and the fuel tank broke apart, causing the orbiter to be torn apart by aerodynamic stresses. It would take two years of investigations and modifications before a NASA space shuttle flew into space ...

Endeavour, the fifth and final space shuttle was created after the space shuttle program's greatest tragedy. Congress authorized NASA to replace the Space Shuttle Challenger, which was lost ...

At 5 p.m., President Ronald Reagan addressed the nation. “The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the ...

R: The Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise inside of Marshall Space Flight Center's Dynamic Test Stand for Mated Vertical Ground Vibration tests (MVGVT). Images: NASA These are the voyages of the space ...

A team of researchers led by Emory's Chunhui Xu recently found that heart muscle cells can grow -and survive in the microgravity environment of space. Her findings, published in Biomaterials ...

Researchers at the College of Engineering at Seoul National University have developed an innovative technology for rapid durability assessment and identification of degradation mechanisms of hydrogen ...

Girish Linganna Updated : Feb 03, 2025, 11:07 AM IST Chinese Astronauts Create Rocket Fuel in Space Chinese astronauts aboard the Tiangong space station have made a significant breakthrough in space ...

Although it faced a variety of issues upon release, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 has become much more playable thanks to numerous patches. Now, a new Space Shuttle add-on is breathing fresh life ...

Image Credit: China Manned Space Agency A team of Chinese astronauts have claimed a major breakthrough in space technology by successfully synthesising rocket fuel in space using a process known as ...

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured and amazing view of the Sombrero Galaxy (Messier 104). The galaxy is ...

Sending lighter humans into space is just plain smart because rocketing weight into space, and maneuvering once you’re there, requires fuel ... engineer and space shuttle program manager.

Made from carbon-based materials, these cells offer several advantages: they’re lightweight, flexible, and potentially cheaper to produce. But their durability in the harsh space environment has ...