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When the space shuttle reenters the earth’s atmosphere, it becomes nothing more than a huge glider—with a pretty awful glide ratio—and the shuttle commander gets just one chance to land.

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What’s it like to reenter the atmosphere from Earth’s orbit?

CESSNA CORVALIS TT Base Price: $644,500 Engine make/model: Continental TSIO-550C Horsepower on takeoff: 310 TBO (hrs.): 2000 Fuel type: 100/100LL Propellor: CS, three-blade Landing gear type: Tri./Fixed Max takeoff weight (lbs.): 3600 Max landing weight (lbs.): 3420 Empty weight, std. (lbs.): 2550 Useful load, std. (lbs.): 1050 Usable fuel, std. (gals./lbs.): 102 Payload, full std. […]

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WACO YMF-5D Engine make/model: Jacobs R-755-B2M Horsepower on takeoff: 300 TBO (hrs.): 1400 Fuel type: 100/100LL Propellor: Fixed pitch Landing gear type: Conv./Fixed Max takeoff weight (lbs.): 2950 Empty weight, std. (lbs.): 2050 Useful load, std. (lbs.): 900 Usable fuel, std. (gals./lbs.): 48/288 Payload, full std. fuel (lbs.): 612 Wingspan, upper: 30 ft. Wingspan, lower: […]