(revised) @NASA MSFC Center Director Todd May has talked to #NASA employees about new plans for the first 4 @NASA_SLS flights to be on identical rockets with @NASA_Orion but without […]
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SLS Software Problems Continue at MSFC
Keith’s note: Sources report that Andy Gamble has been allowed to retire and George Mitchell has been reassigned from NASA MSFC QD34 to Engineering. The SLS software team at MSFC […]
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Marshall and Redstone In Lockdown (Update)
Redstone Arsenal incident update, RocketCity Now “Redstone Arsenal Garrison Commander Col. Thomas Holliday released more information about the incident at Redstone Arsenal in an afternoon press conference. He said that […]
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MSFC Decides To Use Qualification Test Articles on First SLS Flight
Keith’s note: Sources report that NASA MSFC has concluded that accelerating hardware originally intended for EM-2 such that it could be used on EM-1 would not be ready in time. […]
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Playing Musical Chairs With SLS Launch Vehicles
Keith’s note: Sources report that NASA is looking at using the EM-2 SLS launch vehicle for the EM-1 mission due to hydrogen tank issues on the EM-1 vehicle. NASA is […]
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MSFC To Safety Contractor: Just Ignore Those SLS Software Issues
Keith’s note: According to sources at NASA MSFC the contractor performing software safety tests found massive errors in the SDF test cases (no hardware testing, just software). The quality check […]
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SLS Flight Software Safety Issues at MSFC (Update)
Keith’s 29 September update: Sources report that a substantial portion of the contractor staff working for the SLS safety contractor at NASA MSFC QD34 want out and are asking for […]
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Todd May Named MSFC Center Director
Todd May Named Marshall Space Flight Center Director “NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has named Todd May director of the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. May was appointed […]
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Todd May Is Acting MSFC Center Director
Todd May Named Marshall Space Flight Center Acting Director “NASA has named Todd May acting director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, as the agency continues the […]
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More NASA History Destroyed in Alabama (Update)
Heroic Junkyard Owner Says He Saved Priceless Moon Rover From Scrap Heap, Motherboard “Tuesday, we told the sad story of a prototype NASA lunar rover that was sold by an […]