Posts Tagged ‘SRB’
IFA Review reveals solid performance of STS-129 SRBs and Main Engines
Capping off a highly successful year for the Space Shuttle Program, the STS-129 flight of Atlantis last month has undergone its final, official post-flight assessment: the all-important In-Flight…
ATK class STS-129 booster motor performance as excellent
Shuttle managers have concluded the key review of STS-129′s mission, in turn providing a baseline for STS-130′s Flight Readiness Reviews (FRRs). The STS-129 IFA (In Flight Anomaly) review…
Ares I-X launches – managers claim successful test flight
Ares I-X has launched on the second attempt at 11:30am Eastern, and although the First Stage and the Upper Stage Simulator (USS) appeared to recontact after separation (later confirmed that…
STS-128 confirmed for August 25 – RSRM and SRB performance reviewed
With STS-128 and Discovery officially cleared by the SOMD (Space Operations Mission Directorate) FRR for an opening launch attempt on Tuesday, August 25 at 1:36A.M. EDT, NASA’s ongoing…
Discovery completes dramatic rollout – Unique SRB repairs to take place at Pad
With around three weeks until the launch of STS-128, Discovery has finally arrived at Pad 39A, following a dramatic 10 hour-plus rollout on Tuesday. Once at the pad,…
STS-127 heads toward June 13 – SRB modifications identified during SSP FRR
NASA officials have cleared Space Shuttle Endeavour for launch on June 13 at 7:17a.m. This mission, the STS-127/2J/A flight, will complete assembly of the Japanese Kibo Laboratory complex…
NASA reviews SRB upgrades at STS-125 FRR – Outlines STS-119 event
With launch of STS-125 now less than a week away, NASA managers have thoroughly reviewed the performance of the Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) from the previous missions, approving…
Downstream processing and planning – preparing the fleet through to STS-135
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,…
STS-119 IFA Review: Focus on Discovery’s Boosters
The usual ballet of reviews to ensure safe flight has moved through another key stage, following the full review of STS-119′s IFAs (In Flight Anomalies). With the next…
STS-119: SAW deploy success highlights Flight Day 6
Discovery continues to perform without any issues of note as her crew completed the task of remotely deploying the 1B and 3B solar arrays from the newly installed…
STS-119 gains waiver for age life issue with SRB aft cone LSCs
A waiver to be issued for STS-119 on the RSRB (Reusable Solid Rocket Motor) Aft exit cone linear shaped charge (LSC) – which is designed to sever exit cone…
Risk assessment notes holddown post debris threat to shuttle
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…
SRB Holddown posts undergoing redesign evaluation ahead of STS-119
Engineers will meet in the middle of January to push forward with a redesign of the Holddown Post (HDP) Debris Containment System (DCS), in time for the launch…
Review notes excellent performance of STS-126′s Reusable Solid Rocket Motors
As NASA’s triumphant 2008 year comes to a close – a year that saw four Space Shuttle construction flights to the International Space Station (ISS) - engineers around the…
Endeavour returns home to KSC – review notes SRB holddown post issue
The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) has returned Endeavour to Florida on Friday, following a cross country ferry trip that has seen large crowds greet the duo in Texas…
STS-126 to debut SRB modification to gather Ares I Thrust Oscillation data
STS-126 will see the flight debut of two new sets of instrumentation, aimed at gathering more detailed data on RSRM (Reusable Solid Rocket Motor) behaviour during the first…
