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Basic Structure and Launching

Position and Orbit

Communication

Navigation

Power

Computer

Returning to Earth

Space Shuttle

Before the time that space shuttle was first builded, the rockets used to place astronauts and equipment in outer space were one-shot disposable rockets. What they needed was a reliable, but less expensive, rocket, perhaps one that was reusable.
The idea of a reusable "space shuttle" that could launch like a rocket but deliver and land like an airplane was appealing and would be a great technical achievement.
And now, we can always see a real space shuttle lift-off to the space.
Let's see something about it!

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