A plan has been created for the continued use of Ares via a series of test flights, ultimately leading up to a Heavy Lift Vehicle (HLV) program in the second half of this decade. Appearing to bank on major changes being negotiated by Congress in NASA’s FY2011 budget proposal, the plan would result in three [...]
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Discovery’s speedy turnaround from STS-131 to STS-133 is continuing on the timeline, as engineers completed the removal of her three Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSMEs) and welcome External Tank (ET-137) to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). STS-133′s September launch target remains under threat of slipping, due to required modification work on Discovery’s payload.
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Engineers are heading into a weekend of critical operations for STS-132, as Atlantis undergoes flight pressurization operations on the systems that will aid her journey to the International Space Station (ISS) in a week’s time. Wednesday’s Agency Flight Readiness Review (FRR) focused on one of those systems – the Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSMEs) – [...]
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Wednesday’s Agency Flight Readiness Review (FRR) has approved a May 14 launch date for STS-132, following a very smooth meeting at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Among the topics discussed was the mitigation efforts on the problem of foam liberation from the External Tank (ET) intertank region, which has been classed as a resounding success, [...]
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NASA and contractor managers will set STS-132′s launch date during the Agency level Flight Readiness Review (FRR) on Wednesday. No major issues have been noted, while Atlantis continues to behave on Pad 39A, raising the likelihood May 14 will be set as the launch date. Meanwhile, engineers have pinpointed the cause of Discovery’s Ku-band system [...]
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The launch dates for the last two scheduled flights of the shuttle remain in flux, as managers assess the modification timeline for Discovery’s Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) payload, and the delivery date for Endeavour’s Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS). Major scheduling challenges with STS-134 may result in the flight slipping as far as Spring, 2011.
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Following its launch on a Russian Soyuz-U launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday, the resupply ship Progress M-05M has docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday. The orbital outpost also received a boost on Friday, when a valve on a Nitrogen Tank Assembly (NTA) – associated with the recently [...]
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