While the 1950s was a time of truly unusual and fast-paced innovation in military aerospace, one of the more bizarre projects ...

It has been 40 years since NASA launched the first dedicated Department of Defense Space Shuttle mission, after which engineers spotted O-ring seal defficiencies that would doom Challenger a year ...

After completing his studies, he served in the U.S. Army and later worked for Thiokol in Elkton during the height of the space race, designing rocket motors. Joseph’s career continued with WL ...

On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded after it was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida in just 73 seconds which claimed the lives of seven astronauts.

Hank’s professional career began at Reaction Motors, which in 1958 merged with Thiokol Corporation. As a project engineer, he played a role in developing rocket engines for groundbreaking ...

This was a note taken at Mamocacha over coffee—power outages have a delightful way of turning one’s plans into mere suggestions. Lacking a Smartphone with ...

Disintegration of the vehicle began after an O-ring seal in its right solid rocket booster (SRB ... had known since 1977 that contractor Morton-Thiokol’s design of the SRBs contained a ...