As engineers prepare to take a close look at the Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate (GUCP) at the center of STS-133’s scrub on Friday, a pool of knowledge will be fully utilized in the drive towards finding a root cause. That knowledge comes via a large amount of documentation gained through testing and troubleshooting, after the GUCP caused scrubs on both STS-119 and STS-127 last year.
STS-119’s Boundary Layer Transition (BLT) Detailed Test Objective (DTO) has been deemed a huge success,…
With launch of STS-125 now less than a week away, NASA managers have thoroughly reviewed…
The usual ballet of reviews to ensure safe flight has moved through another key stage,…
Aiding the requirement of flight rationale for STS-125, engineers have found that the three replacement…
Discovery has completed her highly successful mission to the International Space Station (ISS) with a…
Shuttle manager John Shannon has described Discovery’s performance as “amazing”, ahead of Wednesday’s undocking from…
Spacewalkers Richard Arnold and Joseph Acaba have completed the final EVA of STS-119, tasked with…
Due to the deletion of EVA-4 from the docked phase of STS-119, spacewalkers Joseph Acaba…
Discovery continues to perform without any issues of note as her crew completed the task…
Following the successful handover of the S6 truss element to the Space Station Remote Manipulator…
Discovery is completed her opening Thermal Protection System (TPS) inspections on Flight Day 2 of…
STS-119 has launched after an issue-free tanking and countdown, following engineering work to troubleshoot a…
The second launch attempt for STS-119 will take place on Sunday at 19:43pm local time,…
STS-119’s opening launch attempt has been scrubbed until Sunday, March 15,, following a LH2 leak during…
STS-119 is one day away from the opening launch attempt, with only a few issues of…
Engineers are currently working no serious issues with the Discovery, as the Mission Management Team…
Following the Flight Readiness Review (FRR) approval for launch, and the arrival of the STS-119…
As expected, the Flight Readiness Review (FRR) has cleared Discovery to target a launch at…
Members of a Special PRCB (Program Requirements Control Board) meeting on Wednesday have once again…
