A revolutionary new material called Composite Metal Foam, or CMF, can pulverize enemy rounds and could even be used as an armor to protect tanks and other combat vehicles. Believe it or not, this ...

Post-launch photography of the shuttle Endeavour's external tank shows multiple areas of bare metal where thin strips of foam insulation peeled away during the climb to space, the result of an ...

Aside from food products, "Shark Tank" has also given the spotlight to several beverage-cooling inventions. There's Beer Blizzard, a puck-sized plastic mold designed to keep single-can beverages cold ...

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Inspectors found a 5-inch-long crack in the foam insulation covering the shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank, and NASA managers were deciding Monday whether to call off the scheduled Fourth of July ...

NEW ORLEANS — The light, thin insulating foam at the center of speculation about the deadly breakup of space shuttle Columbia has gone through several modifications since early shuttles. Officials ...

Space shuttle Discovery’s external fuel tank appears to be safe to fly the next mission on 1 July, according to shuttle managers and engineers who completed a two-day review on Wednesday. NASA still ...

Prime contractor Boeing recently completed Thermal Protection System (TPS) applications on the liquid oxygen (LOX) tank for Core Stage-1 (CS-1), the first NASA Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage.