Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Sierra Space Corporation have developed a new heat shield based on venerable 1980s Space ...
A common saying often attributed to Oscar Wilde is that “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness,” and the latest example of that comes from the space race.
According to the State-owned defense conglomerate, the Haolong space shuttle, designed by its Chengdu Aircraft Design and ...
The new podcast 16 Sunsets opens with archive audio from Nasa’s mission control in 1981, in the build-up to the first flight ...
ORNL and Sierra Space developed a thermal protection system for reusable spacecraft, withstanding multiple re-entries.
How Fully Reusable Rockets Are Transforming SpaceflightMorris Plains, New Jersey--(Newsfile Corp. - November 23, 2024) - ...
A silicon-carbide-based thermal protection system developed by ORNL and Sierra Space researchers will be used on the Sierra ...
U.S.) have developed a novel carbon fiber-reinforced silicon-carbide (C/SiC) ceramic matrix composite (CMC) thermal protection system (TPS) for reusable commercial ... from NASA’s Space Shuttle ...
NASA’s first Space Shuttle, Columbia, launched in 1981. It was the first reusable spacecraft in history, and it could carry a payload of 29,000kg (63,900lb). All of the shuttle’s components, except ...