One of the main elements of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS ... but those don’t make a rocket stage any more than the Shuttle External Tank did by itself. (Photo Caption: Major join 2 of ...

For millions, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy assassination and 9/11.

On this date, Jan. 28, 1986, space shuttle Challenger exploded just ... the booster and essentially burned a hole in the external fuel tank, basically making the tank and its liquid fuel contents ...

I address you here this afternoon at 11:40 a.m. This morning Space program experienced a national tragedy with the explosion of the space shuttle ... surface of the external tank and the lower ...

Start by owning your Microsoft apps Freshen your space with this ... protection tiles on the shuttle. This was an important factor, not just for the external tank but on the pad itself.

Students gathered around model space shuttles ... to a a piece of foam that fell from the external rocket tank during launch, which opened a hole in a shuttle wing that caused the craft to ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the date of the Space Shuttle ... from the external rocket tank during launch, which opened a hole in a shuttle wing ...