It’s no Fiero, but this Pontiac muscle car got fast and furious for science. It’s every street racer’s fantasy: The government, facing an intractable problem that its brightest scientists and most ...
When I was an aerospace engineer working on the NASA Space Shuttle Program, trust was mission-critical. Every bolt, every line of code, every system had to be validated and tested carefully, or the ...
A team of scientists from the US has analyzed the Space Shuttle’s design process in great detail, aiming to draw lessons from the world’s first reusable spacecraft for the present day. In a new study ...
Explores the shuttle's design, construction, and use and provides detailed information about the technical attention required before and after a mission. Contains an explanation of the operation of ...
On the morning of January 28, 1986, seven crew members were killed when the space shuttle Challenger broke apart a little over a minute after it launched. Those killed included five NASA astronauts, ...
Discover the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, home to NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour and interactive aerospace exhibits in ...