Endeavour has completed her 3.5-mile journey to Launch Pad 39A from the VAB ahead of her targeted February 7 launch date on the STS-130 mission. Meanwhile, managers and engineers around NASA are preparing for the multi-stage Flight Readiness Review (FRR) process for STS-130 – aided in large part by the low number of In-Flight Anomalies (IFAs) from Atlantis and STS-129 in November 2009.
Capping off a highly successful year for the Space Shuttle Program, the STS-129 flight of…
Shuttle managers have concluded the key review of STS-129’s mission, in turn providing a baseline…
STS-129 is spending its last full day on the International Space Station, ahead of Wednesday’s…
Randy Bresnik and Robert Satcher have compelted the third and final EVA of STS-129’s mission,…
As part of NASA’s effort to stockpile the International Space Station with as many spare…
Spacewalkers Mike Foreman (EV1) and Robert Satcher (EV2) have completed the first of three EVAs…
STS-129’s crew have worked through the primary Flight Day 2 task of inspecting Atlantis’ Thermal…
Only three minor foam liberation events have been noted in initial ascent imagery evaluations, with…
Atlantis continues to behave herself on Pad 39A, with no notable issues reported in the…
T-43 hours and counting for the launch of Atlantis on her STS-129 mission to the…
The STS-129 ascent/entry flight control team and flight crew concluded the fourth and final integrated…
When STS-129 launches next week, Atlantis will have one eye on the future, as she…
As Atlantis’ launch date nears, engineers, Space Shuttle Program managers, and Agency personnel are continuing…
Atlantis is continuing to push towards her November 16 launch date, with the pad flow…
An Engineering Review Board (ERB) meeting has created an aggressive forward plan to add instrumentation…
With less than two weeks to go before the scheduled launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis…
Engineers are closing in on a plan to install instrumentation on Atlantis – in time…
With Space Shuttle Atlantis now officially targeting a launch on November 16, Space Shuttle Program…
Managers at the STS-129 Agency Flight Readiness Review (FRR) have been discussing an issue relating…
