Maybe you’ve noticed that in older pictures of the once-budding Space Shuttle Program, the Shuttle’s giant external tank appears brilliant white instead of the rusty orange color we have ...

The external fuel tank for the space shuttle's last scheduled mission was carried from the Pegasus barge into the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida Tuesday, Sept ...

The external tank for next space shuttle flight is in the middle of a 900-mile, six-day sea voyage from New Orleans to Kennedy Space Center, in Florida.

The last flight-qualified space shuttle external fuel tank in existence is expected to arrive at Marina del Rey's Fisherman’s Village about May 18. The tank’s 16- to 18-hour journey along city ...

The huge external fuel tank for NASA's final space shuttle mission was prepared for delivery to its Florida launch site Thursday, accompanied by a brass band andhundreds of handkerchief-waving ...

The ET-94, a massive, 66,000 pound fuel tank which has been dubbed the “last flight-qualified space shuttle external tank in existence,” creeped through the normally congested streets of L.A ...

NASA has identified two cracks in the space shuttle's external fuel tank that led to the delays in Discovery's launch earlier this month. Discovery was scheduled to take off Nov. 5 on its final ...

The space shuttle program’s last flight-qualified external fuel tank in existence has taken the first steps in what will be a grand sea voyage to Los Angeles. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times ...

LOS ANGELES – ET is coming home. ET-94, a massive external fuel tank built for the space shuttle program but never used in flight, will finally take an epic journey — not in space, but through ...

The external fuel tank slated to join the space shuttle Endeavour on display at the California Science Center arrived in Marina del Rey Wednesday morning. The 15-story tall tank, dubbed ET-94, will… ...

The external fuel tank is a non-reusable part of the space shuttle system. A new tank is built for each launch. In its heyday, the Michoud plant delivered up to 12 tanks per year to the National ...

Space Shuttle Endeavour's external fuel tank is undergoing the fueling process, with more than 530,000 gallons of liquid rocket fuel being pumped into the Marshall Space Flight Center-managed tank.