If you really think about it, the overall layout of a space station is pretty simple. It comprises, mostly, unassuming habitats that are most of the time cylinder-shaped structures capable of ...

A space shuttle's orange external fuel tank is surrounded by scaffolding and fencing. Just days after it was taken off exhibit and as its external tank is scheduled for its brief return to flight, ...

WASHINGTON — NASA and Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company paid tribute to the workforce who built the external tanks for the space shuttle fleet on Thursday at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in ...

When space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from the launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Feb. 7, it will mark the first flight of an external tank manufactured using longitudinal friction stir ...

A man takes a picture of the last shuttle fuel tank, ET-94, before it begins its journey along Los Angeles streets to the California Science Center in Exposition Park in 2016. (Los Angeles Times) At ...

NASA will ship its second redesigned Space Shuttle External Tank Saturday, March 5, from Michoud Assembly Facility, near New Orleans., marking the first step toward final launch preparations for the ...

Marshall Space Flight Center's Steve Roy left New Orleans this morning on a six-day sea voyage to Kennedy Space Center, in Florida. Roy tags along with a space shuttle external tank headed for Kennedy ...

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At long last, the final journey of the last space shuttle ever built, Endeavour, and its giant orange external tank are expected to begin this month — the capstone to a historic journey to an ...