A ‘self-eating’ rocket engine which could place small satellites in orbit more easily and more affordably is under development at universities in Scotland and Ukraine. Engineers from the University of ...

Metal could soon be replaced by an innovative material, carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP), for the manufacturing of rocket tanks. This development is the result of research led by MT Aerospace in ...

As NASA works to develop all the systems needed to return astronauts to the moon under its Artemis campaign for the benefit of all, the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket will be responsible for ...

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When NASA’s space shuttle Discovery launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Fla., May 31, it was lifted from the launch pad with the help of a “new” external fuel tank, ET-128, which featured ...

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 ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL--NASA managers Monday directed engineers to press ahead with work to repair four small cracks in three structural ribs, or stringers, in the shuttle Discovery's external tank ...