CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -Shuttle Discovery will make a fiery plunge through the atmosphere this weekend,serving as a hypersonic test bed for new heat shield tiles that might be usedto protect astronauts ...

Self-driving shuttle buses will be hauling riders around downtown Columbus later this year, a significant move as the city begins initiatives aimed at making it a “smart city” for transportation. The ...

Data from temperature sensors attached to the skin of the shuttle Discovery's external tank closely matched predictions from computer models, engineers said Friday as a critical fueling test drew to a ...

Local Motors has partnered with AAA Northern California and the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) to test Olli, its electric, 3D-printed, self-driving shuttle. The companies are testing a ...

HOUSTON — Two astronauts will float outside the International Space Station (ISS) Thursday armed with a space age caulk gun and its goo-like ammo to test their effectiveness in shuttle heat shield ...

PROMONTORY, Utah – NASA’s Space Shuttle Program successfully fired a reusable solid rocket motor Thursday, May 24, at a Utah test facility. The two-minute test provided important information for ...

CONCORD, Calif. — Another maker of small, electric, autonomous shuttles has selected the GoMentum Station as its test site. Local Motors, which makes the Olli AV shuttle, will partner with both ...

(TNS) — Grand Rapids’ experiment with driverless shuttles is allowing the Michigan city to better understand the potential of a future with autonomous public transportation. Data collected from the ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — NASA’s Space Shuttle Program on Thursday successfully conducted a test firing of a space shuttle reusable solid rocket motor in Utah. The test firing of Flight Verification Motor 2 ...

It only applies to testing and the crossing of one public road, but a new bill signed by California Gov. Jerry Brown allows the deployment of testing self-driving shuttles with no driver, according to ...

BILLINGS – In 149 years, Yellowstone National Park has moved from horse-based transportation for visitors to the first testing of an electric shuttle capable of operating without a driver. On ...