We always have it on our list to learn more about Orbiter. If you haven’t seen ... you can very accurately model spacecraft like the Space Shuttle and have very realistic controls.

A NASA Space Shuttle Orbiter re-enters the Earth's atmosphere at about 75 miles above sea level and speeds close to 17,500 ...

The three parts that made up the space shuttle were the orbiter - the part that resembled an aeroplane, the large orange ...

Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke and space shuttle astronaut Nicole Stott will have profiles of their faces land on the moon.

This mission – which was never carried out – would influence the design of the Space Shuttle orbiter more than any other mission. During this 90-minute mission, the Earth would rotate under ...

Over the next four years, the X-37 underwent several design iterations to achieve a more aerodynamic design than the Space Shuttle orbiter. It was initially intended to launch from the cargo bay ...

NASA's newest space shuttle, Atlantis, made its public debut during a rollout ceremony at the Rockwell International ...

(AP Photo/Steve Helber) The space shuttle orbiter Challenger is destroyed by an explosion after it lifted off from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, Jan. 28, 1986. (AP photo/Steve Helber) The ...

William R. Lucas, who directed the Marshall Space Flight Center from a crucial time of expansion into one of its darkest hours, died Feb. 10, 2025, at his home in Huntsville. He was 102.

The European Space Agency (ESA) is ready to guide the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft through its closest encounter with Venus so far. Today's flyby will be the first to significantly "tilt" the ...

Nicole Stott, a 1992 UCF graduate, flew twice on Space Shuttle Discovery — first on STS-128 in 2009 and then the orbiter’s final flight, STS-133, in 2011 — all the while spending 91 days in ...