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 was one of the most complex and ambitious spacecraft ever designed, pioneering reusable spaceflight and ...

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.

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 ...

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

On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds ... The disaster was caused by a faulty O-ring in the right solid rocket booster, which failed due to cold temperatures.

Here’s a look at NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), the United States government agency that conducts research into space. There are 10 major NASA facilities, including the Kennedy ...

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 ...

As SpaceX successfully demonstrated in 2017, it is possible to reuse one of their rockets — NASA had also previously reused space shuttles and solid rocket boosters (which landed in the sea ...