Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight. Two decades ago, the Space Shuttle Columbia had its final flight in February 2003 when ...

Three Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME) today successfully powered the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on Mission STS-133 to deliver spare parts and a modified cargo ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - When NASA’s giant new moon rocket soars into space, the roar of its rockets will be the last gasp for some pieces of space shuttle program history. The Artemis I mission’s ...

When Artemis II blasts off for its lunar flyby, its powerful SLS rocket will include some "heritage hardware." The core engines are mostly recycled space shuttle engines, along with some reused ...

NASA's SLS may be a new rocket, but its engines, which once powered the Space Shuttle, are anything but. Reading time 4 minutes Each of the four RS-25 engines currently positioned at the base of ...

For the first time in 12 years, 3 months and 21 days, the stacking of a NASA space shuttle has begun again. On Thursday (July 20), the aft skirts for two solid rocket boosters were moved into place.

MIAMI, May 2 (Reuters) - A Union Pacific train carrying parts of the space shuttle's solid rocket boosters to Florida derailed in Alabama on Wednesday, but the accident will not affect the next space ...