HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — NASA’s Space Shuttle Program on Thursday successfully conducted a test firing of a space shuttle reusable solid rocket motor in Utah. The test firing of Flight Verification Motor 2 ...
When a spacecraft comes home without people on board, it is not a cinematic failure but a carefully choreographed engineering ...
An insulation design change that will further enhance the safety of the Space Shuttle’s Solid Rocket Motor nozzle is set for its final certification test on a static firing of a full-scale flight ...
SAN ANTONIO -- A chunk of foam fired at high speed cracked a space shuttle wing panel Friday, offering what investigators said was the most powerful evidence yet to support the theory that a piece of ...
NASA’s Space Shuttle Program conducted the final test firing of a reusable solid rocket motor Feb. 25 in Promontory, Utah. The flight support motor, or FSM-17, burned for approximately 123 seconds – ...
During a special demonstration of a driverless shuttle van at Newark Liberty International Airport Sept. 14, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey offered a glimpse into the future. Thursday’s ...