The Space Shuttle-derived Heavy Lift Vehicle is the merely the latest concept that uses the Shuttle external tank and solid rocket boosters to orbit robotic spacecraft or cargo with a side-mounted ...

In the aftermath of the Challenger disaster, NASA explored Shuttle-C—an uncrewed, shuttle-derived cargo launcher meant to deliver massive payloads, support lunar missions, and enable assembly of ...

A concept almost as old as the Space Shuttle itself is being considered as a replacement for NASA's Constellation programme return-to-the-Moon Ares rockets. Above: Artist's impression of a Space ...

In 1972, Apollo 17 carried the last batch of astronauts to the lunar surface. But during that same year, NASA was already beginning the design and develop their next generation of crew-carrying craft.

What worries me about retiring the space shuttle is that it is the only vehicle capable of maintaining the International Space Station (ISS). We have many vehicles capable of resupplying the station, ...