Space shuttle launches work on the same principle ... there are other variables that might further reduce the number of potential launch windows. These include the crew’s sleep cycles (so ...

and the engineering behind heat-resistant windows, this deep dive showcases the genius that made reusable spaceflight possible. What did it take to turn the Space Shuttle into a mobile laboratory ...

The U.S. military's classified mini space shuttle returned to Earth on Friday ... Many people in the Lompoc area reported windows shaking and hearing the plane as it came in for a landing.

STS-1, better known as the space shuttle Columbia, left NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on 12 April 1981, and just over two days later came down to land at Edwards Air Force Base in ...