Core Stage that makes it more than just a big fuel tank is the Main Propulsion System (MPS). All the equipment for the care and feeding of uprated Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME), adapted for ...

It's been 39 years since the Challenger space shuttle, carrying seven people, took off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, exploding in mere minutes.

On February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia fell apart as it returned to Earth after spending more than two weeks in ...

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

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

and the fuel tank broke apart, causing the orbiter to be torn apart by aerodynamic stresses. It would take two years of investigations and modifications before a NASA space shuttle flew into space ...

On this date, Jan. 16, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia launched on its ill-fated flight on the STS-107 mission. During liftoff, a frozen chunk of foam from the external fuel tank would fall off ...

Today marks the 39th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (Mission STS-51-L), when the shuttle's seven astronauts were killed by an explosion.

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the date of the Space Shuttle Columbia ... an explosion of the external fuel tank. The Rogers Commission, an external ...