After reentry, it will change to a 20-degree nose ... with the objective of shortening the technology maturation timeline." "The space shuttle was designed to be a very heavy payload lifter ...

Even the Space Shuttle programme, which featured reusable orbiters, provided valuable insights into reentry aerodynamics. The Apollo, Challenger, Columbia Lessons Learned Programme (ACCLLP ...

Soviet Union’s cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in history to travel to space. Lasting there for just 108 ...

When Space Shuttle Columbia launched in January 2003 ... As is all too well known, two weeks later Columbia disintegrated upon reentry into Earth's atmosphere. In the wake of the disaster ...

The shuttle’s skin contracts slightly while in orbit, then expands during reentry. In addition ... are particularly vulnerable to strikes from space debris. About 30 to 100 tiles are replaced ...

While they were in space, a NASA space shuttle disintegrated as it re-entered Earth’s atmosphere and killed all seven astronauts on board in an incident that became known as the Columbia disaster.

The first all-woman space crew since Valentina Tereshkova’s historic solo flight in 1963, it is made up of Perry, the pop ...

IDTechEx engineers know that re-entering a planet's atmosphere is one of the toughest obstacles spacecraft face. During a ...

Returning to Earth is one of the most dangerous phases of spaceflight, and the Space Shuttle was built to endure it like no other vehicle before. As it re-entered the atmosphere at Mach 25, the ...

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 ...