Orbiter Docks With ISS; Power Transfer System Activated
A detailed inspection Friday of the heat shield of the shuttle
Endeavour detected a potentially worrisome gouge in the tiles near
the orbiter's starboard main landing gear door.
NASA has issued a request for proposals for Ares I mobile
launcher construction. Ares I is the rocket that will transport the
Orion crew exploration vehicle and its crew and cargo to low Earth
orbit. The mobile launcher proposals are due to NASA's Kennedy
Space Center in Florida on September 6, 2007.
They've checked the records... and NASA Administrator Michael
Griffin says so far, the agency has found no evidence to back up
allegations astronauts flew into space while under the influence of
alcohol.
Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation has received its second
Experimental Airworthiness Certificate (EAC) in ten weeks from the
FAA, allowing the GoldenEye 50 Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) to fly
in the National Airspace System (NAS).
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