| Dezhurov | ||
Personal: Male, Married, Two children. Born in Zubovo-Polyansk, Yavas, Mordovia, Russia. Soviet Air Force Soviet Air Force Soviet Air Force Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: Air Force Group 8 - 1987. Inactive Entered space service: 26 March 1987. Left space service: 12 July 2004. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 244.23 days. Number of EVAs: 9.00. Total EVA Time: 1.58 days. Call sign: Uragan (Hurricane). Official NASA Biography - 1997
Dezhurov Spaceflight Log
Dezhurov Chronology 26 March 1987 - Soviet Air Force Cosmonaut Training Group 8 selected.. 1 July 1994 - Soyuz TM-19. Assignment: Backup Crew. Flight: Mir EO-16, Mir EO-15, Mir LD-4. Mir Expedition EO-16. Soyuz TM-19 docked at the rear port of the Kvant module (vacated by Progress M-23 on July 2) at 13:55:01 GMT on July 3. 14 March 1995 - Soyuz TM-21. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: Mir EO-18, Mir EO-17, Mir LD-4. Mir Expedition EO-18. Soyuz TM-21 carried the EO-18 Mir crew and American Norman Thagard. Thagard was the first American to be launched in a Soyuz. Soyuz docked with Mir at 07:45:26 GMT on March 16 . On July 4 Soyuz TM-21 undocked and backed off to a distance of 100 m from Mir. The US space shuttle Atlantis, with the EO-18 crew aboard, then undocked and began a flyaround at a distance of 210 m, while the EO-19 crew aboard Soyuz took pictures before redocking with the station. Soyuz TM-21 again undocked with the EO-19 crew on September 11 from the Kvant rear port on Mir and landed at 50 deg 41'N 68 deg 15'E, 108 km northeast of Arkalyk in Kazakhstan, at 06:52:40 GMT . 12 May 1995 - EVA Mir EO-18-1. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: Mir EO-18. Retracted solar array. 17 May 1995 - EVA Mir EO-18-2. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: Mir EO-18. Began installation of solar array. 22 May 1995 - EVA Mir EO-18-3. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: Mir EO-18. Completed installation of solar array. 28 May 1995 - EVA Mir EO-18-4. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: Mir EO-18. Repositioned docking adapter. 2 June 1995 - EVA Mir EO-18-5. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: Mir EO-18. Repositioned docking adapter. 7 July 1995 - Landing of STS-71. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-71, Mir EO-19, Mir EO-18. STS-71 landed at 14:55 GMT with the crew of Baker, Dezhurov, Dunbar, Gibson, Harbaugh, Precourt, Strekalov and Thagard aboard. 10 February 1997 - Soyuz TM-25. Assignment: Backup Crew. Flight: Mir EO-23, Mir 97, Mir NASA-3, Mir EO-22. Mir Expedition EO-23. Soyuz TM-25 docked with Mir at the forward port on February 12 at 15:51:13 GMT. 6 June 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-17. Flight: ISS EO-2. The Expedition Two crew this week busily prepared for the first station-based spacewalk planned for Friday and continues to assist the ground with troubleshooting of the complex's robotic arm in the backup mode. Commander Yury Usachev and Flight Engineer Jim Voss will open hatches in the Zvezda ...more... 5 July 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-22. Flight: ISS EO-2. Another week of testing the International Space Station's robotic arm and cataloging onboard inventory has been the focus for the Expedition Two crew as the launch of Atlantis delivering the Airlock approaches. The checkout of the Space Station Remote Manipulator System - Canadarm2 - continued ...more... 21 July 2001 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #20. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-104. The crews of Atlantis and the International Space Station will bid one another farewell and close the hatches between the vehicles at about 9 p.m. on Saturday. Undocking is scheduled for 11:54 p.m., to be followed by an hour-long fly around of the station by Pilot Charlie Hobaugh. The final separation burn that will move Atlantis away from the station to begin its journey home is scheduled for 1:14 a.m. Sunday. The Atlantis crew, Commander Steve Lindsey, Hobaugh and Mission Specialists Janet ...more... 22 July 2001 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #21. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-104. The crew of Atlantis took a spin around the International Space Station this morning after undocking on time at 11:54 p.m. CDT Saturday, some 240 miles above the coast of Newfoundland. Pilot Charlie Hobaugh was at the shuttle's aft flight deck controls for the fly-around, ...more... 1 August 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-23. Flight: ISS EO-2. A week and a half removed from the most recent shuttle visit to the International Space Station, the Expedition Two crew continues preparations for ending its mission aboard the complex as Discovery is readied for the STS-105 launch a week from tomorrow at 4:38 p.m. Central time to deliver supplies, logistics and the next crew to live aboard the orbiting outpost. Almost immediately after Atlantis departed following its mission to install an addition ...more... 8 August 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-24. Flight: ISS EO-2. With Discovery poised on Launch Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center for liftoff tomorrow to the International Space Station, Expedition Two Commander Yury Usachev and Flight Engineers Jim Voss and Susan Helms completed the packing of personal items and hardware for their return to Earth after more than five months in orbit and awaited the arrival of their replacements. The STS-105 mission to deliver the third resident crew to the ISS is scheduled to ...more... 10 August 2001 - STS-105. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-105, ISS EO-3. STS 105 was an American shuttle that carried a crew of ten (including three crew for the ISS - one American and two Russian), five tonnes of supplies, hardware, and a bedroom suite to accommodate a third astronaut in the Destiny module. The crew installed in the station two new science experiment racks that were carried in the Leonardo container which was first lifted out of the shuttle and bolted to the Unity module. Leonardo then carried back all the trash from the ISS back to the shuttle. They crew installed the MISSE (Materials International Space Station Experiment) container outside the ISS to test the effect of radiation on materials and some low-cost science experiments such as microgravity cell growth studies inside the station. The 15,107 kg payload consisted of:
The Leonardo MPLM module was lifted out of Discovery's payload bay at 1326 GMT on August 13 and docked to Unity's nadir at 1554 GMT. 3300 kg of cargo from Leonardo was transferred to the Station. Then 1700 kg of station garbage and materials were loaded into Leonardo. It was unberthed from Unity at 1816 GMT on August 19 and returned to the payload bay for the return to Earth at 1917 GMT. Discovery undocked at 1452 GMT on August 20 with the Expedition 2 crew aboard, leaving Expedition 3 at the Station. At 1830 GMT on August 20 the Simplesat test satellite was ejected from a GAS canister in the cargo bay. Discovery landed at Kennedy Space Center at 1822:58 GMT on August 22 on runway 15, after a deorbit burn at 1715 GMT. The Expedition Two crew of Usachyov, Voss and Helms had been in space for 167 days. Discovery was taken out of service after the flight for structural inspections. Its last maintenance down period was in 1995-1996. 10 August 2001 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #01. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EO-3, STS-105. After a one-day delay because of weather, Space Shuttle Discovery blasted off this afternoon, carrying a crew of four and three new residents to the International Space Station. As the station sailed over the Pacific Ocean southwest of the border between Mexico ...more... 11 August 2001 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #03. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EO-3, STS-105. The seven crewmembers aboard Discovery, including the future residents of the International Space Station (ISS), spent their first full day in orbit today preparing for their arrival tomorrow at the orbital outpost. Commander Scott Horowitz, Pilot Rick Sturckow and Mission Specialists Pat Forrester ...more... 11 August 2001 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #02. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EO-3, STS-105. The seven crewmembers aboard Discovery were awakened shortly after 7 a.m. Saturday for their first full day in space, a day of pursuit and preparation for a Sunday rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station (ISS). Discovery's astronauts and cosmonauts, Commander Scott Horowitz, Pilot Rick Sturckow ...more... 12 August 2001 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #05. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EO-3, STS-105. Discovery Commander Scott Horowitz, with the assistance of Pilot Rick Sturckow and Mission Specialists Pat Forrester and Dan Barry, carefully guided the Shuttle to a linkup with the ISS at 1:42 p.m. Central time as the two craft sailed 240 miles above northwestern Australia. On board Discovery were the new Station Commander Frank Culbertson, and his Expedition Three crewmates, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin. Expedition Two Commander Yury Usachev and Flight Engineers Jim Voss and Susan Helms ...more... 12 August 2001 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #04. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EO-3, STS-105. The crew of Discovery, trailing the International Space Station by less than 2,000 statute miles, was awakened at 5:10 a.m. Central time to the sounds of "The White Eagle," a traditional Russian folk song played for Expedition Three Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov. Dezhurov and his crewmates, Expedition Three Commander Frank Culbertson and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin are just hours from reaching their new home aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Discovery Commander Scott Horowitz, Pilot Rick Sturckow and Mission Specialists ...more... 13 August 2001 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #06. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EO-3, STS-105. The crewmembers aboard the Discovery / International Space Station complex were awakened shortly before 4:30 a.m. Central time today to the sounds of the overture from "The Barber of Seville" by Rossini, a tribute to Expedition Three Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin, who along with Commander Frank Culbertson and Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov, will move over to the ISS today to take up residency. Once they swap out their custom-made Soyuz capsule seat liners with those belonging ...more... 13 August 2001 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #07. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EO-3, STS-105. The International Space Station's third resident crew officially took control of the complex at 2:15 p.m. CDT today, when confirmation was given by the new station commander that all transfer activities associated with the custom-made Soyuz capsule seat liners had been completed and leak checks on their Russian Sokol space suits was verified. That marked the end of the Expedition Two crew's stay on the station at 148 days ...more... 14 August 2001 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #09. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EO-3, STS-105. By mid afternoon, the entire contents of the Leonardo logistics module had been temporarily stowed aboard the International Space Station as the Expedition Three crew continued to learn about life on the orbiting complex. During the day, the shuttle's thrusters were fired 240 times to subtly boost the ...more... 14 August 2001 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #08. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EO-3, STS-105. Discovery's crewmembers, including their new Expedition Two crewmates from the International Space Station, were awakened at 4:10 a.m. Central time to the theme from the movie, "Arthur", to begin a day highlighted by the transfer of equipment and supplies to the station from Discovery and from the pressurized cargo carrier the shuttle brought into space. The wakeup music was for Discovery Commander Scott Horowitz from his wife. The ...more... 15 August 2001 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #11. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EO-3, STS-105. The hatches swung closed between Discovery and the International Space Station at 4:52 this afternoon Central time so that the shuttle's cabin pressure could be lowered in preparation for a space walk Thursday by Dan Barry and Pat Forrester. In preparation for that Extravehicular Activity (EVA), the crew spent part of the ...more... 16 August 2001 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #12. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EO-3, STS-105. On the 1000th day since the launch of the first module of the International Space Station, Discovery's astronauts were awakened shortly after 4 a.m. Central time to the sounds of "The Marvelous Toy" by Tom Paxton for Mission Specialist Dan Barry from his wife. Barry and crewmate Pat Forrester will conduct the first space walk of Discovery's ...more... 16 August 2001 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #13. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EO-3, STS-105. Astronauts Dan Barry and Pat Forrester completed the first of two planned space walks during Discovery's voyage to the International Space Station. The excursion lasted 6 hours, 16 minutes and involved installing the Early Ammonia Servicer and the first external experiment on the station's hull. The servicer contains spare ammonia that can be used in the space station's cooling systems if needed. The Materials ISS Experiment (pronounced 'missy' by its acronym) will expose 750 material samples to the space environment for about 18 months before being returned home late next year. During the space walk, Discovery's Commander Scott Horowitz operated the shuttle robot arm, and Pilot Rick Sturckow choreographed the space walk from the orbiter's flight deck. This was the 25th space walk devoted to the construction of the space station and the 12th this year. Barry and Forrester will perform the mission's second space walk on Saturday to hook up heater cables for another truss structure to be delivered to the station next year. Mission managers Friday will evaluate the consumables onboard Discovery and assess the progress made by the crews in transferring items into the Leonardo logistics module from the station before making a determination as to whether the docked phase of the flight should be extended by one day. Earlier today, the computers inside the Zvezda module once again assumed control ...more... 17 August 2001 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #14. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EO-3, STS-105. The ten astronauts and cosmonauts aboard Discovery and the International Space Station will focus on transfer activities today, continuing to place equipment, discarded items and belongings of the Expedition Two crew aboard the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo for return to Earth. Expedition Two Commander Yury Usachev and Flight Engineers Jim Voss and Susan Helms ...more... 17 August 2001 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #15. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EO-3, STS-105. While Discovery's astronauts looked on, the Expedition Two crew ceremoniously handed command of the International Space Station to its Expedition Three replacements. The ceremony occurred just prior to closing the hatches between the two spacecraft in preparation for the final planned space walk of the STS-105 mission. Expedition Two Commander Yury Usachev and Flight Engineers Jim Voss and Susan Helms ...more... 18 August 2001 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #16. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EO-3, STS-105. Discovery astronauts Dan Barry and Pat Forrester will perform the second space walk of the STS-105 mission today, hooking up heating cables and installing handrails on the International Space Station's Destiny Laboratory in advance of the arrival of a large truss structure at the complex next year. Meanwhile, the new Expedition Three crew aboard the station will continue packing the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo for its return to Earth Discovery's astronauts, including the returning Expedition Two crew, were awakened ...more... 18 August 2001 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #17. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EO-3, STS-105. Astronauts Dan Barry and Pat Forrester successfully strung two 45-foot heater cables and installed handrails down both sides of the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station today during a 5 hour, 29 minute spacewalk, setting the stage for the delivery of a large truss structure to the complex next year. The cables would provide backup power to the S0 truss, if needed, in the unlikely ...more... 19 August 2001 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #18. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EO-3, STS-105. The ten astronauts and cosmonauts aboard Discovery and the International Space Station have started a day that will see the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo removed from the Unity node of the station and reberthed in the shuttle's cargo bay for the trip home. Discovery's crew, including the returning Expedition Two crewmembers, were awakened ...more... 19 August 2001 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #19. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EO-3, STS-105. With its job completed for the mission, the Leonardo cargo module packed with more than 3,000 pounds of return hardware was safely tucked back aboard Discovery this afternoon. The operation sets the stage for the shuttle's departure from the International Space Station scheduled for 9:52 a.m. CDT Monday. The ten crewmembers aboard Discovery and the station are spending their final day ...more... 20 August 2001 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #20. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EO-3, STS-105. Crewmembers aboard Discovery and the International Space Station are spending their final hours together on a day that will see them bid farewell to one another, close hatches between the spacecraft, undock and separate to enable the new resident Expedition Three crew to begin a stay of about four months aboard the station. The final farewells and hatch closing are scheduled for just before 7 a.m. Central ...more... 20 August 2001 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #21. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EO-3, STS-105. Discovery's astronauts, now consisting of the Expedition Two crew, bid farewell to the International Space Station and the Expedition Three crew and undocked from the complex at 9:52 a.m. CDT Monday after more than a week of joint operations. Frank Culbertson, Vladimir Dezhurov and Mikhail Tyurin now will settle in to oversee activities on the station for the next four months. The final farewells and hatch closing occurred at 7 a.m. Central Monday just prior ...more... 21 August 2001 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #22. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EO-3, STS-105. With Discovery 500 miles ahead of the International Space Station, and increasing that distance by more than 50 miles with each orbit of the Earth, the STS-105 and returning Expedition Two crewmembers are preparing for a Wednesday landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Discovery Commander Scott Horowitz, Pilot Rick Sturckow, and Mission Specialists ...more... 21 August 2001 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #23. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EO-3, STS-105. With its systems checked out in excellent shape, Space Shuttle Discovery with its seven-person crew that includes the Expedition Two crew, is set to return home at 11:46 a.m. Central time to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, wrapping up a five and a half month stay on the International Space Station. A second landing opportunity is available an hour and a half later at 1:23 p.m. CDT. Leading the station now by more than a thousand miles, Discovery's aero surfaces ...more... 22 August 2001 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #24. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EO-3, STS-105. With crewmembers aboard Discovery ready for their return to Earth, the new Expedition Three crew aboard the International Space Station prepared for the arrival of a Progress resupply vehicle early tomorrow morning. Discovery is about 1,300 statute miles ahead of the space station and widening the ...more... 22 August 2001 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #25. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EO-3, STS-105. Discovery touched down at the Kennedy Space Center today at 1:23 p.m. concluding a successful mission to carry new residents to the International Space Station and return the Expedition Two crew following 167 days in space. Following a one-orbit wave-off due to a rain shower that popped up off the end of ...more... 23 August 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-25. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EO-3, STS-105. Just hours after the return of the Expedition Two crew to the Kennedy Space Center, the Expedition Three crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) received new supplies and fuel this morning following the flawless docking of a Progress resupply freighter. The unmanned Progress 5 craft linked up to the aft docking port of the Zvezda Service ...more... 29 August 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-26. Flight: ISS EO-3. Well into their four-month stay on board the International Space Station (ISS), the Expedition Three crew continues to unpack and stow equipment from the Russian Progress cargo ship that arrived at the outpost nearly a week ago. Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin have almost completely emptied the Progress 5 craft, stowing new supplies inside the ISS. The arrival of the Progress vehicle at the Station sets the stage for the launch ...more... 5 September 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-27. Flight: ISS EO-3. After completing a three-day holiday weekend of light activities that provided time to settle into their new home, members of the International Space Station crew this week began a busy slate of scientific work, performed some minor repairs and maintenance, and prepared for the continued expansion of the orbiting complex with the upcoming launch of a new Russian module. Expedition Three Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight ...more... 13 September 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-28. Flight: ISS EO-3. On board the International Space Station, the Expedition Three crew, Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin continue their work aboard the orbiting laboratory. The Expedition Three crew is in its fifth week of a four-month stay aboard the space ...more... 14 September 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-29. Flight: ISS EO-3. On its way to provide additional capabilities to the International Space Station, the Russian Docking Compartment lifted off from the Baikonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan today. Pirs, the Russian word for pier, was successfully launched atop a Russian Soyuz rocket at 6:35 p.m. CDT. Expedition Three Commander Frank Culbertson reported that he was able to see the ...more... 16 September 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-30. Flight: ISS EO-3. The International Space Station gained another entryway tonight when Pirs, the new Russian docking compartment, docked automatically to a port on the Zvezda service module at 8:05 p.m. CDT as the station orbited 250 miles above Mongolia. As Pirs linked up to the Zvezda module, Expedition Three Commander Frank Culbertson ...more... 20 September 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-31. Flight: ISS EO-3. The International Space Station's Expedition Three crew - Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin - spent this week outfitting and activating the station's latest addition, a four-ton Russian airlock and docking port named Pirs that arrived at the orbiting complex Sunday. The 16-foot long Pirs, with a 20-foot instrumentation and propulsion segment still ...more... 26 September 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-32. Flight: ISS EO-3. The International Space Station's Expedition Three crew - Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin - is poised for the first of three planned space walks following today's successful jettison of a segment of a new docking port and airlock now attached to the orbiting complex. Mission controllers in Moscow fired pyrotechnic devices that activated spring pushrods ...more... 3 October 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-33. Flight: ISS EO-3. The International Space Station's Expedition Three crew - Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin - is spending the week preparing for the first of three spacewalks next Monday to outfit the new Pirs Docking Compartment and to attach scientific experiments to the outside of the Zvezda Service Module. The first spacewalk by Dezhurov and Tyurin is scheduled to begin around 10 a.m. ...more... 8 October 2001 - EVA ISS EO-3-1. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: ISS EO-3. The cosmonauts made the spacewalk from the Pirs module. The crew installed the Strela crane on the outside of Pirs and jettisoned some thermal covers. There was some difficulty in closing the Pirs hatch. power to repress (NASA rules). 8 October 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-34. Flight: ISS EO-3. The assembly of the International Space Station (ISS) passed another major milestone today as two Russian cosmonauts executed a 4 hour, 58 minute spacewalk outside the complex to begin to outfit the Station's newest module. With Expedition Three Commander Frank Culbertson coordinating activities from inside ...more... 10 October 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-35. Flight: ISS EO-3. After completing one successful spacewalk, the Expedition Three crew of the International Space Station (ISS) is preparing for another, to be conducted on Monday, Oct. 15. Russian cosmonauts Vladimir Dezhurov and Mikhail Tyurin will perform this one, like the one conducted last Monday, while Commander Frank Culbertson remains inside to coordinate activities. It will be the 28th spacewalk in support of the assembly of the ISS. Meanwhile, in Moscow's Mission Control Center, flight controllers were preparing ...more... 15 October 2001 - EVA ISS EO-3-2. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: ISS EO-3. The cosmonauts attached the Kromka contamination experiment and two Japanese exposure experiments to the hull of the Zvezda module. The Russian flag on Zvezda was retrieved for an exposure study and replaced with a commercial logo. 15 October 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-36. Flight: ISS EO-3. Scientific research moved outside the International Space Station today as two Russian cosmonauts mounted a variety of instruments outside the Zvezda service module in a 5 hour, 52 minute space walk. Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin opened the hatch on the ...more... 17 October 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-37. Flight: ISS EO-3. Expedition Three crewmembers are preparing to board their Soyuz return vehicle at the International Space Station (ISS) early Friday to move it from the Earth-facing port of the Zarya module for the first-ever linkup to the new Pirs Docking Compartment. The short procedure will begin with undocking of the Soyuz at 5:48 a.m. CDT, and will conclude with the redocking at 6:06 a.m. CDT. The crew, Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer ...more... 21 October 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-39. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EP-2. Two Russian cosmonauts and a French researcher blasted off this morning from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a two-day flight to bring a fresh Soyuz return vehicle to the International Space Station (ISS). Russian "taxi" crew Commander Victor Afanasyev, rookie Flight Engineer Konstantin ...more... 23 October 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-40. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EP-2. Two Russian cosmonauts and a French researcher arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) this morning, delivering a fresh Soyuz return vehicle for the residents on board to begin eight days of joint operations and research. Russian "taxi" crew Commander Victor Afanasyev, rookie Flight Engineer Konstantin ...more... 30 October 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-41. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EP-2. Two Russian cosmonauts and a French researcher left the International Space Station (ISS) this evening, wrapping up almost eight days of experiments and joint activities with the Station's residents while delivering a fresh Soyuz return vehicle for the orbital outpost. Russian "taxi" crew Commander Victor Afanasyev, Flight Engineer Konstantin Kozeev ...more... 12 November 2001 - EVA ISS EO-3-3. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: ISS EO-3. The spacewalk was made from the Pirs module. The astronauts completed external connections for the module and finished setting up the Kurs rendezvous system. 12 November 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-43. Flight: ISS EO-3. Expedition Three Commander Frank Culbertson and Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov completed the external outfitting of the Pirs Docking Compartment on the International Space Station (ISS) this evening, conducting a 5 hour, 4 minute spacewalk outside the orbital outpost. Culbertson, making his first spacewalk, and Dezhurov, completing his third spacewalk ...more... 15 November 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-44. Flight: ISS EO-3. After completing the final space walk planned for Expedition Three, the crew of the International Space Station this week begins to get ready for the arrival of a cargo vessel, a space shuttle and a replacement crew later this month. Engineers at the Mission Control Center outside of Moscow conducted a series of ...more... 21 November 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-45. Flight: ISS EO-3. During their 103rd day aboard the International Space Station, Expedition Three Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin Wednesday began activation of the Progress unpiloted supply vehicle in preparation for its undocking. The Progress, attached to the docking port at the rear of the Zvezda service module, ...more... 26 November 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-46. Flight: ISS EO-3. During their 107th day aboard the International Space Station, Expedition Three Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin continued their preparations for the arrival of the Space Shuttle Endeavour and the Expedition Four crew. Endeavour is targeted for launch from Kennedy Space Center on Thursday at 6:41 p.m. CST on the STS-108 mission. At 12:24 p.m. CST (1824 GMT) today, the Progress 6 resupply craft, filled with fresh ...more... 28 November 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-47. Flight: ISS EO-3. An unmanned Russian Progress resupply vehicle successfully docked to the International Space Station this afternoon, carrying food, fuel and supplies for the next residents of the orbital outpost. The Progress 6 craft, which launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan ...more... 3 December 2001 - EVA ISS EO-3-4. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: ISS EO-3. The cosmonauts exited from the Pirs airlock and then moved to the aft end of the Zvezda module. They identified debris preventing Progress M1-7 from docking as a rubber O-ring from the Progress M-45 docking system. At 1453 GMT the debris was removed. A minute later ground controllers successfully commanded the Progress M1-7 to complete a hard docking. 3 December 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-49. Flight: ISS EO-3. Expedition Three Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin cleared the way for the launch of the shuttle Endeavour tomorrow afternoon by removing debris in the form of a rubberized seal from the docking interface between a Russian Progress resupply craft and the Zvezda Service Module at the International Space Station. With Commander Frank Culbertson watching from inside, Dezhurov and Tyurin worked ...more... 5 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #01. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. Endeavour lifted off this afternoon on the final space shuttle mission of 2001, and, after a flawless climb to orbit, it is now on its way to deliver a fresh crew to the International Space Station and return home a crew that has spent four months in space. The station was about 250 statute miles above the central Indian Ocean as Endeavour ...more... 6 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #03. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. Endeavour's crew spent its first full day in space today preparing for the major events to come: docking with the International Space Station on Friday; latching a cargo module to the station on Saturday; and conducting a space walk on Monday. Endeavour Commander Dom Gorie and Pilot Mark Kelly fired the shuttle's steering ...more... 6 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #02. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. The seven crewmembers aboard the space shuttle Endeavour were awakened at 7:19 a.m. CST today to begin their first full day in space. The crew, Commander Dom Gorie, Pilot Mark Kelly, Mission Specialists Linda Godwin ...more... 7 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #05. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. A new trio of residents arrived at the International Space Station this afternoon as the shuttle Endeavour docked to the orbital outpost. With the new Expedition Four station crew of Commander Yury Onufrienko and Flight ...more... 7 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #04. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. As Endeavour continues its pursuit of the International Space Station, the seven astronauts and cosmonauts on board were awakened at 6:21 a.m. today to prepare for a busy day as they close the final 765 miles between the two vehicles in anticipation of a docking just before 2 p.m. CST today. Endeavour and the ISS are to link up off the British coast, southwest of Cardiff, Wales. Endeavour's crew - Commander Dom Gorie, Pilot Mark Kelly, Mission Specialists Linda ...more... 8 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #07. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. The Expedition Three crew - Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin - officially ended their 117-day residency on board the International Space Station today as their custom Soyuz seatliners were transferred to Endeavour for the return trip home. The transfer of the Expedition Four seatliners to the Soyuz return vehicle attached ...more... 8 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #06. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. The crews aboard Endeavour and International Space Station awoke this morning to begin their first full day of joint operations following yesterday's docking between the two vehicles. Pilot Mark Kelly and Mission Specialist Linda Godwin will work together to remove ...more... 9 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #08. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. Waking up to the patriotic tune of "It's A Grand Ole' Flag" performed by the Fire Department of New York Emerald Society Pipes & Drums, Endeavour's crew was awakened at 6:14 a.m. CST today. The Expedition Four crew on board the International Space Station was awakened about a half hour later by a wake-up tone on board. A New York firefighter presented Pilot Mark Kelly with today's wake-up music when ...more... 9 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #09. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. The 10 astronauts and cosmonauts in orbit took a break from the transfer of supplies, experiments and equipment to and from the Space Shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station today to pay tribute to the heroes of the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and the Pentagon. Aboard Endeavour are 6,000 small United States flags that will be distributed to ...more... 10 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #10. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. The crew aboard the space shuttle Endeavour was awakened at 6:12 a.m. CST this morning to the sound of "Jumpin' at the Woodside," performed by Mission Specialist Linda Godwin's own band, Brass, Rhythm and Reeds. Godwin plays tenor sax in this 18-piece big band recording. The focus of activities aboard Endeavour today will be on the planned four-hour ...more... 11 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #12. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. The song "Let There Be Peace on Earth," performed by Vince and Jenny Gill, awakened Endeavour's crew this morning at 6:19 a.m. CST. The song was played for Expedition Three Commander Frank Culbertson from his wife for his years of dedicated pursuit of peace on Earth through service to his country, and in tribute to a special anniversary today. Shortly after the crews onboard Endeavour and the International Space Station were ...more... 12 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #14. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. Activities on board Endeavour and the International Space Station today will focus on continuing transfer of hardware, equipment and supplies between the two spacecraft as well as hardware maintenance and continuing handover briefings between the Expedition Three and Four crews. Flight Day 8 for Endeavour's crew began with a wake-up call from Mission Control ...more... 12 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #15. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. Having almost completed unpacking three tons of supplies brought from Earth aboard Endeavour and the Raffaello cargo module, the station and shuttle crews today turned their focus to packing up the cargo carrier and shuttle for the trip home. When the day began, the crews had already completed unloading more than 4,600 pounds ...more... 13 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #17. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. The crews of Endeavour and the International Space Station continued packing the Italian-built Raffaello cargo module and the shuttle for the trip home today as the new station crew began to settle in aboard the complex for a five and a half-month stay. The crew has already unloaded almost three tons of station food, clothes, experiments ...more... 13 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #16. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. The crew onboard Endeavour was awakened at 7:17 a.m. CST this morning by the song "Here Comes the Sun", in memory of former Beatle George Harrison, who recently died of cancer. The instrumental was from the IMAX movie, "Everest". The song was played for the Expedition Three Crewmembers, Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin. The crew was allowed to sleep in for an extra hour with a relatively light day of activities in store. Today's agenda for the shuttle crew - Commander Dom Gorie, Pilot Mark Kelly, and ...more... 14 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #18. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. In space today, the 10 astronauts and cosmonauts on board Endeavour and the International Space Station, will focus their efforts on final transfer activities and this morning's unberthing of the Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module to be placed back in Endeavour's payload bay for a return trip home. Raffaello has been loaded with unneeded equipment, as well as gear from the returning ...more... 14 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #19. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. The crews of Endeavour and the International Space Station will spend a final night together tonight, preparing for Endeavour's departure from the complex Saturday. Endeavour will leave the station with a new crew and almost three tons of new food, ...more... 15 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #21. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. After eight days together, Endeavour and the International Space Station parted ways today, the shuttle leaving behind a new station crew and ferrying home a veteran station crew. Endeavour undocked from the station at 11:28 a.m. CST as the spacecraft flew 240 ...more... 15 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #20. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. The 10 crewmembers of the Space Shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station will bid farewell to each other this morning shortly before the hatches are closed between the two vehicles about 7:30 a.m. CST prior to Endeavour's departure from the complex. Endeavour is bringing home the Expedition Three crew - Commander Frank Culbertson, ...more... 16 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #22. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. On board Endeavour today, the crew will focus its efforts on checking out the systems and equipment that will be used during Endeavour's planned reentry and landing Monday. Endeavour is scheduled to return to the Kennedy Space Center about 11:55 a.m. CST ...more... 17 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #25. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. Endeavour touched down at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida today at 11:55 a.m. central time, returning the third resident space station crew to Earth after 129 days in space. Concluding a successful mission to the International Space Station, today's landing ...more... 17 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #24. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. Endeavour's crew began a journey home today, waking up at 3:19 a.m. CST to "Please Come Home For Christmas" sung by Jon Bon Jovi. Weather permitting, Endeavour is scheduled to return to Earth just before noon today. On board Endeavour, Commander Dom Gorie, Pilot Mark Kelly and Mission Specialists Linda Godwin and Dan Tani, along with the returning Expedition Three crew of Frank Culbertson, Vladimir Dezhurov and Mikhail Tyurin, are preparing for a scheduled landing at the Kennedy Space Center. Preliminary weather forecasts predict generally acceptable conditions at the landing site, with a possibility of rain showers in the vicinity. The Entry flight team, led by Flight Director LeRoy Cain, will receive its first weather briefing of the day at 6:30 a.m. The first KSC landing opportunity today would begin with a deorbit burn of Endeavour's ...more... 17 December 2001 - Landing of STS-108. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-108, ISS EO-3. STS-108 landed at 17:55 GMT with the crew of Gorie, Kelly Mark, Godwin, Tani, Culbertson, Dezhurov and Tyurin aboard. 21 December 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-50. Flight: ISS EO-4. Expedition Four Commander Yury Onufrienko and Flight Engineers Carl Walz and Dan Bursch have completed their first week of independent operations aboard the International Space Station. Last Saturday, the three new station crewmembers bid farewell to their predecessors, ...more... 12 November 2003 - Soyuz TMA-3A (cancelled). Assignment: Proposed Prime Crew. Flight: Soyuz TMA-3A. Soyuz TMA-3 was originally to switch lifeboats on the International Space Station. The crew would have returned to earth in the Soyuz TMA-2 already docked to the station. After the Columbia disaster, the remaining shuttles were grounded. The Soyuz was then the only means of keeping the station manned. It was therefore decided that Soyuz TMA-3 would fly with the skeleton crew of Foale and Kaleri. Bibliography and Further Reading
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