Space Shuttle Program (SSP) manager John Shannon has praised the team responsible for installing the Flow Control Valves (FCVs) on Endeavour, after they spotted a 0.005 inch shim was missing from one of the three valves. Endeavour – processing for next year’s STS-134 – wouldn’t of suffered from any ill effects, had she launched with the since-replaced FCV.
Managers are close to approving a switch to an advanced May 11 launch date for STS-125,…
Aiding the requirement of flight rationale for STS-125, engineers have found that the three replacement…
Atlantis has rolled back out to Pad 39A for her re-aligned STS-125 mission to the…
The major effort to facilitate a March launch for shuttle Discovery is continuing on a…
A launch of STS-119 prior to the Soyuz cut out in mid March remains on…
Shuttle managers have concluded the Delta Flight Readiness Review (FRR) – one of the longest…
Shuttle managers have concluded a special PRCB (Program Requirements Control Board) meeting on the Flow…
STS-119’s latest NET (No Earlier Than) launch target of February 22 remains the target, as…
Discovery’s processing flow at Pad 39A is continuing in part, in the hope the realigned…
Pending work on outstanding issues, the Agency level Flight Readiness Review (FRR) have decided to aim…
Discovery is scheduled to receive the replacement Flow Control Valves (FCVs) over the weekend, ahead…
Discovery remains on track for her February 12 launch, pending the successful replacement, testing and…
The Space Shuttle Program (SSP) Flight Readiness Review (FRR) concluded the key milestone meeting for…
The giant S6 integrated truss segment is set to be installed into Discovery’s payload bay…
Shuttle Discovery has completed her three mile journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to…
Mating operations have moved past the soft mate phase inside the Vehicle Assembly Facility (VAB),…
Astronauts Reid Wiseman of NASA and Alexander Gerst of ESA have successfully completed what was…
Two astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have completed the replacement of a failed…
US astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have completed the first of the planned…
