As Endeavour sails into what is expected to be her final full day on orbit, the STS-130 crew spent the day testing and reconfiguring Endeavour ahead of the mission’s opening Deorbit, Entry, and Landing attempts Sunday evening. Meanwhile, Endeavour’s TPS (Thermal Protection System) has been cleared for reentry – with only three (3) areas of TPS anomalies gaining mention in the primary TPS overview presentation.
An upper elevon “sliding seal” on one of Endeavour’s port wing flippers has protruded, although…
Atlantis has undocked from the International Space Station (ISS), as she prepares to target a…
Only three minor foam liberation events have been noted in initial ascent imagery evaluations, with…
Last week’s Space Shuttle Program (SSP) Flight Readiness Review (FRR) has approved the installation of…
The Damage Assessment Team (DAT) are working hundreds of images taken during the orbiter’s RPM…
The STS-128 crew have completed Flight Day 2’s activities, which focused on the opening inspections…
The Space Shuttle Program (SSP) Flight Readiness Review (FRR) heads into a two day meeting…
Although no ill effects were suffered by Endeavour, the problems with her External Tank (ET-131)…
Endeavour has concluded her STS-127 mission by returning to her home base at the Kennedy…
STS-127 is coming to the end of another highly successful mission for the shuttle program,…
Following the conclusion of STS-127 docked phase of the mission, Flight Day 15 involved a Late…
Shuttle engineers like to check, double check, and check again, whenever there’s a flight safety…
The foam liberation from Endeavour’s External Tank (ET-131) intertank may have been a one-off event,…
STS-127 Spacewalkers Dave Wolf and Tom Marshburn have completed EVA-2, following robotic work to handover…
Endeavour has docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Flight Day 3, following a…
Flight Day 2 for the crew of STS-127 focused on carrying out inspections of Endeavour’s Thermal Protection…
As STS-127 prepares to enter S0007 Launch Countdown operations on Wednesday night, engineers have carried…
Shuttle Discovery has been tasked with a special DTO (Detailed Test Objective) – on behalf…
Post flight processing on Atlantis at Edwards Air Force Base (Dryden Flight Research Center) has…
