The vibration tests exposed the integrated components to simulated launch conditions and confirmed that the Space Shuttle launch configuration would perform as predicted. This photo shows Enterprise inside the test stand on October 4, 1978.
Not all tech needs to be a distraction.
Katalyst's Link spacecraft is tumbling in orbit, which is a troubling sign for a rescue mission.
The heat could be rising from cooling lava flows beneath a layer of solidified crust.
The retired space shuttle will look launch-ready at its new home in California.
The SMILE mission will spend three years studying how our planet's magnetosphere interacts with solar weather.
The tool isn't a one-step solution to the complex task of mission planning, but it will be a useful in evaluating the best trajectory for each mission, the researchers say.
