Operating in orbit demands engineering solutions beyond what any airliner or rocket could offer—and the Space Shuttle delivered them all. It used precision helium-pressurized tanks and toxic, ignition ...

There was even a day not too long ago when printers appeared to be going the way of the dodo; remember the “paperless office” craze? But then, printer manufacturers invented printers so cheap they ...

s Solid Rocket Booster is scheduled to fire for 123.1 seconds Thursday, Nov. 1, at a Utah test facility. Results from the test – conducted at the Promontory, Utah, facilities of ATK Thiokol Propulsion ...

The two solid rocket boosters flew in different directions as the external fuel tank became a fireball.(AP: Bruce Weaver / File) Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after ...

Texas politicians are pushing for a very big souvenir from space history—and the Smithsonian is not amused. Writing at the ...

If you've already built your Space Shuttle in CityVille, you can now launch the shuttle into outer space, as a new series of ...