Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: The Space Shuttle yaiva reusable zvishoma pasi orbital muchadenga chikepe hurongwa wakashanda ne U.S. National Aeronautics uye Space Administration (NASA) sechikamu Space Shuttle chirongwa. Zita rayo rapamutemo repurogiramu rakanga riri Space Transportation System (STS), rakatorwa muchirongwa cha1969 chegadziriro yenzendo dzomuchadenga dzinogona kushandiswazve umo yakanga iri chinhu bedzi chakatsigirwa nemari nokuda kwokuvandudzwa. Yokutanga yenzendo ina dzokuedza dzomumhepo dzakaitika muna 1981, zvichitungamirira kunzendo dzokushandisa dzinotanga muna 1982. Mukuwedzera kune prototype iyo kupedzwa kwayo kwakamiswa, mashanu akakwana Shuttle masisitimu akavakwa uye akashandiswa pane huwandu hwe135 mamishini kubva 1981 kusvika 2011, yakatangwa kubva kuKennedy Space Center (KSC) muFlorida. Basa rokushanda rakabudisa masatellite akawanda, mapuraneti akawanda, uye Hubble Space Telescope (HST); yakaita miedzo yesayenzi iri mumhepo; uye yakabatanidzwa mukuvakwa nokugadziriswa kweInternational Space Station. Nguva yose yebasa reShuttle yaiva mazuva 1,322, maawa 19, maminitsi 21 nemasekondi 23. Zvikamu zveShuttle zvaisanganisira Orbiter Vehicle (OV) ine matatu akaunganidzwa Rocketdyne RS-25 main injini, maviri anodzokororwa solid rocket boosters (SRBs), uye yekushandisa kunze tangi (ET) ine mvura yemvura uye oksijeni yemvura. Space Shuttle yakatangwa yakatwasuka, kufanana neroketi yenguva dzose, ine maSRB maviri anoshanda pamwe chete nemainjini makuru matatu eOV, ayo aipiwa mafuta kubva kuET. MaSRB akaraswa motokari yacho isati yasvika munharaunda, uye ET akaraswa isati yasvika munharaunda, iyo yakashandisa injini mbiri dzeOrbital Maneuvering System (OMS). Pakupera kwebasa racho, mudziyo unotenderera wakapfura OMS yawo kuti ubve muchadenga uye upindezve mumhepo. Orbiter yacho yakabva yabhururuka sezvinoita ndege yomuchadenga ichienda kunomhara panzira, kazhinji kuShuttle Landing Facility paKennedy Space Center, Florida kana kuti kuRogers Dry Lake muEdwards Air Force Base, California. Pashure pokumhara paEdwards, orbiter yakabhururwa kudzokera kuKSC paShuttle Carrier Aircraft, Boeing 747 yakanyatsogadziridzwa.  Mubvunzo: HST rinomirirei?
Hubble Space Telescope