Space Shuttle
device · 1981 · Digital age
A reusable orbital spacecraft.
What it is made of
- 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.
Principles and materials it uses
- Aluminium — is made of. The housing is aluminium.
- Silica (sand) — is made of. The heat-shield tiles are silica fibre.
What it is a kind of
- Reusable rocket — is a kind of. The Shuttle was the first reusable spacecraft: it landed like a plane.