Three Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME) successfully powered the launch of the final components of the Japanese Experiment Module aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour on Mission ...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – A main engine computer upgrade developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., will fly on space shuttle Atlantis during the STS-117 mission, targeted for ...
Silicon nitride has unique and remarkable properties. In fact, bearings made from this material have been utilized in the main engines of the Space Shuttle. It is one of the few monolithic ceramic ...