Shuttle News

Critical Call: Rigorous Quality Control at NASA Isolates Space Shuttle Main Engine Flaws, Aviation Week& Space Technology“The NASA/Boeing-Rocketdyne Space Shuttle Main Engine project is correcting flaws in critical Honeywell SSME […]

NASA Shuttle Return to Flight Planning UpdateNASA’s Shuttle Program Moves One Step Closer to Launch, SpaceRef“NASA held a media teleconference this afternoon to discuss the status of preparations for the […]

Shuttle launch debris risk uncertain but ‘acceptable’, Spaceflight Now“The uncertainties in each of those areas are significant,” he said. “There are all sorts of numbers that are floating around. We […]

Editor’s note: Word has it that Mike Griffin’s team has more or less settled on a 120 metric tonne payload, in-line, Shuttle-derived Heavy Launch System.

NASA Chief Says Schedule for Shuttles Is Unrealistic, NY Times“Dr. Michael D. Griffin, the new administrator of NASA, said Thursday that there was no way the space shuttle fleet would […]

NASA Internal Memo From Wayne Hale – Subject:Waivers“Recently there has been some confusion about the status and processing of waivers in the Space Shuttle Program, and I would appreciate the […]

Return to Flight Task Group Meeting Presentation“The Return to Flight Task Group held a meeting today in Houston. NASA chartered the Task Group to perform an independent assessment of NASA’s […]

NASA Announces Update to Shuttle Implementation Plan“The latest version of “NASA’s Implementation Plan for Space Shuttle Return to Flight and Beyond” will be available at 9 a.m. EDT, Thursday, June […]

– NASA Presolicitation Notice: Mini-Aercam Cold Gas Thruster Valve– NASA Presolicitation Notice: Mini-Aercam Pressure Tank– NASA Presolicitation Notice: Mini-Aercam Communications Antenna“The Aercam is a Return to Flight item and is […]

Editor’s note: On 7 June Mike Griffin will sign an agreement with the French Ambassador for a new Transoceanic Abort Landing (TAL) site at Istres Air Base 125 in the […]