"The space shuttle was designed to be a very ... would melt at reentry and thus need to be shrouded. But while the shuttle's structure is made of conventional aluminum, the X-37's uses lighter ...

If Congress decides to grant Houston a space shuttle, Space Center CEO William Harris says the city is far more ready than it ...

All 135 Space Shuttle Launches happened from Florida ... The launch pad is made of the Fixed Service Structure (FSS) and Rotating Service Structure (RSS). Other parts of the launch pad include ...

Two Texas senators have introduced legislation that would strip the Smithsonian of the retired space shuttle Discovery and ...

IN 1981, DEVELOPMENT OF INSULATING TILES CONTRIBUTED TO DELAYS IN THE FIRST SHUTTLE ... structures below them. When a new tile is needed, it is fabricated and installed at Florida’s Kennedy ...

Ethel L. Lee, also known as "Space Shuttle Ethel," turned 99 years old. Ethel's family, Supervisor Janice Hahn and the Columbia Memorial Space Center in Downey celebrated her birthday and ...

there were printers aboard the Space Shuttle, and the story behind them is fascinating. The push for printers in space came from the combined forces of NASA’s love for checklists and the need ...