Return To Flight On Track | Aero-News Network
Aero-News Network
RSS icon RSS feed
podcast icon MP3 podcast
Subscribe Aero-News e-mail Newsletter Subscribe

Airborne Unlimited -- Most Recent Daily Episodes

Episode Date

Airborne-Monday

Airborne-Tuesday

Airborne-Wednesday Airborne-Thursday

Airborne-Friday

Airborne On YouTube

Airborne-Unlimited-09.29.25

AirborneNextGen-
09.30.25

Airborne-Unlimited-10.01.25

Airborne-Unlimited-09.25.25

AirborneUnlimited-09.26.25

Sun, Jun 05, 2005

Return To Flight On Track

Ahead Of Schedule Even

Discovery was disconnected from its external tank and Solid Rocket Boosters Thursday and lowered by crane onto the Orbiter Transporter System in the Vehicle Assembly Building. The orbiter is scheduled to move and be attached to its new tank (ET-121) on June 6th.

The new heater installed on the tank should minimize the potential for ice buildup. Technicians then plan to work the final closeouts on the Shuttle and hook up liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen systems and conduct an interface verification test. Discovery is scheduled to return to the launch pad on June 13th, one day earlier than planned.

Power-up testing continues on Atlantis in the Orbiter Processing Facility as it prepares for its mission to the International Space Station. Closeouts are also continuing. Atlantis is scheduled to roll from the processing facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building in mid-July.

Technicians are testing the Orbiter Maneuvering System and Forward Reaction Control System and will begin cleaning the payload bay next week. The third redesigned External Tank (ET-119) should be shipped from the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on June 9th, arriving about five days later. ET-119 might fly with Atlantis on its mission.

FMI: www.nasa.gov/returntoflight

Advertisement

More News

Ticket Sales NOW OPEN for 2025 Affordable Flying Expo!

Check out https://affordableflying.net/attend/ Right Away and Get YOUR Tickets To the Affordable Flying Expo! OK.... with a little over a month to go, it’s time to get seriou>[...]

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (09.29.25)

"Amelia made it almost three-quarters of the way around the world before she suddenly, and without notice, vanished—never to be seen again. Her disappearance, almost 90 years>[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (09.29.25)

Aero Linx: Cessna 150-152 Club The Cessna 150-152 Club has been the go-to place for information about the care and operation of the World’s Most Popular Two-Place Airplane si>[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (09.29.25): Hover Taxi

Hover Taxi Used to describe a helicopter/VTOL aircraft movement conducted above the surface and in ground effect at airspeeds less than approximately 20 knots. The actual height ma>[...]

Airborne 09.26.25: Army Cuts AV-Ranks, 2025 ATC Hiring, AF Next-Gen Fighter

Also: Purdue In Space?, 4 SpecOps Lost In Helo Crash, Solid-Fuel Ramjet, Ultra-High Airspace Over FL The US Army recently confirmed its plans to thin out its active duty aviation r>[...]

blog comments powered by Disqus



Advertisement

Advertisement

Podcasts

Advertisement

© 2007 - 2025 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC