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Orion PDR date slips – Off-nominal Orion landing concern evaluated
Read more →: Orion PDR date slips – Off-nominal Orion landing concern evaluatedOrion’s next key milestone, the Preliminary Design Review (PDR), has been delayed to November 21 – a slip…
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STS-124: Pad flow update as crew arrive and mission is extended
Read more →: STS-124: Pad flow update as crew arrive and mission is extendedEngineers are working through the opening issues with Discovery at Pad 39A – all of which are expected…
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STS-127: Endeavour’s crowded mission to complete Kibo
Read more →: STS-127: Endeavour’s crowded mission to complete KiboPlanning for Endeavour’s STS-127 mission – which will complete assembly of the Kibo Laboaratory complex – has already…
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Lunar Ares I targets nozzle extension – Booster test success
Read more →: Lunar Ares I targets nozzle extension – Booster test successConstellation engineers are continuing work on an extension to the Ares I First Stage nozzle, which will provide…
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Discovery arrives at pad following clearance of final issues
Read more →: Discovery arrives at pad following clearance of final issuesDiscovery remains on track to make the May 31 launch date for STS-124, as she made her overnight…
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STS-124 payload awaits Discovery at Pad 39A – Fleet update
Read more →: STS-124 payload awaits Discovery at Pad 39A – Fleet updateThe huge Japanese Pressurized Module (JPM) has been transferred to Launch Pad 39A, ahead of Saturday’s rollout of…
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Ares I Thrust Oscillation mitigation options head into trade study
Read more →: Ares I Thrust Oscillation mitigation options head into trade studyA trade study has begun on three leading candidates to mitigate Ares I’s Thrust Oscillation problem, as the…
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The Real Soyuz Problem – Looking Past the Smoke and Flames
Read more →: The Real Soyuz Problem – Looking Past the Smoke and FlamesWhile public attention remains focused on the unraveling drama of the emergency spacecraft landing on April 19, and…
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Soyuz FG launches with Europe’s GIOVE-B satellite
Read more →: Soyuz FG launches with Europe’s GIOVE-B satelliteArianespace’s Starsem affiliate has launched a Russian Soyuz-FG, carrying European GIOVE-B navigation satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in…
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STS-124: Discovery arrives in VAB – Vacuum Chamber incident
Read more →: STS-124: Discovery arrives in VAB – Vacuum Chamber incidentVeteran orbiter Discovery departed her Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF-3) early on Saturday, for the short trip to the…
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New runway confirmed for Discovery’s Californian landing option
Read more →: New runway confirmed for Discovery’s Californian landing optionThe main runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base (EDW) in California has been removed as a landing…
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Looking downstream – STS-128 and STS-127 gain opening templates
Read more →: Looking downstream – STS-128 and STS-127 gain opening templatesWith all three orbiters at various stages of pre-launch processing, shuttle managers are already planning their downstream missions,…