With Discovery’s opening launch attempt on the STS-131 mission now officially set for Monday, April 5 at 6:21:22 a.m., final pre-countdown operations are underway at Launch Pad 39A as engineers complete last minute tasks to configure Discovery and the launch pad for S0007 (launch countdown) operations.
The decision to call a Special PRCB (Program Requirements Control Board) meeting on Tuesday paid…
With Discovery’s payload now installed into the orbiter’s Payload Bay, all eyes are on Friday’s…
Friday’s Agency Flight Readiness Review (FRR) will have several dissenters pitching against flight rationale for…
A full set of testing on the primary and secondary regulators on Discovery’s Right Reaction…
As work continues at Launch Pad 39A in terms of STS-131 payload arrival and transfer…
An Engineering Review Board (ERB) meeting has taken place on Monday to discuss options relating…
A leak relating to Discovery’s RCS (Reaction Control System) Helium Isolation Value – on the…
As expected, STS-131 has passed its latest milestone, with the approval to push forward to…
Shuttle and International Space Station (ISS) managers have been busy discussing the launch dates for…
No major topics are expected at next week’s Space Shuttle Program (SSP) Flight Readiness Review…
Discovery has rolled out of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) just after midnight on Wednesday morning…
Following initially positive opening investigations into the possibility of allowing a Space Shuttle orbiter to…
Discovery and External Tank ET-135 have completed mating operations with no issues reported, as STS-131…
Endeavour has safely returned to her Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF-2), following the highly successful STS-130…
Despite STS-131’s slip to April, managers are continuing to push forward with plans to launch…
Rollover of Discovery is still pending, due to temperature constraints relating to several systems on…
With less than two weeks until STS-130’s launch with Endeavour, managers are already setting up…
With Endeavour enjoying a smooth flow on Pad 39A, preparations for Discovery’s STS-131 mission in…
With Endeavour undergoing pad validation work – as engineers make the hundreds of connections to…
