Posts Tagged ‘STS-133’
Friday, March 12th, 2010
As pre-launch processing continues for Discovery’s STS-131 mission, pre-flight planning continues for what is – at this time – the final manifested flight of the Shuttle Program, STS-133. Discovery will be flying with ELC-4 (ExPRESS Logistics Carrier -4) and the PMM (Permanent Multi-purpose Module), as outlined in the latest Program Requirements Control Board (PRCB) mission baseline [...]
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Tags: STS-133
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Shuttle and International Space Station (ISS) managers have been busy discussing the launch dates for what are currently the final flights of the manifest, although STS-131 remains on track for April 5. With STS-134’s Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) issue now confirmed to be a thermal leak observed during ongoing testing in Holland, STS-132 and STS-133 have [...]
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Tags: STS-131, STS-132, STS-133, STS-134
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Sunday, February 28th, 2010
A redesign to the Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) Thrust Vector Control (TVC) Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) fuel pump will be implemented on STS-134 and STS-133 – currently the final two “scheduled” shuttle flights. The redesign will eliminate the highest – although extremely unlikely to occur – “critical 1″ failure scenario, which holds the potential of [...]
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Tags: SRB, STS-133, STS-134
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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
With the International Space Station (ISS) extended to at least 2020, its upmass and downmass lifelines have received a blow – following the decision to remove the possibility of using the Launch On Need (LON) vehicle, Atlantis, for supporting STS-133 as an additional logistics flight (STS-135). Meanwhile, nearly 2,600 kg are enroute to the Station, [...]
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Tags: ISS, Progress, STS-133, STS-135, STS-335
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Shuttle managers have begun evaluations into STS-335, the LON (Launch On Need) mission in support of STS-133 – currently the final flight on the shuttle manifest. The rescue flight would carry a MPLM (Multi-Purpose Logistics Module) to replenish the Station for hosting the STS-133 crew for up to several months. Meanwhile, managers are also favoring [...]
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Tags: ET-122, STS-133, STS-134. STS-135
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
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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Tags: MPLM, PRCB, STS-133
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Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
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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Tags: PRCB, STS-133
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Sunday, June 28th, 2009
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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Tags: PRCB, STS-133, STS-134
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
As the International Space Station (ISS) continues to build up to a six man crew, managers are looking into adding a Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) permanently on Station at the conclusion to the last logistics mission for the shuttle. Assessments are also taking place on potentially swapping the yet-to-be-baselined STS-134 with STS-133’s place in the manifest.
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Tags: HTV, ISS, MPLM, STS-133, STS-134
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Sunday, April 26th, 2009
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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Tags: ET, PRCB, SRB, SSME, STS-127, STS-128, STS-129, STS-130, STS-131, STS-132, STS-133, STS-134, STS-135
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Saturday, April 11th, 2009
NASA managers have begun evaluations into whether STS-133 will consist of a five or six person crew, for the mission that is scheduled as the last flight to carry a Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) to the International Space Station (ISS), pending shuttle extension possibilities.
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Tags: MPLM, STS-133
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Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
Shuttle managers have made extensive changes to their 2010 launch schedule ambitions, with the “inclusion” of STS-134 as an additional flight. Meanwhile, three additional External Tanks being worked on at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in pre-emption of a shuttle extension.
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Tags: AMS, ET, MAF, STS-133, STS-134
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Thursday, November 6th, 2008
The Space Shuttle Program (SSP) have concluded their manifest meeting by realigning the 2009 shuttle schedule. The preliminary schedule changes – which calls for five shuttle missions – were called for after the delay to STS-125’s mission to Hubble. As a result of the meeting, Ares I-X is likely to be delayed until October, 09.
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Tags: Ares I-X, STS-125, STS-126, STS-127, STS-128, STS-129, STS-130, STS-131, STS-132, STS-133
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