Shuttle managers have baselined STS-133 – by way of the Flight Definition Requirements Document (FDRD) mission update – into a 10+1+2 day mission, involving a crew of just five, a Flight Day 4 docking and just one EVA. The move was made to allow for additional mass to be carried by the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module [...]
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With Atlantis deep in processing for STS-129 – and damage evaluations continuing on window 5’s pressure pane – engineers in OPF-1 (Orbiter Processing Facility 1) continue to prepare Atlantis for her scheduled November 12, 2009 launch to deliver the Express Logistic Carriers 1 and 2 (ELC-1 and ELC-2) to the International Space Station.
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After nearly thirty years of Space Shuttle operations – with only eight flights remaining on the Space Shuttle Program manifest – NASA’s Program Requirements Control Board (PRCB) has officially baselined the STS-133 mission into the Flight Definition and Requirements Document (FDRD) – a mission that, at this time, is expected to be the final flight [...]
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NASA mission planners have officially baselined the final two scheduled missions of the Space Shuttle Program, STS-133 and STS-134 – of which STS-134 is expected to fly first, in July 2010, based on an expected Change Request (CR) to move the flight that will deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) to the International Space Station [...]
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Even though shuttle managers are preparing for two missions in the space of a month, efforts on the downstream flights are at various stages of processing and planning, all the way through to STS-135 – which is currently the LON (Launch On Need) placeholder for what is currently the last shuttle mission – STS-134 – [...]
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With Atlantis and Endeavour now in their dual processing flows for the STS-125 mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA managers have updated plans for shuttle Atlantis’ next mission – STS-129 – via the Launch Site Flow Review (LSFR).
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With less than one month to go before the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis’ flagship mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), NASA managers are busy reviewing final statistics and analyses of the threat posed to Atlantis by Micro-Meteoroid Orbiting Debris (MMOD). With the MOD FRR (Mission Operations Directorate Flight Readiness Review) complete, the [...]
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With Discovery safely back from STS-119, Atlantis undergoing pad processing for STS-125, and Endeavour ready to roll to the VAB on Friday ahead of STS-400/127, NASA is hard at work preparing for a busy summer launch schedule while planning continues for future flights. Of these future flights, the Program Requirements Control Board (PRCB) has officially [...]
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Due to a conflict with Shuttle Crew Scheduling Constraints (SCSC) rules relating to off duty time during flight, NASA managers have recommended an increase of STS-127 to a 16 day mission (16+0+2). The confirmation came via a PRCB (Program Requirements Control Board) meeting presentation, which also outlined alternative options. The mission length will be under review [...]
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Members of a Special PRCB (Program Requirements Control Board) meeting on Wednesday have once again worked through a vast set of documentation, which concluded with positive results for STS-119’s Flow Control Valve (FCV) flight rationale, ahead of the ultimate launch date decision at Friday’s Flight Readiness Review (FRR).
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As Discovery prepares for Wednesday’s rollover ahead of her mid-February flight (STS-119) to deliver the final set of solar arrays and batteries – the S6 truss – to the International Space Station (ISS), the Program Requirements Control Board (PRCB) has completed the all-important Integrated Launch Site Requirements Review (ILSRR), as well as the Delta Launch [...]
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With Endeavour now pulling triple duty for her Launch on Need (LON) flight for STS-119, her Hubble rescue mission STS-400, and her primary mission STS-127 (which is currently targeting launch in May or June or next year), the Program Requirements Control Board (PRCB) has baselined Endeavour’s second to last mission – based on the current [...]
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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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