Returning the space shuttle to flight

Published: Dec 20, 2004
Source: www.spaceflightnow.com



SpaceFlightNow.com Special Report:

NASA is gearing up to resume shuttle flights this spring with a three-spacewalk mission to repair the international space station's stabilization system, to deliver critical supplies and equipment and to prove the design defects that contributed to the Columbia disaster have been corrected.

This 10-part, 11,600-word report is focused on details about Discovery's mission and safety upgrades to improve ascent damage detection and potential repair options...continue..