NASA Delivers Heavy Lift Proposal to Congress, Space News “NASA told U.S. lawmakers Jan. 10 it intends to build a heavy-lift rocket that incorporates the space shuttle’s main engines, giant […]
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Certifying Spacecraft – Then and Now
CertifyingSoyuz, Wayne Hale “So as new human certification ratings are proposed, they rely heavily on new standards and specifications, requirements for analysis, engineering calculation, computer simulation, piece-part testing and just […]
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The Next Time You Hear Mike Griffin Complain …
Prepared Statement by Michael Griffin 8 May 2003 (part 2) “The base reliability of unmanned expendable vehicles seems to arouse concerns where that of the manned Shuttle system inexplicably does […]
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The NASA Shuttle Book No One Will Ever See (Updated)
“Wings In Orbit” Details Shuttle History By Those Who Made It Happen “As NASA’s space shuttle fleet nears retirement, the agency is preparing to release a comprehensive account of the […]
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More Delays for STS-133
NASA to delay launch of Discovery again, Orlando Sentinel “NASA plans to delay the final launch of space shuttle Discovery at least until February, according to a source. The problem […]
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More Delays for STS-133
NASA to delay launch of Discovery again, Orlando Sentinel “NASA plans to delay the final launch of space shuttle Discovery at least until February, according to a source. The problem […]
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Mike Leinbach Looks Back
Inside the Firing Room with the Space Shuttle Launch Director, Ken Kremer “As Shuttle Discovery was being processed in the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) for her very final mission […]
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Here Come The Layoffs
Alliant Tech laying off 426 as shuttle winds down, Reuters “Alliant Techsystems Inc , a Minnesota-based aerospace and defense contractor, is laying off more than 400, mostly at its northern […]
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One Last Trip Above The Sky for Discovery
Photos of the Day: Sept 21, Wall Street Journal “Photographers gathered around the space shuttle Discovery, which was sitting on a launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Tuesday. Discovery is […]
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Murals Commemorate Space Shuttle Legacy (Update)
Murals Commemorate Space Shuttle Legacy, Ken Kremer “Huge murals of artwork commemorating three decades of historic explorations and scientific achievements by all five of America’s Space Shuttle Orbiters – Columbia, […]