Even the Space Shuttle programme, which featured reusable orbiters, provided valuable insights into reentry aerodynamics. The Apollo, Challenger, Columbia Lessons Learned Programme (ACCLLP ...

The Spiral’s primary mission, had it made it beyond the test stage, would have been a combination of reconnaissance and ...

Born in Karnal, Haryana, Kalpana was the first Indian woman who went to space. In her memory, the first Indian water ...

NASA removed two astronauts from its Crew-9 mission to allow for Williams and Wilmore to join the cohort, and return onboard ...

Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore departed the International Space Station (ISS) early on Tuesday morning and splashed down ...

The veteran Nasa astronauts completed 17-hour trip from the International Space Station (ISS) with a splashdown off Florida’s ...

It is normal for astronauts to experience muscle weakness their first days back on Earth after being in microgravity for an ...

Unlike NASA’s space shuttle, fundamentally built for scientific ... then deploy downward for reentry and landing, enhancing stability and control. This adaptability made Spiral a hybrid of ...

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have returned to Earth after being stuck in space for more than nine months.

The US military's robotic mini-space shuttle dropped out of orbit and glided ... capping its high-flying mission with an automated reentry and landing on the nearly three-mile-long runway at ...

The return trip will be around 17 hours, as deorbit burn is anticipated for 5:11 p.m. − which will slow the spacecraft down from its 17,500 mph orbital cruising speed for its reentry into the ...