Hamilton Sundstrand Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), has developed the Power Transfer Unit converter system for NASA’s Station-to- Shuttle Power Transfer System that ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida -- With Atlantis fueled and waiting for its final launch into space, The Huntsville Times thought it would be a good time to share some fun space shuttle facts with you to fill ...

NASA/JSC has a requirement for the Station-Shuttle Power Transfer System (SSPTS). The SSPTS project will provide the capability to transfer International Space Station (ISS) power to the Space Shuttle ...

Italian engineering company SBK Engineering has produced an innovative backpack which converts a bicycle into a water-bike within 10 minutes, enabling off-road trekking without water-barriers, or an ...

Space Shuttle Endeavour was scheduled to embark on its mission to the International Space Station on Friday, April 29 at 3:47pm, but hours before the launch NASA quickly shut down the mission after ...

During the most recent shuttle mission (STS-118), NASA used Space Shuttle Endeavour’s Boeing-built Station-Shuttle Power Transfer System (SSPTS) for the first time to extend a shuttle mission. NASA ...

Three Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSMEs) today successfully powered the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on Mission STS-134 to deliver a permanent experiment module to the ...

A system that reroutes power from the International Space Station to a docked space shuttle will allow the shuttles to make extended trips to the station. The shuttle can currently stay no more than ...