Engineers are heading into a weekend of critical operations for STS-132, as Atlantis undergoes flight pressurization operations on the systems that will aid her journey to the International Space Station (ISS) in a week’s time. Wednesday’s Agency Flight Readiness Review (FRR) focused on one of those systems – the Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSMEs) – providing reviews on several items of interest.
Wednesday’s Agency Flight Readiness Review (FRR) has approved a May 14 launch date for STS-132,…
NASA and contractor managers will set STS-132’s launch date during the Agency level Flight Readiness…
Pad operations continue to track a tight timeline ahead of the targeted May 14 launch,…
Atlantis’ STS-132 launch remains on target for May 14, although managers have noted they will…
With less than three weeks to go before the launch of the STS-132 mission, Space…
The delivery of the AMS-02 (Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-02) payload to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC)…
Preparations are in full swing for next month’s scheduled launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on…
STS-132’s weather-delayed rollout to Pad 39A began at 23:31 local time on Wednesday, following three…
Atlantis has rolled over to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) – taking in several photo…
Atlantis’ next mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has avoided a potential range conflict…
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…
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…
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 Endeavour undergoing pad validation work – as engineers make the hundreds of connections to…
The 3,670kg module Mini Research Module-2 (MRM-2) has launched at 9:22 am Eastern on Tuesday from the…
The first of what is scheduled to be the final three Launch Site Requirements Reviews…
