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.

NASA's newest space shuttle, Atlantis, made its public debut during a rollout ceremony at the Rockwell International ...

As the world welcomed Sunita Williams back, many remembered another Indian-origin astronaut Kalpana Chawla, who left an ...

Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, stranded at the International Space Station (ISS) for over nine months, have ...

Space exploration has been marked by ... This allowed hot gases to escape, leading to the rupture of the external fuel tank and the shuttle’s destruction. The Rogers Commission investigation ...

the space shuttle Columbia exploded and disintegrated upon reentry into Earth’s atmosphere over Texas and Louisiana. A piece of heat-resistant foam broke off the rocket’s external tank ...

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Eurasian states have embarked on divergent developmental paths with different prospects. The outbreak of the Ukraine crisis in February 2022 further accelerated ...

The parts for a 1972 full-size space shuttle mockup are now about a city block closer to being reassembled and restored for display. The City of Downey, California began relocating "Inspiration." ...