Shuttle News

NASA Space Shuttle Processing Status Report 23 May 2005“Engineers also are investigating part of Discovery’s main landing-gear door, after a small crack was found last week in a retract link […]

Shuttle test still shows problems with fuel tank, Houston Chronicle“A launch pad test of shuttle Discovery’s fuel tank Friday failed to clear up two problems that led to NASA’s recent […]

Prepared Testimony Given at a Senate Science and Space Subcommittee Hearing: Human Spaceflight: The Space Shuttle and Beyond– Alan Li– Scott Horowitz– Joan Johnson-Freese– Michael McCulley– Michael Griffin– Sen. Kay […]

Message from Wayne Hale, NASA JSC“It is no fun to come close to success just to find that more work is required. As a matter of fact, it is very […]

Secret Imaging of NASA Shuttle Discovery During STS-114 Mission, Aviation Week & Space Technology/AviationNow.com“Safety-and engineering-related pictures of the shuttle Discovery in orbit will include imagery by secret U. S. Defense […]

Editor’s note: The following Change request is working its way through the system: S042013FB – Update Launch Dates: Changes NSTS 07700, Volume III, Table 4.1 as described below: IS WAS […]

Former Astronaut Blasts NASA’s ‘Culture Changes’, WESH.com“The senior leaders don’t like to listen. They’ve surrounded themselves with compliant people up and down throughout the organization. Subordinates, in an effort to […]

Editor’s note: The Space Shuttle Program is currently working to generate a change request to establish the following new target launch dates:STS-114– 13 Jul 05STS-121– 09 Sep 05STS-115– 16 Feb […]

NASA Space Shuttle Internal Briefing (excerpts): LP01 Hydraulic Fluid Contamination (of Thermal Protection Surfaces) 28 April 2005, NASA Editor’s note: This presentation was not discussed during yesterday’s STS-114 deliberations. Meanwhile, […]

Transcript of a NASA Press Briefing with Bill Parsons, Wayne Hale, and Bill Gerstenmaier“MR. HALE: Well, I’d just say that one of the things we’ve learned, or I’ve learned anyway, […]