The Main Propulsion Test Article (MPTA-098) was built by Rockwell International as a testbed for the definitive propulsion and fuel delivery systems for...

the lead center for the Space Shuttle main propulsion and external tank; payloads and related crew training; International Space Station (ISS) design and...

as the Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME), is a liquid-fuel cryogenic rocket engine that was used on NASA's Space Shuttle and is used on the Space Launch...

to Mississippi Test Facility on July 1, 1965, became a part of the Marshall Space Flight Center. Starting in 1971, all Space Shuttle Main Engines were flight-certified...

Initially manufactured as a test article not intended for spaceflight, it was used for ground testing of the Space Shuttle orbiter's structural design...

comprising a core stage, extended Space Shuttle boosters developed for Ares I and the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS) upper stage. The improved...

retirement of NASA's Space Shuttle fleet took place from March to July 2011. Discovery was the first of the three active Space Shuttles to be retired, completing...

The Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) was the first solid-propellant rocket to be used for primary propulsion on a vehicle used for human spaceflight...

The Space Shuttle orbiter is the spaceplane component of the Space Shuttle, a partially reusable orbital spacecraft system that was part of the discontinued...

The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which...

Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) is an astronaut propulsion unit that was used by NASA on three Space Shuttle missions in 1984. The MMU allowed the astronauts...

of four orbital test flights occurred in 1981, leading to operational flights (STS-5) beginning in 1982. Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles...

including to focus on Space Shuttle development. Although more than ten reactors of varying power output have been built and tested, as of 2025[update]...

test pilot, aerospace engineer, and retired astronaut. He traveled into space four times: as pilot of STS-1 in April 1981, the first Space Shuttle mission;...

During the lifetime of the Space Shuttle, Rockwell International and many other organizations studied various Space Shuttle designs. These involved different...

propulsion module to allow controlled re-entry. Ultimately, in 2009, as part of Servicing Mission 4, the last servicing mission by the Space Shuttle,...

during the Space Shuttle program.: 5  Challenger (OV-099) was the second orbiter constructed after its conversion from a structural test article.: I-455 ...

landing test of its Space Shuttle orbiter on a Boeing 747 carrier plane on August 12, 1977, and the first orbital test flight of a complete, crewed Space Shuttle...

of the Space Shuttle's solid rocket boosters at the USBI Co. Division (NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida). Pratt & Whitney Space Propulsion provided...

Boeing X-37, also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), is a reusable robotic spacecraft. It is boosted into space by a launch vehicle, re-enters Earth's...

another plan to have the Space Shuttle dock with a Salyut space station. In the early 1980s, NASA planned to launch a modular space station called Freedom...

craft's body provided propulsion in orbit and de-orbital burns, similar to the Space Shuttle's OMS pods. Unlike the Space Shuttle whose first orbital spaceflight...

commercial and military satellites, space probes, missile defense systems, NASA's Orion spacecraft, and the Space Shuttle external tank. The Lockheed Missile...

Navy test pilot. He has had three spaceflights, the first of which was an 11-day Space Shuttle mission in November 2009, to the International Space Station...

and tests of rocket engines. The main purpose of the facility is the operation of test stands for space propulsion on behalf of the European Space Agency...

advancements in rocket propulsion, reusable launch vehicles, human spaceflight and satellite constellation technology. As of 2024[update], SpaceX is the world's...

the Johnson Space Center in August 1998. Williams was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) with STS-116, aboard Space Shuttle Discovery, on...

actuators, like the CAPUs, are directly reused Space Shuttle parts on early-production core stages. The main propulsion system works to reduce the risk of fire...

than a space tug and this article does not really consider these in detail. Smaller tugs that are mainly cubesat deployers with some propulsion to deploy...

Post to Space Shuttle: U.S. Aviation Pressure Suits, Wiley Post to Space Shuttle None (PDF). Washington, D. C., USA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration...