External Tank 94 is in the final stretch of its voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, to its new home at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Towed on a barge by a tugboat up the California coast, the tank arrived in Los Angeles county at Marina del Rey on Wednesday and will be moved across LA, like Space Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour was in October 2012, to the Science Center on May 21.
Ten years ago today, the Space Shuttle Discovery left the Kennedy Space Center on STS-114. The flight,…
STS-114 was the Shuttle mission that returned NASA to active flight status following the tragic…
NASA’s famous Pegasus Barge – best known for transporting External Tanks from the Michoud Assembly…
NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden gained a close up and personal look at the ever-changing face…
An array of huge machinery is being installed at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF), as…
The Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) has begun its transformation back into the birth place of…
With a recent decision to switch the Space Launch System (SLS) core from aluminum-lithium to…
With a deep heritage between the Shuttle’s External Tank and the Space Launch System (SLS)…
The last External Tank, known as ET-94, has been moved into Building 103 – known…
The new Space Launch System (SLS) will be able to cope with a minimum of…
In what is a sobering reality of the Space Shuttle Program’s end, the Michoud Assembly…
While the political side of the Space Launch System (SLS) continues to be bogged down…
Providing stunning images of the grand finale of the Shuttle Program, the External Tank (ET)…
Following its replacement on Atlantis’ SSME-3 (Space Shuttle Main Engine), the new Main Fuel Valve…
With her team ably dealing with the usual pad flow hiccups, Atlantis is heading towards…
Atlantis’ External Tank (ET-138) was put through a Tanking Test on Wednesday, slightly delayed due…
Interrupting a nominal pad flow, engineers are set to begin S0037 operations – otherwise known…
Schedules are showing the External Tank camera – which will ride with Atlantis’ ET-138 –…
A decision on the configuration of the Space Launch System (SLS) Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle…