NASA's space shuttles are gearing up to make their final voyages — this time flying piggyback a special Boeing 747 jet on the way to museum retirement homes. The space shuttle Discovery, which flew its last mission in March 2011, has been undergoing prep for museum life at the Kennedy Sp...
NASA re-designed the SRB joints, implemented new rules regarding launches in cold weather, and built a new system for the crew to escape from the shuttle during ascent. Space Shuttle Liftoff The two orbital maneuvering systems' (OMS) engines are located in pods on the aft section ...
NASA re-designed the SRB joints, implemented new rules regarding launches in cold weather, and built a new system for the crew to escape from the shuttle during ascent. Space Shuttle Liftoff The two orbital maneuvering systems' (OMS) engines are located in pods on the aft section ...
then a suited astronaut from the rescue shuttle would transport the PRE and the astronaut inside to the rescue shuttle. It could also be moved with the Canadarm or moved along a line connecting the two shuttles like a shirt on a clothesline. NASA planned to move an entire crew from a dama...
Eventually, the public could be travelling on these vehicles into space as space tourists. The Marshall Center and NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland are planning to design a flight-weight air-breathing rocket engine in-house for flight demonstration by 2005. That project will determine if...
The hang glider's wing, called a delta wing or Rogallo wing, is an outgrowth of NASA engineer Francis Rogallo's research on kites and parachutes in the 1960s. Rogallo had proposed the wing as a method of returning spacecraft to Earth. The delta-wing parachute was lightweight, durabl...
The Best LEGO® NASA Sets of the Past and Present Take a look at some of the best LEGO® NASA sets, from iconic space shuttles to futuristic Mars rovers. Best LEGO® Space sets for adults Get out of this world for a while with these stellar LEGO® sets for space fans......
Space shuttle Atlantis will land for the last time on July 21, but NASA can't use real shuttles for landing practice. See how astronauts practice landing the final shuttle mission.
The hang glider's wing, called a delta wing or Rogallo wing, is an outgrowth of NASA engineer Francis Rogallo's research on kites and parachutes in the 1960s. Rogallo had proposed the wing as a method of returning spacecraft to Earth. The delta-wing parachute was lightweight, durabl...
Following the Columbia disaster, NASA grounded its remaining fleet of three shuttles as the space agency sought to parse what went wrong. “We spent the next year-plus … trying to encourage the (NASA) culture to put safety first and, most importantly, to ensure that people that had dissenti...