Abstract: The Challenger and Columbia Space Shuttle accidents are combined in this appendix. While the proximate physical causes of the two accidents are different—an O-ring failure in Challenger and ...

The parts for a 1972 full-size space shuttle mockup are now about a city block closer to being reassembled and restored for display. The City of Downey, California began relocating "Inspiration." ...

What to know about the growing threat of space debris as satellites multiply and experts warn of potential orbital disaster.

The Buran spacecraft was a space shuttle developed by the Soviet Union in response to NASA's space shuttle program. Buran, which means “snowstorm” in Russian, flew one time. NASA's space ...

From military applications like the MQ-9 Reaper in surveillance and precision strikes to civilian uses in logistics, ...

The concept known as “Kessler Syndrome” was proposed nearly five decades ago. Experts weigh in on whether the space-based disaster scenario is already unfolding.

Boeing’s Starliner, tech billionaire Jared Isaacman’s, SpaceX Starship, NASA announcing going to the Moon, and possibly ...

Close calls are becoming more common as low Earth orbit becomes more and more crowded with satellites and debris.

Black reusable insulation tiles shielded the entire underside of the Space Shuttle orbiter, as well as portions of the vertical tail, wings, and forward and aft fuselage where temperatures reached ...