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.

His new “Starships” have lost control and come apart over the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos. Do Americans really believe ...

There is a long process to getting the Space Shuttle ready to ... is lifted up and bolted to the Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB) and External Tank. The Shuttle is on top of the Mobile Launch Platform ...

The X-37B is a reusable robotic space plane operated by the US Space Force. It resembles a miniature space shuttle at just ...

With decades of experience on projects like the Space ... rocket could sustainably travel to Mars ・Giant catapult defies ...

A SPECTACULAR blue spiral ‘UFO’ was spotted in the skies above Worcestershire. But the explanation is a lot simpler - it wasn’t aliens but a fuel dump from a SpaceX rocket. Professor Brian Cox said on ...

AI gives a thumbs up to Brett Bellmore innovative modifications to Robert Zubrin’s Nuclear Salt Water Rocket (NSWR).

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — The U.S. military's classified mini space shuttle returned to Earth on Friday after circling the world ...

Space Force officials said the mission successfully demonstrated the ability to change orbits by using atmospheric drag to slow down, saving fuel ... vertically like rockets but land horizontally ...

Space exploration has been marked by tragic disasters, such as the Apollo 1 fire, Soyuz 1 and 11 accidents, and the Space Shuttles Challenger and Columbia tragedies. These events emphasized ...

“The X-37B executed a series of first-of-kind maneuvers, called aerobraking, to safely change its orbit using minimal fuel ... The space plane lands on the former space shuttle runway ...

In 2017, when President Trump took office the first time, U.S. space policy was adrift ... Origin’s New Glenn heavy-lift rocket (which recently had a successful test flight). Another approach would ...