Space Camp/Academy Huntsville, AL 2010 Slide 2 S.T.S. The Space
Shuttle Orbiters Space Shuttle Main Engines External Tank Solid
Rocket Boosters Slide 3 Launch Systems SRBs SSMEs ET Slide 4
S.R.B.s Height: 149 feet 45.4 meters Diameter: 12 feet 3.7 meters
Weight: 1.3 million pounds 590,000 kilograms Thrust: 3.3 million
pounds 14.7 million newtons or 1.5 million kilograms Shipped to and
from Utah via train! Slide 5 Propellant: Aluminum Powder (Fuel)
Ammonium Perchlorate (Oxidizer) Iron Oxide (Catalyst) Polymer
Binder Double Batch Density of a pencil eraser 11 point star BEFORE
AFTER Slide 6 S.S.M.E.s Propellants: Fuel: Liquid Hydrogen
Oxidizer: Liquid Oxygen Pumped from the External Tank Thrust:
423,000 pounds 192,000 kilograms or 1.9 million newtons Lifespan of
7.5 hours Slide 7 E.T. Made from aluminum Pressurized when full
Coated in insulating foam NASAs giant soda can! Fresh from the
Bayou! Slide 8 LH2 Tank Liquid Hydrogen -423 F / -217 C Intertank
Structural LOX Tank Liquid Oxygen -297 F / -147 C Three different
components: Slide 9 !! Demo Time !! Slide 10 Launch! Slide 11
Launch Timeline T - 6 seconds T 0 T + 10 sec T + 1 min T + 2 min ~T
+ 8 min 40 sec Slide 12 Launch Timeline T - 15 seconds: Sound
suppression T - 6 seconds: SSME start T 0: SRB ignition T + 10 sec:
Roll maneuver T + 1 min: Max-Q (throttle back) T + 1 min 15
seconds: Max-Q over (throttle up) T + 2 min: SRB separation ~T + 8
min 40 sec: MECO ~T + 8 min 50 sec: ET separation Slide 13 On-Orbit
Orbiter OMS RCS Fuel Cells Payload Bay Crew Compartment ECLSS Slide
14 Weight: 153,000 lb / 69,400 kg Height: 57 feet / 17.4 meters
Length: 122 feet / 37.2 meters Width: 78 feet / 23.8 meters Slide
15 O.M.S. (ohm-z) Two OMS Engines Use Hypergolic Fuels Fuel:
Monomethyl Hydrazine Oxidizer: Nitrogen Tetroxide Slide 16 R.C.S.
44 thrusters on the nose and tail of the Orbiter Same propellants
as OMS Slide 17 Demo Time Slide 18 Three Fuel Cells provide
electricity for the orbiter Oxygen + Hydrogen = Electricity Water
Slide 19 Length: 60 feet 18.3 meters Width: 17 feet 5.2 meters
Depth: 13 feet 4 meters Hitch a ride? Not pressurized or
temperature controlled Uses: EVA and Cargo Slide 20 Remote
Manipulator System RMS or Canadarm moves payloads and assists with
EVA Orbital Inspection Boom OIB is used with RMS to inspect heat-
tiles for damage Slide 21 The only pressurized and temperature
controlled part of the Orbiter Equipment Bay Flight Deck Middeck
Slide 22 E.C.L.S.S. (ee-kliss) Removes CO 2 Cools avionics and
equipment LiOH (lee-oh) Canister Active Thermal Control System
Slide 23 Demo Time Slide 24 Landing Slide 25 Review: Nominal
Profile Slide 26
