WASHINGTON — NASA has signed a $39.5 million contract modification with Lockheed Martin Space Systems, New Orleans, to implement an external tank program employee retention plan. Incentives are being ...

The space agency stopped painting its shuttles' fuel tank because the white paint added about 600 pounds of weight. This claim is true. During the first two space shuttle launches, STS-1 and STS-2, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The last two Space Shuttle External Tanks (ET’s) likely to be produced in history are entering their final closeout assembly operations at the NASA-owned Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans ...

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 ...

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Barring weather delays, the space shuttle Endeavour will undergo its final, historic lift starting Monday night, a maneuver no other retired orbiter has undergone. Plans for the coming move — setting ...

In a major step toward resuming launches of the space shuttle, NASA officials said Tuesday they have completed improvements that will prevent the falling debris problem that destroyed the space ...

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 ...