Managers are close to approving a switch to an advanced May 11 launch date for STS-125, as engineers evaluate damage to Atlantis’ left radiator panel, following an impact from a torque wrench socket. Meanwhile, it has been decided to defer the modification of a doubler plate to the downstream Flow Control Valve (FCV) lines, until after STS-125 and STS-127.
The dual processing flows for Atlantis and Endeavour are proceeding to plan, with the main…
With less than one month to go before the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis’ flagship…
Aiding the requirement of flight rationale for STS-125, engineers have found that the three replacement…
No issues are being worked on Atlantis at Pad 39A, as STS-125 continues to proceed…
With Space Shuttle Atlantis undergoing her second round of pad processing for the much anticipated…
Atlantis has rolled back out to Pad 39A for her re-aligned STS-125 mission to the…
Another major milestone in the flow towards the final Hubble Servicing Mission has taken place,…
With the Hubble mission still tracking a May launch date, the STS-125 stack – consisting…
Managers are closing in on facilitating a July launch date for Ares I-X, via a…
Atlantis’ trip to service the Hubble Space Telescope remains on track for May, although another…
The replacement tank for Atlantis’ mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope has arrived at…
Engineers are working a connection issue with an Integrated Display Processor on Endeavour, which is…
United Space Alliance engineers are working a tentative plan to de-stack Atlantis, pending official confirmation…
Space shuttle Endeavour has been escorted on a mini tour of the Kennedy Space Center…
STS-125 has been given a new “work-to” launch date of February 17, pending a November…
As preparations continue to switch the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) over to its back-up control…
While the status of STS-125’s Hubble Servicing Mission remains fluid, managers at the Kennedy Space…
A major failure of the “Side A” control system on the Hubble Space Telescope has delayed…
STS-125’s Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) – the dress rehearsal for next month’s launch –…
