New question (double barrelled question):
1. Who was the first woman ever in space?
2. Why was she selected to be the first woman in space?
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New question (double barrelled question):
1. Who was the first woman ever in space?
2. Why was she selected to be the first woman in space?
1.Valentina Tereshkova
2. Becoz she cooked food very well, even under low atomospheric pressure? :D
What was the name of the biggest German Battleship in WW2.
HINT: There was a battle named: "The quest for the ________________(battleship)". :)
Bismark
The second answer for my questions was because she had experience parachuting, not cooking. :)
Okay... I don't have a trivia question, or an answer, I have a real question of a trivial nature.
Can anyone find doco on a Space Shuttle Explorer. I saw some cheesy show last night where they made Explorer disappear.
Heck... here is a trivia question while you are looking for Explorer.
Columbia was first in many ways. It was the first Space Shuttle to enter orbit, perform a mission, and return. Columbia was not the first shuttle built.
Name the three shuttles built before Columbia. For extra credit... where are they now?
Heck, again, name the whole American shuttle fleet. If you feel brave, name the Soviet shuttle (which if I remember correctly made two unmanned orbits). If you are feeling very obscure, name the ESA's shuttle.
Japan and China are in varying stages of shuttle design. China has built atleast a prototype if not more. I think Japan's NASDA is in the same boat with the ESA: why build our own if we get to use America's.
As an American, I can say, "I don't mind."
Active, you were right, It was the Bismark!
DISCOVERY, ATLANTIS, ENDEAVOUR
Plus the prototype Enterprise which was dropped off the back of the 747 for testing in the early 70s but never went into orbit!
I've got one incorrect answer from barrk, though she (?) did name all three shuttles that were built after Columbia (in order), the question was, name the three built before.
Hint: They did not necessarily receive an OV designation.
1975
Oct. 17 First Space Shuttle main engine tested at the National Space Technology Laboratories, Miss.
Sept. 17 Rollout of orbiter Enterprise (OV-101).
1976
July 18 Thiokol conducts 2-minute firing of an SRB at Brigham City, Utah.
Aug. 12 First free flight Approach and Landing Test (ALT) of orbiter Enterprise from Shuttle carrier aircraft at Dryden Flight Research Center, Calif. Flight duration: 5 minutes, 21 seconds. Landing occurred on Runway 17.
Sept. 13 Second Enterprise ALT flight of 5 minutes, 28 seconds; landing on Runway 15. (Three more ALT flights were flown by Enterprise on Sept. 23 Oct. 12 and Oct. 25.)
1978
Jan. 18 Thiokol conducts second test firing of an SRB.
1979
March 8 Orbiter Columbia (OV-102) transported 38 miles overland from Palmdale to Dryden Flight Research Center.
March 20-24 Columbia flown on Shuttle carrier aircraft to Kennedy Space Center.with overnight stops at El Paso and San Antonio, Texas, and Eglin AFB, Fla.
1980
Nov. 26 Columbia mated to SRBs and external tank at Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) for STS-l mission.
Dec. 29 Space Shuttle vehicle moved from VAB to Launch Complex 39A for STS-l mission.1981
1980 continued
Nov. 12-14 STS-2, first flight of an orbiter previously flown in space
Nov. 24-25 Columbia transported back to KSC via Bergstrom AFB, Texas.
Dec. ll Spacelab l arrives at KSC.
1982
Feb. 3 Columbia moved to VAB for mating in preparation for STS-3 mission.
Feb. 16 Assembled Space Shuttle vehicle moved from VAB to launch pad for STS-3 mission.
March 22-30 STS-3 mission; landing at White Sands, N.M.
May 25 STS-4 vehicle moved to launch pad.
June 27-July 4 STS-4 mission flown; first concrete runway landing at Edwards AFB.
June 30 Orbiter Challenger (OV-099) rolled out at Palmdale.
Information content from the NSTS Shuttle Reference Manual (1988)
Last Hypertexed Thursday August 31 10:22:45 EDT 2000
Jim Dumoulin ([email protected])
Wow, barrk has tenacity.
I did not realize that Columbia rolled out before Challenger. The three I was looking for were...
MPTA-098 Pathfinder, STA-099 Challenger, and OV-101 Enterprise
And since she made me look it up, you can do more research at KSC.
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/.../orbiters.html
Pathfinder is on display in Huntsville, Alabama. It was dolled up at the expense of the Japanese for an expo, but is not flight worthy. It was used for mating test. MPTA is something something Test Article, I believe.
Challenger was retrofitted to OV-099 and entered into service. She was lost in the line of duty. If I remember, the status of her last mission reads something like, "catastrophic loss of crew and vehicle".
Enterprise, which was named after the Star Trek ship, is in storage near Dulles, Virginia, awaiting the opening of Smithsonians Air and Space Museum at Dulles. She was used for ALT (Approach and Landing Tests) as well as testing the ferry planes.
I thought these three rolled off before Columbia. Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour round out the American fleet.
Buran (Snowstorm) was the Soviet shuttle. As far as I know, she sits in the open air, inoperable. Her systems were removed for one reason or another.
Hermes was ESA's project. I don't know if it was ever built.
Anyway... I still don't see a list for Explorer anywhere. It must be a fullscale replica, and not necessarily owned by NASA.
I work at Edwards AFB. So I cheated a little.
From what I can find out....the Explorer is owned by NASA but it is used strictly for PR stunts such as the "magic" show on last night.
btw I am a she! My name is Katie.
Ah, so that explains Explorer.
And since I'm bored...
She did roll out before Columbia. The '82 date must be when she was converted from STA to OV.Quote:
Challenger started out as a high-fidelity structural test article (STA-099). The airframe was completed by Rockwell and delivered to Lockheed Plant 42 for structural testing on 02/04/78.
Eh, no biggie.
I concede the point.
Great questions though!
Try this site for fun if you are bored
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov
Well, since everyone else is quiet, I'll ask an easy question.
Pluto, which is suspected of being a rogue satellite, is suspected of having a satellite of its own. What's its name?
charon
Yes, the ferry man over the river to the underworld.
That's not a nice thing to call Behemoth....what's he ever done to you? ;-)Quote:
Originally posted by CiberTHuG
Yes, the fairy man over the river to the underworld.
Nothing, but his lizard turns pink.
Wait... that somehow came out wrong.
its orange and blue actually.
I have never seen an orange and blue lizard B. What a novelty that must be when you bring a date back to the apartment ;-)
Whats the OV designation anyway?
Talking of Pluto - anyone know why it is thought it is a rogue satelite and who or what is Vulcan in planetary terms?
Cheers,
P.
Orbiting Vehicle.....they don't get that designation until they are scheduled for a mission.
OV is Orbital Vehicle.
Pluto is thought to be a rouge satellite because of its irregular shape, small size, and wild orbit. Pluto is the only Planet that does not orbit on the solar plane. Pluto's orbit is so skew that there are times when Pluto is actually closer to the sun than Neptune.
Pluto is also the only major body in our solar system that we have not "visited".
Vulcan is German for volcano I think.
All correct, but the main reason that Pluto is thought to be a rogue is that the search for it was caused by irregularities in the orbit of Neptune - there must be a massive gravitational source out there somewhere and it is not Pluto - its too small - hence the search for Planet X (Ten or Unknown).
Vulcan is a hypothesised planet inside the orbit of Mercury that broke up under gravitational strain from the Sun. Strange eh?
Cheers,
P.