What Space Shuttle Was Really Carrying and Why It Flew Backward
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Hey guys! Today, were going to look at that airplane-looking thing that once carried the astronauts, their gear, and whatever theyre transporting up to space. It still is the most complicated machine ever built by humans. For illustrative purposes, lets head back in time to Cape Canaveral, Florida. It's June 8, 2007. Here at the John F. Kennedy Space Center, well follow one of the space shuttles on its mission, to understand how it works.
Launch is the most stressful part of the flight. The goal of Atlantis is orbit. The astronauts are pressed into their seats, watching the clouds zoom past. Its at this moment that the astronauts experience a G-force of about 3. Sounds intense! Actually, its less Gs than pilots normally experience when they do a loop mid-air. Not exactly a problem for highly trained astronauts. Btw, do you know how austronauts return to Earth? We'll talk about that, either Date: 2022-04-19
