The mini-me version of the Space Launch System (SLS) is now being put through its paces as part of the Scale Model Acoustic Test (SMAT) program. The heavily instrumented five percent scale model of the SLS is being used to provide data on the acoustical energy that could be expected during launch, in turn feeding into the design of Pad 39B’s Sound Suppression System that will be tasked with mitigating the impact on the vehicle.
Pending the successful outcome of STS-133’s External Tank (ET-137) clearance for flight, managers have created…
The STS-130 crew are undertaking the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) this week, which will be…
STS-130 is set to achieve its latest milestone, as Endeavour prepares to rollover to the…
Atlantis continues to behave herself on Pad 39A, with no notable issues reported in the…
T-43 hours and counting for the launch of Atlantis on her STS-129 mission to the…
As preparations at LC-39A continue for the start of the STS-129 Countdown at 1pm local…
Atlantis is continuing to push towards her November 16 launch date, with the pad flow…
An Engineering Review Board (ERB) meeting has created an aggressive forward plan to add instrumentation…
Engineers are closing in on a plan to install instrumentation on Atlantis – in time…
Managers at the STS-129 Agency Flight Readiness Review (FRR) have been discussing an issue relating…
