Some of the major components are listed ... carries all the pressurized cargo and payloads launched on the Space Shuttle. Each module is capable of delivering 16 International Standard Payload ...

Indeed, reusable components are becoming almost expected ... That distinction belongs to the Space Shuttle, which is by most accounts the most complex machine humans have ever built.

The Space Launch System includes a mix of former ... “Eventually NASA will run out of the heritage Shuttle components and a replacement design is needed to address this future obsolescence ...

STS-1, better known as the space shuttle Columbia, left NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on 12 April 1981, and just over two days later came down to land at Edwards Air Force Base in ...

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin showcased a mission to the moon in an Apollo-style capsule sitting atop rockets fashioned from shuttle components. "The space program is a long-term investment ...

Last year, St. Cloud Inventor Felicity-John Pederson had a replica of the Space Shuttle moved from Florida to Minnesota with plans to use it as part of a museum. We’ve learned Pederson no longer ...

there were printers aboard the Space Shuttle, and the story behind them is fascinating. The push for printers in space came from the combined forces of NASA’s love for checklists and the need ...