Posts Tagged ‘Debris’

Orbiter related Ice liberation threat discussed ahead of STS-119

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

Following a run of “clean” flights during 2008 – thanks to continued progress in reducing foam liberation from the External Tanks – the Space Shuttle Program (SSP) Flight Readiness Review (FRR) focused on the threat of ice liberation during ascent for 2009’s opening mission, STS-119. This follows a near miss with a large piece of [...]

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Risk assessment notes holddown post debris threat to shuttle

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

An assessment into the holddown post failure on STS-126’s launch has found that debris that is not captured by the Debris Containment System (DCS) is capable of impacting the vehicle during launch. A solution to STS-126’s anomaly is currently being certified for STS-119.

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