Space Shuttle is a complex machine

The Space Shuttle is filled with many quirks and wonders. It is the most complex machine ever built in the world. It has 2.5 million components and two hundred and thirty miles long wires have been used for wiring inside it.

In general terminology, Space Transportation System means Space Shuttle. It is the most complex machine in the world. Its speed is about nine times the speed of a rifle, which is quite astonishing.

The Space Shuttle consists of three main parts. The first orbiter houses the astronauts and equipment. Solid rocket boosters, which lift the Space Shuttle from Earth for two minutes after launch and fall into the ocean after two minutes. From where they are collected and used again for the next flight. The external tank carries fuel to the main engines of the Space Shuttle for six and a half minutes. This brings the Space Shuttle to its designated space orbit. Thus, within eight and a half minutes, the Space Shuttle reaches its orbit. The external tank detaches from the shuttle after fuel is delivered to the main engine. While entering the Earth's atmosphere, it splits into many pieces and falls in the distant oceanic region.

The entire Space Shuttle is 184 feet long when it flies from Earth. Its weight is about 48 lakh pods.

The shuttle's orbiter and solid rocket boosters can be reused, but the external tank is destroyed after each flight. The Space Shuttle takes off from Earth like a rocket and then descends like an airplane.

It is filled with many quirks and curiosity. The Space Shuttle is the world's most complex machine ever built. It has 2.5 million components and two hundred and thirty miles long wires have been used for wiring inside it. One thousand 60 valves and one thousand four hundred 40 circuit breakers have been used in this. While in flight, it contains 3.5 million pounds of fuel, which is used in eight and a half minutes.

In eight and a half minutes the Space Shuttle accelerates from zero speed to 17,400 mph. This speed is about seven times the speed of a rifle or a gun.