(Photo Caption: The Space Shuttle Main Propulsion Test Article ... SLS merged the MPTA aft fuselage and External Tank elements into an inline rocket stage. The left image shows the orbiter ...

Managers had delayed the lift-off due to unseasonably cold weather, although the concerns were more about ice forming on the Space Shuttle's external tank coming loose during the ascent and ...

When Space Shuttle Columbia launched in January 2003, a piece of foam the size of a briefcase broke off from the shuttle's external fuel tank and hit the left wing. Some shuttle engineers worried ...

MPS performed well with fine-tuning The big orange rocket looks like the Space Shuttle’s less enormous orange External Tank, but among other Shuttle Orbiter components contained in the SLS Core ...

The three parts that made up the space shuttle were the orbiter - the part that resembled an aeroplane, the large orange external tank and the 2 solid rocket boosters. U.S. farmers react to China ...

As the world welcomed Sunita Williams back, many remembered another Indian-origin astronaut Kalpana Chawla, who left an indelible mark in the field of space exploration. Chawla was the first Indian ...