With a deep heritage between the Shuttle’s External Tank and the Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage, a NASA team recently evaluated recommendations to mitigate against leaks of the Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate (GUCP) – the cause of launch day delays for three Space Shuttle missions – on the monster rocket.
Managers at the Agency Flight Readiness Review (FRR) have – as expected – approved April…
With just over two weeks to launch, engineers will disassemble the Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate…
Discovery’s return to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) – in order to gain extra data…
Pending acceptable weather conditions on Friday, all systems are go for ET-137’s Tanking Test –…
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)…
Shuttle orbiter Endeavour was again ready to launch to the International Space Station. However, poor…
STS-127’s External Tank (ET-131) has completed a tanking test on the realigned Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate…
Preparations for next Wednesday’s tanking test are proceeding well, with the flight seal now replaced…
Managers have set next Wednesday morning for a full-up tanking test of External Tank ET-131…
Endeavour will launch only when engineers are happy they have a full understanding of the…
STS-127 has been scrubbed for the second time due to another leak at the Ground Umbilical…
Endeavour has won the right to make a launch attempt on June 17 (Wednesday), following…
In a similar event to STS-119’s scrub, Endeavour’s launch has been delayed due to a…