Posts Tagged ‘ET’
Endeavour suffers from troublesome countdown, APU issue scrubs launch
Shuttle Endeavour – the youngest orbiter in the fleet – was preparing for her final hours prior to launch, after the Mission Management Team (MMT) met to approve…
STS-134 Agency FRR approves April 29 launch – Storm damage evaluations
Managers at the Agency Flight Readiness Review (FRR) have – as expected – approved April 29 as the launch date for STS-134. The meeting also discussed the health…
STS-135: Atlantis in smooth flow as ET-138 undergoes mods – Hale on stringers
Atlantis is continuing to enjoy a smooth processing flow inside her Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF-2) for the late June STS-135 mission, while her External Tank (ET-138) undergoes radius…
Discovery launches after dramatic range fix late in countdown
Discovery has completed her final ascent into space, following a 16:53 Eastern launch from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Controllers managed to launch the veteran orbiter with just seconds…
STS-133: Approval to press towards Agency FRR amid eventful pad flow
Space Shuttle Program (SSP) managers have completed their Delta Flight Readiness Review (FRR) with a decision to press on to the primary Agency FRR next Friday. The expected…
STS-133: GUCP to be disassembled at pad – SRBs into hyper loading tasks
With just over two weeks to launch, engineers will disassemble the Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate (GUCP) at the pad, after it was noted the troublesome hardware failed a…
STS-133: Discovery enjoying early pad flow – ET-137 flight rationale positive
Discovery remains on track for an opening launch attempt on February 24, as the stack is put through S0009 Launch Pad Validation task out at Complex 39A. No…
STS-133 rolls out to 39A – Managers call for ET-122 radius block installation
Discovery has completed her journey back out to Pad 39A with her modified External Tank (ET-137), with first motion at 8pm local on Monday evening, following an issue-free…
STS-134: Endeavour set for February 28 rollover – ET-122 borescope checks
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…
STS-133 launch remains on track as Bowen replaces the injured Kopra
Discovery’s final mission to the International Space Station (ISS) remains on track for February 24, despite a late change to the crew. With Mission Specialist – and lead…
STS-133: Discovery aiming for Feb 1 rollout – Crewmember Kopra injured
Shuttle Discovery is aiming to roll back out to Pad 39A on February 1, following what will be the completion of numerous “radius block” modifications to the circumferance…
ET-137 deep into repairs and modifications – ATV-2 likely to aid launch date
Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) technicians and engineers are working hard to replace, repair and modify numerous stringers on Discovery’s External Tank (ET-137), as…
STS-133: PRCB recommends 103 ET-137 stringer mods – Launch date slipping
Thursday’s Program Requirements Control Board (PRCB) meeting overviewed the status of Discovery’s External Tank (ET-137), with recommendations made to install radius blocks on over 100 stringers. A new…
STS-133: ET-137 stringer investigation boosted by potential root cause find
The root cause of the cracked stringers on STS-133’s External Tank (ET-137) may have been found, following the investigation team’s findings that the material used for the tank’s…
ET-137 stringers to be modified – LO2 flange foam liberation assessed
NASA managers have made a key decision to modify 34 stringers on the LO2 flange area of the tank – following the observation of several cracks around its circumference….
STS-133: Managers to decide on ET-137 stringer modifications next week
Following a Space Shuttle Program (SSP) meeting on Thursday, a decision on carrying out modifications to STS-133’s External Tank (ET-137) won’t be made until next week, as engineers…
STS-133: Discovery aiming for January 13 rollout for February launch target
With Discovery now back inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), a preliminary timeline has listed January 13 as a preliminary target to return to Pad 39A in order…
STS-133: Discovery arrives back inside VAB – GUCP investigation results
Discovery’s return to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) – in order to gain extra data on the health of the stringers on areas of her tank (ET-137) which…
Discovery/ET-137 Tanking Test complete – Flight Rationale data drive
Engineers have gathering detailed data on the thermal and stress environments of the External Tank’s intertank stringers at the LOX flange and LH2 flange areas, NASA managers completed…
STS-133: ET-137 ready for Friday’s Tanking Test – GUCP to be monitored
Pending acceptable weather conditions on Friday, all systems are go for ET-137’s Tanking Test – a key milestone in the effort to gain data on both the health…
