In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans, workers at the nearby NASA Michoud Assembly Facility persevered through their own personal hardships to deliver a newly designed ...

When space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from the launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Feb. 7, it will mark the first flight of an external tank manufactured using longitudinal friction stir ...

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Click here to subscribe today or Login. LOS ANGELES (AP) — NASA has shipped its last space shuttle external propellant tank to ...

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Click here to subscribe today or Login. LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a giant space shuttle external tank being shipped to ...

Crews started the process of attaching the large, orange-hued tank on Thursday, January 11 at 11:00 p.m. ET and wrapped up on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. ET. As the largest component of the Space Shuttle ...

NASA's only remaining space shuttle external fuel tank is headed to California, where it will land as part of a permanent display with the retired space shuttle Endeavor.

Seen in this historic photo from the U.S. space agency, the first Space Shuttle External Tank, or the Main Propulsion Test Article, entered NASA history on September 9th, 1977, when it rolled off of ...

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If you really think about it, the overall layout of a space station is pretty simple. It comprises, mostly, unassuming habitats that are most of the time cylinder-shaped structures capable of ...

The robotically controlled operation coated the tank with spray-on foam insulation, distributing 107 feet of the foam to the tank in 102 minutes. When the foam is applied to the core stage, it gives ...