What are payload bay doors?
The payload bay doors are designed around the payload requirements that call for an envelope 4.6 meters (1 5 feet) in diameter and 18.3 meters (60 feet) long. The doors provide the aerodynamic fairing required for the mid fuselage and the complete environmental envelope for the payload bay.
Where are the payload doors located?
In Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, one of space shuttle Atlantis’ payload bay doors is opened by the yellow strongbacks attached. Strongbacks are used to support and operate the doors when the shuttle is not in space.
What is a shuttle’s payload bay used for?
When it was flying in orbit, space shuttle Atlantis’ payload bay was opened to deploy probes to the planets, send satellites circling the Earth, and deliver the parts to assemble a space station.
How big was the space shuttle payload bay?
The Orbiter was about 37.1 m (122 ft) long with a wingspan of about 23.8 m (78 ft). The cargo/payload carrying capacity was limited by the 18.3-m- (60-ft)-long by 4.6-m- (15-ft)- wide payload bay.
What is an orbiter?
: one that orbits: such as. a : a spacecraft designed to orbit a celestial body without landing on its surface. b : space shuttle.
What is a shuttle payload?
the area inside the space shuttle orbiter where cargo was packed. Sentences: The payload bay doors were opened to help cool the shuttle after it was in orbit. The payload bay held large cargo going to the space station. Return to NASA’s Picture Dictionary.
What’s a payload?
Payload Capacity: How Much Your Truck Can Carry Your truck’s payload capacity refers to all the cargo weight that you can safely add in addition to your truck’s empty weight (also known as curb weight). A “payload” could be anything from a truck bed full of garden mulch to five passengers and a week’s worth of luggage.
What is the name of NASA’s current program to put the first woman and the next man on the moon?
Artemis 3
It’s set to launch later this year. Artemis 2 will be a mission with a crew, sending astronauts into orbit around the moon and the furthest point into outer space. In 2024, Artemis 3 will fly. “This one is going to put the first woman and the next man on the moon,” McDaniel said.
How does an orbiter work?
To leave orbit, the orbiter fires its thrusters and decelerates (slows down) from hypersonic speed. It drops down through Earth’s atmosphere underside first, generating enormous heat through friction with the atmosphere.
How much can the space shuttle carry?
At launch, the Shuttle, external tank, solid rocket boosters and all the fuel combined had a total weight of 4.4 million pounds. The Shuttle could also carry a 65,000 payload.
Could the shuttle go to the moon?
“The space shuttle is designed to travel in low-Earth orbit (within a few hundred miles of the Earth’s surface). It does not carry enough propellant to leave Earth’s orbit and travel to the moon,” the space agency stated. “We all pointed out that the shuttle could never actually get to the moon.
What is an example of an orbiter?
Other examples of orbiter spacecraft include: Mariner 9 Mars Orbiter. Cassini Saturn Orbiter. Mars Global Surveyor.
