Endeavour is set to depart from her Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF-2) on February 28, as milestones begin to align for her April 19 (No Earlier Than) launch to the International Space Station (ISS). With her External Tank (ET-122) and Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) mated, borescope inspections of ET-122’s stringers have been completed.
A group of United Space Alliance (USA) and Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) technicians and engineers…
Endeavour’s final mission has slipped to the second half of April – as expected –…
The root cause of the cracked stringers on STS-133’s External Tank (ET-137) may have been…
As NASA enters 2011, preparations are underway for an exciting new venture in space operations…
Although technically still a notional mission, should Atlantis provide the swansong to the Shuttle Program…
Engineers are pressing forward with work relating to next week’s instrumented Tanking Test – a…
NASA managers are realigning Endeavour’s processing flow milestones, as her launch date slips to an…
Progress continues to be made in returning Discovery’s External Tank (ET-137) back to flight status,…
Concentricity measurements on the removed flight seal on the Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate (GUCP) have…
While troubleshooting on the Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate (GUCP) saw the flight seal removed on…
As access platforms are set up for engineers to begin the removal of the hardware…
The changes to Endeavour’s final mission have been outlined at a Program Requirements Control Board…
Endeavour’s final mission will be officially extended next week, when mission managers approve a Change…
Another milestone was passed on Friday, after Discovery, along with her astronauts and controllers, successfully…
Following the arrival of the last External Tank (ET-122) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC),…
NASA and Lockheed Martin managers at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) have spoken pride in…
In what is highly likely to be her final rollout, Discovery – as the STS-133…
NASA managers are continuing to work the alignment process between the STS-335 LON (Launch On…
Following an engineering solution to the left External Tank separation bolt nut and nut retaining…
