NASA Report Reviews Crew Safety Measures During Columbia Accident, Recommends Improvements “A media teleconference will be held at 3 p.m. CST Tuesday to discuss the report. To participate, reporters must […]
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Columbia Report Issued
NASA Report: Understanding Columbia’s Loss, SpaceRef “Accidents are things to be avoided. However, by the very nature of how we currently send humans into space and return them to Earth, […]
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Schedule Pressure and Shuttle Safety
NASA Might Change Hubble Mission Requirement to Keep Ares 1-X on Schedule, space.com “Current plans call for having Atlantis and Endeavour occupy Pads 39-A and 39-B, respectively, during preparations for […]
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Do You Want a Space Shuttle For Your Museum?
NASA Solicits Ideas for Displaying Retired Space Shuttles and Main Engines “NASA today issued a Request for Information seeking ideas from educational institutions, science museums and other appropriate organizations about […]
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The Cost Of Flying Shuttle Longer
Tough Decision Looms on Space Shuttle’s Fate, Wall Street Journal “Keeping the Shuttle flying is not without risks, however. An internal National Aeronautics and Space Administration study projects that extending […]
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Endeavour Heads to KSC
Space Shuttle Ferry Flight Arrival On NASA TV’s Public Channel “Mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier aircraft, Endeavour is scheduled to land at Kennedy at 2:30 p.m. EST […]
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JSC Flyover: Missed Opportunity
Editor’s update: According to NASA AO: they agree with the 1 hour extra flight time estimate. “The mated SCA burn rate is ~5000 gal/hr. At our average November DOD fuel […]
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Endeavour Flies Over JSC
bnjacobs: The people of Houston will get a nice air show around Noon CST when Endeavour flies overhead http://tinyurl.com/5p8y44 bnjacobs: Around Noon we hope to have live video of Endeavour’s […]
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PAO Snarkiness at JSC
16 Days in Space and ??? To Get Home, Free Space, Discovery News “I got curious about how the weather actually turned out on Dec. 1, the day the shuttle […]
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STS-126 Update
NASA STS-126 Report #33 Sunday, November 30, 2008 – 4:00 p.m. “”The seven member crew of Endeavour returned to Earth today, landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Mission […]