The Space Shuttle was one of the most complex and ambitious spacecraft ever designed, pioneering reusable spaceflight and ...
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The Space Shuttle
The three parts that made up the space shuttle were the orbiter - the part that resembled an aeroplane, the large orange external tank and the 2 solid rocket boosters.
The Space Shuttle launched to space strapped to a massive external fuel tank and a pair of solid rocket boosters, but it too contributed to the thrust it needed to escape Earth's gravity.
NASA Crew-9 astronauts Sunita Williams, Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore, and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov breathed earthly ...
One also featured a Buddha statue as a "space temple." This three-stage solid-fuel rocket is a new creation from Space One, established six years ago. It developed it with technical cooperation ...
Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, stranded at the International Space Station (ISS) for over nine months, have ...
NASA's newest space shuttle, Atlantis, made its public debut during a rollout ceremony at the Rockwell International ...
Thankfully, SpaceX's Falcon 9 ship is on its way to the ISS and bring them home in a matter of days after the initial rocket ...
The parts for a 1972 full-size space shuttle mockup are now about a city block closer to being reassembled and restored for display. The City of Downey, California began relocating "Inspiration." ...