Tag: PRCB
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PRCB boosts FRR opportunity to approve March launch for STS-119
Members of a Special PRCB (Program Requirements Control Board) meeting on Wednesday have once again worked through a vast set of documentation, which concluded with positive results for STS-119’s Flow Control Valve (FCV) flight rationale, ahead of the ultimate launch date decision at Friday’s Flight Readiness Review (FRR). The presentations presented to the PRCB (all…
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Switching STS-128 to Discovery – PRCB updates mission baseline
As Discovery prepares for Wednesday’s rollover ahead of her mid-February flight (STS-119) to deliver the final set of solar arrays and batteries – the S6 truss – to the International Space Station (ISS), the Program Requirements Control Board (PRCB) has completed the all-important Integrated Launch Site Requirements Review (ILSRR), as well as the Delta Launch…
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STS-130: Endeavour’s Early 2010 Mission to Deliver Node-3
With Endeavour now pulling triple duty for her Launch on Need (LON) flight for STS-119, her Hubble rescue mission STS-400, and her primary mission STS-127 (which is currently targeting launch in May or June or next year), the Program Requirements Control Board (PRCB) has baselined Endeavour’s second to last mission – based on the current…
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STS-129: Discovery’s Logistics Mission Baselined By PRCB
As processing teams at the Kennedy Space Center continue to prepare space shuttle Discovery for her next mission – STS-119 – early next year, the Program Requirements Control Board (PRCB) is pressing ahead with preparations for the busy 2009 flight year, with the baselining of the STS-129 mission. Currently targeting a launch date of October 15, 2009, STS-129…