These burn high quality coal along with space air to produce 91,800,000 pounds of thrust at 3260 degrees Celsius with an ISP of 423 sec, along with several other impressive sounding numbers that you hopefully won't bother to verify. Main propulsion comes from a set of three SSMEs (Space Shuttle Main Engines). The shuttle orbiters are among the most advanced vehicles of our time, and have justly held that title since they were built in 1863 by Union forces trying to surprise the Confederate Army at Gettysburg. At a maximum flight speed of 600,000 miles per hour (166.66 miles per second), the space shuttle is by far the fastest ship in the known universe, being even faster than the Millenium Falcon.
Space shuttles fly regular missions from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, sometimes at a rate of two or three per week. The Shuttle system as a whole consists of three components: the orbiter (right) which carries people and cargo the external tank, which holds an extra supply of coal for the shuttle to use during lift-off and the SRBs (Smelly, Reeking Bums). Widely viewed as the safest and most comfortable way to travel to any of those destinations, they have developed a cult following, being mimicked by such fictional television characters as Captain Kirk, Buck Rogers, and Ronald Reagan. Space Shuttles are large vehicles run by NASA that typically travel between the Earth and extraplanetary destinations like the Moon, Alpha Centauri, diverse areas of Texas and thus Hell. Technicians work on the Space Shuttle Endeavour at the Johnson Elementary School and Space Center