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Personal: Male, Married, Two children. Born in Elanetsky, Elanets, Nikolayev, Ukraine. 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: 15 July 2001. Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 329.95 days. Number of EVAs: 2.00. Total EVA Time: 0.15 days. Call sign: Uran (Uranus). Official NASA Biography
Gidzenko Spaceflight Log
Gidzenko Chronology 26 March 1987 - Soviet Air Force Cosmonaut Training Group 8 selected.. 14 March 1995 - Soyuz TM-21. Assignment: Backup 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 . 3 September 1995 - Soyuz TM-22. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: Mir EO-20, Mir EO-19. Mir Expedition EO-20. Crew commander was Yuriy Pavlovich Gidzenko of the Russian Air Force. Flight engineer was Sergey Vasilyevich Avdeev of RKK Energiya, and cosmonaut-researcher was Thomas Reiter of the European Space Agency. Soyuz TM-22 docked with Mir's front (-X) port at 10:29:54 GMT on September 5 and the hatch was opened at 11:01:23. 8 December 1995 - EVA Mir EO-20-2. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: Mir EO-20. Repositioned docking adapter. 8 February 1996 - EVA Mir EO-20-3. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: Mir EO-20. Retrieved and installed material samples 29 February 1996 - Landing of Soyuz TM-22. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: Mir EO-21, Mir EO-20. Soyuz TM-22 landed at 10:42 GMT. 11 December 1998 - STS-88 Mission Status Report # 17. Flight: STS-88. Endeavour's astronauts opened the new International Space Station for business Thursday, entering the Unity and Zarya modules for the first time and establishing an S-band communications system that will enable U.S. flight controllers to monitor the outpost's systems. Reflecting the international cooperation involved in building the largest space ...more... 2 June 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report #14. Flight: STS-96. Discovery's seven astronauts have successfully transferred almost two tons of material and equipment to the International Space Station to be used by the first residents of the outpost when they arrive next year. Mission Specialist Ellen Ochoa, who has been coordinating the transfer activities, ...more... 23 March 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-12. Flight: ISS EO-1. On-orbit activities of the International Space Station continue to focus on electrical power system management as engineers on the ground train their attention on the processing and outfitting of Atlantis for its first visit to space and an orbiting outpost since it returned from the Mir Space Station in 1997. Atlantis is scheduled to be moved to the launch pad early Saturday in preparation ...more... 18 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #21. Flight: STS-106. Atlantis' seven astronauts and cosmonauts successfully undocked from the International Space Station after accomplishing all mission objectives in outfitting the station for the first resident crew. "We laid out the red carpet for the first crew to come aboard," said Bob Cabana, ...more... 26 October 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-42. Flight: ISS EO-1. Flight controllers in Houston and Moscow are preparing the International Space Station to come to life next week with the arrival of its first inhabitants, the three-member Expedition 1 crew that is scheduled to launch from Kazakhstan at 1:53 a.m. CST on Tuesday, Oct. 31. Before the launch, station flight control rooms in Houston and Moscow on Sunday ...more... 31 October 2000 - Soyuz TM-31. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: ISS EO-1. Soyuz TM-31 delivered the Expedition One crew to the International Space Station with Gidzenko as the Soyuz crew commander with the call-sign 'Uran'. The spacecraft docked at Zvezda's rear port at 0921 GMT on November 2. The hatch to Zvezda was opened at 1023 GMT. Once aboard ISS, Shepherd became the ISS Commander, with 'Station Alpha' as the ISS callsign. Soyuz TM-31, with Shepherd, Gidzenko and Krikalyov aboard, undocked from the -Y port on Zvezda on February 24, 2001 at 1006 GMT and redocked with the -Z port on Zarya at 1037 GMT. This freed the Zvezda port for a Progress resupply ship. After the departure of the Progress, Soyuz TM-31 undocked from the Zarya nadir port April 18 2001 at 1240 GMT and redocked with the Zvezda aft port at 1301 GMT, leaving clearance for the Raffaello MPLM module to be berthed at the Unity nadir during the STS-100 mission. 31 October 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-43. Flight: ISS EO-1. Following a launch at 1:53 a.m. CST today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the first residents to live on board the International Space Station are headed toward a Nov. 2 docking with the orbiting outpost, inaugurating a new era in space flight. Launched atop the 162-foot tall Soyuz TM rocket, the crew is encapsulated in a Soyuz ...more... 31 October 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-44. Flight: ISS EO-1. The Expedition 1 crew, secure in its Soyuz spacecraft, continues on course for a rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station, inaugurating a new era in human space flight. Following their launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 1:53 a.m. CST today, Soyuz ...more... 1 November 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-46. Flight: ISS EO-1. The Soyuz spacecraft and the Expedition One crew drew closer to their home in space - the International Space Station - following two rendezvous burns earlier today. Also the Progress supply vehicle was undocked from the station, freeing the aft port on the Zvezda module to which the Soyuz will dock at 3:24 a.m. CST, Thursday. The first full day on orbit for the crew, which includes Commander Bill Shepherd, ...more... 1 November 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-47. Flight: ISS EO-1. The Expedition 1 crew, Commander Bill Shepherd, Soyuz Commander Yuri Gidzenko and Flight Engineer Sergei Krikalev, awoke at about 6 p.m. CST this evening to complete preparations for the docking with the International Space Station at 3:24 a.m. Thursday CST. An automated rendezvous sequence will begin at about 1 a.m. Thursday with the first ...more... 2 November 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-48. Flight: ISS EO-1. The first resident crew members to live and work aboard the International Space station arrived at their new home in space earlier today to begin a planned four month stay aboard the orbiting outpost. The crew in its Soyuz capsule -- Expedition Commander Bill Shepherd, Soyuz Commander Yuri Gidzenko and Flight Engineers Sergei Krikalev -- made contact with the aft docking port to the Zvezda Service Module at 3:21 a.m. CST while the two spacecraft were flying over the central portion of Kazakhstan to complete a smooth, automated linkup. A little over one hour later at 4:23 a.m. CST, the hatch leading into the Zvezda's ...more... 3 November 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-49. Flight: ISS EO-1. The first permanent residents of the International Space Station (ISS) pressed ahead today, installing key life support systems and additional communications equipment in their first full day aboard the orbiting outpost. Expedition One Commander Bill Shepherd, Pilot Yuri Gidzenko and Flight Engineer ...more... 4 November 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-50. Flight: ISS EO-1. The International Space Station's first crew members continued a busy and productive pace of work today, activating and installing several key pieces of equipment in the Zvezda living quarters as they began to settle in to life aboard the orbiting complex. Early today, the crew -- Commander Bill Shepherd, Pilot Yuri Gidzenko and Flight ...more... 6 November 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-51. Flight: ISS EO-1. The Expedition One crewmembers installed backup rendezvous equipment and conducted the first exercise on board the International Space Station as they near the end of the first week of their four-month mission. Expedition One Commander Bill Shepherd, Soyuz Commander Yuri Gidzenko and Flight ...more... 7 November 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-52. Flight: ISS EO-1. The Expedition One crew today completed the installation of electronics into a key like support system aboard the International Space Station and exercised on a new treadmill system as they completed one week in space since launch Oct. 31. Expedition One Commander Bill Shepherd, Soyuz Commander Yuri Gidzenko and Flight ...more... 8 November 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-53. Flight: ISS EO-1. The Expedition One crew today installed the final cables and sensors into the prime oxygen-generation system aboard the International Space Station and continued to set up laptop computers and communications gear as they neared the end of a full week aboard the outpost. ISS Commander Bill Shepherd, Soyuz Commander Yuri Gidzenko and Flight Engineer Sergei ...more... 9 November 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-54. Flight: ISS EO-1. The Expedition One crew today activated the last of its critical life support systems aboard the International Space Station and looked ahead to the launch of a resupply vehicle next week to the new outpost. ISS Commander Bill Shepherd, Soyuz Commander Yuri Gidzenko and Flight Engineer Sergei ...more... 10 November 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-55. Flight: ISS EO-1. The Expedition One crew spent a relatively quiet day today aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as they prepare for the arrival of an unmanned resupply craft late next week. ISS Commander Bill Shepherd, Soyuz Commander Yuri Gidzenko and Flight Engineer Sergei ...more... 14 November 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-56. Flight: ISS EO-1. The Expedition One crew continued work today to make the International Space Station a home, and to prepare for the arrival of a Russian cargo ship later this week. Commander Bill Shepherd, Soyuz Commander Yuri Gidzenko and Flight Engineer Sergei ...more... 15 November 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-57. Flight: ISS EO-1. While the occupants of the International Space Station (ISS) slept, a new resupply vehicle sped to the orbiting outpost, carrying supplies and hardware for the three residents on board. Launch of the second Progress spacecraft to the ISS occurred at 7:33 p.m. Central ...more... 17 November 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-58. Flight: ISS EO-1. An unmanned Russian spacecraft filled with supplies and spare parts was manually docked tonight to the International Space Station (ISS), two days after it was launched from the Asian desert. The Progress supply ship linked up to the orbiting outpost at 9:48 p.m. Central ...more... 22 November 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-59. Flight: ISS EO-1. Almost three weeks after arriving aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the Expedition One Crew is continuing to activate support systems and unload supplies and equipment from a Progress supply ship that docked to the orbiting facility late last week. During communication sessions with Mission Control, Expedition One Commander Bill ...more... 30 November 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-60. Flight: ISS EO-1. After celebrating the International Space Station's first holiday on orbit, the Expedition One Crew continued to activate support systems this week and completed the stowage of discarded equipment on an unmanned Progress resupply ship. Expedition One Commander Bill Shepherd, Pilot Yuri Gidzenko and Flight Engineer ...more... 1 December 2000 - STS-97 Mission Status Report #02. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-97. Astronauts will fire the Space Shuttle Endeavour's large orbital maneuvering thrusters twice today as they make their way toward the International Space Station, where three fellow space travelers await their Saturday arrival. Currently flying approximately 8,000 statute miles (12,875 kilometers) behind and ...more... 1 December 2000 - STS-97 Mission Status Report #03. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-97. Endeavour's astronauts spent much of Friday checking out equipment to be used for Saturday's docking with the International Space Station, subsequent assembly operations and three space walks. For much of the crew's day, their spacecraft was gaining on the space station at about 500 statute miles each 90-minute orbit of the Earth. Commander Brent Jett, Pilot Mike Bloomfield and Mission Specialists Joe Tanner, ...more... 2 December 2000 - STS-97 Mission Status Report #04. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-97. Docking day for the crew of Endeavour began at 7:06 a.m. CST with the Shuttle about 700 miles away from the first linkup of a Shuttle and an inhabited International Space Station. The crew was awakened to the song, "I Believe I Can Fly," by R. Kelly. Commander Brent Jett and Pilot Mike Bloomfield will begin the final stage of rendezvous ...more... 2 December 2000 - STS-97 Mission Status Report #05. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-97. Endeavour's astronauts executed a flawless docking to the inhabited International Space Station at 2 p.m. Saturday and took the first step in providing additional power to the orbiting complex in preparation for the first of three planned space walks Sunday. With Expedition One crew members Bill Shepherd, Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev ...more... 3 December 2000 - STS-97 Mission Status Report #06. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-97. "It's kind of like Christmas up here going through these bags." With that comment, International Space Station Expedition 1 Commander Bill Shepherd indicated his happiness about the equipment, supplies and care packages today that were dropped by Endeavour's astronauts following Saturday's shuttle docking with the station. Shepherd, Pilot Yuri Gidzenko and Flight Engineer Sergei Krikalev entered the Unity ...more... 4 December 2000 - STS-97 Mission Status Report #09. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-97. Endeavour astronauts deployed the second of two huge solar wings on the International Space Station Monday in a slow and deliberate, almost two-hour-plus process that began at 6:52 p.m. The other solar wing, the starboard wing, was deployed nonstop Sunday in about 13 minutes. Deployment of the port wing was delayed while ground controllers studied an apparent ...more... 5 December 2000 - STS-97 Mission Status Report #10. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-97. Space walk number two is at the top of the agenda for Endeavour's astronauts today as they continue work to install, connect and activate the International Space Station's new solar arrays. Commander Brent Jett, Pilot Mike Bloomfield and Mission Specialists Carlos Noriega, ...more... 5 December 2000 - STS-97 Mission Status Report #11. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-97. Endeavour astronauts completed the second of the STS-97 mission's three space walks Tuesday, hooking up power and data cables and connecting ammonia coolant lines between the International Space Station's new solar array truss and the rest of the ISS. They also prepared a docking port for a January move to another area on the space station to get ready for arrival of the U.S. laboratory Destiny. Carlos Noriega and Joe Tanner began their space walk at 11:21 a.m. Before moving ...more... 6 December 2000 - STS-97 Mission Status Report #12. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-97. Endeavour's astronauts today will prepare for a third planned space walk, getting their tools ready and preparing the Floating Potential Probe for installation on the exterior of the International Space Station to measure the electrical potential of plasma around the station. Commander Brent Jett, Pilot Mike Bloomfield and Mission Specialists Marc Garneau, ...more... 6 December 2000 - STS-97 Mission Status Report #13. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-97. Endeavour's astronauts worked Wednesday to get ready for the Thursday space walk by Mission Specialists Joe Tanner and Carlos Noriega. They also took a few hours off to rest and enjoy the view from their spacecraft, moving at five miles a second about 235 miles above the Earth. Space walk preparations focused on techniques to tighten one of two solar blankets ...more... 7 December 2000 - STS-97 Mission Status Report #15. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-97. Space walking Endeavour astronauts sailed through an add-on job to tension a solar blanket Thursday, then completed their other tasks in textbook fashion. They topped off their scheduled activities with an image of an evergreen tree placed atop the P6 solar array structure, the highest point in their construction project. "We had a great day," Glenda Laws, lead EVA officer, said at an evening briefing. ...more... 7 December 2000 - STS-97 Mission Status Report #14. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-97. Two of Endeavour's astronauts will return to their jobs as orbiting construction workers today, installing probes that will measure electrical potential surrounding the station and performing some added "warranty work" on solar array blankets that didn't stretch out completely on Sunday. After carefully going through the plan with Mission Control on Wednesday and receiving ...more... 8 December 2000 - STS-97 Mission Status Report #16. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-97. The International Space Station recorded another milestone today - the arrival of its first houseguests. The crew of the Space Shuttle Endeavour and the station's Expedition 1 crew opened ...more... 8 December 2000 - STS-97 Mission Status Report #17. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-97. They'd been next-door neighbors since last Saturday, but they didn't get to meet face-to-face in space until Friday morning. The crews of the International Space Station and Space Shuttle Endeavour opened ...more... 9 December 2000 - STS-97 Mission Status Report #19. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-97. Endeavour's astronauts made a final fly-around of the International Space Station Saturday afternoon, then separated from the orbital outpost they had helped make the most powerful spacecraft ever. Bob Cabana, ISS manager for International Operations, said at a Saturday afternoon ...more... 9 December 2000 - STS-97 Mission Status Report #18. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-97. Endeavour's astronauts said good-bye to the crew aboard the International Space Station at 9:51 a.m. CST today, closing the hatches between the two vehicles in preparation for undocking at 1:13 p.m. Commander Brent Jett, Pilot Mike Bloomfield and Mission Specialists Marc Garneau, ...more... 10 December 2000 - STS-97 Mission Status Report #20. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-97. Endeavour's five-member crew will pack up and get ready to come home today after successfully completing all the objectives of the STS-97 mission to help the International Space Station spread its wings. Commander Brent Jett, Pilot Mike Bloomfield and Mission Specialists Marc Garneau, ...more... 10 December 2000 - STS-97 Mission Status Report #21. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-97. After their successful mission to the International Space Station, Endeavour astronauts spent much of Sunday getting ready to land at Kennedy Space Center Monday afternoon. They tested Endeavour's controls and stowed equipment in preparation for their 5:04 p.m. CST landing in Florida. The weather forecast for the anticipated landing time at Kennedy Space Center calls ...more... 11 December 2000 - STS-97 Mission Status Report #22. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-97. Endeavour's astronauts were awakened this morning to Bing Crosby's "I'll Be Home for Christmas," beginning what should be their final day in orbit as they prepare for a landing this evening at the Kennedy Space Center. Commander Brent Jett, Pilot Mike Bloomfield and Mission Specialists Carlos Noriega, ...more... 11 December 2000 - STS-97 Mission Status Report #23. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-97. Endeavour and its five astronauts returned home to the Kennedy Space Center Monday evening, wrapping up a mission that delivered first set of U.S.-provided solar arrays to the Expedition One crew aboard the International Space Station, increasing power to the complex five fold in setting the stage for future station assembly. Commander Brent Jett guided Endeavour to a landing at 5:03 p.m. Central time, 36 ...more... 14 December 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-61. Flight: ISS EO-1. With five times more power than was available just two weeks ago, the Expedition One crew spent the week reconfiguring systems on the International Space Station (ISS) to route electricity being generated from the newly installed U.S. solar arrays on the orbiting complex to the Station's modules. Commander Bill Shepherd, Pilot Yuri Gidzenko and Flight Engineer Sergei Krikalev ...more... 20 December 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-62. Flight: ISS EO-1. Almost two months into their vanguard mission, the Expedition One crew spent the week checking systems on the International Space Station (ISS), conducting biomedical experiments and preparing for the redocking of an unmanned Progress resupply vehicle next week after a break to celebrate Christmas. Commander Bill Shepherd, Pilot Yuri Gidzenko and Flight Engineer Sergei Krikalev ...more... 26 December 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-63. Flight: ISS EO-1. More than three weeks after it was undocked and placed in a parking orbit, an unmanned Russian Progress resupply vehicle was manually redocked to the International Space Station (ISS) this morning to be used as a trash receptacle and a fuel farm by the Expedition One crew. Operating from a control panel in the ISS' Zvezda command center, Pilot Yuri Gidzenko ...more... 31 December 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-64. Flight: ISS EO-1. Having spent a quiet holiday weekend in orbit aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the Expedition One crew members maintained a Naval New Year's tradition as they prepared to begin their tenth week in space. With crewmates Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev at his side, Commander Bill Shepherd, ...more... 3 January 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-01. Flight: ISS EO-1. The Expedition One crew moved into its tenth week in orbit today aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as preparations stepped into high gear for the launch of the next Shuttle assembly flight to the outpost. Commander Bill Shepherd, Pilot Yuri Gidzenko and Flight Engineer Sergei Krikalev ...more... 11 January 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-02. Flight: ISS EO-1. Expedition One crewmembers are busily preparing the International Space Station for its next visitors - the five astronauts of the STS-98 mission of Atlantis - set to launch at 2:11 a.m. EST on January 19 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Atlantis' precious cargo is the U.S. Laboratory Destiny, which will provide the orbiting outpost with its first science facility. STS-98 marks the seventh shuttle mission to the station and twelfth overall devoted to the assembly of the ever-growing international outpost in low Earth orbit. Shuttle and station managers selected the target launch date following Wednesday's ...more... 17 January 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-03. Flight: ISS EO-1. With Space Shuttle Atlantis' STS-98 mission delayed three weeks, the Expedition One crew aboard the International Space Station will continue to review documents and procedures in preparation for the arrival of the station's newest module - the U.S. Laboratory Destiny. Commander Bill Shepherd, Pilot Yuri Gidzenko and Flight Engineer Sergei Krikalev ...more... 25 January 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-04. Flight: ISS EO-1. Nearing the end of their third month in space, the three-member Expedition 1 crew spent a smooth but busy week aboard the International Space Station, practicing emergency procedures, performing routine maintenance and inspections, and preparing for the continued expansion of the station with the launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis next month. With some additional testing of solid rocket booster cables successfully completed, ...more... 31 January 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-05. Flight: ISS EO-1. Activity aboard the International Space Station continues to focus on preparations for the arrival of Space Shuttle Atlantis late next week bringing the first scientific laboratory on the STS-98 mission. Following the shuttle's return to the launch pad, the U.S. Laboratory Destiny was ...more... 7 February 2001 - STS-98 Mission Status Report #01. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-98. Atlantis' five astronauts blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center at sunset tonight to deliver the U.S. Laboratory Destiny to the International Space Station (ISS), the cornerstone of scientific research on the complex and the new command and control center for Station operations. Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Mark Polansky and Mission Specialists Bob Curbeam, ...more... 8 February 2001 - STS-98 Mission Status Report #02. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-98. The five-member crew of Atlantis is in its first full day in space continuing its pursuit of the International Space Station. After a slightly abbreviated sleep period, Atlantis' astronauts were awakened at 6:13 a.m. Central time as the Shuttle trailed the Station by approximately 2,000 statute miles (3,200 kilometers). The first wakeup call of the flight was "Where You At", a jazz selection by Pilot Mark Polansky's late uncle, Zoot Sims. The first full day in orbit for Astronauts Ken Cockrell, Polansky, Marsha Ivins, ...more... 18 February 2001 - STS-98 Mission Status Report #23. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-98. Atlantis' homecoming was delayed today until Monday as gusty winds at the Kennedy Space Center forced a waveoff of the Shuttle's landing at the Florida spaceport. Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Mark Polansky and Mission Specialists Bob Curbeam, ...more... 18 February 2001 - STS-98 Mission Status Report #22. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-98. Atlantis' astronauts were awakened just before 4 a.m. Central time Sunday, ready for a homecoming to the Kennedy Space Center later today, weather permitting. With the U.S. Laboratory Destiny operating in excellent shape as the newest addition ...more... 19 February 2001 - STS-98 Mission Status Report #25. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-98. For the second day in a row, Atlantis' astronauts were foiled in their attempt to land at the Kennedy Space Center by high winds which caused another 24-hour delay in their homecoming until Tuesday. As was the case on Sunday, flight controllers tried to bring Commander Ken Cockrell, ...more... 19 February 2001 - STS-98 Mission Status Report #24. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-98. After an extra day in orbit, Atlantis' astronauts will try again to return to the Kennedy Space Center today to wrap up a 4.9 million mile mission to deliver the U.S. Laboratory Destiny to the International Space Station (ISS). Preliminary weather forecasts indicate the possibility of gusty winds and decks of broken clouds at the Shuttle Landing Facility at the Cape this afternoon, similar to the conditions that forced a waveoff of the Shuttle's return yesterday. Atlantis has two opportunities today for a landing at the Kennedy Space Center. ...more... 20 February 2001 - STS-98 Mission Status Report #26. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-98. Atlantis' astronauts are hoping that the third time will be the charm today as an improving weather forecast at the Kennedy Space Center holds hope for the Shuttle's return to the Florida spaceport following two consecutive days of weather related wave-offs. The Kennedy Space Center remains the primary target for today's landing, with two ...more... 20 February 2001 - STS-98 Mission Status Report #27. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-98. Atlantis' astronauts glided to a belated but textbook touchdown at Edwards Air Force Base, California today, wrapping up a 5.3 million mile mission to deliver the U.S. Laboratory Destiny to the International Space Station (ISS). With Commander Ken Cockrell at the controls, Atlantis darted through high clouds ...more... 24 February 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-06. Flight: ISS EO-1. Expedition One Commander Bill Shepherd, Pilot Yuri Gidzenko and Flight Engineer Sergei Krikalev took a short flight around the International Space Station (ISS) today, repositioning their Soyuz capsule from the aft docking port of the Station's Zvezda module to the nadir, or downward facing docking port of the Zarya module. The 30-minute maneuver cleared Zvezda's docking port for the arrival of an unmanned ...more... 28 February 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-07. Flight: ISS EO-1. An unmanned Russian Progress resupply ship successfully docked to the International Space Station (ISS) early today, bringing a ton of fuel, food and personal effects for the crew which has been living on board the outpost since November and the crew which is set to replace them in less than two weeks. With Expedition One Commander Bill Shepherd, Pilot Yuri Gidzenko and Flight Engineer ...more... 8 March 2001 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #01. Flight: ISS EO-1, ISS EO-2, STS-102. Shuttle Discovery blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center at sunrise this morning to deliver a new resident crew to the International Space Station (ISS) as the third shuttle mission in less than four months began in flawless fashion. Commander Jim Wetherbee, Pilot Jim Kelly and Mission Specialists Andy Thomas, Paul ...more... 8 March 2001 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #02. Flight: ISS EO-1, ISS EO-2, STS-102. Space Shuttle Discovery continues to close in on the International Space Station following Thursday morning's flawless launch from the Kennedy Space Center. Docking is scheduled for 11:36 Friday night. In preparation for that rendezvous and docking, Discovery's crew was awakened at ...more... 9 March 2001 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #04. Flight: ISS EO-1, ISS EO-2, STS-102. With the International Space Station 300 miles ahead, the crew of the Space Shuttle Discovery awoke this afternoon to begin a third day in space, a day that will bring a new crew to the growing International Space Station. The shuttle crew was awakened with the Russian song "Vashe Blagorodiye," a song ...more... 9 March 2001 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #03. Flight: ISS EO-1, ISS EO-2, STS-102. Discovery continues its pursuit of the International Space Station, currently trailing the outpost by 3,520 miles and closing that distance at the rate of about 660 miles with every orbit of the Earth. All systems aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery are ready for tonight's docking, scheduled for 11:34 p.m. as the two spacecraft fly just off the east coast of Brazil. Overnight, the STS-102 astronauts Jim Wetherbee, Jim Kelly, Paul Richards and Andy ...more... 10 March 2001 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #06. Flight: ISS EO-1, ISS EO-2, STS-102. With an exchange of space station crew members already under way, Discovery's crew turns its attention to continuing assembly of the orbital outpost, conducting a space walk set to begin just before 11 p.m., or earlier, to reposition a docking port and installing gear in preparation for the arrival of the station's Canadian-built robotic arm next month. While their Commander Yury Usachev begins a handover of duties from Expedition One ...more... 10 March 2001 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #05. Flight: ISS EO-1, ISS EO-2, STS-102. Commander Jim Wetherbee waited patiently as International Space Station controllers locked solar arrays in place before he steered the Space Shuttle Discovery to a 12:38 a.m. CST Saturday docking. "You have a great looking ship there, Captain Shepherd," Wetherbee radioed to the ...more... 13 March 2001 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #12. Flight: ISS EO-1, ISS EO-2, STS-102. Ahead of schedule in their work and with a growing record of success, the astronauts and cosmonauts of Discovery and the International Space Station will spend today finalizing the swap of crew members aboard the orbiting science complex and continuing to unload supplies. Discovery's crew was awakened this evening for the seventh day of the mission with ...more... 13 March 2001 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #11. Flight: ISS EO-1, ISS EO-2, STS-102. Astronauts Paul Richards and Andy Thomas spent six and a half hours outside the International Space Station this morning, continuing work to outfit the station and prepare for delivery of its own robotic arm next month. With help from shuttle robotic arm operator Jim Kelly and space walk choreographer ...more... 14 March 2001 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #13. Flight: ISS EO-1, ISS EO-2, STS-102. The first crew exchange aboard the International Space Station is complete now that Susan Helms has moved her custom-fitted Soyuz seat liner into the Russian return vehicle about midnight CST today. Helms was the third and final Expedition Two crew member to make the move, following ...more... 16 March 2001 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #18. Flight: ISS EO-1, ISS EO-2, STS-102. The crews of Discovery and the International Space Station will spend a final full day today packing the Leonardo cargo module on the station before they detach Leonardo from the complex Saturday night and secure it in the Shuttle payload bay for the trip home. The crew was awakened to the Irish song "The Rising of the Moon" performed by The ...more... 17 March 2001 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #19. Flight: ISS EO-1, ISS EO-2, STS-102. The crews of Discovery and the International Space Station spent their day carefully packing the Leonardo cargo transfer module and reboosting the station's orbit. Mission Specialist Andy Thomas coordinated the loading of about a ton of materials ...more... 18 March 2001 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #22. Flight: ISS EO-1, ISS EO-2, STS-102. Discovery's crew - including the first crew of the International Space Station now returning home after four and a half months in orbit - bids farewell to the second station crew tonight, undocking the shuttle from the outpost and preparing for a return to Earth Tuesday. The hatches between the shuttle and station were to be closed for a final time at ...more... 18 March 2001 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #21. Flight: ISS EO-1, ISS EO-2, STS-102. Carrying nearly one ton of trash and excess equipment, along with personal items belonging to the returning Expedition One crew, the Leonardo cargo carrier was detached from its port on the International Space Station early this morning and gently placed back in Discovery's payload bay by Mission Specialist Andy Thomas. After crewmate Paul Richards released the 16 bolts and associated latches holding ...more... 19 March 2001 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #23. Flight: ISS EO-1, ISS EO-2, STS-102. The Space Shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station at 10:32 p.m. CST Sunday, leaving the second station crew to get settled in and begin in earnest the research planned aboard the orbiting laboratory. The hatches between the shuttle and station were closed for a final time at 8:32 ...more... 19 March 2001 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #24. Flight: ISS EO-1, ISS EO-2, STS-102. Moving ever further from the International Space Station, Discovery's crew is now focused on a return home with a landing at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, late Tuesday. The crew was awakened to the song "Just What I Needed," performed by The Cars and ...more... 20 March 2001 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #25. Flight: ISS EO-1, ISS EO-2, STS-102. All of Discovery's systems are checked out for landing, with Commander Jim Wetherbee and his team ready to escort home the first International Space Station expedition crew late Tuesday. Landing is scheduled for 11:56 p.m. CST Tuesday (12:56 a.m. EST Wednesday), but ...more... 20 March 2001 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #26. Flight: ISS EO-1, ISS EO-2, STS-102. Discovery's astronauts were awakened at 3:42 p.m. Central time today to begin preparing for a landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Fla. later this evening. There are two landing opportunities available this evening for Discovery's return ...more... 21 March 2001 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #27. Flight: ISS EO-1, ISS EO-2, STS-102. After a surprising turnaround in the Florida weather, Discovery's astronauts -- and the first International Space Station residents -- returned home to Kennedy Space Center at 1:31 a.m. CST Wednesday. STS-102 Commander Jim Wetherbee fired Space Shuttle Discovery's engines at 12:26 ...more... 21 March 2001 - Landing of STS-102. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-102, ISS EO-1. STS-102 landed at 07:31 GMT with the crew of Wetherbee, Kelly, Thomas Andrew, Richards Paul, Gidzenko, Krikalyov and Shepherd aboard. 6 May 2001 - Landing of Soyuz TM-31. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: ISS EP-1. On April 30 the crew of Soyuz TM-32 (Afanasyev, Kozeyev, Andre-Deshays) transferred their customized reentry seat liners to Soyuz TM-31, at which point TM-32 became the Station's rescue vehicle. After a six day stay, they undocked Soyuz TM-31 from Zvezda's -Y port at 02:21 GMT on May 6. The deorbit burn came at 04:47 GMT, with landing near Arkalyk in Kazakhstan at 05:41 GMT on May 6. 18 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #21. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Atlantis' astronauts tested out their ship's systems today and packed their gear, aiming for an early afternoon landing at the Kennedy Space Center Friday to wrap up a 4 ½ million mile mission to deliver a huge backbone truss structure to the International Space Station. Commander Mike Bloomfield, Pilot Steve Frick and Flight Engineer Ellen Ochoa activated ...more... 19 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #22. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. After traveling more than 4½ million miles on a successful International Space Station assembly mission that saw four spacewalks during installation of the first segment of the station's main truss, Atlantis is scheduled to land at the Kennedy Space Center today. Atlantis has two landing opportunities at KSC today. The first begins with the firing ...more... 19 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #23. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Atlantis glided to a smooth touchdown today at the Kennedy Space Center, wrapping up a 4 and a half million mile mission to deliver a backbone truss structure to the International Space Station. Commander Mike Bloomfield eased Atlantis to a textbook landing on runway 3-3 at ...more... 20 April 2002 - ISS Status Report: ISS 02-19. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. The resident crew aboard the International Space Station took a short ride in their Russian Soyuz capsule this morning, relocating the rescue craft from one docking port to another to clear the way for the arrival of a fresh return vehicle in one week. Expedition Four Commander Yury Onufrienko and Flight Engineers Carl Walz and Dan ...more... 25 April 2002 - Soyuz TM-34. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: ISS EP-3. Launch delayed from April 10, 22 and 17. Soyuz TM-34 was launched on ISS Mission 4S with Commander Yuri Gidzenko of Rosaviakosmos, Flight Engineer is Roberto Vittori of ESA, and Tourist Mark Shuttleworth, a South African citizen. At 1210 UTC Soyuz TM-34 was in a 242 x 269 km x 51.6 deg orbit. The flight was also referred to as ISS Mission 4S, the EP-3 visiting crew flight, and even as 'Soyuz 4' by NASA. Soyuz TM-34 docked with the nadir port on the Zarya module at 0755 UTC on April 27. The 4S flight docked at the Zarya nadir port on April 27. and the crew would return to Earth in the old TM-33 vehicle, leaving TM-34 as the active ISS rescue vehicle. 25 April 2002 - ISS Status Report: ISS 02-20. Flight: ISS EO-4, ISS EP-3. A Soyuz rocket blasted off today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying a multinational "taxi" crew to the International Space Station to deliver a fresh return vehicle to the orbital outpost. Russian Commander Yuri Gidzenko, Flight Engineer Roberto Vittori of the European ...more... 27 April 2002 - ISS Status Report: ISS 02-21. Flight: ISS EO-4, ISS EP-3. A multinational "taxi" crew arrived at the International Space Station today, delivering a new Soyuz return vehicle at the start of eight days of joint activities with the residents on board the complex. Two days after their launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Russian ...more... 4 May 2002 - ISS Status Report: ISS 02-22. Flight: ISS EO-4, ISS EP-3. A multinational "taxi" crew departed the International Space Station this evening, having delivered a new Soyuz return vehicle to the residents of the orbital outpost. Russian Commander Yuri Gidzenko, Flight Engineer Roberto Vittori of the European ...more... 5 May 2002 - Landing of Soyuz TM-33. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: ISS EP-3. On May 5, 2002, after a week aboard the station, the visting Soyuz TM-34 crew of Gidzenko, Vittori and Shuttleworth moved to the old Soyuz TM-33, docked at the Pirs port. They undocked at 0031:08 UTC on May 5, leaving the EO-4 crew of Onufrienko, Walz and Bursch with the new Soyuz TM-34 as their rescue vehicle. Soyuz TM-33 made its deorbit burn at 0257 UTC and landed successfully at 0352 UTC 25 km SE of Arkalyk. Bibliography and Further Reading
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