Tag: T&R
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SCA arrives at KSC ahead of Endeavour’s final departure
The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), NASA 905, arrived at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on Tuesday, ahead of its role of carrying Endeavour on a cross-country farewell tour. The duo will depart next Monday for a three-day tour that will take in numerous centers and facilities that have played a role in the Shuttle Program,…
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Endeavour and Atlantis bid farewell to each other at KSC
And now Endeavour has the left the building. At the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), NASA and United Space Alliance (USA) workers backed Space Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour out of Bay 2 of the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) for the last time on August 16th, ending over twenty years of processing work on the spaceship. Shuttle Meeting:…
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Atlantis readied for her trip to the VAB – OPF-1 for transition
Atlantis is closing in on the end of her Transition and Retirement (T&R) processing, following the installation of her three Replica Shuttle Main Engines (RSMEs). Atlantis is scheduled to roll to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on Friday, in preparation for going on display just down the road at the Visitor Center, allowing for her…
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Enterprise taken on one final voyage to her NYC resting place
The shuttle orbiter that never flew in space, yet provided the pathfinder operations to allow her more famous sisters to conduct 30 years of space flight, began a barge journey to her retirement home on Sunday. Taking in the sights of New York City’s waterways, Enterprise is heading to the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space…
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Endeavour falls silent, but her accomplishments live on
The youngest orbiter in the shuttle fleet, Endeavour, was powered down for the final time this month, as she heads into the final stages of being prepared for shipping to her final resting home in California. Endeavour was put to sleep just days prior to the one year anniversary of her final launch, STS-134, a…
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Space Shuttle Enterprise – The Orbiter that started it all
For 30 years, the Space Shuttle orbiters Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour wowed millions with their thunderous climbs to orbit, their graceful orbital dances with satellites, Hubble, MIR, and the International Space Station, and their tell-tale twin sonic booms that announced their landings back on Earth – landings that would not have been as…
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Atlantis and Endeavour continue T&R processing after Discovery departure
Transition and Retirement (T&R) work continues at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) for Atlantis and Endeavour in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF), even as the Shuttle team said their goodbyes to Discovery last week. The NASA and United Space Alliance (USA) team is finishing up end-state safing activities on Atlantis, which is in OPF Bay 1,…
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Discovery heads into her mating operations with SCA ahead of final flight
The NASA and United Space Alliance (USA) team at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) have begun the final preparations to transport Discovery to her retirement home outside of Washington, D.C. Rolling out of High Bay 4 of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), the fleet leader made a sober roll to the Mate Demate Device (MDD) ahead…
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Shuttle Carrier Aircraft arrives at KSC ahead of Discovery’s final journey
Kicking off what will be a highly emotional period for the space program, NASA 905 – the remaining Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) – arrived at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on Tuesday, in preparation for the final rollout of Discovery at the weekend. Discovery will then depart from her home base for one final time…
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Engineers preparing Atlantis and Endeavour for the end of T&R ops
With Space Shuttle orbiter Discovery buttoned up in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) ahead of her flight to her retirement home, and with Enterprise ready to make way for Discovery and head to her new display site, the Shuttle team at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is focused on finishing Transition and Retirement (T&R) work for Atlantis…