NASA’s Space Shuttle Rises From the Dead to Power New Vehicles
NASA’s Space Shuttle Rises From the Dead to Power New Vehicles
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
February 22, 20196m 20s
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Show Notes
In 2011, the storied Space Shuttle flew for the last time. Three spacecraft survive in retirement as specimens in museums around the country. But the program isn’t dead yet: Many of its parts are popping up as zombie components in spacecraft now in development. Modified left-over Shuttle engines will power NASA’s delayed Space Launch System (SLS), a giant launch vehicle intended for lunar missions and, eventually, Mars.
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