Pad operations continue to track a tight timeline ahead of the targeted May 14 launch, as engineers successfully worked through a number of Interim Problem Reports (IPRs) associated with the ongoing hypergolic loading operations on Atlantis’ stack. All eyes are now on next week’s Agency-level Flight Readiness Review (FRR), which will set the official launch date.
With less than three weeks to go before the launch of the STS-132 mission, Space…
Preparations are in full swing for next month’s scheduled launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on…
As expected, STS-131 has passed its latest milestone, with the approval to push forward to…
With less than two weeks until STS-130’s launch with Endeavour, managers are already setting up…
Managers at the STS-129 Agency Flight Readiness Review (FRR) have been discussing an issue relating…
STS-128 entered into S0007 (launch countdown) operations at 11pm on Friday evening, as engineers at…
With STS-128 and Discovery officially cleared by the SOMD (Space Operations Mission Directorate) FRR for…
The Agency Flight Readiness Review (FRR) is still expected to slip STS-128’s launch date by…
At last week’s Space Shuttle Program (SSP) FRR, program managers discussed a wide range of…
As STS-128 tracks an August 24 launch date – pending final clearance of the Ice…
The LO2 Ice Frost Ramps (IFRs) will be modified to mitigate against foam liberation –…
Meetings are taking place through Friday to work on risk acceptance for two LO2 Ice…
With final launch processing underway on Shuttle Endeavour at Launch Pad-A, NASA managers have outlined…
NASA officials have cleared Space Shuttle Endeavour for launch on June 13 at 7:17a.m. This…
Atlantis is finally home after a cross-country trip on top of a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft…
Atlantis’ piggyback ride back to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is expected to come to…
Endeavour remains on track for the setting of a June 13 or 14 launch date…
Engineers will carry out the repair on Atlantis’ damaged port radiator over the weekend, as…
With Space Shuttle Atlantis and her crew now less than two weeks away from launch…
