Texas senators want a shuttle in Houston — but the Smithsonian says taxpayers should be ready to foot a hefty bill.

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Unlike the Space Shuttle, the exterior of Rockwell’s orbiter wasn’t defined by thousands of unique silica ceramic tiles to defend it against the heat of re-entry. Instead, it would be made of ...

U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz got language into President Donald Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" that creates a path for ...

Learn how Canopy Aerospace emerged from a NASA initiative to transition breakthrough technologies into the New Space economy.

Unlike the Space Shuttle, the exterior of Rockwell’s orbiter wasn’t defined by thousands of unique silica ceramic tiles to defend it against the heat of re-entry. Instead, it would be made of ...

Space Shuttle Main Engines. In 1995, ... asbestos brakes were swapped out in favor of ceramic ones. Starting with return-to-flight mission STS-114 (July 2005), ...

A NASA Space Shuttle Orbiter re-enters the Earth's atmosphere at about 75 miles above sea level and speeds close to 17,500 mph. When slowing down to its landing speed of about 215 mph, the orbiter ...

Plans were well underway to launch the Space Shuttle at Vandenberg in the early 1980s. The shuttle was what a rocket could never be: A flying aircraft with a human pilot. The insulting phrase for ...