What it looks like to see a rocket launch from 40,000 feet
While rocket launches from the Kennedy Space Center are routine, relatively few are timed optimally to allow for viewing so ...
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Failed Test Could Further Delay NASA’s Troubled SLS Rocket
All engineers had to do was attach four of the Orbiter’s RS-25 engines to the bottom of an enlarged ... and solid rocket boosters for the Space Shuttle would remain in operation even after ...
Falling space debris is increasingly threatening airplanes, researchers say
Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth could pose an increased threat of striking aircraft as it falls from space, ...
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The Soviet's Buran Space Shuttle Was a True One-Hit Wonder
One Hit Wonder The Buran did fly in space – just once, in November 1988, not long before the Soviet Union collapsed.Its lone mission was uncrewed. The Buran relied on an automated launch ...
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NASA just fired an old space shuttle engine at '113% thrust' - and plans to use it on a new mega-rocket
The new rocket will use retrofitted space shuttle engines to send people to the moon, Mars, and beyond. NASA recently test-fired one modified RS-25 space shuttle engine at "113% thrust" to observe ...
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Sierra Space Dream Chaser 'mini shuttle' space plane tests continue toward May maiden flight
Sierra Space's "mini shuttle" Dream Chaser space plane may make its maiden flight in May after launching atop a rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Pre-flight testing continues at NASA ...
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First look at space shuttle, Mission Control 2025 dollar coins from US Mint
2025 coins celebrate Florida's and Texas' advancements in space exploration. The space shuttle and International Space Station are set to launch onto dollar coins in celebration of the ...