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 ...

Space Shuttle Columbia was launched from Kennedy ... As the Shuttle lifted off, the commander, Eileen Collins, called "Fuel Cell PH." Hale wrote that the call indicated that one of the fuel ...

The U.S. military's classified mini space shuttle has returned to Earth after ... orbits by using atmospheric drag to slow down, saving fuel. It's "an exciting new chapter in the X-37B program ...

(AP) — The U.S. military’s classified mini space shuttle returned to Earth on Friday ... by using atmospheric drag to slow down, saving fuel. This image provided by United States Space Force ...