The European Space Agency (ESA) is ready to guide the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft through its closest encounter with ...
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory described the complicated maneuver that will get the Trailblazer in a position to reach ...
President Ronald Reagan immediately appointed a commission to investigate and report on the circumstances that led up to the ...
From Cape Canaveral to Mission Control, these awe-inspiring spots should be on every intergalactic aficionado’s must-visit ...
On Feb. 8, 2010, space shuttle Endeavour began its 24th trip into space, on the 20A assembly mission to the International ...
It’s Black History Month! Gayle Anderson reports from the California Science Center about the development of the new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, the new home of the Space Shuttle ...
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The Insane Engineering of Orbit
Once in space, the Space Shuttle Orbiter became an autonomous space station, using a combination of powerful thrusters, advanced avionics, and life-support systems to maintain orbit. This video breaks ...
Scientists used photos and data from Nasa’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to map the area and calculate the path of debris.
The first shuttle mission of 1995, STS-63 included several historic firsts. As part of Phase 1 of the International Space ...
He remembers finding tiles, pieces of the orbiter and landing gear ... Huffman Smith NASA Museum in Hemphill is dedicated to space shuttle Columbia and all nine of the lives lost.
The founder of SpaceX said President Trump had asked his company to return two astronauts aboard the space station to Earth “as soon as possible.” NASA said it would do that “as soon as ...