal is to acquire the shuttle score value from spelling out "S H U T T L E" by hitting six stand up targets and one drop target - or by using the lit inlanes (if available). The reward for the shuttle score value is assigned randomly with each new ball, or by hitting a stand up target, at the top of a short ramp.
The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated by NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS), taken from a 1969 plan for a system of reusable spacecraft of which it was the only item funded for development. [ 1 ]
The Olympic Games has a long tradition of pin trading, [3] sometimes called the "unofficial sport" of the Games, [8] [9] which is open to all. [3] Each year, between 5,000 and 6,000 new designs of pin are created for the games, [10] usually by nations, teams, brand sponsors, [11] media organizations, [10] and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) itself. [12]
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This was the first 'Space Stamp' with an actual subject of a real space vessel, unlike the generic or symbolic rocket depicted in the Fort Bliss issue of 1948. The U.S. Post Office issued this 4-cent Echo I "Communications for Peace" commemorative stamp through the Washington, D.C., post office on December 15, 1960.
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