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The Space Shuttle external tank ( ET) was the component of the Space Shuttle launch vehicle that contained the liquid hydrogen fuel and liquid oxygen oxidizer. During lift-off and ascent it supplied the fuel and oxidizer under pressure to the three RS-25 main engines in the orbiter. The ET was jettisoned just over 10 seconds after main engine ...
The RS-25 engine consists of pumps, valves, and other components working in concert to produce thrust. Fuel (liquid hydrogen) and oxidizer (liquid oxygen) from the Space Shuttle's external tank entered the orbiter at the umbilical disconnect valves and from there flowed through the orbiter's main propulsion system (MPS) feed lines; whereas in the Space Launch System (SLS), fuel and oxidizer ...
The Space Shuttle external tank (ET) was the largest [clarification needed] part of the rocket [citation needed] and carried the propellant for the Space Shuttle Main Engines, and connected the orbiter vehicle with the solid rocket boosters. The ET was 47 m (153.8 ft) tall and 8.4 m (27.6 ft) in diameter, and contained separate tanks for liquid ...
At long last, the final journey of the last space shuttle ever built, Endeavour, and its giant orange external tank are expected to begin this month — the capstone to a historic journey to an ...
LH2 / LOX. [ edit on Wikidata] The Martin Marietta Spacemaster was a proposed configuration for what became the Space Shuttle, which featured an X-24 -derived orbiter, and an unusual " catamaran style" booster stage. During launch and ascent, the orbiter would be located in a recess in the booster. The booster's 14 engines would be located in ...
Endeavour was stacked vertically and affixed to an already positioned external tank and two solid rocket boosters, the last leg of its 19-year career, which included 25 space voyages.
Space Shuttle 7.6 and 10.6 Fairing. DARPA studied modifying the current external tank design to be able to carry low-density payloads in a 25 or 35 ft (7.6 or 10.6 m) diameter fairing where the oxygen tank was currently. The Shuttle on average would only fly 66% of its payload capability but at nearly 100% of its payload volume.
List of reentering space debris. An external tank floats away from the Space Shuttle orbiter. 134 of these tanks were brought to orbital altitude and then released for re-entry (135 total orbital missions minus Challenger) The External Tank for STS-1 is released from the Space Shuttle. This was a Standard Weight tank and was painted white.