The payload for space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 mission to the International Space Station now is at…
Category: Shuttle Update
Program FRR Concludes
The STS-133 Space Shuttle Program Flight Readiness Review concluded at approximately 3:30 p.m. EDT today. No…
Program-level Flight Readiness Review Under Way
The first of two standard Flight Readiness Reviews for STS-133 began this morning to evaluate the…
Service Structure Rolling Back Today for Payload
Workers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida today will move the rotating service structure or…
Payload Preps Under Way Today
Workers at Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida are preparing space shuttle…
Propellant Loading Complete; Payload Install Coming Up
At NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A, work continues to prepare space shuttle Discovery for…
APU Loading Begins
Technicians will begin loading hydrazine fuel into space shuttle Discovery's three auxiliary power units today. The…
As Technicians ready Discovery, Last SRB Assembly Moves to VAB
The Space Shuttle Program's final solid rocket booster structural assembly -- the right-hand forward -- moved…
Technicians Focus on SRB Power Units Today
Technicians at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida are servicing the solid rocket booster hydraulic power…
Review Finds No Lightning damage to Discovery, Pad
An extensive review today of space shuttle Discovery's systems and the ground support equipment at Launch…