NASA is now offering museums a choice of freeze-dried and heat-resistant artifacts for their space shuttle-themed displays. The space agency on Tuesday (Sept. 4) expanded its offer of surplus space ...

As the space shuttle program took shape in the late 1960s, engineers were confronted with finding technology that could withstand the heat of re-entry without being too heavy, unreliable or costly.

WASHINGTON — NASA is expanding its offer to museums and schools of space shuttle heat shield tiles and food packaged for spaceflight. Beginning Tuesday, museums across the United States will be ...

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – A new space shuttle tile inspection method using NASA-built, wireless scanners is replacing manual inspection. The new process begins with the upcoming shuttle mission, STS-118 ...

UA Civil Engineering Professor Tribikam Kundu is designing a way to test the thermal-protection tiles on a re-useable space vehicle to prevent accidents on the ground and during re-entry into the ...

NASA is offering 7,000 space shuttle tiles for the sweet price of $23.40. There are a couple of catches, though: You have to be a school or a university to buy one. Also, it's first come, first served ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Black reusable insulation tiles ...