WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration says it is investigating reports that debris from the failed Starship test flight landed ... in the vehicle’s thermal protection system.

They were repositioned farther toward the nose and leeward side of the Starship to provide more thermal protection ... accomplished on Flight 6. Demonstrations of in-space Raptor relights are ...

Dr. Tomasz Barciński from the Polish Academy of Sciences' Space Research Centre emphasizes ... During the seventh flight, new thermal protection tiles were tested, including actively cooled ...

The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame will honor its 2025 class of inductees, record-setting space travelers Peggy ... Harris tested new thermal protection for spacesuits, used a new digital checklist ...

It was the morning of Jan. 28, the day of the space shuttle Challenger disaster ... debris hazard since it can break off and damage thermal protection tiles on the shuttle. This was an important ...

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A Chinese state-owned company performed a rocket flight ... space hardware to Norway for launches there, Space News reports. The Technology Safeguards Agreement, or TSA, ensures the protection ...

ACT's CCHPs are extensively qualified to withstand the extreme environments of space, from geostationary orbit to deep space exploration. Their proven track record of performance has made them a ...

when a passenger's cellular phone went into thermal runaway and a flight attendant put it into a thermal containment bag without disrupting the flight. "We've got data that shows that the flight ...