Spacehab Files Court Complaint For Losses On Space Shuttle Mission
Houston (SPX) Feb 06, 2006
Spacehab is filing a civil complaint against NASA with the United States District Court in Houston for loss and damages suffered during the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy in February 2003.
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Boeing Troubleshooting Experts Fix Space Shuttle In-Flight Anomalies
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 26, 2006
When something as complex as the Space Shuttle flies, there are unexpected circumstances known as In-Flight Anomalies (IFAs) that a team of Boeing, United Space Alliance (USA) and NASA engineers investigate and resolve after each flight.
NASA Awards Shuttle/Space Station Engineering Support Contract
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 19, 2006
NASA has awarded a $34 million contract to The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory in Cambridge, Mass., to provide engineering development and analysis for the space shuttle and International Space Station. The work will support the guidance, navigation, control and integrated avionics systems of the shuttle and station.
Happy Anniversary Shuttle Crawlers
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jan 16, 2006
"NASA's workhorses" are celebrating their 40th anniversary. The twin crawler transporters, built at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the Apollo program, are still making tracks today. Originally designed to carry the towering Saturn V moon rocket from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the seaside launch site, the enormous transporters now carry the space shuttles to the launch pads for liftoff.
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NASA's Soyuz Deal Will Not Scrap Shuttle
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 11 2006
NASA's announcement last week that it will pay Roskosmos $43.8 million to transport one astronaut to and another one from the International Space Station this year represents the agency's acknowledgment that it has no immediate alternative if it wishes to continue its presence and participation in the orbiting facility.
Griffin Vows To Send Shuttle Mission To Hubble
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 10, 2006
NASA administrator Michael Griffin repeated a pledge Tuesday he has made several times since taking over the space agency last April. Speaking to a packed house at the 207 th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Griffin said because of his deep appreciation of the scientific importance of the Hubble Space Telescope, "NASA will, if at all possible, use one of the remaining flights of the space shuttle for Hubble servicing."
Shuttle Foam To Be Left Off Fuel Tank
Houston (UPI) Dec 16, 2005
The insulating foam on the space shuttle that broke loose during liftoff last July, will be removed from future launches, NASA officials said in Houston.
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The Next Shuttle Book Review
Marion IA (SPX) Dec 02, 2005
Dave Ketchledge, a high powered rocketry hobbyist, has written and e-published a new book, titled The Next Shuttle, devoted entirely to the construction and flight of Shuttle prototypes, their technical problems, how they were solved, and successors of the Shuttle today.
Dave is a professional Instrumentation Engineer, a former Navy nuclear reactor operator and testing engineer, and a member of both NAR and TRA. Back in the 1990s, Dave coined the term Vertical Trajectory System, or VTS to describe several active guidance systems potentially useful to amateur rocketry.
Shuttle's KSC Thermal Protection System Facility Gets Back To Business
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 24, 2005
The steady hum of oversized sewing machines is finally returning to the building where a team of dedicated employees pieces together the space shuttle's protective skin.
Resumption Of Shuttle Flights Up In The Air: NASA
Washington (AFP) Nov 22, 2005
Resumption of space flights depends on the pace of repairing foam insulating the shuttle's large external fuel tank, which may not happen by May, NASA said Tuesday.
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NASA Successfully Tests Space Shuttle Main Engine
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 26, 2005
For the first time since Hurricane Katrina, NASA's Stennis Space Center, Miss., returned to its primary business Tuesday, testing space shuttle main engines.
Tile Test System Could Make Space Shuttle Safer
Wright-Patterson AFB (SPX) Oct 24, 2005
In February 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated on re-entry, killing all seven crewmembers. The shuttle was hit by a piece of foam that damaged the thermal-protection tiles on its left wing, leading to failure when superheated air surged into the wing and, possibly, a wheel compartment.
NASA Selects Schneider Lenses For NextGen Space Shuttle Flight Safety Systems
Hauppauge NY (SPX) Oct 21, 2005
Schneider Optics has announced that NASA has implemented Schneider lenses in two mission-critical space shuttle flight safety systems, as part of NASA's Shuttle Return to Flight Program.
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