Space Shuttle Atlantis to Launch Aug. 27, NASA Says
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NASA’s shuttle Atlantis and its six-astronaut crew will launch toward the International Space Station (ISS) on Aug. 27 provided engineers conquer some final issues, among them a possible antenna bolt swap, agency officials said Wednesday.
Top spaceflight officials voted unanimously to press ahead with Atlantis STS-115 mission today after an extended two-day meeting at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, William Gerstenmaier, NASA’s associate administrator for space operations, said in a press briefing Wednesday following a Flight Readiness Review.
Two senior NASA directors – in charge of the agency’s Johnson Space Center and Marshall Space Flight Center – gave their approval with the caveat that some shuttle fuel tank modifications be made as soon as possible, Gerstenmaier added.
“This was a great review and I’m looking forward to moving toward a great launch,” NASA chief Michael Griffin said of the meeting, adding that the agency is already committed to making the next fuel tank fix – the removal of several ice frost ramps to reduce the amount of foam insulation debris at launch – in two shuttle flight’s time.
NASA’s shuttle Atlantis and its six-astronaut crew will launch toward the International Space Station (ISS) on Aug. 27 provided engineers conquer some final issues, among them a possible antenna bolt swap, agency officials said Wednesday.Top spaceflight officials voted unanimously to press ahead with Atlantis STS-115 mission today after an extended two-day meeting at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, William Gerstenmaier, NASA’s associate administrator for space operations, said in a press briefing Wednesday following a Flight Readiness Review.
Two senior NASA directors – in charge of the agency’s Johnson Space Center and Marshall Space Flight Center – gave their approval with the caveat that some shuttle fuel tank modifications be made as soon as possible, Gerstenmaier added.
“This was a great review and I’m looking forward to moving toward a great launch,” NASA chief Michael Griffin said of the meeting, adding that the agency is already committed to making the next fuel tank fix – the removal of several ice frost ramps to reduce the amount of foam insulation debris at launch – in two shuttle flight’s time.
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