The Manipulator Foot Restraint (MFR) assembly - that will be attached to the end of Atlantis’ robotic arm - has arrived back at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in time to be installed as part of the STS-125 payload on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the threat of Hurricane Hanna has delayed the rollout of STS-125 until [...]
Shuttle managers are “likely” to slip STS-125’s launch date to October 10 or 11, after the loss of processing time - relating to Tropical Storm Fay and the LH2 ET Umbilical work - placed strain on the flow to launch.
Meanwhile, NASA managers have begun assessments into the possibility of flying shuttle to 2015, [...]
Atlantis’ LH2 ET Umbilical hardware damage has been repaired - with final clearance of the issue for flight now approved by the Program. Rollout is expected shortly after midnight next Tuesday.
Also taking place in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), Endeavour’s External Tank (ET-129) is being lifted over to its two Solid Rocket Boosters, [...]
The rollout of Atlantis/STS-125 has been delayed to NET (No Earlier Than) Tuesday (Sept. 2), as engineers begin to repair damage on the orbiter’s LH2 ET Umbilical plate.
Meanwhile, Endeavour’s External Tank (ET-129) has finally been cleared of any concerns relating to potential FOD (Foreign Object Debris) - and will now press ahead with [...]
STS-125 mating operations inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) are continuing to target rollout to Pad 39A on Saturday - although an issue with Atlantis’ LH2 umbilical plate is being evaluated.
A small piece of aluminum liberated from the plate, when the connection to the tank was demated - following a problem with the [...]
With Atlantis now undergoing mating operations with her External Tank for the STS-125 flagship mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA mangers have begun planning the vehicle’s next mission - with a baseline of the STS-128 flight by the Program Requirements and Control Board (PRCB).The STS-128 mission, slated for launch in late July 2009, will [...]
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Atlantis finally left her Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF-1) on Friday night, and has arrived for mating in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), following a Tropical Storm delayed trip.
Meanwhile, the long pole in making the October 8 for STS-125 remains with the Launch On Need (LON) requirement, which is tasked with Endeavour - as [...]
The all-powerful Program Requirements Control Board (PRCB) has decided to defer what was expected to be rationale to remove all “spring tabs” from the Rudder Speed Brakes (RSB) on the fleet until STS-119.
One of the tabs liberated from the aft of Discovery during the final part of STS-124’s mission, which had no mission [...]
Ares I engineers have created a “Plan A” option - which combines three mitigation techniques - to attempt to solve Thrust Oscillation issues during first stage flight.
Plan A involves an active Tuned Mass Absorber (TMA) to the aft skirt, dampers on the interstage, and the crew seat isolators - though during a teleconference [...]
Due to poor weather relating to Tropical Storm Fay, Atlantis remains in her Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF-1), with rollover now likely to be rescheduled for Thursday - with the Kennedy Space Center closing on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, in OPF-2, Endeavour is undergoing a major troubleshoot on an O2 System 2 Pressure Transducer valve, which requires [...]
International Launch Services (ILS) have returned their Proton M back into service for the multi-national company, with the launch of the Inmarsat-4 F3 satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
NASASpaceflight.com covered the launch as a live event, with background, live updates, and a free launch video - all available on the links below (read [...]
Atlantis’ rollover to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on Monday has been delayed due to tropical storm Fay, while a waiver was ordered for her Nose Landing Gear (NLG) - which has now been successfully raised.
Meanwhile, an engineering plan has been drawn up to remove and replace a bent line in Endeavour’s Fuel [...]
Arianespace’s continued push to dominate the launch service industry has taken another step forward on Thursday, with the dual payload launch of their Ariane 5 ECA vehicle - carrying Superbird-7 and AMC-21 from the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
NASASpaceflight.com is covering the launch as a live event, with background, live updates and [...]
The Program Requirements Control Board (PRCB) has decided against the possibility of advancing the launch dates for STS-125 and STS-126 by a few days. STS-125 remains scheduled for October 8, while Endeavour is tracking November 10 for STS-126.
Meanwhile, Atlantis has an issue with her Nose Landing Gear, while Endeavour is undergoing evaluations on [...]
Atlantis’ extended stay inside OPF-1 (Orbiter Processing Facility) is coming to an end, as she prepares for the short trip to the VAB (Vehicle Assembly Building) early next week.
In parallel processing, Endeavour is also on track for her rollover in the middle of next month in support of STS-400, as the shuttle program [...]
Two months after Constellation informed the workforce of an internal slip to opening element of the Orion flight schedule, manager Jeff Hanley has finally confirmed the realignment to the media.
As previously stated by Hanley, the projected launch of Orion 2 - which will be the first crewed Orion mission - isn’t expected to [...]
An engineering evaluation into a washer relating to External Tank (ET-127) Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) mating is the only issue being worked in the STS-125 flow, which has currently impacted Atlantis’ rollover date by two days.
While those two days may be caught up before the August 18 rollover target, STS-125 has eight days [...]
With the realignment of STS-119’s No Earlier Than (NET) launch date now set as February 12, 2009, the Program Requirements Control Board (PRCB) has taken the next step in planning the critical mission to deliver the final set of solar arrays and batteries to the Space Station - the Delta Launch Site Flow Review.The S6 [...]
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Less than a month after ET-127 left the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) for STS-125, an around-the-clock effort has managed to accelerate the completion of ET-129 - which will ship today for Endeavour’s STS-400 and STS-126.
Meanwhile, the huge effort into finding a solution for the troublesome starboard SARJ (Solar Alpha Rotary Joint) on the [...]
Another milestone in STS-125’s processing flow has been achieved, with the mating of External Tank ET-127) to the twin Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs).
Meanwhile, shuttle managers have been informed that NASA holds enough confidence in the Russian solution to the recent Soyuz issues, that a back-up plan - to utilize Endeavour’s STS-126 mission for [...]
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