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A few issues are being worked on the STS-123 stack, as Endeavour edges ever closer to her opening…

STS-123 has passed through its Flight Readiness Review (FRR), with only a few issues to be resolved ahead…

Shuttle managers have created a waiver that allows Endeavour to proceed towards S0007 (Launch Countdown) operations, following a…

Atlantis, now undergoing post-flight deservicing inside OPF-1 (Orbiter Processing Facility), has already received her expansive mission report. The…

John Shannon has become the new Space Shuttle Program manager, following Wayne Hale’s departure to the role of…

Atlantis is beginning her five month OPF (Orbiter Processing Facility) flow, in readiness for the flagship STS-125 mission…

The re-award of NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) contract – called after RpK’s failure to reach designated…

Monday marks another busy episode in the 2008 shuttle surge, as Endeavour rolled out of the Vehicle Assembly…

Astronaut chief Steve Lindsey claims the risk from orbital debris to the International Space Station (ISS) will be…

Shuttle manager Wayne Hale requested the program looked at launching STS-123 as early as March 9, due to…

STS-122’s Flight Day 8 has consisted of PAO events and waste disposal activities – earning it the unglamorous…

The Mission Management Team (MMT) has approved the addition of one more docked day for STS-122, allowing for…