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 ...

NASA has signed a $465.7 million contract modification with Lockheed Martin, New Orleans, for space shuttle external tanks. The modification aligns and extends all activities associated with the ...

Time-lapse of Space Shuttle Endeavour stacked with an external tank and pair of solid rocket boosters for a exhibit at the ...

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Click here to subscribe today or Login. LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a giant space shuttle external tank being shipped to ...

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Click here to subscribe today or Login. LOS ANGELES (AP) — NASA has shipped its last space shuttle external propellant tank to ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - The modified external tank for the next shuttle mission is starting a "zero margin" processing flow here while engineers assess issues, such as those with engine cutoff ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA on Tuesday postponed next month's launch of space shuttle Atlantis after a hailstorm left hundreds of small dings on the spacecraft's external fuel tank. The launch, which ...

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Crews started the process of attaching the large, orange-hued tank on Thursday, January 11 at 11:00 p.m. ET and wrapped up on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. ET. As the largest component of the Space Shuttle ...