Question

Choose the FALSE statement about the space shuttle program. A. It lasted over 30 years. B. It launched the Hubble Space Telescope. C. It conducted scientific experiments in lunar orbit. D. It helped in the creation of the International Space Station.

Answer 1

Answer: C. It conducted scientific experiments in lunar orbit

The space shuttle can only get as high as the low-earth orbit (LEO). This is a few hundred or so miles within the earth's surface. Compare this to the distance from the earth's surface to the moon is about 238,855 miles on average.

According to NASA's website: "It does not carry enough propellant to leave Earth's orbit and travel to the Moon. The Space Shuttle also is not designed to land on the Moon since it lands like an airplane and the Moon has no atmosphere"