For all the very latest STS Manifests (FAWG and Launch Schedule Manifests), plus Flight Assignment latest and MOD \u2018Work To\u2019 STS and ISS Schedules, join L2 \u2013 which includes the HST LON rescue presentation and STS-125 latest.<\/em><\/p>\n While moves are being made to attempt to bump the launch up to the end of 2007, initial preparations continue towards the dual approach of training a veteran crew to carrying out the servicing of the space telescope, along with evaluations for a one-of-its-kind LON (Launch On Need) rescue mission being on standby.<\/p>\n December 2007 is ambitious to say the least, due to natural slippage in the launch manifest. Both STS-116 and STS-117 are under threat of slipping a few months due to delays with Atlantis\u2019 External Tank (required both for Atlantis\u2019 primary mission and her support of Discovery\u2019s December mission). <\/font><\/p>\n Realistically, the Hubble mission is expected to remain sandwiched between the two major launch and installation missions for the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) in early 2008, currently dated \u2013 before slippage \u2013 as NET December 6, 2007, STS-123\/1J\/A, Endeavour \u2013 JEM ELM-PS, SLP-D1 with SPDM Dextre, and NET February 7, 2008, STS-124\/1J, Atlantis \u2013 JEM PM, JEM RMS.<\/p>\n LON missions only \u2013 at present \u2013 extend as far as STS-322, which is in support of STS-120. Installing a rescue requirement for the Hubble Servicing Mission would prove to be extremely complex.<\/p>\n It is hoped that continued confidence in on-orbit inspection, repair techniques and improved External Tanks that suffer less foam liberation will mitigate the need to have an orbiter on standby for Discovery\u2019s mission, which was intimated by Shuttle manager John Shannon during a recent press conference.<\/font><\/p>\n \u2018The question on Hubble is Launch On Need, because that\u2019s going to be extremely difficult to do,\u2019 he noted, pointing out the rush to launch another orbiter, while Discovery is used as a lifeboat. \u2018It\u2019s going to be very tough.\u2019 <\/font><\/p>\n However, breaking source news tonight notes that Constellation may not see the handover of Pad 39B on the schedule date of March 31, 2007, due to \u2018evaluations of having two pads available for a 2007 Hubble servicing mission, plus LON requirement.\u2019<\/font><\/p>\n Rocket building kits (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/p>\n Pad 39B is set to undergo construction (and dismantling) work next year, ahead of the Ares I-1 test flight. An article will follow when further information is available. <\/em><\/font><\/p>\n Meanwhile, a recent incident involving one of the new cameras that will fly with Discovery to upgrade an existing part of the telescope will not affect the scheduling of the mission, sources note.<\/font><\/p>\n <\/u><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Below is the current STS launch manifest (updated).<\/font><\/p>\n 01 \u2013 December 14, 2006 \u2013 STS-116 \u2013 12A.1 \u2013 Discovery \u2013 P5, Spacehab-SM, ICC **DETERMINED STS-115 MUSIC VIDEO**<\/em> \u2013 <\/em><\/font> **NASASpaceflight.com Job Opportunities**<\/em><\/font> <\/em><\/font><\/p>\n <\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Flagship mission STS-125, better known as the final Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission, has officially entered NASA\u2019s flight manifests as the \u201cFlight Of Opportunity.\u201d HST SM-04 is currently scheduled for No Earlier Than (NET) April 17, 2008, involving Shuttle Discovery. Confirmation of the mission is expected next month. For all the very latest STS Manifests […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41934"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41934\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The last Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission took place on STS-109, with one of the most spectacular launches ever witnessed at the Kennedy Space Center, as Columbia\u2019s dawn launch pierced through low clouds, lighting up the State of Florida in the process.
**Click the image to view the camcorder video recording of STS-109\u2019s launch (free to view for forum members)**<\/em><\/font><\/font><\/p>\nThe latest manifests, dated September 12 and 13, now include payloads for all of the remaining flights in the Shuttle manifest. Previously, manifests had only shown scheduled payloads up to Node 2\/STS-120. <\/font><\/p>\n
[February 9, 2007 \u2013 STS-317 \u2013 LON for STS-116 \u2013 Atlantis]
02 \u2013 February 22, 2007 \u2013 STS-117 \u2013 13A \u2013 Atlantis \u2013 S3\/S4
[May 8, 2007 \u2013 STS-318 \u2013 LON for STS-117 \u2013 Endeavour]
03 \u2013 June 11, 2007 \u2013 STS-118 \u2013 13A.1 \u2013 Endeavour \u2013 S5, Spacehab-SM, ESP3
[July 26, 2007 \u2013 STS-320 \u2013 LON for STS-118 \u2013 Atlantis]
04 \u2013 August 9, 2007 \u2013 STS-120 \u2013 10A \u2013 Atlantis \u2013 Node 2, PDGF
[September 28, 2007 \u2013 STS-322 \u2013 LON for STS-120 \u2013 Discovery]
05 \u2013 October 17, 2007 \u2013 STS-122 \u2013 1E \u2013 Discovery \u2013 Columbus, MPESS
06 \u2013 December 6, 2007 \u2013 STS-123 \u2013 1J\/A \u2013 Endeavour \u2013 JEM ELM-PS, SLP-D1 with SPDM Dextre
07 \u2013 February 7, 2008 \u2013 STS-124 \u2013 1J \u2013 Atlantis \u2013 JEM PM with JEM RMS
08 \u2013 April 17, 2008 \u2013 STS-125 \u2013 HST SM-04 \u2013 Flight Of Opportunity \u2013 Discovery
09 \u2013 June 19, 2008 \u2013 STS-119 \u2013 15A \u2013 Endeavour \u2013 S6
10 \u2013 August 21, 2008 \u2013 STS-126 \u2013 ULF2 \u2013 Atlantis \u2013 MPLM, LMC
11 \u2013 October 30, 2008 \u2013 STS-127 \u2013 2J\/A \u2013 Discovery \u2013 JEM EF, ELM-ES, SLP-D2
12 \u2013 January 22, 2009 \u2013 STS-128 \u2013 17A \u2013 Endeavour \u2013 MPLM, LMC
13 \u2013 April 30, 2009 \u2013 STS-129 \u2013 ULF3 \u2013 Discovery \u2013 ELC1, ELC2
14 \u2013 July 16, 2009 \u2013 STS-130 \u2013 19A \u2013 Endeavour \u2013 MPLM, LMC
[October 22, 2009 \u2013 STS-131 \u2013 ULF4\/CLF \u2013 Discovery \u2013 ELC3, ELC4]
15 \u2013 January 21, 2010 \u2013 STS-132 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 20A \u2013 Endeavour \u2013 Node 3 with Cupola
[July 15, 2010 \u2013 STS-133 \u2013 ULF5\/CLF \u2013 Endeavour \u2013 ELC5, ELC1]<\/p>\n<\/em><\/p>\n
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