Posts Tagged ‘MPLM’

STS-126: MPLM attached to ISS - ET-129 images show extremely clean tank

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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STS-125 launch target moves to February 17 - crucial week for Hubble

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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