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STS-135: Engineers retest MFV – ET-138 stringer inspections completed
Read more →: STS-135: Engineers retest MFV – ET-138 stringer inspections completedFollowing its replacement on Atlantis’ SSME-3 (Space Shuttle Main Engine), the new Main Fuel Valve (MFV) underwent testing…
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STS-135: Atlantis completes TCDT – External Tank death camera ready
Read more →: STS-135: Atlantis completes TCDT – External Tank death camera readyWith her team ably dealing with the usual pad flow hiccups, Atlantis is heading towards her July 8…
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STS-135: Atlantis completes TCDT – External Tank death camera ready
Read more →: STS-135: Atlantis completes TCDT – External Tank death camera readyWith her team ably dealing with the usual pad flow hiccups, Atlantis is heading towards her July 8…
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STS-135 Special Topics, Mission Timeline Get-wells Reviewed
Read more →: STS-135 Special Topics, Mission Timeline Get-wells ReviewedAs the flight crew and engineers close in on the targeted July 8 launch of Space Shuttle orbiter…
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STS-135: Crew arrives for TCDT as MFV work begins on SSME-3
Read more →: STS-135: Crew arrives for TCDT as MFV work begins on SSME-3Multiple efforts are under way for Atlantis’ STS-135 launch preparations, as her four member crew arrived at the…
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Europe’s ATV-2 departs ISS to make way for Russia’s Progress M-11M
Read more →: Europe’s ATV-2 departs ISS to make way for Russia’s Progress M-11MFollowing a highly successful four month mission, Europe’s Automated Transfer Vehicle-2 (ATV-2) spacecraft has undocked from the International…
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Long March 3B launches with ChinaSat-10
Read more →: Long March 3B launches with ChinaSat-10China has launched the ZX-10 ZhongXing-10 – also designated ChinaSat-10, Sinosat-5 or Xinnuo-5 – domestic communications satellite on Monday…
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STS-135/ULF-7 – The Final Flight’s Timeline Takes Shape
Read more →: STS-135/ULF-7 – The Final Flight’s Timeline Takes ShapeWith just three weeks to go before the final launch of the Space Shuttle, Atlantis remains on course…
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Dassault Systemes, Shenzhou Software Sign Memo on Informatization
Read more →: Dassault Systemes, Shenzhou Software Sign Memo on InformatizationBEIJING, June 15 (China Space News) — Beijing Shenzhou Aerospace Software Technololy Co., Ltd. and French software company…
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STS-135: ET-138 Tanking Test reveals SSME Fuel Valve issue
Read more →: STS-135: ET-138 Tanking Test reveals SSME Fuel Valve issueAtlantis’ External Tank (ET-138) was put through a Tanking Test on Wednesday, slightly delayed due to a lightning…
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CASC Quality Management Innovation Base Opens
Read more →: CASC Quality Management Innovation Base OpensBEIJING, June 15 (China Space News) — China Association for Quality (CAQ) opened a quality management innovation at…
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Tech Demos: NASA preparing for full ISS utilization in post-Shuttle era
Read more →: Tech Demos: NASA preparing for full ISS utilization in post-Shuttle eraWith the US Segment of the International Space Station (ISS) now complete, NASA managers are turning their attention away…