At a time when money is too tight for NASA’s science exploration endeavors, Texas senators are willing to pour millions into ...

Texas senators want a shuttle in Houston — but the Smithsonian says taxpayers should be ready to foot a hefty bill.

Unlike the Space Shuttle, the exterior of Rockwell’s orbiter wasn’t defined by thousands of unique silica ceramic tiles to defend it against the heat of re-entry.

The Space Shuttle orbiters experienced extreme heat during reentry. NASA and its contractors came up with a solution in the form of very special tiles.

More than $10 billion in funds are included in Trump’s tax and spending bill for NASA programs previously targeted by the ...

Learn how Canopy Aerospace emerged from a NASA initiative to transition breakthrough technologies into the New Space economy.

U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz got language into President Donald Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" that creates a path for ...

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is ready to fly with its four shuttle-era engines. The rocket, outfitted with the RS-25 ...

Eliminating the paint allowed the shuttle to carry 600 more pounds of payload. Design changes, welding improvements, and the use of aluminum-lithium alloys have cut the tank’s weight.

Inspired in part by the ceramic tiles that NASA uses on the Space Shuttle, a ceramic coating is a paint mixed with one or more ceramic compounds for application via spray or roller to exterior and ...

The first notable use of carbon ceramic materials was for the very expensive tiles on the underside of the Space Shuttle, where they were used to resist the high temperatures produced by the ...

Carbon ceramic brakes are common place in a lot of high end supercars and sports cars. This expensive braking system offers a lot of benefits.