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航天飞机The space shuttle (Space Shuttle, also known as the shuttle or space shuttle) is a reusable spacecraft that goes back and forth between space and ground, combining the nature of aircraft and spacecraft. It can represent a carrier rocket, send a spacecraft such as a satellite into space, or orbit like a manned spacecraft, and glide and glide in the atmosphere like an aircraft. The space shuttle provides a good tool for human freedom to travel in and out of space. It greatly reduces the cost of space activities and is an important milestone in the history of space.Brief introduction of the US space shuttleIn April 1969, NASA proposed plans to build a reusable space vehicle. In January 1972, the United States formally put the development of the space shuttle in space transportation system plan, the design scheme is determined by the space shuttle, Recyclable reusable solid rocket booster recovery, not the two external fuel tank and the orbiter reusable components three. After 5 years, in February 1977 developed a pioneering space shuttle orbiter, a Boeing 747 aircraft carrying the airborne test. In June 18, 1977, the first manned plane to fly back to the sky, the flight test is astronaut Hays (C ? F ? Haise) and Fullerton (G ? Fullerton) two people. In August 12th, manned flight tests were completed successfully. 4 years later, the first manned space shuttle finally appeared on the space stage, another milestone in the history of space technology. The shuttle is a rocket powered aircraft designed to cross the atmosphere and space lines (100 km high). It is a winged, reusable spacecraft, assisted by the rocket launch from the atmosphere, as between earth and outer space shuttle vehicles, combined with the properties of aircraft and spacecraft, like winged spacecraft, looks like a plane. The wings of the shuttle provide air braking as they return to earth and provide lift at the runway. When the shuttle entered space, it was as vertical as the rocket power, as did th