Monday, November 17th, 2008
The “Leonardo” Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) has been transferred from Endeavour’s payload bay to Node 2 of the International Space Station (ISS) on Flight Day 4 of STS-126. Meanwhile, images of Endeavour’s External Tank (ET-129) show what may be the cleanest even tank - with only around three small areas of foam loss, with Endeavour [...]
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Tags: ET-129, MPLM, STS-126, TPS
Published in Featured, Shuttle
Sunday, October 12th, 2008
STS-125 has been given a new “work-to” launch date of February 17, pending a November 5 meeting that will likely result in a Change Request (CR) to officially re-align the near-term launch manifest.
Hubble troubleshooting is proceeding well, with NASA engineers preparing to switch over from the Side A control system, to the back-up Side B.
Those preparations [...]
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Tags: Atlantis, Endeavour, ET-130, Hubble, MPLM, Shuttle, STS-125, STS-126
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