Following the conclusion of STS-127 docked phase of the mission, Flight Day 15 involved a Late Inspection survey on Endeavour’s Thermal Protection System (TPS). Meanwhile, an investigation into the foam losses from External Tank ET-131 during Endeavour’s ascent has indentified a leading candidate for why a large amount of foam shed from the Intertank.
The foam liberation from Endeavour’s External Tank (ET-131) intertank may have been a one-off event,…
The Mission Management Team (MMT) have declared they require more time to evaluate data from…
As STS-127 prepares to enter S0007 Launch Countdown operations on Wednesday night, engineers have carried…
External Tank (ET-131) is being safely housed in the Vehicle Assembly Building (High Bay 2E),…
Shuttle Discovery as the STS-119 stack will undergo the Shuttle Interface Test (S0008) on Sunday,…