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

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is ready to fly with its four shuttle-era engines. The rocket, outfitted with the RS-25 ...

ABL Space Systems' RS1 rocket launched on its very first orbital mission Tuesday (Jan. 10), rising off a pad at the Pacific Spaceport Complex on Alaska's Kodiak Island at 6:27 p.m. EST (2327 GMT ...

Explore the workings of a Space Shuttle in orbit, focusing on its systems, functionalities, and mechanics. This 3D animation ...

The Space Launch System compared with other rockets A diagram comparing the height of five rockets: Saturn V, the Space Shuttle, Falcon 9, the Space Launch System and Starship. 50 ft.

United Space Alliance (USA) successfully tested the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) steering system redundancy and load limits in conjunction with a live motor test firing at the Alliant ...

Since entering its six-story exhibit building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida in November 2012, space shuttle Atlantis has been raised off the ground, shrink-wrapped in ...

On the final space shuttle mission, the Atlantis crew will test a forward osmosis system to convert urine and sweat into a sports drink-like fluid.

Space Shuttle Safety Questioned. April 22, 2005 / 2:00 PM EDT / CBS/AP Internal NASA documents obtained by a newspaper suggest that the agency is playing down the dangers posed by shuttle debris ...

On Wednesday, NASA announced the Space Launch System (SLS), a new heavy-lift launch vehicle that will carry astronauts and cargo to low-Earth orbit (LEO), initially, and eventually beyond.

It's been 39 years since the Challenger space shuttle, carrying seven people, took off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, exploding in mere minutes.The disaster — which claimed the lives of ...

Any one of these systems might have saved the Challenger crew, says Kevin Templin, a project manager in the shuttle engineering office. Challenger’s crew module separated intact and went into a ...