Space Shuttle Program Topic trivia
Space Shuttle Program Topic Mini Quiz
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Which Space Shuttle orbiter served strictly as a prototype for atmospheric flight tests?
NASA used Enterprise for atmospheric approach and landing tests in 1977 but never equipped it for spaceflight.
Space Shuttle mission STS-1 achieved which historic milestone in April 1981?
Astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen piloted Columbia on STS-1, marking the first orbital flight of the program.
Which major Space Shuttle component was discarded to burn up in the atmosphere after launch?
Unlike the reusable orbiter and solid rocket boosters, the external tank detached after main engine cutoff and burned up over the ocean.
Space Shuttle Discovery deployed which famous astronomical observatory into orbit in 1990?
Mission STS-31 deployed the Hubble Space Telescope, allowing astronomers to observe distant space without atmospheric distortion.