Posts Tagged ‘discovery’

Birthday girl docks with ISS – TriDAR test for new AR&D Docking System

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

Discovery celebrated her 25th birthday in style by docking with the International Space Station (ISS) on Flight Day 3 of STS-128. During the Approach Rendezvous and Docking (AR&D) phase of the mission, Discovery helped verify the performance of Neptec’s TriDAR vision system for unmanned AR&D via a Detailed Test Objective (DTO).

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STS-129: Discovery’s Logistics Mission Baselined By PRCB

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

As processing teams at the Kennedy Space Center continue to prepare space shuttle Discovery for her next mission - STS-119 - early next year, the Program Requirements Control Board (PRCB) is pressing ahead with preparations for the busy 2009 flight year, with the baselining of the STS-129 mission.

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