Manifest Acceleration Approved by NASA
The shuttle program is finalizing the approval of a manifest acceleration that will shake-up the remaining flights of the shuttle, to ease the Constellation schedule.
NASA Associate Administrator for Space Operations Bill Gerstenmaier has been holding meetings on Wednesday to approve the changes, which include flying Atlantis for an additional two flights, adding STS-131 and STS-133 logistics flights to the confirmed schedule, and ending the shuttle program earlier - at the end of March, 2010. Read more
