The Space Shuttle was a groundbreaking achievement in aerospace engineering—combining the power of a rocket with the ...

One effect of the short was a loss of power to the Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) controllers. According to Hale: "The A computer on the Center SSME lost power, never to be recovered.

At 5 p.m., President Ronald Reagan addressed the nation. “The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the ...

The milestones, heartbreaks, and discoveries that shaped NASA's 30-year shuttle ... in space exploration. The mission introduced several historic milestones: the first use of solid rocket engines ...

Common propellant combinations include liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen (used in the Space Shuttle main engines), or solid propellants (used in some rocket boosters). Advanced propulsion ...

The first four Artemis missions with SLS are using modified space shuttle main engines that can power up to 109% of their rated level. The newly produced RS-25 engines will power up to the 111% ...

“The space shuttle will give us routine access to ... A tail cone over the main engine area of Enterprise smoothed out turbulent air flow during flight. Image: NASA NASA/ Dryden Flight Research ...

Plans were well underway to launch the Space Shuttle at Vandenberg ... crew takes pictures of the shuttle and watches for any in-flight problems. The four-engine 747 then banked steeply to the ...