TY - BOOK TI - Scientific Uses of the Space Shuttle DO - 10.17226/12385 PY - 1974 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12385/scientific-uses-of-the-space-shuttle PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Space and Aeronautics AB - Scientific Uses of the Space Shuttle focuses on those aspects of the Shuttle most different from conventional launch-vehicle capabilities. It especially considers the sortie mode, in which the Shuttle carries into orbit a payload that remains attached to the Shuttle and then returns to earth with the payload after one to four weeks. Interest in the sortie mode is particularly great because of the contemporary decision by several European countries to develop a space laboratory (Spacelab). The report also considers the use of the Shuttle for launching, servicing, and recovering satellites and for launching lunar, planetary, and interplanetary missions. ER -