Space Shuttle

By Astroprof The Ares I-X  is the first test flight of the Ares configuration.  The first stage of the Ares uses the same type of solid rocket motors that the Space Shuttle uses for its Solid Rocket Boosters.  The Space Shuttle uses a stack of 4 solid rocket segments.  The Ares uses a stack of 5 solid rocket se...

By Chris Bergin Shuttle Risk: With the heavy tone on the risk, and with six shuttle missions still to be launched, Mr Gordon asked if NASA should be looking at one less flight – if the risk was as bad as the ASAP was portraying. That led to an astonishing claim from Admiral Dyer. Shuttle Response:

By Chris Bergin Atlantis returns to ISS missions – following her flagship mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope for a final time – with the aforementioned STS-129 mission, set to deliver the Express Logistic Carriers 1 and 2 (ELC-1 and ELC-2) to the Station.

By Chris Bergin With the weather failing to improve on the Florida coastline, Discovery has landed at the Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB) in California – where she will undergo initial deservicing prior to a ferry trip back to the Kennedy Space Center on the back of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA). The de...

By RalphHightower NASA publishes the television schedules for Space Shuttle missions as a PDF file and as an Excel spreadsheet. In addition, NASA makes frequent revisions to the schedule during a mission. NASA broadcasts the Space Shuttle missions on satellite, and their programming is available on stre...

By RalphHightower NASA - Space Shuttle NASA - International Space Station Program Requirements ExcelOutlookMicrosoft Primary Interop Assembly (pick one of the below) Office 2003 Update: Redistributable Primary Interop Assemblies2007 Microsoft Office System Update: Redistributable Primary In...

By RalphHightower I developed the NASA Space Shuttle Mission Schedule to Outlook Calendar to make it easy for me to have the mission schedule in my calendar and PocketPC. I thought I would share the program with others that share an interest in manned spaceflight.

 IA AP) - NASA officials have canceled a planned Saturday launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour due to hydrogen leak. The problem is similar to one the space agency faced in March during the launch countdown of Discovery. The leak was discovered while the ... NASA scrubs shuttle launch KTIV

Top managers settled on the date Wednesday following a daylong flight review that coincided with a practice countdown by the seven astronauts ... www.myfoxdc.com

By Astroprof The Soyuz TMA-15 lifted off some hours ago to carry three crew members to the International Space Station.  At first glance, this might not seem so unusual.  After all, Soyuz spacecraft have been visiting the ISS for some time.  When the Space Shuttle was not flying, the Soyuz was the only way...

Similar to the Space Shuttle SRBs, the Ares first stage recovery system will consist of pilot and drogue chutes that reorient and decelerate the booster prior to deploying a cluster of three main parachutes. To date, ATK and its partners have conducted ...

The USA is hoping to develop a new spacecraft, dubbed Orion, which will replace the ageing Space Shuttle. It was originally expected that Orion would carry US astronauts back to the Moon by 2020. But recent budgetary cutbacks at NASA, and a review of ...

 NY NYP] The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is hoping to become home to the space shuttle Atlantis, for which the institution would build a special glass-walled area at the end of Pier 86. [NYT] On Tuesday, a peaceful protest by workers at the Jumeirah ...

 CA Having grown up in Lancaster CA, I have been exposed to the space shuttle from watching it being transported from Edwards Air Force Base to Lockheed in Palmdale at a crawling pace. Hearing a sonic boom and watching it land at Edwards with astronauts ...

 OK Tulsa is up against 19 other museums across the country for the three shuttles. By Dan Bewley and Terry Hood, News On 6 TULSA, OK -- The Tulsa Air and Space Museum has its sights set on getting a space shuttle to touchdown in Tulsa. ...

By Astroprof The danger posed by foam/ice strikes had gradually been downplayed.  After all, foam strikes were not uncommon, and they had never caused the loss or serious damage to a shuttle (some notable damage had occurred, but nothing that seriously threatened the vehicle).  All that changed, tho...

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By Astroprof In less than a day, a rare sight will come to an end at the Kennedy Space Center:  two Space Shuttles sitting on launch pads at the same time. When Launch Complex 39 was built at the Kennedy Space Center, plans allowed for a full blown spaceport.  There were plans for four launch pads supported b...

By Chris Bergin While a FD-2 rendezvous is preferred for STS-400 operations - mainly because of limiting consumables (food, propellant, etc.) onboard Atlantis - the MOD and the Space Shuttle Program (SSP) have agreed to allow the Kennedy Space Center launch team the ability to extend the daily launch w...

By Chris Bergin As noted several times by this site, Atlantis will not have the option of performing a Rbar Pitch Maneuver like all previous post-Columbia flights have done as they approach the International Space Station (ISS). Unlike missions to the ISS, Atlantis will not be able to perform an ECAL (Ea...

By Chris Bergin Atlantis to rollback to VAB on October 20 - Hubble troubleshooting latest As NASA and the SSP (Space Shuttle Program) refine their... The dual processing flows for Atlantis and Endeavour are proceeding to plan, with the main engineering focus on the ET camera flash system, which is undergo...

Washington (dbTechno) - NASA has come out and stated what the current risk is for the space shuttle Atlantis as it makes its way to the Hubble Space telescope. NASA stated that currently, there is a 1 in 221 chance that the Atlantis space shuttle will ...

By Chris Bergin With Atlantis and Endeavour now in their dual processing flows for the STS-125 mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA managers have updated plans for shuttle Atlantis’ next mission - STS-129 - via the Launch Site Flow Review (LSFR).

By geeknews Podcast Comments call 619-342-7365 or e-mail geeknews@gmail.com Listener Links: www.blellow.com Space Shuttle in Legos Show Notes: Hubble Triple Galaxy Fonera 2 Coming Soon XP until April 2010 EU Gravity Satellite in great shape The Daily Hack ISS in all its Glory ISS Crew Quarters

By Chris Bergin Moreover, given that the Hubble Space Telescope’s orbit is inclined to a different azimuth than that of the International Space Station, Atlantis’ launch trajectory will preclude the use of two normally available Trans-oceanic Abort Landing (TAL) sites - Istres, France and Zaragoz...

I'm almost a little embarrassed to admit that I first thought this was a photo of a real space shuttle. Two Japanese LEGOsmiths used a whopping 65000 bricks and 1590 man hours to complete the stunning diorama, which even simulates a launch with ...

He flew three space shuttle missions during the 11 years he was in the Astronaut Corps, from 1978 to 1989. As a mission specialist aboard space shuttle Challenger’s STS-41C mission, Nelson, together with James “Ox” van Hoften, repaired the ...

Atlantis is targeted to lift off May 12 to service nasa's Hubble Space Telescope. The first motion of the shuttle out of Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building is scheduled for 12:01 am EDT. The fully assembled space shuttle, consisting of the orbiter, ...

 UK Exciting Simulations has released today a major Service Pack for the Space Shuttle Mission 2007 simulator. Among the many additions and changes, the download adds new communications for the launch phase, revised and enhanced HUD graphics, ...

By Chris Bergin To get to orbit, the mission will use External Tank ET-135 and Reusable Solid Rocket Motor set 110 as well as Orbiter flight software OI-34. The latest flight software, OI-33, was debuted with Endeavour during STS-126. The Payload and EVAs:

By Chris Bergin Among the various items discussed by the FRR included a detailed look at Discovery’s flight and mission plan as well as International Space Station (ISS) requirements prior to Discovery’s arrival on Flight Day 3 (FD-3). Pre-Launch Operations:

By Chris Bergin STS-119’s mission next month will also carry some additional payload in the form of replacement hardware for what is confirmed to be failed hardware in the Urine Processor Assembly (UPA), which only recently arrived at the International Space Station on Endeavour’s STS-126 mission.

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By Chris Bergin The 15+1+2 day mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will see Endeavour launch off of Mobile Launch Platform #3 with a full set of Cryo, GN2 (gaseous nitrogen), Aft RCS (Reaction Control System), and OMS (Orbital Maneuvering System) tanks. Endeavour’s OPF Flow:

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By Randy Alfred Starting in 1981, the shuttles have made 124 space flights in 28 years, averaging four or five missions a year. The years immediately following the Challenger and Columbia disasters saw no flights. 1985 had a record high nine missions, and 1990 to 1997 averaged eight flights a year.

By Chris Bergin Highlighting the excellent work by everyone involved in the launch of a Space Shuttle, the Eastern Range and the 45th Space Wing reported only two issues encountered during the November 14th launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour, of which none were classed as IFAs.

By lowe But Wednesday, the agency issued a "Request for Information" to gauge museums' interest in obtaining a shuttle -- and the depth of their pockets. At least five locations across the country -- including Kennedy Space Center -- have expressed interest in displaying an orbiter.

By Chris Bergin Space shuttle orbiter Endeavour has landed at the Edwards Air Force Base in California, following a hugely successful STS-126 mission to the International Space Station (ISS). She’ll now undergo initial deservicing activities at the Dryden Flight Research Facility, before a ferry t...

By Astroprof Image courtesy NASA The weather forecast in Florida is not looking good for the STS-126 mission to land at KSC today, and tomorrow’s forecast isn’t looking favorable, either. So, mission controllers have decided to have the Endeavour land at Edwards Air Force Base, in California, inste...

By Chris Bergin STS-126 marked Endeavour’s EOM-1 (End Of Mission minus one day) with checkouts of the orbiter’s vital systems that will be used during Sunday’s re-entry, and the deployment of a Picostar from Endeavour’s Payload Bay. Due to poor weather in Florida, Endeavour will head to Edwards Air For...

By Bob Edwards I was at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral for the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour, which is now on a 16-day mission at the International Space Station. You'll hear the fruits of my trip to Florida on this weekend's Bob Edwards Weekend and Monday, November 24th on The Bob Edwar...

By Xeni Jardin The astronauts don’t have a problem with this system. As Sandra H. Magnus, one of the astronauts who will be among the first to drink water produced by the new system aboard the station, noted in a recent interview, our earthbound water has been endlessly filtered through bodies, evaporate...

By Jeff Fecke The shuttles’ retirement does eliminate one key resupply element for the International Space Station. While people and supplies will continue to be supplied by Soyuz capsules after 2010, and until Orion debuts, water is used much more frequently by humans, and is expensive and heavy to...

By Chris Bergin As Space Shuttle Endeavour continues to enjoy a smooth processing flow at pad 39A, Space Shuttle Program (SSP) managers have completed a series of Flight Readiness Reviews (FRRs) ahead of the STS-126 launch in two weeks time. Launch Issues: Launch on Need:

By Chris Bergin The problem relates to the replacement ground unit that needs to be delivered to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) for flight with Atlantis, following the recent failure to the SIC&DH (Science Instrument Command and Data Handling) system Side A, which has since been switched over to i...

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Space shuttle Endeavour arrived at its launch pad early Wednesday for a flight to deliver teacher-turned-astronaut Barbara Morgan and six crewmates to the international space station. The last time Endeavour was at the launch pad was in November 2002, before its launch on a...

NASA engineers study those images to make sure the shuttle can withstand the intense heat of re-entering Earth's atmosphere before they give final approval for a Thursday landing at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The inspections became routine after shuttle Columbia broke apart on re-entr...

The shuttle was scheduled to undock from the space station at 10:40 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, with a planned return to Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Thursday. The shuttle and space station crews said their farewells Monday before closing the hatches between the two spacecraft in preparation for depar...