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STS-127 moves to Monday due to weather scrub – lightning data cleared
Read more →: STS-127 moves to Monday due to weather scrub – lightning data clearedResults on the STS-127 stack – called for after a number of lightning strikes were registered at the…
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STS-127 SCRUB: Endeavour lightning strikes requires 24 hour evaluation
Read more →: STS-127 SCRUB: Endeavour lightning strikes requires 24 hour evaluationThe Mission Management Team (MMT) have declared they require more time to evaluate data from overnight lightning strikes on…
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MOD has hope in a post-shuttle follow on program despite workforce cull
Read more →: MOD has hope in a post-shuttle follow on program despite workforce cullMission Operations Directorate (MOD) Director Paul Hill has attempted to rally his troops, following the announcement of six…
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Endeavour heads into countdown – Atlantis window damage cleared
Read more →: Endeavour heads into countdown – Atlantis window damage clearedEndeavour is now proceeding through the complex ballet of S0007 Launch Countdown operations for Saturday’s launch attempt of…
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STS-127: Engineers carrying out minor repairs ahead of countdown
Read more →: STS-127: Engineers carrying out minor repairs ahead of countdownAs STS-127 prepares to enter S0007 Launch Countdown operations on Wednesday night, engineers have carried out repairs on…
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NASA updates requirements for STS-129 mission – window still under evaluation
Read more →: NASA updates requirements for STS-129 mission – window still under evaluationWith Atlantis deep in processing for STS-129 – and damage evaluations continuing on window 5’s pressure pane – engineers in OPF-1…
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Constellation battle numerous Top Risks – Orion loses unmanned capability
Read more →: Constellation battle numerous Top Risks – Orion loses unmanned capabilityThe Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) is undergoing further reductions in its capability – including the elimination of the vehicle’s…
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STS-133: Final Space Shuttle flight baselined into FDRD by NASA
Read more →: STS-133: Final Space Shuttle flight baselined into FDRD by NASAAfter nearly thirty years of Space Shuttle operations – with only eight flights remaining on the Space Shuttle…
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ET-131 Tanking Test success – STS-127 now officially tracking launch on July 11
Read more →: ET-131 Tanking Test success – STS-127 now officially tracking launch on July 11STS-127’s External Tank (ET-131) has completed a tanking test on the realigned Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate (GUCP) and a…
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Ariane 5 ECA launches with the giant TerreStar-1 satellite
Read more →: Ariane 5 ECA launches with the giant TerreStar-1 satelliteArianespace were back in action on Wednesday, with the launch of their Ariane 5 ECA and a single…
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ILS Proton-M launches with SIRIUS FM-5
Read more →: ILS Proton-M launches with SIRIUS FM-5International Launch Services (ILS) have launched the SIRIUS FM-5 communication satellite on its way to a geostationary transfer…
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Knob removed, Atlantis window inspection begins – longerons in cart accident
Read more →: Knob removed, Atlantis window inspection begins – longerons in cart accidentEngineers have successfully removed the work light knob – embedded between the pressure pane on Atlantis’ pilot window…