NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) still has a number of concerns over crew safety numbers for the Commercial Crew Program (CCP), notably the guideline Loss of Crew (LOC) metric, based on the threat of MicroMeteoroid and Orbital Debris (MMOD) damage and crew recovery from the ocean after an abort. The plan acknowledged both SpaceX and Boeing are actively working to improve their LOC ratings.
NASA has claimed the threat of MicroMeteoroid and Orbital Debris (MMOD) – small pieces of…
Life aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has returned to normal after a late conjunction…
Europe’s ATV-5 cargo ship helped ‘shove’ the International Space Station (ISS) out of the path…
A MicroMeteoroid and Orbital Debris (MMOD) strike on the Number 2 window of the International Space…
Window 2 on the Cupola module has been hit by a minor MicroMeteoroid and Orbital…
A study into Active Debris Removal (ADR) has begun laying the foundations of a long…
STS-131 is continuing to move through the docked timeline, although a possibility of a fourth…
With less than one month to go before the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis’ flagship…
The Mission Management Team (MMT) have initially cleared a Micrometeoroid Orbital Debris (MMOD) strike to…
The Mission Management Team (MMT) has decided to extend STS-126 by an additional docked day.…