From the tragedy of the space shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 to the now-routine return of commercial spacecraft, heat shields—formally called thermal protection systems—are critical for protecting ...

United Launch Alliance (ULA) will send another batch of Amazon's Monday morning (Dec. 15), and you can watch the action live — if you're a night owl or a very early riser. A ULA Atlas V rocket ...

Students watched the spacecraft carrying their experiment explode. — -- Four Tennessee students had the thrill of watching their science experiment being launched into space on board SpaceX's ...