NASA readies the space shuttle Discovery for its scheduled launch on Feb. 24. – The space shuttle Discovery reached Launch Pad 39A following its 3.4
mile trek on the crawler-transporter from the Vehicle Assembly
Building, NASA reported, noting the first motion began Jan. 31.
The space agency reported the rotating service structure was closed
around Discovery the morning of …
NASA works to gather financial support for a final space shuttle launch tentatively planned for late June. – As the space agencys storied space shuttle program winds down, NASA announced it has “baselined” the STS-135 mission for a target launch date of June 28. The mission would see space shuttle Atlantis deliver supplies to the International Space Station, including a replacement for a malfunctioning pum…
NASA sets a date for the final launch of space shuttle Discovery after finding a fix for external fuel tank cracks. – After months of delays caused by the appearance of cracks in space
shuttle Discoverys external fuel tank, NASA officials announced the
shuttle now has a planned launch date of Feb. 24. Space shuttle program
managers briefed senior NASA officials Jan. 10 about the status of
repairs and engineerin…
Discovery’s long-delayed launch is pushed back again as NASA officials address cracks in the space shuttle’s external tank. – NASA managers are evaluating potential launch dates for space shuttle Discovery in late February and working to see if International Space Station orbit operations would allow a launch as early as Feb. 24.
The space agency said more would be known next week and managers hope to set a launch date…
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The long delayed final launch of the space shuttle Discovery will move ahead as planned, despite evidence of new cracks. – The launch of the space shuttle Discovery remains on track for early
February, despite the need for additional repairs to the shuttle’s fuel tank,
according to NASA officials. The 26-year-old Discovery, which has been in orbit
38 times and is the senior citizen of the U.S.
space program, is to b…
According to an internal audit at four NASA facilities, inspectors found that equipment was being sold without verifying that all data had been removed, in violation of existing data security requirements. – Personnel at NASA failed to remove data from obsolete
computers before selling or discarding them, according to a NASA Office of
Inspector General audit report released Dec. 8.
Titled quot;Preparing for the Space
Shuttle Program’s Retirement, quot; the audit focused on the disposal
procedures …
A fuel leak has caused the delay of space shuttle Discovery’s final flight until the end of November, NASA said. – The space shuttle Discovery’s liftoff to the International Space Station was
postponed for a third time because of a leak in the ground umbilical carrier
plate at Launch Pad 39A, which prompted a scrub of Friday’s launch attempt,
NASA officials reported. Discovery’s six STS-133
astronauts left N…
A fuel leak delays the final launch of the space shuttle Discovery until at least Monday, NASA reports. – The launch of the space shuttle Discovery encountered another delay due to a
fuel leak, space agency NASA reported. Space shuttle managers scrubbed
Discovery’s launch attempt due to a hydrogen leak at the Ground Umbilical
Carrier Plate, or GUCP.
NASA officials said the next launch opportunity w…
Space shuttle Discovery’s final mission has been delayed because of storms, but mission controllers hope for a Friday launch. – Space shuttle Discovery has encountered yet another obstacle
on the way to its final mission: storms.
Inclement weather led NASAs mission controllers to scrub
Discoverys Nov. 4 launch. “If it looked like there was any possible chance of
giving it a shot, then I think we would have,” Pete Nickole…
Discovery’s final flight is delayed by electrical glitches: NASA says a Thursday launch is now likely. – Electrical glitches have caused a launch delay for the final flight of the
space shuttle Discovery. NASA announced that its Prelaunch Mission Management
Team wants to give engineers more time to look deeply into electrical issues
from a main engine computer controller that cropped up this morning…
The space shuttle Discovery goes up to the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, NASA reported. – NASA’s shuttle program Mission Management Team met this morning as the
countdown remained on track to launch space shuttle Discovery Wednesday on the STS-133
mission, with a scheduled launch time just before 4
p.m. EDT.
The weather forecast calls for a 70 percent chance of acceptable conditions…
As Lockheed closes the shuttle external tank plant, the Senate passes a bill that will end NASA’s Constellation program. – After 37 years and 136 tanks constructed, Lockheed Martin announced
the decision to end production of the space shuttle external tank at
the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The final tank
arrived at Kennedy Space Center on Sept. 27, ending a production
program that began with cont…
The space shuttle Discovery has been rolled into position on the launchpad for its final flight, NASA reports. – NASA announced the space shuttle Discoverys final
trip to Launch Pad 39A is complete. Discovery began the 3.4-mile
rollout from Kennedys Vehicle Assembly Building on Sept. 20 and rolled
into place on the launch pad early Sept. 21, NASA reported.
Discoverys STS-133 mission is targeted to launch t…
Even if you can’t be a rocketman, perhaps you can recommend the Elton John classic to NASA’s final space shuttle flight crews. – Ground Control to John Q. Public: If youre interested in
influencing the soundtrack to NASAs final two space shuttle missions,
listen up. For the first time, the space agency is turning to the
public to help choose songs to wake up the astronauts during the last
two scheduled shuttle missions. T…
Economic shock waves from the impending end of NASA’s space shuttle program hit as the program’s biggest contractor, United Space Alliance (USA), announces it is cutting 15 percent of its workforce. – As NASAs final two space shuttle launches
loom on the not-too-distant horizon, the fears of many of those who work in the
shuttle industry are coming true: NASA’s main space contractor, United Space
Alliance (USA), announced that the company will lay off about 15 percent of its
current space shu…
The launch dates of space shuttle Endeavour and Discovery get pushed back due to "space traffic" and a delay in upgrades to parts destined for the International Space Station, NASA reports. – The last launch of NASAs storied space shuttle program has been pushed back to February 26, 2011 the space agency reported. Space shuttle Endeavour’s STS-134 mission to the International Space Station (ISS), which will deliver spare parts to the orbiting facility, will be the 36th mission to the sta…
Kennedy Space Center has said that its last shuttle mission will likely start early next year and then there may be one more launch in next summer if funds are available. The Center has said that it does not want to rely in future on one large program.
The Center has announced that in [...]
After the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis set the spacecraft on track for a landing at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the shuttle and crew arrived safely, marking the end of Atlantis’ storied history. The shuttle will be towed to its processing facility. – quot;Space shuttle Atlantis and six astronauts ended a 12-day journey of
more than 4.8 million miles with an 8:48 a.m. EDT
landing Wednesday at NASA’s Kennedy Space
Center in Florida.
The flawless landing wrapped up a highly successful mission to deliver the
Russian-built Mini Research Module-…
The crew flying the space shuttle Atlantis starts preparations for their return to Earth, conducting an inspection of the shuttle’s heat shield after ending a seven-day visit to the International Space Station (ISS). – After undocking from the International Space Station on Sunday, the crew of
the space shuttle Atlantis, which is on its final mission, began a
final inspection of Atlantis heat shield. The crew of six will also pack up
spacesuits and have some time off, the space agency NASA reported.
Shuttle m…
