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2. Launch status check - Wikipedia

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   A launch status check, also known as a "go/no go poll" and several other terms, occurs at the beginning of an American spaceflight mission in which flight controllers monitoring various systems are queried for operation and readiness status before a launch can proceed. For Space Shuttle missions, in the firing room at the Launch Control Center ...

3. Launch Processing System - Wikipedia

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   The Launch Processing System (LPS) is an automated, computer-controlled system at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) which oversees and coordinates the processing and checkout of systems and components for the Space Shuttle launch vehicle and its payloads. [1] The LPS automatically performs tests on much of the vehicle components as they are being ...

4. International Space Station - Wikipedia

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   Major modules have been launched by Proton and Soyuz rockets and by the Space Shuttle launch system. The first long-term residents, Expedition 1, arrived on November 2, 2000. Since then, the station has been continuously occupied for 23 years and 192 days, the longest continuous human presence in space.

5. James Webb Space Telescope - Wikipedia

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   On 27 December 2021, at 60 hours after launch, Webb's rockets fired for nine minutes and 27 seconds to make the second of three mid-course corrections for the telescope to arrive at its L 2 destination. On 28 December 2021, three days after launch, mission controllers began the multi-day deployment of Webb's all-important sunshield.

6. Technology readiness level - Wikipedia

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   t. e. Technology readiness levels ( TRLs) are a method for estimating the maturity of technologies during the acquisition phase of a program. TRLs enable consistent and uniform discussions of technical maturity across different types of technology. [1] TRL is determined during a technology readiness assessment ( TRA) that examines program ...

7. Boeing Orbital Flight Test 2 - Wikipedia

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   The OFT-2 launch was scheduled for 30 July 2021 at 18:53:32 UTC. On 27 July 2021, NASA, Boeing, and ULA completed the flight readiness review (FRR) for the mission. On 29 July 2021, launch preparations were under way at Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 41. The Atlas V with the Starliner atop had just been rolled out from the Vertical ...