Shuttle News

NASA Chief Takes On Critics, LA Times“[Griffin] said critics had fixated on the flight’s flaws, such as insulating foam shedding from the craft’s external fuel tank during liftoff and the […]

NASA STS-114 Mission Status Report #22 – 6 August 2005 – 12:30 am CDTDiscovery Departs Space Station“Discovery undocked from the ISS at 3:24 a.m. EDT. Pilot Jim Kelly flew the […]

Foam chunk came from repaired part of tank, Orlando Sentinel“The same location was the site of a so-called “sand and blend” repair by foam workers. During this procedure, a dye […]

Editor’s note: Yesterday, the opening date for the STS-121 launch window was adjusted from 9 September until 22 September resulting in a 4 day window launch instead of one which […]

NASA Says No Fourth Spacewalk Needed“Mission control radioed the Discovery crew today with news that they will not need to make a fourth spacewalk to fix a thermal blanket near […]

NASA ponders second repair in space, CNN“I think in the old days we would not have worried about this nearly so much,” The Associated Press quoted Hale as saying. “I […]

NASA STS-114 Mission Status Report #18 – 3 August 2005 – 11:00 pm CDT“After an eventful day supporting the third spacewalk of the mission, a light duty day of transfer […]

2004 Report Found Faults in Use of Shuttle Foam, NY Times“The report was provided to The New York Times by a person outside the space agency who is part of […]

Editor’s note: Both gap fillers were easily removed by Steve Robinson in a matter of seconds. The first one was removed over Massachussetts, the other over the coast of France. […]

President Calls Crew Members of Space Shuttle Discovery, White House