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 the tanking of ET-122. However, several issues popped up in the count, most notably with an OMS tank issue, which was then resolved, prior to a heater issue on Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) 1 – which has resulted in a several day scrub.
Managers at the Agency Flight Readiness Review (FRR) have – as expected – approved April…
Atlantis is continuing to enjoy a smooth processing flow inside her Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF-2)…
Discovery has completed her final ascent into space, following a 16:53 Eastern launch from the…
Space Shuttle Program (SSP) managers have completed their Delta Flight Readiness Review (FRR) with a…
With just over two weeks to launch, engineers will disassemble the Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate…
Discovery remains on track for an opening launch attempt on February 24, as the stack…
Discovery has completed her journey back out to Pad 39A with her modified External Tank…
Endeavour is set to depart from her Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF-2) on February 28, as…
Discovery’s final mission to the International Space Station (ISS) remains on track for February 24,…
Shuttle Discovery is aiming to roll back out to Pad 39A on February 1, following…
Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) technicians and engineers are working hard…
Thursday’s Program Requirements Control Board (PRCB) meeting overviewed the status of Discovery’s External Tank (ET-137),…
The root cause of the cracked stringers on STS-133’s External Tank (ET-137) may have been…
NASA managers have made a key decision to modify 34 stringers on the LO2 flange area…
Following a Space Shuttle Program (SSP) meeting on Thursday, a decision on carrying out modifications…
With Discovery now back inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), a preliminary timeline has listed…
Discovery’s return to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) – in order to gain extra data…
Engineers have gathering detailed data on the thermal and stress environments of the External Tank’s…
Pending acceptable weather conditions on Friday, all systems are go for ET-137’s Tanking Test –…