Shuttle engineers like to check, double check, and check again, whenever there’s a flight safety concern – and that was more than the case with the pull tests that have been conducted on External Tank ET-132, following an increased number of foam liberation events during ET-131’s ride to orbit with Endeavour. The test results show the tank is good to fly, allowing Discovery to make her journey to the VAB on Sunday.
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The foam liberation from Endeavour’s External Tank (ET-131) intertank may have been a one-off event,…
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Endeavour is now proceeding through the complex ballet of S0007 Launch Countdown operations for Saturday’s…
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Shuttle Discovery has been tasked with a special DTO (Detailed Test Objective) – on behalf…
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Atlantis returns to OPF for STS-129 processing – Endeavour SSME contamination
by Chris BerginAtlantis has returned to Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF-1) in preparation for her flow towards the…
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Atlantis has landed at Edwards Air Force Base on EOM+2 (End Of Mission plus two…
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Even though shuttle managers are preparing for two missions in the space of a month,…
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Imagery taken of the delaminated panel on the International Space Station’s S1 Radiator has revealed…
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Atlantis has rolled back out to Pad 39A for her re-aligned STS-125 mission to the…
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Following her 13 day mission in space on STS-119, Discovery is being deserviced inside her…
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As Discovery prepares for Wednesday’s rollover ahead of her mid-February flight (STS-119) to deliver the…
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STS-125’s tank arrives – manifest meeting evaluates Ares I-X and ISS supplies
by Chris BerginThe replacement tank for Atlantis’ mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope has arrived at…
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Only around five weeks will separate Endeavour’s return home from her STS-126 mission, and when…
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The Space Shuttle Program (SSP) have concluded their manifest meeting by realigning the 2009 shuttle…