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 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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

NASA's last-remaining, built-for-flight space shuttle external tank finally took to the sky, albeit for only two brief hops above Los Angeles. In what was originally planned as an overnight move but ...

The Space Shuttle will forever remain one of the most successful pieces of engineering ever designed for the exploration of places beyond the borders of our own planet. And it will do so despite ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a giant space shuttle external tank being shipped to California for display with the retired orbiter Endeavour (all times local): 6:20 a.m. A barge carrying a space ...

EXPOSITION PARK, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The assembly of an upright display of the space shuttle Endeavour at the California Science Center was another step closer to completion Saturday, as crews ...

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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 ...

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Just days after it was taken off exhibit and as its external tank is scheduled for its brief return to flight, NASA's retired space shuttle Endeavour is heading under wraps. With the new year getting ...