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Radiator damaged on ISS – Off-Nominal Soyuz investigation update
Read more →: Radiator damaged on ISS – Off-Nominal Soyuz investigation updateAn imagery survey has found the S1 radiator on the International Space Station (ISS) has been damaged, with…
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EMU glove plan finalized for STS-125 spacewalkers
Read more →: EMU glove plan finalized for STS-125 spacewalkersThe hugely successful modifications to the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) gloves – brought in after the aborted STS-118…
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Delta II launches with GeoEye 1 – Chinese launch two birds
Read more →: Delta II launches with GeoEye 1 – Chinese launch two birdsUnited Launch Alliance (ULA) have launched a Delta II carrying the next-generation, sub half-meter Earth-imaging satellite, GeoEye-1. Lift-off…
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Rollout complete for Atlantis/STS-125 – arrives at repaired 39A
Read more →: Rollout complete for Atlantis/STS-125 – arrives at repaired 39ASTS-125 moved another step closer to launch, following Atlantis’ arrival at Pad 39A – a pad that has…
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NOAX Crack Repair Material – Atlantis’ armor repair back-up
Read more →: NOAX Crack Repair Material – Atlantis’ armor repair back-upWith the need for on-orbit Thermal Protection System (TPS) repair maturity required for the one mission without the…
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STS-125 rollout 10am Thursday – STS-129 crew update
Read more →: STS-125 rollout 10am Thursday – STS-129 crew updateSTS-125’s rollout to Pad 39A was unlikely to occur before the weekend, due to the threat of Hurricane…
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STS-125 likely to slip a few days – Shuttle to 2015 assessment
Read more →: STS-125 likely to slip a few days – Shuttle to 2015 assessmentShuttle managers are “likely” to slip STS-125’s launch date to October 10 or 11, after the loss of…
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STS-125: Atlantis’ repair complete – STS-400 begins ET/SRB mate
Read more →: STS-125: Atlantis’ repair complete – STS-400 begins ET/SRB mateAtlantis’ LH2 ET Umbilical hardware damage has been repaired – with final clearance of the issue for flight…
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STS-125 rollout delayed for repair – Endeavour’s ET-129 cleared
Read more →: STS-125 rollout delayed for repair – Endeavour’s ET-129 clearedThe rollout of Atlantis/STS-125 has been delayed to NET (No Earlier Than) Tuesday (Sept. 2), as engineers begin…
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Atlantis mating operations discover damage to umbilical plate
Read more →: Atlantis mating operations discover damage to umbilical plateSTS-125 mating operations inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) are continuing to target rollout to Pad 39A on…
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STS-128 – Atlantis’ 2009 mission baselined by PRCB
Read more →: STS-128 – Atlantis’ 2009 mission baselined by PRCBWith Atlantis now undergoing mating operations with her External Tank for the STS-125 flagship mission to the Hubble…
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Atlantis rolls to the VAB – STS-400 threatening STS-125 launch date
Read more →: Atlantis rolls to the VAB – STS-400 threatening STS-125 launch dateAtlantis finally left her Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF-1) on Friday night, and has arrived for mating in the…