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Personal: Female, Single. Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. PhD US Air Force US Air Force Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: NASA Group 13 - 1990. Inactive Entered space service: 17 January 1990. Left space service: 28 July 2002. Number of Flights: 5.00. Total Time: 210.96 days. Number of EVAs: 1.00. Total EVA Time: 0.37 days.
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Helms Spaceflight Log
Helms Chronology 17 January 1990 - NASA Astronaut Training Group 13 selected.. The group was selected to provide pilot, engineer, and scientist astronauts for space shuttle flights.. Qualifications: Pilots: Bachelor's degree in engineering, biological science, physical science or mathematics. Advanced degree desirable. At least 1,000 flight-hours of pilot-in-command time. Flight test experience desirable. Excellent health. Vision minimum 20/50 uncorrected, correctable to 20/20 vision; maximum sitting blood pressure 140/90. Height between 163 and 193 cm. Mission Specialists: Bachelor's degree in engineering, biological science, physical science or mathematics and minimum three years of related experience or an advanced degree. Vision minimum 20/150 uncorrected, correctable to 20/20. Maximum sitting blood pressure of 140/90. Height between 150 and 193 cm.. Reported to the Johnson Space Center in late July 1990 to begin their year long training. Chosen from 1945 qualified applicants, then 106 finalists screened between September and November 1989. 13 January 1993 - STS-54. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-54. Manned five crew. Deployed TDRSS 6. Payloads: Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS)-F/Inertial Upper Stage (IUS); Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer (DXS); Chromosome and Plant Cell Division in Space (CHROMEX); Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus (CGBA) A; Physiological and Anatomical Rodent Experiment (PARE) 02; Solid Surface Combustion Experiment (SSCE). 19 January 1993 - Landing of STS-54. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-54. STS-54 landed at 13:33 GMT. 9 September 1994 - STS-64. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-64. Payloads: Lidar In-Space Technology Experiment (LITE), Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy (SPARTAN) 201-II, Robot-Operated Materials Processing System (ROMPS), Shuttle Plume Impingement Flight Experiment (SPIFEX), getaway special (GAS) bridge assembly with ten GAS experiments, Trajectory Control Sensor (TCS), Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue (SAFER), Solid Surface Combustion Experiment (SSCE), Biological Research in Canisters (BRIC) III, Radiation Monitoring Experiment (RME) III, Military Applications of Ship Tracks (MAST), Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) II, Air Force Maui Optical Site (AMOS) Calibration Test. 20 September 1994 - Landing of STS-64. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-64. STS-64 landed at 21:11 GMT. 20 June 1996 - STS-78. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-78. Columbia carried Terence T Henricks, Kevin R Kregel, Susan J Helms, Richard M Linnehan, Charles E Brady, Jr, Jean-Jacques Favier, and Robert Brent Thirsk to orbit. Main payload was the Life and Microgravity Spacelab for conducting human biological and microgravity experiments. Columbia landed safely at Kennedy Space Center on July 7. 7 July 1996 - Landing of STS-78. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-78. STS-78 landed at 12:36 GMT. 24 February 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-08. The International Space Station continues to orbit quietly without any significant problems hampering its operation as it awaits the arrival of a Space Shuttle crew to perform maintenance tasks while delivering logistics and supplies for use by future astronaut crews. The next Shuttle crew to visit the ISS was finalized last week and includes Jim ...more... 30 March 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-13. A launch on April 24 will see Atlantis - fresh off a year-and-a-half of refurbishment and maintenance - dock two days later to an orbiting space station for the first time since it arrived at the Russian Mir space station on STS-86 in September 1997. The orbiter and its external fuel tank/solid rocket booster stack was moved to the launch pad last Saturday and the Spacehab double module was installed into the payload bay earlier this week. A countdown test that includes the seven astronauts will be conducted next Thursday and Friday at the Kennedy Space Center to mirror the events that will take place on launch day. Atlantis' STS-101 mission not only provides an early look by three of its crew members ...more... 6 April 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-14. Shuttle and Station managers yesterday selected April 24 as the launch target date at the conclusion of the Flight Readiness Review, while engineers evaluate an issue with the power drive unit (PDU) for Atlantis' rudder speed brake. Following a hydraulic system test, a higher than normal pressure reading in the suspect PDU was identified. Ongoing analysis will confirm if the PDU needs to be replaced. Managers are evaluating plans to perform the work at the launch pad and currently expect no impact to the launch date. Launch is set to occur at about 4:15 p.m. Eastern time to perform life-extension ...more... 13 April 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-15. Atlantis' STS-101 mission remains scheduled for launch at about 4:15 p.m. Eastern time on April 24 with the mission's major goals to accomplish the complete restoration of the electrical power system on the Zarya module and raising the Station's altitude in preparation for Zvezda's arrival in late July. Workers at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida have completed a swap-out of the ...more... 20 April 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-16. If all goes as planned, this time next week the International Space Station will house visitors for the first time since the visit by the crew of STS-96 last year. All continues to go smoothly with preparations for the launch of Atlantis to start the STS-101 mission on Monday. Final processing of the Shuttle is underway with the seven-member scheduled to arrive ...more... 19 May 2000 - STS-101. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-101. ISS Logistics flight. Launch delayed three times by weather. Objective of mission STS-101 was repair, resupply and construction tasks aboard the international space station. This was the first launch with new electronic cockpit displays and other upgrades. The solid boosters separated at 10:13 GMT and the main engines cutoff at 10:19 GMT. The external tank, ET-102 then separated, with both orbiter and ET-102 in a 52 x 320 km initial orbit. At 10:54 GMT the OMS engines fired to raise perigee to 159 x 329 km x at 51.6 deg. Atlantis docked with the International Space Station's PMA-2 docking adapter on the Unity node at 04:31 GMT on May 21. At that time the ISS was in a 332 x 341 km orbit. On May 22 mission specialists Jeff Williams and James carried out external maintenance work on the ISS. On May 23 at 00:03 GMT the Atlantis crew opened the first hatch to PMA-2 and entered the Station. The crew replaced a set of batteries in Zarya, installed fans and ducting to improve airflow, and delivered supplies and equipment. Three hour-long orbit raising burns on May 24 and 25 by the RCS engines on Atlantis raised the station to a 372 x 380 km x 51.6 deg orbit. The STS-101 crew left the station on May 26, closing the PMA-2 hatch at 08:08 GMT and undocking at 23:03 GMT. Atlantis performed a 180 degree flyaround of the station and departed the vicinity around 23:44 GMT. Atlantis closed its payload bay doors around 02:30 GMT on May 29 and fired the OMS engines for deorbit at 05:12 GMT. The vehicle landed on RW15 at Kennedy Space Center at 06:20 GMT. Atlantis was to be turned around for the next ISS shuttle flight, STS-106. Left in orbit was the renovated International Space Station, equipped with an upgraded electrical system, new fans, filters, fire extinguishers, smoke detectors and communications gear. 19 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #02. Flight: STS-101. The crew of STS-101 was awakened just after 6 p.m. to Tom Petty's song "Free Fallin'," played for Mission Specialist Susan Helms. Once awake, Atlantis' seven-member crew began preparing for its first full day on orbit to ready the vehicle for tomorrow night's docking with the International Space Station and a space walk Sunday night. Commander Jim Halsell, Pilot Scott Horowitz and Mission Specialists Mary Ellen Weber, ...more... 19 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #01. Flight: STS-101. With dawn's first light glimmering above, six American astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center to pay a "home improvement" house call on the fledgling International Space Station. Riding aboard the upgraded and refurbished space Shuttle Atlantis, Commander Jim ...more... 20 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #04. Flight: STS-101. Atlantis' astronauts were awakened at 4:11 p.m. Central today to the song "Still Shining" by Bob Seger in honor of tonight's rendezvous with the International Space Station. STS-101 Mission Commander Jim Halsell will guide Atlantis to the second Shuttle docking with the International Space Station late this evening. Atlantis is planned to dock with the station at 11:31 p.m. Central. As of about 6:30 p.m. this evening, the Shuttle trailed the station by about 70 ...more... 22 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #07. Flight: STS-101. Astronauts Jim Voss and Jeff Williams spent over six hours outside the Space Shuttle Atlantis this morning, completing a variety of planned assembly and maintenance tasks on the International Space Station with ease. Voss and Williams started the spacewalk early and remained ahead of schedule throughout. ...more... 22 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #08. Flight: STS-101. Atlantis' seven member crew was awakened just before 4 p.m. CDT to begin its fifth day in space and is now preparing to enter the International Space Station to perform maintenance work and transfer supplies for future station crews. Today's wakeup call was "Haunted House" by Ray Buchanan since the opening lyrics say "I just moved into a new house today...." in honor of the STS-101 crew entering what will be a new home for astronauts and cosmonauts later this year. Commander Jim Halsell and his crew have begun to open the various hatches between ...more... 23 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #09. Flight: STS-101. Atlantis' crew ventured into the International Space Station for the first time last night, finding the 35-ton outpost comfortable, clean and in overall good condition as they completed a series of maintenance tasks well ahead of schedule. Astronaut Susan Helms and Cosmonaut Yury Usachev were the first crew members to ...more... 23 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #10. Flight: STS-101. The STS-101 astronauts aboard Atlantis were awakened at 3:41 p.m. CDT to begin their sixth day in space and third day of docked operations with the International Space Station. Today's wake up song from Mission Control was a long distance dedication from Kathy Halsell to her husband, Mission Commander Jim Halsell, the Flamingoes tune "I Only Have Eyes for You." Halsell along with Pilot Scott Horowitz and Mission Specialists Mary Ellen Weber, ...more... 24 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #12. Flight: STS-101. STS-101 Commander Jim Halsell and his crew are continuing their efforts aboard the International Space Station as they begin their fourth day of docked operations. The seven astronauts were awakened at 3:28 p.m. CDT with the music, "I'm Gonna Fly" by Amy Grant which was requested by Pilot Scott Horowitz's wife. Halsell, Horowitz and Mission Specialists Mary Ellen Weber, Jeff Williams, Susan ...more... 24 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #11. Flight: STS-101. Atlantis' astronauts continued a smooth pace of work aboard the International Space Station today, breezing through tasks ranging from standard home maintenance such as replacing smoke detectors to successfully conducting the first in a series of orbital boosts for the outpost. Commander Jim Halsell and pilot Scott Horowitz fired Atlantis' steering jets 27 ...more... 25 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #14. Flight: STS-101. The seven STS-101 astronauts are spending their final full day docked to the International Space Station as they prepare for undocking Friday evening. When Atlantis undocks tomorrow evening, it will leave behind a refurbished orbiting facility, operating at a higher altitude and featuring new electrical and communications components. The station is now primed and ready to receive the next major piece of the station, the Zvezda Service Module, when it is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan between July 8-14. Commander Jim Halsell, Pilot Scott Horowitz and Mission Specialists Mary Ellen Weber, Jeff Williams, Susan Helms, Jim Voss and Yury Usachev were awakened at 3:11 p.m. CDT. Today's wakeup song -- "Don't It Make You Wanna Dance" by Jerry Jeff Walker -- was played at the request of Williams' son and family. The main task of the day will be completing the transfer of gear and supplies to ...more... 25 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #13. Flight: STS-101. As their seventh day in space draws to a close this morning, the astronauts aboard Atlantis have virtually completed their maintenance work on the International Space Station, installing equipment that is planned to leave the space outpost in flawless condition. Late Wednesday, Astronauts Susan Helms and Jim Voss along with Cosmonaut Yury Usachev ...more... 26 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #15. Flight: STS-101. With all of their mission's objectives met or exceeded, Atlantis' crew shut the doors to the International Space Station early this morning in preparation for bidding the rejuvenated outpost farewell this evening. "I couldn't be happier with the way this mission has gone," Lead Flight Director ...more... 26 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #16. Flight: STS-101. With a gentle push, Atlantis and the International Space Station parted company this evening as the two spacecraft flew 237 miles over Kazakhstan concluding five days of work to prepare the outpost for its first resident crew. Undocking occurred at 6:03 p.m. Central time, as Pilot Scott Horowitz slowly backed ...more... 27 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #18. Flight: STS-101. With all major mission objectives successfully completed, Atlantis' crew turned its attention to a planned return trip home, with a landing scheduled for 1:20 a.m. Central time on Monday at the Kennedy Space Center. Shortly after 7 p.m. today, Commander Jim Halsell, Pilot Scott Horowitz and Flight ...more... 29 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #21. Flight: STS-101. Atlantis' astronauts glided to a ghostly pre-dawn landing this morning at the Kennedy Space Center to wrap up a successful refurbishment and resupply mission to the International Space Station. Commander Jim Halsell flew Atlantis to a nighttime touchdown at the Florida spaceport ...more... 29 May 2000 - Landing of STS-101. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-101. STS-101 landed at 06:20 GMT. 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. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-102, ISS EO-2. STS 102 was an American shuttle spacecraft that carried a crew of seven astronauts (six American and one Russian). The primary mission was to deliver a multi-rack Italian container (Leonardo MultiPurpose Logistics Module, LMPLM) to the Destiny Module of the International Space Station, ISS. It docked with the ISS at 05:34 UT on 9 March. The 6.4 m x 4.6 m cylindrical LMPLM delivered new equipment to Destiny, and retrieved used/unwanted equipment, and trash back to the shuttle. The crew did a few spacewalks to install a platform on the ISS to support a Canadian robot arm when it arrives next month. The STS 102 left behind three of the astronauts (two American and one Russian) and brought back the three astronauts (one American and two Russian) who had been inhabiting the ISS for about four and a half months. It landed at Cape Canaveral at 07:31 UT on 21 March. Discovery was launched on mission STS-102 (Space Station flight 5A.1) into an initial 60 x 222 km x 51.6 deg orbit. The mission was delivery of supplies and equipment, and changeout of the Expedition One and Expedition Two station crews. STS-102 carried the Leonardo Multi Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM), built by Alenia Spazio (Torino), to the International Space Station. The 6.4 m x 4.6 m cylindrical MPLM was a descendant of the Spacelab long modules. Also carried was a Spacehab/Energia unpressurized Integrated Cargo Carrier with LCA/MTSAS-A, RU, and PFCS. A sidewall adapter beam with two GAS canisters (G-783 and WSVFM) was also on board. WSVFM measured vibration during launch. Another adapter beam, probably at the rear of the payload bay, carried SEM-9. SEM-9 and G-783 contained high school microgravity experiments. Leonardo carried 16 'racks' of equipment, including the Human Research Facility Rack (Rack 13) which allowed the astronauts to do extensive medical experiments, the CHeCS Rack (28), the DDCU-1 and DDCU-2 racks (7 and 9), the Avionics-3 (Rack 6), and the MSS Avionics/Lab (Rack 11) and Avionics/Cupola (Rack 12) racks for a total of 7 equipment racks to be installed on Destiny. Three Resupply Stowage Racks (50, 51, 52) and four Resupply Stowage Platforms (180, 181, 182 and 188) remained installed on Leonardo, with their equipment bags being individually transferred to the Station. System Racks 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8 were already on Destiny together with stowage racks 110 through 117. Each rack had a mass of 150-300 kg. The orbiter fired its OMS engines at 1221 GMT to raise the orbit to 185 x 219 km. Discovery docked with the PMA-2 port on the Station at 0639 GMT on March 10. The LCA (Lab Cradle Assembly) was attached to Destiny's +Z side during an EVA. It was to be used on the next mission to temporarily place a Spacelab pallet on Destiny during installation of the Station's robot arm. Later, it would be the site for the main Station truss, beginning with segment S0. The PMA-3, on Unity at the -Z nadir position, had to be moved to the port position to make room for Leonardo. An external stowage platform was attached to Destiny and the External Stowage Platform and the PFCS Pump Flow Control System were added to the port aft trunnion on Destiny. A rigid umbilical (RU) was connected to the PDGF grapple fixture on Destiny to support the Station's future robot arm. Leonardo was docked to Unity at -Z for a while so that its cargo could be transferred to the station easily; it was then be returned to the payload bay and brought back to earth. At 0232 GMT on March 19 command of ISS was transferred to Expedition 2 and the hatches were closed. Discovery undocked at 0432 GMT and flew once around the station before departing at 0548 GMT. ISS mass after undocking was 115527 kg. The OMS engines fired for the deorbit burn at 0625 GMT on March 21, and Discovery touched down on runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center at 0731 GMT. 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... 11 March 2001 - EVA ISS EO-2-1. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: ISS EO-2. On March 11 Jim Voss and Susan Helms made a spacewalk from Discovery's airlock. A PAD device used to attach equipment to the RMS arm floated free and Voss retrieved a spare one from Unity, putting the walk behind schedule. The astronauts installed the Lab Cradle Assembly and the Rigid Umbilical on Destiny and disconnected the umbilicals connecting the PMA-3 docking port to Unity. The astronauts then spent two-and-a-half hours back in the depressurized airlock in case their help was needed during the move of PMA-3. Thomas used the RMS arm to unberth PMA-3 from the nadir port on Unity and relocated it to the port port location, freeing up the nadir for the MPLM. The airlock was depressurized at 0508 GMT and repressurized at 1408 GMT. 11 March 2001 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #08. Flight: ISS EO-1, ISS EO-2, STS-102. The crews of Discovery and the International Space Station will join forces again today as hatches between the spacecraft are reopened, a change of shift aboard the science outpost continues, and a cargo carrier is attached to the complex. Discovery's crew was awakened today by the song "Blast Off" from the animated feature ...more... 11 March 2001 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #07. Flight: ISS EO-1, ISS EO-2, STS-102. STS-102 Mission Specialists Susan Helms and Jim Voss donned space suits and stepped outside Discovery late last night to prepare one of the International Space Station's berthing ports for the Leonardo transfer module. The pair, destined to become members of the Expedition Two crew aboard the station ...more... 12 March 2001 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #10. Flight: ISS EO-1, ISS EO-2, STS-102. Aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station tonight, crews are preparing for a day of unloading and installing equipment both inside and outside the two spacecraft. The song "From a Distance" performed by Nanci Griffith awakened Discovery's crew, ...more... 12 March 2001 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #09. Flight: ISS EO-1, ISS EO-2, STS-102. Leonardo, the first of three logistics modules developed and built by the Italian Space Agency, was affixed to a berthing port on Unity overnight as mission specialist Andy Thomas carefully maneuvered it into place at 12:02 CST a.m. today. Operating Discovery's robotic arm, Thomas grappled the "crate" full of equipment ...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 #14. Flight: ISS EO-1, ISS EO-2, STS-102. The crew of Discovery and the International Space Station will begin packing for the trip home today, having virtually completed unloading almost five tons of equipment and experiments brought by the shuttle. The crews will spend today packing trash and unneeded equipment as well as luggage ...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... 15 March 2001 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #15. Flight: ISS EO-1, ISS EO-2, STS-102. Aboard the International Space Station today, astronauts and cosmonauts assembled and partially activated a key piece of construction equipment - the control station for a 58-foot-long robot arm that will be delivered to the station next month. Expedition Two Flight Engineers Jim Voss and Susan Helms spent most of their workday ...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... 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... 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... 28 March 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-08. Flight: ISS EO-2. The International Space Station has become home to its new residents - the Expedition Two crew of Commander Yury Usachev and Flight Engineers Jim Voss and Susan Helms - who are settling in for a four-month stay after assuming command of the complex 10 days ago. Minor issues being worked by the crew and flight control teams in Houston and Moscow ...more... 4 April 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-09. Flight: ISS EO-2. The resident crew of the International Space Station - Commander Yury Usachev and Flight Engineers Jim Voss and Susan Helms - spent the last week conducting experiments and performing routine housekeeping chores and some maintenance work. The activation of the station's Ku-Band antenna remains on hold until a software ...more... 11 April 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-10. Flight: ISS EO-2. The International Space Station's Expedition Two Crew spent this week loading the Progress supply craft with trash and unneeded items in preparation for its undocking next week to clear the aft port on the Zvezda module for the relocation of the Soyuz capsule. This air traffic control activity clears the way for the arrival next week of Space Shuttle Endeavour and the STS-100 crew delivering the Canadian built station robot arm and another high tech moving van full of supplies. Remaining fuel and oxidizer from the Progress vehicle was transferred into tanks ...more... 19 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #01. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-100. The Shuttle Endeavour lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center this afternoon, carrying a multi-national crew and a complex Canadian-built robotic arm to the International Space Station (ISS). Commander Kent Rominger, Pilot Jeff Ashby and Mission Specialists Chris Hadfield ...more... 20 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #03. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-100. The day on orbit was one of preparations as Endeavour's seven astronauts got ready for tomorrow morning's scheduled arrival at the International Space Station, and Sunday's planned space walk by Mission Specialists Chris Hadfield and Scott Parazynski. Endeavour is scheduled to dock with the station at 8:32 a.m. Saturday although the ...more... 20 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #02. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-100. The crew of the shuttle Endeavour worked this morning to prepare for its Saturday docking with the International Space Station and for the two planned spacewalks while there. The chase to catch up with the waiting station and its Expedition Two crew continues with another in the series of rendezvous maneuvers scheduled for about 5:30 this morning. Endeavour is scheduled to dock with the station at 8:36 Saturday morning to deliver ...more... 21 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #05. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-100. With Commander Kent Rominger at the controls, Endeavour gently docked with the International Space Station this morning as the two spacecraft flew 243 miles over the southern Pacific Ocean, just southeast of New Zealand. Docking occurred at 8:59 a.m. central time. Rominger, Pilot Jeff Ashby and Mission Specialists John Phillips, Chris Hadfield, ...more... 21 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #04. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-100. Space Shuttle Endeavour and its seven crewmembers began rendezvous preparations shortly after 3 a.m. today, which should culminate in an 8:32 a.m. docking to the International Space Station, which will be northeast of Hong Kong at an altitude of 240 miles. The shuttle is bringing an advanced robotic arm, experiments and supplies to the ever-growing science outpost. Before the undocking a week later, two space walks will have been conducted and ...more... 22 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #06. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-100. Now docked to the International Space Station, Endeavour and its seven-member crew are preparing for the first of two planned space walks set to begin about 6:20 this morning to install the orbiting outpost's Canadian built robotic arm. Called Canadarm2, the high-tech robotic arm is the most versatile ever flown in space. Shortly after crew wakeup, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield and Scott ...more... 22 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #07. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-100. Endeavour's astronauts extended the reach of the International Space Station today, successfully installing a 57.7 foot long Canadian-built robotic arm. Mission Control Houston recognized the importance of today's activities sending ...more... 23 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #09. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-100. Two elements built by two countries adorn the International Space Station (ISS) tonight after Endeavour's astronauts and the Station's Expedition Two crew worked throughout the day to bring the complex one step closer to an independent robotic capability. The new 57-foot long Canadian-built Canadarm2 robot arm took its first step this ...more... 23 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #08. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-100. The 10 astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station and the docked shuttle Endeavour are beginning a day that will see the first opening of hatches linking the two spacecraft. Highlights will include an impressive first step by the station's new Canadarm2 and the berthing to the station of Raffaello, the Italian-built logistics module. Hatch opening was set for 4 a.m. following a wakeup call from Mission Control earlier ...more... 24 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #10. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-100. Unpacking a space-based moving van and taking a second walk in space is the order of business today for astronauts and cosmonauts orbiting in the International Space Station and aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour. The Raffaello logistics module, now open for business following yesterday's berthing ...more... 24 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #11. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-100. Endeavour's two space walkers -- Canadian Chris Hadfield and American Scott Parazynski-- worked as space-age electricians today, completing connections that allowed the new International Space Station robotic arm to operate from a new base on the outside of the Destiny science lab. Expedition 2 Flight Engineers Jim Voss and Susan Helms steered Canadarm2 as it lifted ...more... 25 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #13. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-100. Troubleshooting efforts designed to restore full capability to the International Space Station's three redundant command and control computers continue in Mission Control, even as the 10 astronauts and cosmonauts on board the outpost worked together today to install new experiments in the Destiny laboratory. Shortly after the ISS crew went to bed last night, the ISS flight controllers reported ...more... 25 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #12. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-100. The Station's new robotic arm truly will extend the reach of humans in space today when it hands the 3,000-pound pallet delivering it to space to the shuttle's robotic arm for transport back to Earth. The three-hour task is set to begin about 6 a.m. While robotic arm operations are underway by Expedition Two crewmembers Susan Helms ...more... 26 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #15. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-100. Good news greeted space station flight controllers this morning when, shortly after awakening, Expedition Two flight engineer Susan Helms reported that the International Space Station computer systems may be returning to normal. Working at a laptop computer aboard the station that serves as the crew's primary ...more... 26 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #14. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-100. Good news greeted space station flight controllers this morning when, shortly after awakening, Expedition Two flight engineer Susan Helms reported that the International Space Station computer systems may be returning to normal. Working at a laptop computer aboard the station that serves as the crew's primary interface with the station's United States command and control computer system, Helms reported the good news at about 3:45 a.m. Shortly afterward, Helms performed a series of troubleshooting steps that restored the ground's ability to monitor and send commands to the station's U.S. systems. Space station flight controllers then sent commands that have put the station's ...more... 27 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #18. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-100. The Italian Space Agency-provided Raffaello logistics module, loaded with 1,600 pounds of material to be returned to Earth, was tucked securely in Endeavour's payload bay at 3:58 p.m. Central time today as the International Space Station and shuttle flew high over the Pacific Ocean, north of Indonesia. Mission Specialist Scott Parazynski, at the controls of the shuttle's robotic arm ...more... 28 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #20. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EP-1, STS-100. A Canadian "handshake in space" occurred at 4:02 p.m Central time today, as the Canadian-built space station robotic arm - operated by Expedition Two crew member Susan Helms - transferred its launch cradle over to Endeavour's robotic arm, with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield at the controls. The exchange of the pallet from station arm to shuttle arm marked the first ever robotic-to-robotic transfer in space. The successful exchange of the pallet was the last remaining major objective of ...more... 29 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #22. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EP-1, STS-100. With a gentle push from springs in the docking module, Endeavour backed slowly away from the International Space Station at 12:34 p.m. Central time today, as the two spacecraft soared 240 miles over the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia. As Pilot Jeff Ashby slowly backed Endeavour away, Commander Kent Rominger and Expedition ...more... 30 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #23. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EP-1, STS-100. A replacement Soyuz spacecraft successfully docked to the International Space Station early Monday, providing the station crew with a new "lifeboat" should an unexpected return to Earth become necessary. The docking occurred at 2:58 a.m. as the station orbited over south-central Russia near the Mongolian border. The Soyuz has a lifetime on orbit of about six months. The crew of the Soyuz which ...more... 2 May 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-11. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EP-1, STS-100. With the landing of Endeavour following the STS-100 mission and the arrival at the International Space Station of the Soyuz Taxi Crew with a new vehicle, the Expedition Two crew now is settling in to begin the process of unpacking and stowing nearly two tons of new supplies and hardware. The three command and control computers onboard have been recovered, for the most ...more... 9 May 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-13. Flight: ISS EO-2. The International Space Station's Expedition Two crew has turned its attention to the initial checkout of the new robotic arm now that the outpost's command and control computers are working properly. Beginning at about 9 a.m. central time tomorrow (Thursday) and continuing each Thursday ...more... 16 May 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-14. Flight: ISS EO-2. Expedition Two crew activities aboard the International Space Station this week are focusing on the arrival of two spacecraft - the next Russian Progress supply vehicle early next week and Space Shuttle Atlantis in a month. The fourth Progress vehicle dedicated to station resupply is set to launch atop ...more... 22 May 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-15. Flight: ISS EO-2. Following two days of free flight since its launch Sunday, an unmanned Russian Progress spacecraft automatically docked to the back end of the International Space Station's Zvezda module at 7:24 p.m. Central time today. It is the fourth Progress dedicated to the resupply of the orbiting outpost. The Progress is carrying 3,100 pounds of supplies, including food, spare computer parts, and other logistical items which Expedition Two Commander Yury Usachev and Flight Engineers Jim Voss and Susan Helms will begin to unload on Wednesday. The Progress joins a Russian Soyuz craft that is linked to the earthward facing ...more... 30 May 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-16. Flight: ISS EO-2. International Space Station engineers are continuing to troubleshoot problems with the Canadarm2 robotic arm on the complex after an unsuccessful attempt earlier today to solve a communications glitch with one of the crane's joints through a software modification. With more time now needed to complete an analysis of the communications problems ...more... 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... 8 June 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-18. Flight: ISS EO-2. Expedition Two Commander Yury Usachev and astronaut Jim Voss performed their first spacewalk on the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, completing all of their scheduled tasks smoothly and ahead of schedule. Usachev and Voss entered the small, spherical transfer compartment at the forward ...more... 13 June 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-19. Flight: ISS EO-2. As the Expedition Two crew approaches 100 days in space, work to gain confidence in the operation of the station's robotic arm to support the installation of the Joint Airlock continues. Friday marks 100 days in space for the three crewmembers, Commander Yury Usachev, ...more... 20 June 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-20. Flight: ISS EO-2. After an extensive engineering analysis, International Space Station Program managers Tuesday gave the green light to proceed with the launch of Atlantis no earlier than July 12 to deliver the 6.5-ton Joint Airlock to the orbiting complex. The decision to launch Atlantis in July came after several reviews in which teams ...more... 27 June 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-21. Flight: ISS EO-2. As Shuttle and International Space Station Program managers prepare to meet to select an official target launch date for Atlantis' STS-104 mission to the complex, the Expedition Two crew continues to test the station's robotic arm in preparation for its first official task of permanently installing the Airlock onto the Unity module. The face-to-face Flight Readiness Review at the Kennedy Space Center Thursday is ...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... 12 July 2001 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #02. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-104. The five-member crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis awoke to its first full day in space at 5:38 p.m. The crew was awakened by the song "Wallace Courts Murron" from the movie "Braveheart." The song, by James Horner, was played for Atlantis Pilot Charlie Hobaugh. The shuttle is en route to the International Space Station to deliver the station's new airlock, Quest, and is scheduled to dock with the station at 9:53 p.m. CDT Friday. Atlantis Commander Steve Lindsey, Pilot Charlie Hobaugh and Mission Specialists ...more... 12 July 2001 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #01. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-104. The Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off on time this morning at 4:04 a.m. Central from the Kennedy Space Center, FL, and, after a smooth climb to orbit, is now en route to deliver a new doorway to space to the International Space Station later this week. Atlantis Commander Steve Lindsey, Pilot Charlie Hobaugh and Mission Specialists ...more... 13 July 2001 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #03. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-104. The crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis spent its first full day in space closing in on the International Space Station and testing the space suits and other equipment that will be used later in the mission to install a new station airlock. Commander Steve Lindsey and Pilot Charlie Hobaugh fired Atlantis' steering jets ...more... 13 July 2001 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #04. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-104. The crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis was awakened at 3:04 p.m. CDT to the song "God of Wonders" by the group Caedmon's Call. On this, its third day in space, the five-member crew of Atlantis is focusing on a rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station around 9:53 p.m. The day's rendezvous operations began at 4:34 p.m. with Atlantis trailing the station ...more... 14 July 2001 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #06. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-104. The five-member crew of Atlantis will spend today working in concert with the Expedition Two crew aboard the International Space Station to install the station's new airlock - Quest. The installation of that airlock will take place as part of a seven-hour space walk by Mission Specialists Mike Gernhardt and Jim Reilly, scheduled to begin at 9:09 p.m. Central. The Shuttle crew's day began at 4:04 p.m. with a wake-up call from Mission Control, ...more... 14 July 2001 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #05. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-104. Atlantis Commander Steve Lindsey smoothly docked the space shuttle with the International Space Station late Friday about 240 statute miles above the northeastern coast of South America. With both spacecraft moving at about 17,500 mph, Lindsey moved Atlantis to the station at a relative speed of about a tenth of a foot per second. Docking occurred at 10:08 p.m. CDT. Atlantis brings a new airlock to the station. It will enable station crewmembers ...more... 15 July 2001 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #07. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-104. The International Space Station received a new airlock early Sunday, an addition that will permit spacewalks without a space shuttle docked to the station. The airlock, named Quest, can accommodate either Russian or U.S. spacesuits and brings the mass of the space station to about 130 tons. Station Expedition Two crewmember Susan Helms lifted the airlock from the cargo ...more... 15 July 2001 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #08. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-104. The five-member crew of Atlantis will spend its fifth day in space working with the Expedition Two crew aboard the International Space Station to continue the activation of the station's new airlock, named Quest. Today's work will include testing nitrogen and oxygen lines that will be used during ...more... 16 July 2001 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #10. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-104. The shuttle and station crews will spend today continuing to set up and test the newly attached Quest station airlock, troubleshooting a suspected leaky ventilation valve, and preparing for the mission's second and third space walks, planned for Tuesday and Thursday evening. Mission Specialist Janet Kavandi will assist Expedition Two Flight Engineer Jim ...more... 16 July 2001 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #09. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-104. Utilities for the International Space Station's newest addition were hooked up today as the Expedition Two and Atlantis crews prepared the station's new airlock, named Quest, for its first use later in the week. After cleaning up about half a liter of water that spilled from a coolant line and ...more... 17 July 2001 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #12. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-104. The combined crews of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station will focus their efforts tonight on the mission's second spacewalk. During the 5½-hour spacewalk, scheduled to begin around 9:30 p.m., Atlantis Mission Specialists Mike Gernhardt and Jim Reilly will work with the Expedition Two crew in the installation of two high-pressure gas tanks on the station's new Quest airlock. Early this morning, mission managers decided to add an additional docked day to ...more... 18 July 2001 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #13. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-104. Six arms worked together outside the International Space Station again today to install supply tanks for the new joint airlock, accomplishing a bonus oxygen tank installation during a 6 hour, 29 minute space walk. Four of the arms belonged to space walkers Mike Gernhardt and Jim Reilly. Two robotic ...more... 18 July 2001 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #14. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-104. Atlantis and International Space Station crews will continue the activation of the station's new Quest airlock this evening. They also will replace a leaky valve in an Intermodule Ventilation (IMV) Assembly in the station's Unity node. That valve, which is now capped, will be replaced by another valve from the U.S. laboratory Destiny. The Destiny valve will not be needed until the station's second node arrives no earlier than November 2003. Atlantis Commander Steve Lindsey and Expedition Two Flight Engineer Jim Voss will ...more... 19 July 2001 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #15. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-104. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station complex successfully replaced a leaky air circulation valve and moved a hatch into position for the first space walk out of the new Quest airlock. That space walk is scheduled to begin about 10:30 p.m. Friday, pending a successful ...more... 19 July 2001 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #16. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-104. The eight Atlantis and International Space Station crewmembers will start their day with a dry run of a spacewalk from the station's new Quest airlock, completing their testing and activation of the airlock. Atlantis spacewalkers Mike Gernhardt and Jim Reilly, assisted by Pilot Charlie Hobaugh and Expedition Two Flight Engineer Jim Voss, will simulate spacewalk preparations beginning around 7 p.m. Atlantis Commander Steve Lindsey and Mission Specialist Janet Kavandi will assist ...more... 20 July 2001 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #17. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-104. The two crews on board the International Space Station today completed checkout and activation of the new Quest airlock and conducted a dry run of the steps they will take before christening the newest station component. STS-104 Commander Steve Lindsey, Pilot Charlie Hobaugh and Mission Specialists Mike ...more... 20 July 2001 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #18. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-104. Atlantis and International Space Station crewmembers will mark the 32nd anniversary of the first human steps on the moon tonight by completing another phase of station construction. Atlantis spacewalkers Mike Gernhardt and Jim Reilly will float out of the station's new Quest airlock around 11 p.m., completing airlock activation and marking the beginning of independent operations aboard the space station. During the mission's third spacewalk, Gernhardt and Reilly will install a second ...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... 21 July 2001 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #19. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-104. The first space walk to originate from the International Space Station's new airlock, Quest, lasted 4 hours, 2 minutes, and established a higher degree of station independence in its own construction and maintenance. The space walk also was the first to be supported primarily from the space station ...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... 23 July 2001 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #23. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-104. With the equipment used during the 10th International Space Station assembly mission securely stowed and all systems needed for landing checked out and ready to go, Atlantis' crew went to bed at 7:04 a.m. CDT today. Atlantis Commander Steve Lindsey, Pilot Charlie Hobaugh and Mission Specialists ...more... 23 July 2001 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #24. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-104. Atlantis Commander Steve Lindsey, Pilot Charlie Hobaugh and Mission Specialists Janet Kavandi, Mike Gernhardt and Jim Reilly were awakened at 3:04 p.m. CDT to begin preparations for a return trip to Earth with a planned landing tonight at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The wakeup song was "Honey, I'm Home" by Shania Twain, played for Kavandi. Preliminary weather forecasts show generally favorable conditions at the Shuttle ...more... 24 July 2001 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #25. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-104. Atlantis and its crew of five will spend at least one more day in orbit, after the weather in Florida refused to permit landing Monday night on either of two opportunities to Kennedy Space Center. Atlantis will try again Tuesday night. The first of two opportunities for KSC would ...more... 24 July 2001 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #27. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-104. Atlantis and its crew of five glided to a landing at Kennedy Space Center late Tuesday, ending a 5.3-million-mile mission that saw successful installation of the International Space Station's new airlock Quest. The Atlantis crew, Commander Steve Lindsey, Pilot Charlie Hobaugh and Mission Specialists ...more... 24 July 2001 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #26. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-104. "Hold Back the Rain" by Duran Duran was the wakeup song for Atlantis crewmembers about 2:30 p.m. CDT Tuesday. Houston's Mission Control Center told the astronauts that the weather appears to be excellent for a landing late tonight to wrap up their 13-day mission. The forecast for Kennedy Space Center calls for a few scattered clouds and no rain ...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 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 #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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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 #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... 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 - Landing of STS-105. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-105, ISS EO-2. STS-105 landed at 18:23 GMT with the crew of Horowitz, Sturckow, Barry, Forrester, Usachyov, Voss and Helms aboard. 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... 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