The Space Shuttle Program (SSP) big guns have praised the “tremendous manner” in which the STS-131 mission was completed, as Discovery begins her final processing flow on the current schedule. STS-133 may still avoid becoming the final mission to fly – pending approval of a mission swap with the slipping STS-134, or the potential addition of STS-135.
A full set of testing on the primary and secondary regulators on Discovery’s Right Reaction…
Despite STS-131’s slip to April, managers are continuing to push forward with plans to launch…
A one-year long investigation into the liberation of part of a Flow Control Valve (FCV)…
For NASA, 2009 proved to be a stellar year, one filled with five extremely successful…
With work complete for the year on Endeavour in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), her…
The STS-129 ascent/entry flight control team and flight crew concluded the fourth and final integrated…
Space Shuttle Program (SSP) manager John Shannon has claimed that Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP)…
Discovery is on track for her weekend cross country trip back to the Kennedy Space…
With the weather failing to improve on the Florida coastline, Discovery has landed at the…
Unacceptable weather over the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) has caused the scrub of STS-128 for…
With Discovery deep into S0007 (Launch Countdown) operations, the Mission Management Team (MMT) has passed…
With Discovery deep in preparations for her STS-128 mission, shuttle managers are already mapping out…
STS-127’s External Tank (ET-131) has completed a tanking test on the realigned Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate…
Shuttle Discovery has been tasked with a special DTO (Detailed Test Objective) – on behalf…
With Endeavour’s June 13 launch to the ISS now counting down, engineers are continuing to work…
Atlantis is finally home after a cross-country trip on top of a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft…
The high tempo pace of shuttle processing continues through the weekend and earlier into next…
Engineers are pressing through the remaining minor issues – the latest being an obstructive Teflon…
Engineers will carry out the repair on Atlantis’ damaged port radiator over the weekend, as…
