As the countdown begins for STS-132, mission managers are continuing to review the status of Atlantis’ hardware, using the baseline of the Flight Readiness Reviews (FRRs). In particular, certification of the STS-132 SRBs and RSRMs for flight was aided by the clean performance of both SRBs/RSRMs on STS-131 – with only one SRB IFA (In-Flight Anomaly) declared for the critical vehicle component during last month’s flight.
The Space Shuttle Program (SSP) big guns have praised the “tremendous manner” in which the…
Discovery has returned to Earth on Tuesday, ending the highly successful STS-131 mission at the orbiter’s…
Shuttle Discovery and her seven member crew will spend another day on orbit, following the…
Following a highly successful docked mission, the STS-131 crew have undock from the International Space…
Discovery’s crew have raced through their Flight Day 12 tasks, completing the berthing of MPLM…
STS-131 is continuing to move through the docked timeline, although a possibility of a fourth…
With an additional docked day – already allowed for in the mission timeline options –…
Flight Day 5 (FD-5) for STS-131 has seen the completion of the first of three scheduled…
Discovery is continuing to close the gap between herself and the International Space Station (ISS)…
Veteran orbiter Discovery is closing in on the end of Flight Day 2 on orbit,…
Following a series of highly elaborative and successful Flight Readiness Reviews (FRRs), launch of the…
Discovery is enjoying a nominal pad flow towards the start of the STS-131 countdown on…
With Discovery’s opening launch attempt on the STS-131 mission now officially set for Monday, April…
The decision to call a Special PRCB (Program Requirements Control Board) meeting on Tuesday paid…
With Discovery’s payload now installed into the orbiter’s Payload Bay, all eyes are on Friday’s…
Friday’s Agency Flight Readiness Review (FRR) will have several dissenters pitching against flight rationale for…
A full set of testing on the primary and secondary regulators on Discovery’s Right Reaction…
As work continues at Launch Pad 39A in terms of STS-131 payload arrival and transfer…
An Engineering Review Board (ERB) meeting has taken place on Monday to discuss options relating…
