During the height of the space race, the Soviet Union proposed a flying sea platform capable of launching spacecraft directly ...

Returning to Earth is one of the most dangerous phases of spaceflight, and the Space Shuttle was built to endure it like no other vehicle before. As it re-entered the atmosphere at Mach 25, the ...

Even the Space Shuttle programme, which featured reusable orbiters, provided valuable insights into reentry aerodynamics. The Apollo, Challenger, Columbia Lessons Learned Programme (ACCLLP ...

Unlike NASA’s space shuttle, fundamentally built for scientific ... One of the MiG-105’s most unique features was its aerodynamic configuration. Unlike the blunt, capsule-like shapes of ...

while other outfits are employing thermal-resistant carbon fiber or thermal tiles similar to those on NASA’s space shuttle. Wind-tunnel testing and computational fluid dynamics have helped give ...

This could be flying a jet, organizing a space shuttle launch ... released in 2022 on PC. Using an aerodynamic model based on blade element theory, this game features some of the most realistic ...

IDTechEx engineers know that re-entering a planet's atmosphere is one of the toughest obstacles spacecraft face. During a ...

Space shuttle Atlantis ready to launch ... Its mission ended in 2013, and despite lacking propulsion, GOCE’s aerodynamic design allowed it to enter the atmosphere smoothly, with debris disintegrating ...

I was exposed to mechanical, electrical, power trains, thermals, and aerodynamics through Raftar ... The team now wants to roll out the first such vehicle as a campus shuttle service. Students with ...

And that was all more or less settled until last week when the two US senators from Texas, John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, filed the "Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act" to move Space Shuttle Discovery from ...

It is the single largest element for NASA's Artemis II mission, which is slated to ferry a crew of astronauts around the far ...

there were printers aboard the Space Shuttle, and the story behind them is fascinating. The push for printers in space came from the combined forces of NASA’s love for checklists and the need ...