NASA’s Glenn Research Center Ties to Upcoming Space Shuttle Launch

When space shuttle mission STS-127 launches on June 13, there will be connections to NASA’s Glenn Research Center both in the shuttle bay and on the ground. In the bay will be the next phase of the Binary Colloidal Alloy Test (BCAT-5) and spare nickel-hydrogen battery Orbital Replacement Units. The BCAT-5 is the next step in an ongoing experiment being conducted aboard the International Space