For the first two missions in 1981, the tank was painted white to protect its insulating ... in the orbiter (five), and on the tank (one). Space Shuttle Main Engines In 1995, the power head ...

Operating in orbit demands engineering solutions beyond what any airliner or rocket could offer—and the Space Shuttle ...

There is long process to get the Space Shuttle into Orbit around the ... to the Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB) and External Tank. The Shuttle is on top of the Mobile Launch Platform (MLP) and is ...

When Space Shuttle Columbia launched in January 2003, a piece of foam the size of a briefcase broke off from the shuttle's external fuel tank and hit the left wing. Some shuttle engineers worried ...