Core Stage that makes it more than just a big fuel tank is the Main Propulsion System (MPS). All the equipment for the care and feeding of uprated Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME), adapted for ...

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.

When Space Shuttle Columbia launched in January 2003, a piece of foam the size of a briefcase broke off from the shuttle's external fuel tank and hit the left wing. Some shuttle engineers worried ...

After decades of planning and the help of one San Diego company, the Space Shuttle Endeavour -- wrapped ... and next to a 65,000-pound external fuel tank known as ET-94. Those components, part ...

The building will include three multi-level galleries, themed for air, space and shuttle. The new facility ... boosters and a 65,000-pound external fuel tank known as ET-94. The overall display ...