What Space Shuttle is made of
A reusable orbital spacecraft.
- Heat shield — has part. Heat-shield tiles.
- Wing — has part. It landed like a glider.
- Liquid-propellant rocket engine — has part. Hydrogen-fuelled main engines.
- Solid rocket motor — has part. Boosters.
- Aluminium — is made of. The housing is aluminium.
- Silica (sand) — is made of. The heat-shield tiles are silica fibre.