how many times have the Space Shuttles passed through the Van Allen Belt Radiation Belt ?

Question

how many times have the Space Shuttles passed through the Van Allen Belt Radiation Belt ?

do the Space Shuttles ever venture into deep space, or do they just orbit the earth?

Answer 1

Shuttles cannot go high enough to enter the Van Allen belts, they are limited to low Earth orbit.

Apollo went through them. And one Gemini mission went high enough to pass through the lower part of them.

And there is a place called the South Atlantic Anomaly where the Earth's magnetic field allows the belts to get lower than normal and the Shuttle and Space Station pass through that area every so often. They always make sure that space walks are not scheduled during such times because the space suits do not shield the astronauts as much as the walls of the station or shuttle.

Answer 2

The space shuttles are not deep space vehicles, and have never ventured beyond low orbit. They are simply not capable of doing so.

However, while they do for the most part orbit below the van Allen belts, they can and do pass through a region called the South Atlantic Magnetic Anomaly, which is a distortion in the belts that brings them lower over the south Atlantic. If they are on the right orbit they pass through this once every ninety minutes.

Answer 3

The space shuttle practically just skimmed over the top of the atmosphere. It never left the Earth's magnetic field.

Answer 4

zero.

Shuttles stick to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and don't pass through the Van Allen Belts.

Answer 5

I would like to ask the same question as the op.

Answer 6

zero, just like other manned flights...we have years to go b4 going to moon or Mars, we were duped in 69

Answer 7

Always when i ask a question, even if it is the easiest one, they can't offer me a proper informed answer on this site. Wtf happened to people who actually take the time to answer??

Answer 8

never. they don't go that far out