With Endeavour enjoying a smooth flow on Pad 39A, preparations for Discovery’s STS-131 mission in March are picking up the pace – with the milestone of External Tank (ET-135) mating with the twin Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) set to take place next Monday. Meanwhile, the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans has been handed a forward plan to check all of the LO2 Ice Frost Ramps (IFRs) prior to shipping.
External Tank (ET-131) is being safely housed in the Vehicle Assembly Building (High Bay 2E),…
Shuttle managers have made extensive changes to their 2010 launch schedule ambitions, with the “inclusion”…
Four missions, four clean tanks – that’s what the 2008 report card notes for the…
Endeavour has arrived in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), following her rollover Thursday morning. She…
Less than a month after ET-127 left the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) for STS-125, an…
Shuttle managers have been informed that the refined delivery dates for External Tanks ET-127 and…
Lockheed Martin and the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) are hoping they will benefit from the…
With most of the data now analysed, Lockheed Martin and the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF)…
As NASA’s VSE (Vision for Space Exploration) gears up and its contractors prepare to start…
While the 25th anniversary of STS-1 is being celebrated, the future for those at the…
The Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans are preparing to send ET-118 to the…
Managers at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) are meeting today to clarify their shipping dates…
Directors at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) believe a successful Lockheed Martin Phase II bid…
The Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans has declared itself fully operational, following its…
Reports claim the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans – home of the External Tank…
The Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans is under serious threat, as Hurricane Katrina –…
Engineers are focusing their attentions on evaluating if the foam liberation on STS-114’s launch was…
Boeing is expected to spend 2.8 billion dollars on NASA’s brand-new Exploration Upper Stage (EUS),…
NASA and Space Launch System core stage prime contractor Boeing are working to finish activating…
