The orbiter itself was reusable and only the ... NASA The jet engines actually stuck around on the shuttle concept for some time until they were eventually removed in the final design.

The space shuttle concept was a remarkable pivot ... On the morning of February 1, 2003, the Columbia orbiter was heading home from a 16-day mission to space. The seven-person crew on board ...

The tour included stops in Italy, England, Iceland, and Canada and demonstrated the operational concept of transporting a space shuttle orbiter by air. Since its reveal, the Shuttle Carrier ...

The crew cabin and aft section of the original space shuttle orbiter mockup "Inspiration ... foot-long by 35-foot-tall (37 by 11 m) original concept model for NASA's winged orbiters, as well ...

But the concept that one out was the one described by Fletcher when we followed Nixon to the microphone to fill in the details. “The Space Shuttle will consist of an aircraft-like orbiter ...

It was a sort of a concept, but then it also had use after ... Masters: Several crucial components of the Shuttle orbiter, including the crew compartment and 3 fuselage modules, were manufactured ...

Dream Chaser is about a quarter of the size of a space shuttle orbiter, with roughly half of ... have pursued the Dream Chaser spaceplane concept for 15 years. Before that, the program originated ...

Felicity-John and Irene Pederson filed for bankruptcy following their business LVX System's bankrupt filing and a costly ...

When the Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis came to a wheel stop ... In truth, the Dream Chaser space plane is derived from a long-dead NASA concept vehicle from the early 1990s.

A NASA Space Shuttle Orbiter re-enters the Earth's atmosphere at about 75 miles above sea level and speeds close to 17,500 mph. When slowing down to its landing speed of about 215 mph ...