NASA’s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have returned to Earth from a weeklong mission at the International Space Station that ...

The shuttle main engine is the most tested large ... creating the condition that led to the destruction of the orbiter on reentry. On future flights, heaters replaced the foam panels.

When Space Shuttle Columbia launched in January 2003 ... As is all too well known, two weeks later Columbia disintegrated upon reentry into Earth's atmosphere. In the wake of the disaster ...

Here’s a look at human spaceflight programs in the United States and around the world. Facts The United States ended its crewed space shuttle program with the launch of Atlantis on July 8, 2011, and ...

The US military's robotic mini-space shuttle dropped out of orbit and ... Friday), capping its high-flying mission with an automated reentry and landing on the nearly three-mile-long runway ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk confirmed in a tweet that the company will proceed with its next Starship test flight on Monday, emphasizing the need to perfect the spacecraft's reentry under extreme ...

Minnesota teen’s space experiment flew aboard Columbia in 1982, revealing how bugs react to weightlessness during shuttle ...