A NASA Space Shuttle Orbiter re-enters the Earth's atmosphere at about 75 miles above sea level and speeds close to 17,500 mph. When slowing down to its landing speed of about 215 mph ...

Felicity-John and Irene Pederson filed for bankruptcy following their business LVX System's bankrupt filing and a costly ...

The orbiter autopsies can determine whether the best estimates and educated guesses NASA engineers relied on to keep the shuttle flying for three decades were trustworthy. The results could ...

The crew cabin and aft section of the original space shuttle orbiter mockup "Inspiration" as seen in outside storage covered in tarps in Downey, California in 2019. | Credit: Shoreline Films via ...

A full-size mockup of the space shuttle orbiter that was built as a contractor's showcase model before NASA decided on the spacecraft's final design is heading back on display after more than 25 ...

The Space Shuttle we wound up with was a hybrid and, due to a set of unavoidable constraints, not a very good one. The orbiter itself was reusable and only the relatively cheap liquid fuel tank ...

NASA first used the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) to carry Enterprise on a series of piggyback trials to confirm that an orbiter that would be launched like a rocket could return to Earth as an ...