With unacceptable weather at KSC restricting preparations for STS-133’s Tanking Test, managers decided to delay the test until at least Friday. With the Program Requirements Control Board (PRCB) approving the plan to collect data from ET-137’s stringers, a decision was also taken to roll the stack back to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) next week – allowing for further inspections of the tank.
Engineers are pressing forward with work relating to next week’s instrumented Tanking Test – a…
The all-powerful Program Requirements Control Board (PRCB) met on Thursday to discuss the status of ET-137’s stringer…
The main drive to return ET-137 to flight status is continuing this week, with focus…
Despite the large amount of progress made towards flight rationale – called for in relation…
A Christmas mission may be the cards for Discovery’s final mission, as managers at the…
Progress continues to be made in returning Discovery’s External Tank (ET-137) back to flight status,…
With the focus firmly placed on the repairs, inspections and required flight rationale for the…
With numerous repair operations ongoing with Discovery’s External Tank (ET-137), managers are creating a number…
Providing Discovery’s External Tank (ET-137) can be repaired and cleared for flight in time for…
Two more cracks has been found on a stringer adjacent to the two original cracks…
Concentricity measurements on the removed flight seal on the Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate (GUCP) have…
While troubleshooting on the Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate (GUCP) saw the flight seal removed on…
As access platforms are set up for engineers to begin the removal of the hardware…
As engineers prepare to take a close look at the Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate (GUCP)…
Following the arrival of the last External Tank (ET-122) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC),…
Following an engineering solution to the left External Tank separation bolt nut and nut retaining…
Discovery suffered a setback during mating operations between the orbiter and her External Tank (ET-137)…
With STS-135 heading into mission planning for a June 28, 2011 flight – pending the…
Discovery’s External Tank (ET-137), along with ET-138 and the yet-to-be-shipped ET-122 – currently set to…
