The space shuttle’s thermal protection system (TPS) consisted of tiles and blankets that, together, regulated its temperature when the vessel was on its way home, as well as when its cargo bay ...
NASA and Boeing are "working to resolve Starliner’s in-flight anomalies and preparing for propulsion system testing in the ...
When Space Shuttle Columbia launched in January 2003 ... blasting out a gaping hole in the panels that normally provide thermal protection during reentry. In this interactive, follow in the ...
Ten years ago, the crew of Shuttle Atlantis was in the final ... all aimed at mitigating the threats of damage to the Thermal Protection System (TPS) on the orbiter. While engineers successfully ...