NASA and ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) are collaborating to launch scientific investigations aboard Axiom Mission 4, the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space ...

CHENNAI, (IANS) – The Indian space agency seems to have undergone a change of heart while naming its launch vehicle. From long-winded rocket names to shorter impressive ones, ISRO has opted for ...

Science Space NASA US Mint releases Space Shuttle $1 gold coin The iconic NASA transport represents Florida in the ongoing American Innovation Series. By Andrew Paul Published May 15, 2025 2:43 PM EDT ...

More NASA's retired space shuttle Discovery may be removed from the Smithsonian and put on display in Houston, if two lawmakers from Texas get their way. U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A bill introduced Thursday could help bring the Space Shuttle Discovery back home to Texas. “The first word spoken from the moon was ‘Houston.’ To honor that legacy, it’s ...

After test glide and landings upon release from aircraft in 1977, the Space Shuttle began orbital flights in April 1981. The shuttle would launch 135 times from Florida — but only 133 would land ...

Space Shuttle Reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft The three parts that made up the space shuttle were the orbiter - the part that resembled an aeroplane, the large orange external tank and the 2 ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation's third and final RLV-LEX-03 landing experiment with its prototype space plane on June 23, 2024 at the Aeronautical Test Range in Karnataka. (Image credit: ISRO) ...

When one compares ISRO’s RLV-TD with other global peers it is a small-scale technology demonstrator, while some other programmes (such as Space Shuttle) were full-scale operational systems. “ RLV-TD ...

Isro on Sunday conducted the third successful landing experiment of its reusable launch vehicle (RLV) — RLV-LEX-03, named 'Pushpak', paving the way for an orbital re-entry test. The test was ...

Because of Pushpak’s low lift-to-drag ratio aerodynamic configuration, the landing velocity exceeded 320 kmph, compared to 260 kmph for a commercial aircraft and 280 kmph for a fighter jet.