Thirty years ago there was no Internet, laptop computers or CDs; Gerald Ford was president; “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” was on TV; and “Jaws” was at the movies. But in South Mississippi, NASA ...
A main engine computer upgrade developed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center will fly on Space Shuttle Atlantis during the STS-117 mission, targeted for launch June 8. The upgrade is part of NASA's ...
Less than a month after being hit by Hurricane Katrina, NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans is gearing up to restart processing space shuttle fuel tanks. The work will address foam loss ...
The Space Shuttle, despite two very traumatizing accidents, is without a doubt one of our species' most successful family of otherworldly vehicles. Introduced in 1981, the family flew a total of 135 ...
They provided 80% of the launch thrust. - The external tank, which provided fuel to the space shuttle main engines during launch. - The orbiter. It acted as the crew’s home during the flight. All of ...