Discovery is enjoying a nominal pad flow towards the start of the STS-131 countdown on Friday morning. Composite Overwrap Pressure Vessels (COPV) pressurization is currently being finalized, ahead of the closure of the orbiter’s Payload Bay Doors (PLBDs) for flight. The only discussion that has taken place at the Program level this week related to an issue with the T-RAD tile repair dispenser.
Delayed from several previous missions, the Tile Repair Ablator Dispenser (T-RAD) on orbit demonstration has…
A futuristic solution to repairing the Shuttle Orbiter’s Thermal Protection System (TPS) on orbit will…
The Hubble Space Telescope continues to operate to this day in part due to the…
Ten years ago, the crew of Shuttle Atlantis was in the final phase of their…
Despite STS-124’s slip to May 31, an issue free processing flow towards launch is required…
As the fleet awaits news on how the External Tank deliveries will shape the upcoming…
Endeavour is now into the final stages of the STS-123 launch countdown, with the Rotating…
Shuttle orbiter Endeavour has rolled over to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) in preparation for…
Shuttle Endeavour’s External Tank (ET-126) has arrived at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) a day…
Last week’s STS-120 Flight Readiness Review (FRR) concluded a key element of the countdown towards…
Shuttle Discovery is continuing to enjoy a smooth pad flow ahead of STS-120, with the…
Three orbiters and three good processing flows, NASA is on track to carry out another…
STS-126 is the latest mission to have been put through the FDRD (Flight Definition and…
Unthinkable before the loss of Columbia, a contractor engineer at Lockheed Martin was able to…
Several key NASA departments have officially recommended to the Mission Management Team (MMT) for STS-118…
NASA are still in the midst of evaluating the viability of carrying out a repair…
Continued testing at the Arc Jet facility has raised hopes that an on orbit repair…
NASA and contractor engineers have created a full set of plans – via numerous presentations…
Shuttle Atlantis has successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS), midway through Flight Day…
