In another sign that NASA’s space shuttle program is winding down to retirement, the very last segments for the shuttles mighty Solid Rocket Boosters arrived by train in Florida on Thursday, May 27.

For the second time in two days, the largest part of a space shuttle-era rocket booster has been taken vertical at the California Science Center as part of the future launchpad-like display of NASA's ...

The 116-foot-long motors are standing vertically at the California Science Center, marking progress in the creation of a full-scale Space Shuttle replica. Reading time 2 minutes The pair of rocket ...

The boosters took a remarkable trip through LA, heading to a museum to team up with the Endeavor orbiter ahead of a unique "ready for launch" display. Reading time 2 minutes Twin rocket boosters of ...

The two solid rocket boosters flew in different directions as the external fuel tank became a fireball.(AP: Bruce Weaver / File) Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after ...

Back in the 1960s and 1970s, at the height of the space race between America and the then Soviet Union, there was little engineers of the two nations weren’t willing to try to get ahead. Having just ...

ATK’s (NYSE:ATK) Reusable Solid Rocket Motors (RSRMs) supported the final flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour today as they ignited at 8:56 a.m. EDT sending her crew on their 11-day mission to the ...

The California Science Center on Wednesday, Dec. 6, marked another milestone in the intricate process of assembling an upright, launch-ready display of the space shuttle Endeavour, completing the ...

One of 6 rail cars transporting final segments for shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters arrives in Florida on May 27. Boosters segments will be stacked for Atlantis “Launch on Need” potential mission and may ...