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 ...

NASA's space shuttle was a large, heavy vehicle, and needed an even larger, heavier low-wing aircraft to transport it across ...

The two tragedies weighed on the minds of agency decision-makers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Two fatal spaceflight disasters ...

Even in retirement, the space shuttle Discovery exudes power, seen across a hangar crowded with planes and jets at its museum home in Chantilly, Va. Charred and worn from its record 39 missions to ...