Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Sierra Space Corporation have developed a new heat shield based on venerable 1980s Space ...

NASA engineers analyse film footage of a piece of debris striking the shuttle Columbia 81 seconds after launch.

On Nov. 16, 2009, space shuttle Atlantis began its 31st trip into space, on the third Utilization and Logistics Flight (ULF3) ...

Stoke Space is developing a rapidly reusable rocket in Kent and testing in Moses Lake. A novel second-stage engine design ...

Endeavour's base is covered with a protective heat shield of tiles to ward off the searing ... the agency learned its lesson with the 1986 space shuttle Challenger disaster and approaches every ...

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Private space company Sierra Space announced it is developing a new tile-based thermal protection system to support ...

A common saying often attributed to Oscar Wilde is that “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness,” and the latest example of that comes from the space race.

He worked at several ventures before landing at Kennedy Space Center as a Shuttle Tile Technician, where he helped keep the space shuttle fleet flight-ready. In retirement, Frank enjoyed working ...

China has shown off a reusable shuttle that it intends to use to ferry cargo to and from its Tiangong space station. As Space.com reports, the project — dubbed Haolong — recently won the state ...

China has unveiled the design of a new reusable shuttle to take cargo to and from the country's space station. The Haolong space shuttle is being developed by the Chengdu Aircraft Design and ...