One of the key workhorses of the Shuttle Orbiter fleet’s engineering, the Main Propulsion System (MPS), proved to be one of the unsung stars of last week’s launch of STS-121.
A hold was nearly called for the T-31 second mark, due to concerns about the liquid oxygen (LOX) inlet temperatures proving to be higher than normal. However, engineers made the call that the MPS turbo pumps could cope – and Discovery launched as planned without issue.
Astronaunts Piers Sellers and Mike Fossum have completed the opening EVA (spacewalk) of STS-121. The…
Discovery’s STS-121 mission has suffered a second launch scrub on Sunday, due to the continuing…
Shuttle Discovery has scrubbed her launch attempt for second test flight mission STS-121, from the…
The countdown for STS-121, the second Return to Flight mission since the loss of Shuttle…
The Marshall Space Flight Center Safety Engineering Review Panel (MSERP) noted in their findings that…
Today’s PRCB (Program Requirements Control Board) meeting has decided against a tanking test – which…
Documents, acquired by this site and dated the April 18, have recommended that STS-121 becomes…
Following the news that a change-out of the LH2 ECO (Engine Cut Off) sensors is…
Sources this morning are noting that there is a “99 percent” chance that the LH2…
While the mass media continue to fall over themselves with talk of doom and gloom…
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus NG-17 spacecraft has arrived at the International Space Station on Monday, less…
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley on the Crew Dragon’s Demo-2 mission…
In a major milestone for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), all four RS-25 engines –…
SpaceX’s first Crew Dragon that will fly the uncrewed Demonstration Mission -1 (DM-1) as part…
After 30 days in space and 28 days berthed to the International Space Station, SpaceX’s…
A Russian Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft launched three new crewmembers en route to the International Space…
On 2 November 2000, the Expedition 1 crew to the International Space Station docked with the…
Ten years ago today, the Space Shuttle Discovery left the Kennedy Space Center on STS-114. The flight,…
STS-114 was the Shuttle mission that returned NASA to active flight status following the tragic…
