Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne engineers have found the application of “tacky tape” – used to seal the throat plugs on the Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME) since the 1990s – was the initial root cause of 340 leaks on Endeavour’s number one engine during STS-127’s ascent. Meanwhile, three SSMEs are scheduled to be installed on Endeavour next month, ahead of her STS-130 mission.
A failure investigation team has been created for Endeavour’s Number One Space Shuttle Main Engine…
STS-127 has concluded it’s fifth and final EVA, following the pacy completion of EVA-5’s tasks. …
Chris ‘Chuck Norris’ Cassidy and Tom Marshburn have completed EVA-4 to finalize the replacement of the…
With Endeavour’s seven member crew and the International Space Station’s six member crew working diligently…
Endeavour’s Dave Wolf and the ISS’s Tim Kopra ventured outside the Shuttle/Station complex on Saturday and completed…
Endeavour has docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Flight Day 3, following a…
Flight Day 2 for the crew of STS-127 focused on carrying out inspections of Endeavour’s Thermal Protection…
Endeavour finally got a break from the weather and launched on the sixth attempt to…
Shuttle orbiter Endeavour was again ready to launch to the International Space Station. However, poor…
Results on the STS-127 stack – called for after a number of lightning strikes were…
The Mission Management Team (MMT) have declared they require more time to evaluate data from…
As STS-127 prepares to enter S0007 Launch Countdown operations on Wednesday night, engineers have carried…
STS-127’s External Tank (ET-131) has completed a tanking test on the realigned Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate…
Managers have set next Wednesday morning for a full-up tanking test of External Tank ET-131…
Endeavour will launch only when engineers are happy they have a full understanding of the…
STS-127 has been scrubbed for the second time due to another leak at the Ground Umbilical…
Endeavour has won the right to make a launch attempt on June 17 (Wednesday), following…
The ascent threat of ice liberation, as observed on STS-126 and potentially STS-125, will be…
With Endeavour’s June 13 launch to the ISS now counting down, engineers are continuing to work…