Core Stage that makes it more than just a big fuel tank is the Main Propulsion System (MPS). All the equipment for the care and feeding of uprated Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME), adapted for ...

When Space Shuttle Columbia launched in January 2003, a piece of foam the size of a briefcase broke off from the shuttle's external fuel tank and hit the left wing. Some shuttle engineers worried ...

There is a long process to getting the Space Shuttle ready to launch ... to the Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB) and External Tank. The Shuttle is on top of the Mobile Launch Platform (MLP) and ...

The building will include three multi-level galleries, themed for air, space and shuttle. The new facility ... boosters and a 65,000-pound external fuel tank known as ET-94. The overall display ...