NASA Request for Information on Space Shuttle Orbiter and Space Shuttle Main Engine Placement By SpaceRef Editor December 17, 2008 Filed under ISS, NASA HQ, Space Shuttle, US ...

The Space Shuttle Orbiter was a revolutionary spacecraft that changed the way we think about space exploration. Designed for ...

Parts of the space shuttle include Fuselage, Wings, Thermal Protection System, Reaction Control System, and Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME).

The key elements that made the shuttle successful was its engines. Produced by a company called Aerojet Rocketdyne, they were called RS-25, or Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME).

The space shuttle’s main engine was mothballed with the program in 2011. Now NASA believes it’s the future of interplanetary travel.

Space Shuttle Main Engines In 1995, the power head was narrowed from a three-duct injector design to a two-duct one, and in 1998 the combustion chamber’s throat was enlarged.

While the space shuttle orbiter had three main rocket engines and two smaller orbital engines, it had no air-breathing jets. So after it reentered the atmosphere, it glided in for an unpowered ...

The Space Shuttle, for reference, had just three main liquid-fueled rocket engines, along with two solid boosters.

During their final use with Artemis I, the engines saw the performance they returned during the Shuttle era: “perfect.” The four RS-25 engines that powered Artemis I into its initial Earth orbit.

Opinion The space shuttle that never came home Seventy-three seconds after liftoff, Challenger exploded before millions of American eyes. Here is the story of its final moments.