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Encyclopedia > Space Shuttle Explorer
Space Shuttle Explorer
Explorer at Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
Explorer
Country: United States
Time spent in space: Never flew in space
Status: On display at the John F. Kennedy Space Center.

The Space Shuttle Explorer is a full-scale replica of a Space Shuttle. The Explorer includes replicas of the interior spaces. It is located at Kennedy Space Center, and accessible by tourists. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 628 KB) Summary Taken by me at Kennedy Space Center - the Space Shuttle Explorer. ... Merritt Island and Kennedy Space Center The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is the NASA space vehicle launch facility (spaceport) at Cape Canaveral on Merritt Island in Florida, United States. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Merritt Island and Kennedy Space Center (shown in white). ... NASAs Space Shuttle, officially called Space Transportation System (STS), is the United States governments current manned launch vehicle. ... Merritt Island and Kennedy Space Center The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is the NASA space vehicle launch facility (spaceport) at Cape Canaveral on Merritt Island in Florida, United States. ...

Shuttle mockup Explorer at the Kennedy Space Center.
Shuttle mockup Explorer at the Kennedy Space Center.

Explorer is displayed alongside a gantry-style tower (which includes an elevator for accessibility) and visitors may view a mock-up payload, a mannequin wearing an early model of the orange launch/entry pressure suit worn by shuttle astronauts, and a mock-up cockpit with controls and instruments. There is a replica external tank mated to two solid rocket boosters adjacent to Explorer as well. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (900x600, 123 KB) Summary This photograph of the Space Shuttle mockup (named Explorer) at the Kennedy Space Center was taken by me in July 2005. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (900x600, 123 KB) Summary This photograph of the Space Shuttle mockup (named Explorer) at the Kennedy Space Center was taken by me in July 2005. ... Merritt Island and Kennedy Space Center The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is the NASA space vehicle launch facility (spaceport) at Cape Canaveral on Merritt Island in Florida, United States. ... A set of elevators or lifts, in the lower level of a London Underground station. ... In cargo transport, the payload is the valuable contents of the vehicle. ... The Space Shuttle External Tank (ET) on its way to the Vehicle Assembly Building. ... The Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) is the rocket that provides 83% of liftoff thrust for the Space Shuttle. ...


Internal details of the mock-up are not remarkably accurate, though the size and scope of the payload bay is correct.


Externally, the mock-up features simulated thermal protection system tiles (bearing numbers, as the genuine flight articles do), paneling that looks like reinforced carbon-carbon (RCC) panels on the leading edges of the wings, and Michelin tires on the landing gear. Handling points are also shown, but the external detailing does not extend to the inclusion of thermal blankets. The Space Shuttle Thermal Protection System (TPS) is the barrier that protects the space shuttle during the searing 3000° F (1649° C) heat of atmospheric reentry. ... Mock-up of a space shuttle leading edge, showing brittle failure of RCC due to foam impact reproducing the conditions of Columbias final launch. ... Michelin (full name: Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin) (Euronext: ML) based in Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne région of France, is primarily a tyre manufacturer. ...

Mock payload in Explorer: an Intelsat model.
Mock payload in Explorer: an Intelsat model.

Explorer is mounted atop cement pilings and secured with steel cabling. Aside from entry through the mock-gantry, no other points of entry are available. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1443 KB) Summary Display model of a Hughes Electronics Intelsat satellite, on display at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1443 KB) Summary Display model of a Hughes Electronics Intelsat satellite, on display at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. ... Intelsat, Ltd. ...


See also

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Space Shuttle Program
Space Shuttle Insignia Main Articles: Space Shuttle program | Space Shuttle
Components: Orbiter | SRB | External Tank | SSME | OMS
Orbiters: Enterprise | Columbia | Challenger | Discovery | Atlantis | Endeavour
Launch Sites: Kennedy Space Center LC-39 | Vandenberg Air Force Base SLC-6
Developments: Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicle | Shuttle-C | Ares I | Ares V
Test Articles: Pathfinder | MPTA | MPTA-ET
Misc: Missions | Cancelled Missions | Decision | Crews | Abort modes | In Fiction | Crawler-transporter

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Space Explorers, Inc. (621 words)
The three main parts of a shuttle are the external tank, the rocket boosters, and the orbiter.
It was later purchased by a Japanese organization that refurbished the steel mock-up to more closely resemble an actual Space Shuttle and named her the Pathfinder, for purposes of showing it in a Tokyo space exhibition.
Shuttle - The Shuttle is the vehicle used to carry astronauts into space.
Space Shuttle program - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (6981 words)
The Shuttle program was launched on January 5, 1972, when President Richard M. Nixon announced that NASA would proceed with the development of a reusable, low-cost Space Shuttle system.
The Space Shuttle consists of three main components: the reusable Orbiter itself, a large, brown, expendable external fuel tank, and a pair of white, reusable solid-fuel booster rockets.
While the Shuttle has been a reasonably successful launch vehicle, it has been unable to meet its goal of radically reducing flight launch costs, as the average launch expenditures during its operations up to 2005 accumulates to $1.3 billion [3], a rather large figure compared to the initial projections of $10 to $20 million.
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