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...

situations in which the orbiter could not land on a runway. The three Space Shuttle main engines (SSMEs) were ignited roughly 6.6 seconds before liftoff, and computers...

The Space Shuttle was launched vertically, like a conventional rocket, with the two SRBs operating in parallel with the orbiter's three main engines, which...

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

shape of an orbiter mid-fuselage and a complete Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) assembly, including all main propulsion system plumbing and the associated...

the Space Shuttle to an altitude of 28 miles (45 km) and a speed of 3,094 mph (4,979 km/h) along with the main engines. The SRBs committed the shuttle to...

Three Space Shuttle main engines (SSMEs) were mounted at the aft end of the orbiter and provided thrust during launch.: II-170  Once in space, the crew...

Three Space Shuttle main engines (SSMEs) were mounted at the aft end of the orbiter and provided thrust during launch.: II-170  Once in space, the crew...

nozzle engines. Aerospike engines were proposed for many single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) designs. They were a contender for the Space Shuttle main engine. However...

the Space Shuttle program to perform atmospheric test flights after being launched from a modified Boeing 747. It was constructed without engines or a...

Criticism of the Space Shuttle program stemmed from claims that NASA's Space Shuttle program failed to achieve its promised cost and utility goals, as...

mid-2000s. RS-25 engines (first used on the Space Shuttle) used a simpler form of staged combustion cycle. Several Russian rocket engines, including the...

1, 1965, became a part of the Marshall Space Flight Center. Starting in 1971, all Space Shuttle Main Engines were flight-certified at Stennis. On June...

stages of the Saturn V rocket, and later by the Space Shuttle external tank and Space Shuttle main engines (SSME). Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Centaur...

The Space Shuttle external tank (ET) was the component of the Space Shuttle launch vehicle that contained the liquid hydrogen fuel and liquid oxygen oxidizer...

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

Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-099) was a Space Shuttle orbiter manufactured by Rockwell International and operated by NASA. Named after the commanding...

1930 to 1966. The space shuttle is now on display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Weight (with three shuttle main engines): 68,635 kg (151...

rollback to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to replace a faulty Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME), the launch was delayed by over two months. The June 26...

major engineering problems. The RS-25 Space Shuttle main engine is another example of a staged combustion engine, and the first to use liquid oxygen and...

000 lb) Unlike the US Space Shuttle, which was propelled by a combination of solid boosters and the orbiter's own liquid-propellant engines fuelled from a large...

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 external tank. Each SLS launch reuses and expends four of the pre-flown RS-25D engines that were de-mounted from the Space shuttles. SLS...

illustrated by the faint plume of the Space Shuttle Main Engine, compared to the highly visible plume of a Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster, which uses an...

1970 he developed the F-1 engines that would power the Saturn V rocket, and later worked on the Space Shuttle Main Engine. Kraemer, Robert S. (2006)...

11D122) was the Energia core rocket engine, fueled by LH2/LOX, roughly equivalent to the Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME). These were attached to the Energia...

continue in the 1970s when Rocketdyne won the contract for the RS-25 Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME), but the rapid downturn in other military and civilian...

Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) was a Space Shuttle orbiter manufactured by Rockwell International and operated by NASA. Named after the first American...

The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated by NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Its...

(OMS) is a system of hypergolic liquid-propellant rocket engines used on the Space Shuttle and the Orion MPCV. Designed and manufactured in the United...