This is a sample thermal blanket like those covering most of the Space Shuttle fuselage, upper wings, and vertical tail. Quilted blankets replaced most of the white tiles originally applied to the ...

UCF physicist Dr. Ramses Ramirez has a plan to warm Mars using nanotechnology and "dust fountains" to make future ...

The story of the Black Knight is a mix of facts and speculation. In 1998, photos taken during the STS-88 shuttle mission ...

The 7 Best Thermal Curtains to Keep Your Space Extra Toasty All of our recommendations have at least two layers of material to provide solid year-round insulation. By Stacey Nguyen Published: Nov ...

Thermal blankets (sometimes called space blankets) have become a useful item for helping keep your body heat in after intense incidents or sporting events. This material helped inspire Columbia ...

To prevent thermal-imaging-equipped Ukrainian drones and snipers from detecting them, Russian troops are using space blankets to cloak their heat signatures.

The inner layer, made of aluminum foil, keeps the space warm at night by trapping some of that heat inside, similar to an insulating survival blanket. The researchers tested the cloak material’s ...