After a week in orbit, the Space Shuttle’s most dangerous phase begins: re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere ... This video explores the precision braking burns, heat-resistant materials, and ...

Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, stranded at the International Space Station (ISS) for over nine months, have ...

A lot of people knew the Space Shuttle had ceramic tiles to protect its nose from reentry heat. That’s mostly because the tiles fell off a lot and each one was a unique shape, so it got a lot of ...

When Space Shuttle Columbia ... to the safety of the orbiting shuttle and its crew. As is all too well known, two weeks later Columbia disintegrated upon reentry into Earth's atmosphere.

STS-1, better known as the space shuttle Columbia ... crew members when the shuttle broke up 73 seconds into its flight. In 2003, damage to Columbia’s protective heat panels during launch ...