Hubble was built with a number of instruments onboard, including the Wide Field Planetary Camera (WFPC), the Goddard High ...

Space shuttle launches work on the same principle, just on a much larger scale and with many more variables. Engineers calculate how much time they have—down to the minute or even second—to ...

The shuttle main engine is the most ... underwent airflow tests to help engineers create more efficient aircraft engines. NASA The Space Shuttles's first flight, a two-day mission launched on ...

When Space Shuttle Columbia launched in January 2003, a piece of foam the size of a briefcase broke off from the shuttle's external fuel tank and hit the left wing. Some shuttle engineers worried ...

The Space Shuttle was one of the most complex and ambitious spacecraft ever designed, pioneering reusable spaceflight and enabling decades of missions. With massive solid rocket boosters ...

Operating in orbit demands engineering solutions beyond what any airliner or rocket could offer—and the Space Shuttle ...

HOUSTON — Texas U.S. senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz on Thursday filed new legislation aimed at bringing the Space Shuttle Discovery home to the Houston area from Virginia. The bill ...

Texas Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are blaming political favoritism for what they call a decades-old snub—and now they’re pushing to bring the Space Shuttle Discovery back to Houston Both ...