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Managers considering May 11 for STS-125 – ET camera/flash troubleshooting
Read more →: Managers considering May 11 for STS-125 – ET camera/flash troubleshootingThe dual processing flows for Atlantis and Endeavour are proceeding to plan, with the main engineering focus on…
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Study finds EELV capable of Orion role – Griffin claims alternatives are fiction
Read more →: Study finds EELV capable of Orion role – Griffin claims alternatives are fictionA study by the Aerospace Corporation, conducted at the request of NASA to disprove the viability of an…
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Sea Launch Zenit-3SL lifts off with Italy’s SICRAL 1A
Read more →: Sea Launch Zenit-3SL lifts off with Italy’s SICRAL 1ASea Launch were in action early this morning, with the launch of SICRAL 1A – an Italian military…
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NASA updates milestones for Atlantis’ STS-129 mission
Read more →: NASA updates milestones for Atlantis’ STS-129 missionWith Atlantis and Endeavour now in their dual processing flows for the STS-125 mission to the Hubble Space…
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Endeavour rolls out for STS-400 role at Pad 39B – GUCP anomaly status
Read more →: Endeavour rolls out for STS-400 role at Pad 39B – GUCP anomaly statusShuttle Endeavour has completed her rollout to 39B, where she will be put through a part flow as…
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ISS preparing for debuts of Canada’s Dextre operations and Japan’s HTV
Read more →: ISS preparing for debuts of Canada’s Dextre operations and Japan’s HTVCanada’s Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) robot “Dextre” has reported himself as fit for duty, as the clock…
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STS-125: NASA updates debris risks for Atlantis’ mission to Hubble
Read more →: STS-125: NASA updates debris risks for Atlantis’ mission to HubbleWith less than one month to go before the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis’ flagship mission to service…
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China open 2009 schedule with BeiDou-2 (COMPASS-G2) launch
Read more →: China open 2009 schedule with BeiDou-2 (COMPASS-G2) launchBeiDou-2 (COMPASS-G2) – China’s second geostationary navigation satellite – has launched from the Xichang satellite Launch Center, in…
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STS-133 mission planning picks up with crew size evaluations
Read more →: STS-133 mission planning picks up with crew size evaluationsNASA managers have begun evaluations into whether STS-133 will consist of a five or six person crew, for…
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Endeavour rollover to VAB for STS-127/400 completed
Read more →: Endeavour rollover to VAB for STS-127/400 completedAs part of the dual flow for STS-125, Endeavour has rolled over from her Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF-2)…
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STS-132: PRCB baselines Atlantis’ mission to deliver Russia’s MRM-1
Read more →: STS-132: PRCB baselines Atlantis’ mission to deliver Russia’s MRM-1With Discovery safely back from STS-119, Atlantis undergoing pad processing for STS-125, and Endeavour ready to roll to…
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Soyuz investigation findings backed by nominal Soyuz TMA-13 return
Read more →: Soyuz investigation findings backed by nominal Soyuz TMA-13 returnExpedition 18 Commander Michael Fincke, Flight Engineer and Soyuz TMA-13 Commander Yury Lonchakov and space tourist Charles Simonyi…