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Mark Edward Kelly American Pilot Astronaut. Born 21 February 1964. Twin brother of astronaut Scott Kelly. Personal: Male, Married, Two children. Born in Orange, New Jersey, USA. US Navy US Navy Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: NASA Group 16 - 1996. Active Entered space service: 1 May 1996. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 24.59 days. NASA Official Biography- NAME: Mark E. Kelly (Lieutenant Commander, USN)
- NASA Astronaut Candidate (Pilot)
- PERSONAL DATA:
- Born February 21, 1964 in Orange, New Jersey, but considers West Orange, New Jersey, to be his hometown. Married to the former Amelia Victoria Babis of Roscommon, Michigan. They have one child. He enjoys running, weightlifting, basketball, golf. His parents, Richard and Patricia Kelly, reside in Flagler Beach, Florida.
- EDUCATION:
- Graduated from Mountain High School, West Orange, New Jersey, in 1982; received a bachelor of science degree in marine engineering and nautical science (with highest honors) from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in 1986, and a master of science degree in aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in 1994.
- ORGANIZATIONS:
- U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association.
- AWARDS:
- Awarded four Air Medals (2 individual/2 strike flight) with Combat "V," Navy Commendation Medal with "V," Navy Achievement Medal, two Southwest Asia Service Medals, Navy Expeditionary Medal, two Sea Service Deployment Ribbons, Overseas Service Ribbon, and various other unit awards.
- EXPERIENCE:
- Kelly received his commission from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in June 1986, and was designated a Naval Aviator in December 1987. He then reported to Attack Squadron 128 at Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island, Oak Harbor, Washington, for initial training in the A-6E Aircraft. Upon completion of this training, he was assigned to Attack Squadron 115 based in Atsugi, Japan. While assigned to Attack Squadron 115 he made two deployments to the Persian Gulf aboard the USS Midway. During his second deployment he flew 39 combat missions in Operation Desert Storm. During this tour he was designated an Airwing Qualified Landing Signals Officer (LSO). Kelly was selected for the Naval Post Graduate School/Test Pilot School Cooperative Education Program in July 1991. He completed 15 months of graduate work at Monterey, California, before attending the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School in June 1993. After graduating in June 1994, he worked as a project test pilot at the Carrier Suitability Department of the Strike Aircraft Test Squadron, Naval Air Warfare Center, Patuxent River, Maryland, flying the A-6E, EA-6B and F-18 aircraft. Kelly was assigned to the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School as an instructor pilot in the F-18, T-38 and T-2 aircraft when selected for the astronaut program.
He has logged over 2,000 flight hours in more than 40 different aircraft and has over 375 carrier landings. - NASA EXPERIENCE:
- Selected by NASA in April 1996, Kelly reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1996 to begin two years of training and evaluation. Successful completion of initial training will qualify him for various technical assignments leading to selection as a pilot on a Space Shuttle flight crew.
JANUARY 1997 Kelly Mark Spaceflight Log - 5 December 2001 Flight: STS-108. Flight Up: STS-108. Flight Back: STS-108. Flight Time: 11.82 days.
- 4 July 2006 Flight: STS-121. Flight Up: STS-121. Flight Back: STS-121. Flight Time: 12.78 days.
Kelly Mark Chronology 5 December 1983 - NASA Astronaut Training Group 16 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.. 10 pilots and 25 mission specialists selected from over 2,400 applicants. 9 additional international astronauts. 20 December 1999 - STS-103 Mission Status Report #03. Flight: STS-103. The seven members of the STS-103 crew of Discovery completed a day of preparation Monday for a Tuesday capture of the Hubble Space Telescope. During three days of space walks, Hubble's capability to conduct astronomical observations will be restored and some of its equipment upgraded.Discovery's robotic arm and the four space suits the astronauts will use on Wednesday, ...more... 26 December 1999 - STS-103 Mission Status Report #14. Flight: STS-103. With their primary mission objectives successfully completed, Discovery's astronauts today begin preparing their spacecraft for its scheduled return to Earth Monday, checking out the flight control system and reaction control jets that support re-entry. The seven astronauts were awakened at 7:50 a.m. to the song "We're So Good Together" ...more... 15 November 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-44. Flight: ISS EO-3. After completing the final space walk planned for Expedition Three, the crew of the International Space Station this week begins to get ready for the arrival of a cargo vessel, a space shuttle and a replacement crew later this month. Engineers at the Mission Control Center outside of Moscow conducted a series of ...more... 21 November 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-45. Flight: ISS EO-3. During their 103rd day aboard the International Space Station, Expedition Three Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin Wednesday began activation of the Progress unpiloted supply vehicle in preparation for its undocking.The Progress, attached to the docking port at the rear of the Zvezda service module, ...more... 28 November 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-47. Flight: ISS EO-3. An unmanned Russian Progress resupply vehicle successfully docked to the International Space Station this afternoon, carrying food, fuel and supplies for the next residents of the orbital outpost. The Progress 6 craft, which launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan ...more... 5 December 2001 - STS-108. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-108, ISS EO-4. ISS Logistics flight, launch delayed from November 30 and December 4. Gorie, Kelley, Godwin, Tani, Onufrikeno, Bursch, Walz STS-108 flew the UF-1 Utilization Flight mission to the International Space Station. The UF designation distinguished this from earlier Station flights which were considered assembly flights. The shuttle would deliver the Expedition-4 crew of Onufrikeno, Bursch, and Walz to the station and return the Expedition-3 crew to earth. In addition to the crew swap, UF-1 brought supplies to the Station aboard the Raffaello module, and Godwin and Tani conducted a spacewalk to add thermal blankets to the gimbals on the Station's solar arrays. Endeavour reached an orbit of approximately 58 x 230 km (according to the NASA PAO) at 2228 GMT. At 2259 GMT it fired its OMS engines to raise perigee to 225 km. Mass after OMS-2 was 114,692 kg. Endeavour soft docked with the International Space Station at 2003 GMT on December 7. Problems with aligning the vehicles delayed hard dock until 20:51 GMT, and the hatch was opened at 22:43 GMT. The Raffaello module was unberthed from Endeavour at 1701 GMT on December 8 and berthed to the Unity module of the station at 1755 UTC.STS-108 cargo bay payload was dominated by the Raffaello (MPLM-2) logistics module with 4 RSP and 8 RSR resupply racks. Also in the cargo bay were the MACH-1 and LMC experiment trusses flown under the Goddard small payloads program. MACH-1 was an MPESS-type Hitchhiker bridge carrying the CAPL-3 capillary thermal control experiment on top. On its forward side was the Starshine-2 launch canister, the CAPL-3 avionics plate, the Hitchhiker avionics plate, and the SEM-15 canister. On the aft side was the G-761 canister containing experiments from Argentina, the PSRD synchrotron detector (a prototype for the AMS antimatter experiment which will fly on Station later), and the COLLIDE-2 and SEM-11 canisters. The SEM (Space Experiment Modules) are collections of high school experiments. LMC, the Lightweight MPESS Carrier carried four canisters with materials science and technology experiments: SEM-12, G-785, G-064 and G-730. In addition, an adapter beam on the starboard sidewall carried G-221 and G-775, with materials science and biology experiments. Raffaello was transferred back to the Shuttle payload bay on December 14. Endeavour undocked from the Station at 17:28 UTC on December 15 and made a half loop around the station before making a small separation burn at 1822 UTC. The Starshine-2 reflector satellite was ejected from the MACH-1 bridge in Endeavour's payload bay at 1502 UTC on December 16. Endeavour landed on runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center at 1755 UTC on December 17. The Expedition 3 crew of Culbertson, Dezhurov and Tyurin returned to Earth aboard Endeavour, leaving the Expedition 4 crew of Onufrienko, Bursch and Walz in charge of the Station. 5 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #01. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. Endeavour lifted off this afternoon on the final space shuttle mission of 2001, and, after a flawless climb to orbit, it is now on its way to deliver a fresh crew to the International Space Station and return home a crew that has spent four months in space.The station was about 250 statute miles above the central Indian Ocean as Endeavour ...more... 6 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #03. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. Endeavour's crew spent its first full day in space today preparing for the major events to come: docking with the International Space Station on Friday; latching a cargo module to the station on Saturday; and conducting a space walk on Monday. Endeavour Commander Dom Gorie and Pilot Mark Kelly fired the shuttle's steering ...more... 6 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #02. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. The seven crewmembers aboard the space shuttle Endeavour were awakened at 7:19 a.m. CST today to begin their first full day in space. The crew, Commander Dom Gorie, Pilot Mark Kelly, Mission Specialists Linda Godwin ...more... 7 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #04. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. As Endeavour continues its pursuit of the International Space Station, the seven astronauts and cosmonauts on board were awakened at 6:21 a.m. today to prepare for a busy day as they close the final 765 miles between the two vehicles in anticipation of a docking just before 2 p.m. CST today. Endeavour and the ISS are to link up off the British coast, southwest of Cardiff, Wales.Endeavour's crew - Commander Dom Gorie, Pilot Mark Kelly, Mission Specialists Linda ...more... 7 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #05. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. A new trio of residents arrived at the International Space Station this afternoon as the shuttle Endeavour docked to the orbital outpost. With the new Expedition Four station crew of Commander Yury Onufrienko and Flight ...more... 8 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #07. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. The Expedition Three crew - Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin - officially ended their 117-day residency on board the International Space Station today as their custom Soyuz seatliners were transferred to Endeavour for the return trip home.The transfer of the Expedition Four seatliners to the Soyuz return vehicle attached ...more... 8 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #06. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. The crews aboard Endeavour and International Space Station awoke this morning to begin their first full day of joint operations following yesterday's docking between the two vehicles. Pilot Mark Kelly and Mission Specialist Linda Godwin will work together to remove ...more... 9 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #08. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. Waking up to the patriotic tune of "It's A Grand Ole' Flag" performed by the Fire Department of New York Emerald Society Pipes & Drums, Endeavour's crew was awakened at 6:14 a.m. CST today. The Expedition Four crew on board the International Space Station was awakened about a half hour later by a wake-up tone on board.A New York firefighter presented Pilot Mark Kelly with today's wake-up music when ...more... 10 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #10. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. The crew aboard the space shuttle Endeavour was awakened at 6:12 a.m. CST this morning to the sound of "Jumpin' at the Woodside," performed by Mission Specialist Linda Godwin's own band, Brass, Rhythm and Reeds. Godwin plays tenor sax in this 18-piece big band recording.The focus of activities aboard Endeavour today will be on the planned four-hour ...more... 11 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #12. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. The song "Let There Be Peace on Earth," performed by Vince and Jenny Gill, awakened Endeavour's crew this morning at 6:19 a.m. CST. The song was played for Expedition Three Commander Frank Culbertson from his wife for his years of dedicated pursuit of peace on Earth through service to his country, and in tribute to a special anniversary today.Shortly after the crews onboard Endeavour and the International Space Station were ...more... 12 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #14. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. Activities on board Endeavour and the International Space Station today will focus on continuing transfer of hardware, equipment and supplies between the two spacecraft as well as hardware maintenance and continuing handover briefings between the Expedition Three and Four crews.Flight Day 8 for Endeavour's crew began with a wake-up call from Mission Control ...more... 12 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #15. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. Having almost completed unpacking three tons of supplies brought from Earth aboard Endeavour and the Raffaello cargo module, the station and shuttle crews today turned their focus to packing up the cargo carrier and shuttle for the trip home. When the day began, the crews had already completed unloading more than 4,600 pounds ...more... 13 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #17. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. The crews of Endeavour and the International Space Station continued packing the Italian-built Raffaello cargo module and the shuttle for the trip home today as the new station crew began to settle in aboard the complex for a five and a half-month stay. The crew has already unloaded almost three tons of station food, clothes, experiments ...more... 13 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #16. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. The crew onboard Endeavour was awakened at 7:17 a.m. CST this morning by the song "Here Comes the Sun", in memory of former Beatle George Harrison, who recently died of cancer. The instrumental was from the IMAX movie, "Everest". The song was played for the Expedition Three Crewmembers, Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin. The crew was allowed to sleep in for an extra hour with a relatively light day of activities in store.Today's agenda for the shuttle crew - Commander Dom Gorie, Pilot Mark Kelly, and ...more... 14 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #19. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. The crews of Endeavour and the International Space Station will spend a final night together tonight, preparing for Endeavour's departure from the complex Saturday. Endeavour will leave the station with a new crew and almost three tons of new food, ...more... 14 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #18. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. In space today, the 10 astronauts and cosmonauts on board Endeavour and the International Space Station, will focus their efforts on final transfer activities and this morning's unberthing of the Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module to be placed back in Endeavour's payload bay for a return trip home.Raffaello has been loaded with unneeded equipment, as well as gear from the returning ...more... 15 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #20. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. The 10 crewmembers of the Space Shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station will bid farewell to each other this morning shortly before the hatches are closed between the two vehicles about 7:30 a.m. CST prior to Endeavour's departure from the complex.Endeavour is bringing home the Expedition Three crew - Commander Frank Culbertson, ...more... 15 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #21. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. After eight days together, Endeavour and the International Space Station parted ways today, the shuttle leaving behind a new station crew and ferrying home a veteran station crew. Endeavour undocked from the station at 11:28 a.m. CST as the spacecraft flew 240 ...more... 16 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #22. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. On board Endeavour today, the crew will focus its efforts on checking out the systems and equipment that will be used during Endeavour's planned reentry and landing Monday. Endeavour is scheduled to return to the Kennedy Space Center about 11:55 a.m. CST ...more... 17 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #24. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. Endeavour's crew began a journey home today, waking up at 3:19 a.m. CST to "Please Come Home For Christmas" sung by Jon Bon Jovi. Weather permitting, Endeavour is scheduled to return to Earth just before noon today. On board Endeavour, Commander Dom Gorie, Pilot Mark Kelly and Mission Specialists Linda Godwin and Dan Tani, along with the returning Expedition Three crew of Frank Culbertson, Vladimir Dezhurov and Mikhail Tyurin, are preparing for a scheduled landing at the Kennedy Space Center. Preliminary weather forecasts predict generally acceptable conditions at the landing site, with a possibility of rain showers in the vicinity. The Entry flight team, led by Flight Director LeRoy Cain, will receive its first weather briefing of the day at 6:30 a.m.The first KSC landing opportunity today would begin with a deorbit burn of Endeavour's ...more... 17 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #25. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. Endeavour touched down at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida today at 11:55 a.m. central time, returning the third resident space station crew to Earth after 129 days in space. Concluding a successful mission to the International Space Station, today's landing ...more... 17 December 2001 - Landing of STS-108. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-108, ISS EO-3. STS-108 landed at 17:55 GMT with the crew of Gorie, Kelly Mark, Godwin, Tani, Culbertson, Dezhurov and Tyurin aboard. 15 January 2004 - STS-119 (cancelled). Assignment: Proposed Prime Crew. Flight: STS-119A. Flight delayed after the Columbia disaster. STS-119 was to have flown ISS Assembly mission ISS-15A and have carried out a crew rotation. 4 July 2006 - STS-121. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. The shuttle was launched using external tank ET-119 and solid motors RSRM-93. Cameras revealed that large chunks of foam were still shed from the external tank during the ascent to orbit. However examination of the heat shield using a new extension and sensors attached to the shuttle's robot arm revealed no significant damage. Discovery docked with the PMA-2 adapter on the Destiny module of the ISS at 14:52 GMT on 6 July. On July 7 the Leonardo cargo module was moved from the shuttle payload bay by the robot arm and docked to the Unity Module of the ISS between 09:42 and 11:50 GMT. The crew then began unloading the spare parts and supplies in the module to the station. A series of three EVAs conducted on 8 to 12 July tested the new equipment and techniques for repairing the shuttle heat shield in case of damage, and did some preliminary installations on the exterior of the ISS to pave the way for continued station assembly missions. On 14 July, the station's SSRMS robot moved the Leonardo module from the station back to the shuttle cargo bay between 13:08 and 14:50 GMT. The shuttle separated from the ISS, and fired its engines at 12:07 GMT on 17 July to make a 92 m/s deorbit maneuver. Discovery landed at the Kennedy Space Center at 13:14 GMT. European astronaut Reiter was left behind to make up part of the EO-13 resident crew on the station. 4 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #01. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. On the nation’s 230th birthday, Discovery rocketed into the Florida sky this afternoon, returning the shuttle fleet to space after almost a year. The first human spacecraft to launch on an Independence Day holiday, Discovery has ...more... 5 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #02. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. Discovery's astronauts are awake and ready to begin their first full day in space. Today the crew will focus on thermal protection system inspections, preparing for ...more... 5 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #03. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. The Astronauts of Space Shuttle Discovery examined their spaceship with the Orbiter Boom Sensor System today and found no evidence of any damage from debris during yesterday’s ride to orbit. The several hours of inspection began just after 6:00 a.m. when Mission Specialists ...more... 6 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #04. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. A third crewmember will join the International Space Station today after the docking of the Space Shuttle Discovery. It will mark the first time since May 2003 that more than two long-duration crew ...more... 6 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #05. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. There is a crew of three aboard the International Space Station today for the first time in more than three years, and for the first time ever that crew includes an American, a Russian and a European. European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Reiter of Germany was delivered as the newest ...more... 7 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #06. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. After a successful docking to the International Space Station Thursday, the focus of the STS-121 shuttle mission now turns to unloading more than 7,000 lbs of cargo, continued shuttle inspections and preparations for the mission’s first spacewalk. The first task of the day will be the relocation of the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics ...more... 8 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #09. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. Astronauts from Space Shuttle Discovery prepared the International Space Station’s rail car for restoration and tested a repair crane during a 7 hour 31 minute long spacewalk today, while their colleagues delivered a new oxygen generator and laboratory freezer to the station.Mission Specialists Piers Sellers and Mike Fossum turned their spacesuits to battery ...more... 8 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #08. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS EO-12, ISS Astrolab. The first spacewalk of Discovery's STS-121 mission to the International Space Station will highlight Saturday activities for crews of both docked spacecraft. Spacewalkers Piers Sellers and Mike Fossum have two major tasks. First they will ...more... 9 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #11. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. Delivering the equipment and supplies loaded in an Italian-built moving van was the primary activity for the crews of Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station today. The astronauts also made preparations for the second spacewalk during joint docked ...more... 9 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #10. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13. Continued unloading of the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module will be the focus of the Space Shuttle Discovery and International Space Station’s crew today. Some preparations for the second spacewalk, on Monday, also are on today's plan. The ...more... 10 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #13. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. A six-hour, 47-minute spacewalk by astronauts from Space Shuttle Discovery today restored the International Space Station’s Mobile Transporter rail car to full operation and delivered a spare pump module for the station’s cooling system. Spacewalkers Piers Sellers and Mike Fossum exited the Quest module’s airlock at ...more... 10 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #12. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. Discovery Mission Specialists Mike Fossum and Piers Sellers will work on the International Space Station’s mobile transporter and install a pump module today on the second of three spacewalks of the STS-121 mission. The shuttle crew was awakened at 1:08 a.m. CDT by "Clocks," performed by Coldplay. ...more... 11 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #14. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. Repacking the multi-purpose logistics module Leonardo will be the focus of today’s activities for the Space Shuttle Discovery and International Space Station crews. More than 4,300 pounds of experiment results, unneeded hardware and trash is scheduled ...more... 11 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #15. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. In between spacewalks, the joint crews aboard Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station today turned their attention to packing the Leonardo logistics module in preparation for its return to Earth. Additional time was set aside today for procedural review for the third spacewalk ...more... 12 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #16. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. The third and final spacewalk of the STS-121 space shuttle mission will be the focus of today’s space activities. Mission Specialists Mike Fossum and Piers Sellers will test techniques to inspect ...more... 13 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #18. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. After eight days in space, three spacewalks and six days of cargo transfer, the Space Shuttle Discovery crew today gets a much deserved day off. The crew woke at 12:08 a.m. CDT to "Charlie's Angels Theme Song." It was for the ...more... 14 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #21. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. Emptied of its cargo and refilled with returns, the Multipurpose Logistics Module Leonardo is back in the payload bay of Space Shuttle Discovery with just hours left before the orbiter undocks from the International Space Station and heads home. First thing this morning Shuttle Commander Steve Lindsey and ISS Flight Engineer ...more... 14 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #20. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. It’s back to work for the Space Shuttle Discovery crew. After a day off, the crew will spend much of today getting ready for their undocking ...more... 15 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #22. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. Today marks the final day of joint operations for the Space Shuttle Discovery and International Space Station crews. After almost nine days together, Discovery is scheduled to undock from the station ...more... 15 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #23. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. The Space Shuttle Discovery is on its way home with six astronauts on board, one fewer than when it launched 11 days ago. The delivery of European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Reiter to join Expedition ...more... 16 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #24. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. The Space Shuttle Discovery crew is scheduled for their last full day in space today, as they make their final preparations for deorbit and landing tomorrow. Their day began at 12:18 a.m. with “Just Like Heaven,” by The Cure for Mission Specialist ...more... 16 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #25. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13. Discovery is targeted for a landing at 8:14 a.m. CDT Monday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. For that landing, Discovery's engines would be fired at 7:07 a.m. CDT Monday to ...more... 17 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #26. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. A smooth landing by the Space Shuttle Discovery at the Kennedy Space Center this morning completed the second return to flight test mission and set the stage to resume assembly of the International Space Station later this summer. Discovery and its crew of six astronauts touched down on runway 15 at the Shuttle ...more... Bibliography and Further Reading
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