The Space Shuttle is made of up of the Orbiter Vehicle, the External Tank, and 2 Solid Rocket Boosters. Missions were launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. There were five orbiters built to ...
Felicity-John Pederson's grandson at the controls of his Space Shuttle mockup, the Inspiration. Photo courtesy of Pederson Catch up quick: Pederson, a grad of St. Cloud's Apollo High School, doesn't ...
In the span of a few seconds, a smooth countdown to launch Space Shuttle Mission STS-93, a five-person crew, and the Chandra ... into the orbiter’s aft compartment where the engines were mounted ...
SpaceX’s Crew-8 members are finally on their way home after spending nearly eight months at the International Space Station (ISS). The crew members were supposed to depart the ISS several weeks ...
Former Space Shuttle Program Manager Wayne Hale ... which would leave work in and around the SLS Core Stage engine compartment as one of the critical paths in the remaining Artemis 1 pre-launch ...
Medical issues aside, the astronauts described a water leak in June that triggered a blizzard in the International Space ...
there were printers aboard the Space Shuttle, and the story behind them is fascinating. The push for printers in space came from the combined forces of NASA’s love for checklists and the need ...
The three NASA astronauts that were part of the SpaceX Crew-8 aboard Crew Dragon Endeavour will speak publicly today for the ...
Other activities of the STS-8 crew included putting the Canadarm robotic arm through its paces and several experiments to see how space affects the human body, among other milestones. The shuttle ...
"I know there may be some interest in our post-flight medical event, where we diverted to a hospital," Crew 8 pilot Mike Barratt, a physician-astronaut, told reporters Friday. "You know ...