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Delta IV may yield to Atlantis – SSP Flight Readiness Review complete
Read more →: Delta IV may yield to Atlantis – SSP Flight Readiness Review completeAs engineers continue to prepare Shuttle Atlantis for her NET (No Earlier Than) November 16 launch, negotiations to…
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Bolden Directs MSFC Special Team to evaluate HLV alternatives
Read more →: Bolden Directs MSFC Special Team to evaluate HLV alternativesNASA Administrator Charlie Bolden has asked for a “Special Team” at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) to…
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‘2010-2012 China-Russia Space Cooperation Outline’ signed in Beijing
Read more →: ‘2010-2012 China-Russia Space Cooperation Outline’ signed in BeijingOn October 13, 2009, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin held the 14th regular…
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STS-129 slips to November 16 after Atlas wins Range battle
Read more →: STS-129 slips to November 16 after Atlas wins Range battleAtlantis has been reduced to just one launch attempt – on November 16 – after STS-129 lost the…
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Atlas’ 600th Mission launches with DMSP F18 from Vandenberg
Read more →: Atlas’ 600th Mission launches with DMSP F18 from VandenbergAfter nearly 52 years of venerable service to the United States and the world’s space endeavors, the veteran…
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STS-129: Atlantis in preps for TCDT – SSME nozzle flight rationale
Read more →: STS-129: Atlantis in preps for TCDT – SSME nozzle flight rationaleAtlantis is enjoying a relatively smooth pad flow, with only three issues being worked, as engineers prepare the…
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Ares I-X TVC retesting taking place – Range Safety Waiver overview
Read more →: Ares I-X TVC retesting taking place – Range Safety Waiver overviewEngineers have replaced the faulty GN2 accumulator on Ares I-X’s Thrust Vector Control (TVC), ahead of rollout to…
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STS-129 may slip several days due to Range battle with Atlas launch
Read more →: STS-129 may slip several days due to Range battle with Atlas launchFrom an official standpoint, STS-129 is continuing to target a November 12, though Shuttle manager John Shannon noted…
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Atlantis arrives at Pad 39A – FRR to be aided by clean STS-128 mission
Read more →: Atlantis arrives at Pad 39A – FRR to be aided by clean STS-128 missionThe STS-129 stack has completed rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to Pad 39A Wednesday, ahead of…
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NASA evaluate STS-335 flight – STS-133 targets cross country farewell tour
Read more →: NASA evaluate STS-335 flight – STS-133 targets cross country farewell tourShuttle managers have begun evaluations into STS-335, the LON (Launch On Need) mission in support of STS-133 –…
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Soyuz TMA-14 lands safely following departure from busy ISS
Read more →: Soyuz TMA-14 lands safely following departure from busy ISSInternational Space Station Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael Barratt and spaceflight participant Guy Laliberte have…
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Review of STS-128 Ascent Imagery reveals remarkably clean External Tank
Read more →: Review of STS-128 Ascent Imagery reveals remarkably clean External TankFollowing the multiple Intertank foam debris liberations from Endeavour’s STS-127 External Tank (ET-131) in July, engineers at the…