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Personal: Male, Married, One child. Born in Krasny Sulin, Russia. Soviet Air Force Soviet Air Force Soviet Air Force Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: Air Force Group 8 - 1987. Inactive Entered space service: 26 March 1987. Left space service: 9 September 2003. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 381.65 days. Number of EVAs: 4.00. Total EVA Time: 0.96 days. Call sign: Fregat (Frigate). Official NASA Biography
NAME: Valeri Grigorievich Korzun (Colonel, Russian Air Force) PERSONAL DATA: Born March 5, 1953, in Krasny Sulin. He has a son, Nikita. His father is Korzun Grigori Andreevich, and his mother, Korzun Maria Arsentievna. EDUCATION: Graduated from Kachin Military Aviation College in 1974; Commander Department of the Gagarin Air Force Academy in 1987. SPECIAL HONORS: Awarded six Air Force Medals. EXPERIENCE: After graduation from the Military College in 1974, he served as a pilot, a senior pilot, flight section, commander of air squadron in the Air Force. In 1987, he was selected as a cosmonaut for training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center after successfully graduating from the Gagarin Military Air-Force Academy. Starting December 1987 through June 1989, he took the course of General Space Training. Korzun was certified as a Test-Cosmonaut in 1989. From September 1989 through September 1992, he trained for space flight as part of the test-cosmonauts group. From October 1992 to March 1994, he took a training course for flight onboard the spacecraft "Soyuz TM" as commander of the rescue vehicle. From March 1994 to June 1995, he trained as a group member for flight onboard the orbital complex "Mir". March 1994 through January 1995, he served as a deputy Director of the 27KC crew training complex flight as supervisor of communication with the crew. Korzun is a 1st class military pilot. He has logged 1473 hours, and has flown 4 types of aircrafts. He is an Instructor of Parachute Training, and has completed 377 parachute jumps. June 1995 through August 1996, he completed training as a flight engineer for the Mir-22/ NASA-3 and "Cassiopia" (sponsored by CNES) programs. August 17, 1996 through March 2, 1997, he completed a 197-day flight onboard the Mir station. The program included joint flights with NASA 2, 3 and 4 astronauts, a French astronaut and a German astronaut. Korzun performed 2 space walks totaling 12 hours and 33 minutes. OCTOBER 2000 Korzun Spaceflight Log
Korzun Chronology 26 March 1987 - Soviet Air Force Cosmonaut Training Group 8 selected.. 1991 End - Soyuz TM-14B (cancelled). Assignment: Proposed Prime Crew. Flight: Soyuz TM-14B. Soyuz TM-13 and TM-14 crews were reshuffled extensively due to commercial seat bookings by Austria and Germany and the necessity of flying a Kazakh-born cosmonaut as part of the Baikonur rental agreement. This was the second crew assignment. The Kazakh researchers were moved to the earlier Soyuz TM-13 flight and paying German researchers took their place in the final crew. 3 September 1995 - Soyuz TM-22. Assignment: Backup Crew. Flight: Mir EO-20, Mir EO-19. Mir Expedition EO-20. Crew commander was Yuriy Pavlovich Gidzenko of the Russian Air Force. Flight engineer was Sergey Vasilyevich Avdeev of RKK Energiya, and cosmonaut-researcher was Thomas Reiter of the European Space Agency. Soyuz TM-22 docked with Mir's front (-X) port at 10:29:54 GMT on September 5 and the hatch was opened at 11:01:23. 17 August 1996 - Soyuz TM-24. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: Mir EO-22, Mir Cassiopee, Mir NASA-1, Mir EO-21. Mir Expedition EO-22. Valeriy Korzun and Aleksandr Kaleri of the Russian Space Agency (RKA) Claudie Andre-Deshays of the French space agency CNES. This launch was the first of the Soyuz-U booster with a crew aboard following two launch failures of on unmanned flights. Soyuz docked with Mir's front port at 14:50:21 GMT on August 19; Mir was in a 375 x 390 km x 51.6 deg orbit. On Feb 7 at 16:28:01 GMT the EO-22 crew and American astronaut Linenger undocked the Soyuz TM-24 ferry from the front docking port, flew it around to the far side of the complex and redocked at the rear Kvant port at 16:51:27 GMT. This cleared the forward port for the arrival of the EO-23 crew, who brought with them German astronaut Reinhold Ewald on Feb 12. 2 December 1996 - EVA Mir EO-22-1. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: Mir NASA-2, Mir EO-22. Began installation of MCSA solar array cables. 9 December 1996 - EVA Mir EO-22-2. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: Mir NASA-2, Mir EO-22. Completed external cable installation for MCSA solar array. Installed antenna. 2 March 1997 - Landing of Soyuz TM-24. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: Mir 97, Mir NASA-3, Mir EO-23, Mir EO-22. Korzun, Kaleri and Ewald undocked from Mir in the Soyuz TM-24 spaceship at 03:24 GMT on March 2 and landed at 06:44 GMT near Arkaylk in Kazakstan. 24 May 2002 - ISS Status Report: ISS 02-25. Flight: ISS EO-4. The Expedition 4 crew of the International Space Station spent much of this week preparing for the arrival of Endeavour on STS-111 and their return home. They packed equipment and supplies for return to Earth aboard Endeavour. They also reconfigured and checked out spacesuits and the station's joint airlock in preparation for three spacewalks at the station by Endeavour mission specialists Franklin Chang-Diaz and Philippe Perrin. Expedition 4 Commander Yury Onufrienko and astronauts Carl Walz and Dan Bursch were ...more... 5 June 2002 - STS-111. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-111, ISS EO-5. Launch delayed from May 2, 6, 30, 31 and June 4. STS-111 reached a 58 x 224 km x 51.6 deg orbit at 2131 UTC and separated from the External Tank. It coasted to apogee at 2201 UTC and carried out the OMS-2 burn to raise the orbit to 158 x 235 km. The mission of STS-111 (UF-2 ISS utilization flight) was to swap the Expedition 4 and 5 crews and deliver the MBS Mobile Base System and some interior experiment racks. Endeavour docked with the Station at 1625 UTC on June 7. The Leonardo MPLM module was attached to the Station on June 8. Cargo manifest:
5 June 2002 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #01. Flight: ISS EO-4, ISS EO-5, STS-111. With improved weather conditions at the Kennedy Space Center, Endeavour lifted off at 4:23 p.m. CDT today, beginning a complex mission to continue the assembly and maintenance of the International Space Station and bring a new trio of residents to the orbital outpost. Aboard Endeavour are Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart, Mission Specialists ...more... 6 June 2002 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #02. Flight: ISS EO-4, ISS EO-5, STS-111. As Endeavour closes in for its linkup to the International Space Station tomorrow, the Expedition Four crew aboard the complex will spend the day preparing for the arrival of its replacements. Aboard Endeavour, Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart, Mission Specialists ...more... 7 June 2002 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #04. Flight: ISS EO-4, ISS EO-5, STS-111. Heading for a docking to the International Space Station later today, Endeavour's astronauts continue to close in on the orbital outpost as a new trio of residents prepares to take over command of the complex. Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart and Mission Specialists Philippe Perrin ...more... 7 June 2002 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #05. Flight: ISS EO-4, ISS EO-5, STS-111. Endeavour gently docked with the International Space Station this morning 240 miles over the South Pacific, setting the stage for eight days of docked operations highlighted by three scheduled spacewalks and the exchange of resident crews aboard the outpost. Commander Ken Cockrell guided Endeavour to a linkup with the forward docking port of the station's Destiny Laboratory at 11:25 a.m. Central time. The docking culminated a textbook rendezvous executed by Cockrell and Pilot Paul Lockhart. After waiting for about one hour to allow post-contact oscillations to subside, the two vehicles were joined firmly together at 12:27 p.m. At 2:08 p.m. central time, hatches between Endeavour and the station swung open, ...more... 8 June 2002 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #08. Flight: ISS EO-4, ISS EO-5, STS-111. The 10-member multinational crew aboard the International Space Station and shuttle complex worked today to move the Leonardo transfer van from the shuttle's payload bay to the station, begin equipment and supply transfers to the station and prepare for Sunday's space walk. The Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) was unberthed from the payload ...more... 8 June 2002 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #06. Flight: ISS EO-4, ISS EO-5, STS-111. The newly arrived crewmembers of Expedition Five aboard the International Space Station - Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Sergei Treschev - will continue settling into their new home today as they work with Endeavour's astronauts to move the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module from the shuttle's cargo bay to the Unity module of the complex in advance of the start of the transfer of almost 3 tons of equipment and supplies. Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart and Mission Specialists Philippe Perrin ...more... 8 June 2002 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #07. Flight: ISS EO-4, ISS EO-5, STS-111. (CORRECTS DURATION OF EXPEDITION FOUR TO 181 DAYS) The newly arrived crewmembers of Expedition Five aboard the International Space ...more... 9 June 2002 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #10. Flight: ISS EO-4, ISS EO-5, STS-111. Endeavour Astronauts Franklin Chang-Díaz and Philippe Perrin completed all scheduled International Space Station assembly tasks today during a 7-hour, 14-minute spacewalk, the first ever for the duo. Chang-Díaz and Perrin ventured outside the station's Quest airlock at 10:27 a.m. ...more... 9 June 2002 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #09. Flight: ISS EO-4, ISS EO-5, STS-111. Endeavour Astronauts Philippe Perrin and Franklin Chang-Díaz are set to step out into the vacuum of space this morning for the first of three spacewalks to help install a platform for the transport of the International Space Station's robotic arm and to replace a faulty joint in the arm itself. With the help of Endeavour Pilot Paul Lockhart, who will help coordinate the spacewalk ...more... 10 June 2002 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #12. Flight: ISS EO-4, ISS EO-5, STS-111. The 10 astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station today continued the expansion of the orbiting laboratory by installing the Mobile Remote Servicer Base System (MBS). The MBS was attached to the Mobile Transporter on the Destiny Lab at 8:03 a.m. Central ...more... 10 June 2002 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #11. Flight: ISS EO-4, ISS EO-5, STS-111. A critical device for International Space Station assembly will receive an additional component today. An operations platform, to be installed on a railcar on the station's S0 (S-Zero) Truss, will allow the space station's robotic arm to travel the length of the station for future construction tasks. The Mobile Base System (MBS), parked overnight on the station's robotic arm about ...more... 12 June 2002 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #15. Flight: ISS EO-4, ISS EO-5, STS-111. Endeavour's astronauts - Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart, Franklin Chang-Díaz, Philippe Perrin, Yury Onufrienko, Carl Walz and Dan Bursch - were awakened about 4:30 Central time this morning to the sound of "Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds," by Peter Greenaway, selected for Perrin by his family. The wakeup call began the eighth day of Endeavour's supply, assembly and maintenance mission to the International Space Station. At 1:55 a.m. Central time, Walz set a new U.S. record for most aggregate days spent ...more... 12 June 2002 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #16. Flight: ISS EO-4, ISS EO-5, STS-111. The crews of Endeavour and the International Space Station spent today stowing unneeded supplies and hardware in the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module and the shuttle middeck for return to Earth. Working side by side, the Endeavour crew - Ken Cockrell, Paul Lockhart, Franklin ...more... 13 June 2002 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #17. Flight: ISS EO-4, ISS EO-5, STS-111. Endeavour spacewalkers Philippe Perrin and Franklin Chang-Díaz will perform surgery on the International Space Station's robotic arm today, attempting to restore full functionality to the space crane through the replacement of ailing wrist joint. Canadarm2 experienced an electrical problem in March in one of two redundant power ...more... 13 June 2002 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #18. Flight: ISS EO-4, ISS EO-5, STS-111. In a 7-hour, 17-minute spacewalk today, Endeavour astronauts Franklin Chang-Díaz and Philippe Perrin successfully replaced a wrist roll joint on the International Space Station's robotic arm, restoring the arm to full functionality. With Endeavour Pilot Paul Lockhart choreographing the spacewalk from inside Endeavour, ...more... 14 June 2002 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #19. Flight: ISS EO-4, ISS EO-5, STS-111. Endeavour's astronauts - Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart, Franklin Chang-Díaz, Philippe Perrin, Dan Bursch, Yury Onufrienko and Carl Walz - were awakened just before 4:30 Central time this morning to the National Anthem, in honor of Flag Day today. Working with the International Space Station's Expedition Five crew, Commander Valery ...more... 14 June 2002 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #20. Flight: ISS EO-4, ISS EO-5, STS-111. Endeavour's astronauts - Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart, Franklin Chang-Díaz, Philippe Perrin, Dan Bursch, Yury Onufrienko and Carl Walz - were awakened just before 4:30 Central time this morning to the National Anthem, in honor of Flag Day today. Endeavour astronaut Philippe Perrin completed the last major task of the STS-111 ...more... 15 June 2002 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #21. Flight: ISS EO-4, ISS EO-5, STS-111. With all the major objectives of the STS-111 mission accomplished, Endeavour's astronauts will bid farewell to the new Expedition Five crew and undock from the International Space Station today, leaving ISS Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Sergei Treschev to begin their 4 1/2 month stay on board the complex. After final farewells and the closing of the hatches between the two vehicles, Endeavour ...more... 15 June 2002 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #22. Flight: ISS EO-4, ISS EO-5, STS-111. The Expedition Five crew - Commander Valery Korzun, and Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Sergei Treschev - are alone aboard the International Space Station today following this morning's departure of Endeavour. After final farewells among the STS-111 and Expedition Four and Five crews, the ...more... 16 June 2002 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #24. Flight: ISS EO-4, ISS EO-5, STS-111. Activities aboard Endeavour today focused on preparations for Monday's planned landing at the Kennedy Space Center, concluding a voyage of 4.9 million miles. Today, Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart and Flight Engineer Franklin ...more... 16 June 2002 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #23. Flight: ISS EO-4, ISS EO-5, STS-111. Now separated from the International Space Station by about 1,600 statute miles and moving away by about 155 miles with each orbit of the Earth, Endeavour crewmembers turn their attention today to preparing for a return trip home. Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart, Mission Specialists Franklin Chang-Diaz ...more... 17 June 2002 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #25. Flight: ISS EO-5. After traveling nearly 5 million miles on a successful mission to the International Space Station, Endeavour is scheduled to land at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida today. Endeavour completed all major objectives of its STS-111 flight. Expedition 5 crewmembers ...more... 17 June 2002 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #26. Flight: ISS EO-5. Rain and thundershowers in the area of the Kennedy Space Center landing site in Florida caused flight controllers to wave off both of today's opportunities to bring Endeavour home Endeavour crewmembers, Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart, and Mission ...more... 18 June 2002 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #27. Flight: ISS EO-5. Endeavour crewmembers were awakened about 2:30 a.m. for a second day of landing opportunities. The song played for the crew was "Sojourner" by Matt Gast, the flight's lead timeliner or scheduler of crew activities. Rain and thundershowers in the area of the Kennedy Space Center landing site in ...more... 18 June 2002 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #28. Flight: ISS EO-5. For a second consecutive day, rain, thundershowers and clouds in the vicinity of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida caused flight controllers to wave off the day's opportunities to bring Endeavour and its crew home. Houston's Mission Control Center told Endeavour crewmembers, Commander Ken Cockrell, ...more... 19 June 2002 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #29. Flight: ISS EO-5. Endeavour's crewmembers, Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart, and Mission Specialists Philippe Perrin and Franklin Chang-Diaz, and Expedition 4's Yury Onufrienko, Carl Walz and Dan Bursch, were awakened at 1:23 a.m. CDT by the song "I Got You Babe," by Sonny and Cher, from the "Groundhog Day" movie soundtrack. For a second day, rain, thundershowers and clouds around the Kennedy Space Center ...more... 19 June 2002 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #30. Flight: ISS EO-5. Endeavour glided to a perfect landing under blue California skies at Edwards Air Force Base today, completing a successful 5.78-million-mile mission to the International Space Station. Endeavour touched down on Edwards' concrete runway at 12:58 p.m. CDT (10:58 a.m. ...more... 21 June 2002 - ISS Status Report: ISS 02-26. Flight: ISS EO-5. The Expedition 5 crew of the International Space Station began its third week in space initiating new scientific investigations and preparing for next week's arrival of a cargo ship of new supplies. Expedition 5 Commander Valery Korzun, astronaut Peggy Whitson and cosmonaut Sergei ...more... 25 June 2002 - International Space Station Status Report #27 . Flight: ISS EO-5. An unpiloted Russian Progress resupply craft undocked from the International Space Station this morning in preparation for the arrival of a new cargo carrier on Saturday. Russian flight controllers commanded the undocking at 3:23 a.m. CDT. Three minutes ...more... 26 June 2002 - International Space Station Status Report #02-28. Flight: ISS EO-5. A Russian Progress resupply craft was successfully launched today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to bring fuel, supplies and equipment to the International Space Station. The Progress 8 spacecraft lifted off on a Soyuz rocket at 12:37 a.m. CDT. About ...more... 29 June 2002 - International Space Station Status Report #02-29. Flight: ISS EO-5. A Russian Progress resupply craft docked to the International Space Station early today, three days after its launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Aboard the unpiloted Progress 8 are food, fuel and supplies for the space station and its Expedition 5 crew. The Progress docked to the aft port of the station's Zvezda Service Module at 1:23 ...more... 5 July 2002 - International Space Station Status Report #02-30. Flight: ISS EO-5. Crewmembers aboard the International Space Station today continued to unload the Progress 8 unpiloted Russian cargo carrier docked to the aft port of the station’s Zvezda Service Module. Meanwhile, activities in the U.S. laboratory Destiny focused on initial setup of the SUBSA (Solidification Using a Baffle in Sealed Ampoules) experiment in the lab’s new Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG). Expedition 5 Commander Valery Korzun, and Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Sergei ...more... 12 July 2002 - International Space Station Status Report #02-31. Flight: ISS EO-5. The Expedition 5 crew had a busy and successful week aboard the International Space Station, completing the activation and checkout of the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG), beginning the first experiment in that glovebox, and operating the Canadarm2 from the Mobile Base System (MBS) for the first time. On Wednesday, Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson commanded ...more... 19 July 2002 - International Space Station Status Report #02-32. Flight: ISS EO-5. Expedition 5 crewmembers, Commander Valery Korzun, Astronaut Peggy Whitson and Cosmonaut Sergei Treschev, wrapped up a busy week of successful science and maintenance work, a week that saw completion of one major repair task on the environmental control system of the International Space Station. Korzun and Whitson worked together for four hours on Monday and another four hours ...more... 26 July 2002 - International Space Station Status Report #02-33. Flight: ISS EO-5. Commander Valery Korzun, Astronaut Peggy Whitson and Cosmonaut Sergei Treschev passed 50 days in space aboard the International Space Station this week, conducting scientific research, maintenance work, educational demonstrations and hometown news interviews. Microgravity research included a session with the semiconductor crystal-growing ...more... 2 August 2002 - International Space Station Status Report #02-34. Flight: ISS EO-5. Commander Valery Korzun, Astronaut Peggy Whitson and Cosmonaut Sergei Treschev completed their eighth week aboard the International Space Station, conducting scientific research, maintenance work and daily exercise routines. Scientific research in the Destiny lab this week focused on the Advanced Astroculture ...more... 9 August 2002 - International Space Station Status Report #02-35. Flight: ISS EO-5. Commander Valery Korzun, Astronaut Peggy Whitson and Cosmonaut Sergei Treschev completed their ninth week aboard the International Space Station making preparations for the first spacewalk of their five-month mission. This week the crewmembers spent time each day reviewing plans for the spacewalk ...more... 16 August 2002 - EVA ISS EO-5-1. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: ISS EO-5. The astronauts used Russian spacesuits Orlan-M No. 14 and 23 and exited from the Pirs airlock of the ISS. The first attempt was called off after 23 minutes of depressurised airlock time because of a misconfigured oxygen valve in a spacesuit. The EVA officially shortly after 0906 when the hatch was opened. The astronauts attached six debris protection shields to the outside of the Zvezda module. Due to the late start some planned tasks were deferred. 16 August 2002 - International Space Station Status Report #02-36. Flight: ISS EO-5. Expedition Five Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson stepped outside the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station today and installed debris shields on the Russian Zvezda Service Module in a 4 hour, 25 minute spacewalk. It was the first of two spacewalks for the Expedition Five crew, the third of Korzun's ...more... 23 August 2002 - International Space Station Status Report #02-37. Flight: ISS EO-5. The Expedition Five crew spent a large portion of its week preparing for the next scheduled spacewalk. Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineer Sergei Treschev plan to leave the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station around 12:00 a.m. Central time (0500 GMT) Monday, Aug. 26, to begin a six-hour spacewalk. While Korzun and Treschev work outside, Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson will tend to space station systems and assist the spacewalkers as necessary. She will also maneuver the Canadarm2 to provide camera views of the cosmonauts for the two mission control centers. Whitson completed the first spacewalk of her career last Friday with Korzun, spending ...more... 24 August 2002 - EVA ISS EO-5-2. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: ISS EO-5. The astronauts used Russian spacesuits Orlan-M No. 14 and 12. The Pirs airlock hatch was opened at 0527. The pair installed a storage locker on Zarya, changed out some sample trays for exposure experiments, and mounted two amateur radio antennae on the station. 26 August 2002 - International Space Station Status Report #02-38. Flight: ISS EO-5. Expedition Five Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineer Sergei Treschev stepped outside the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station today to swap out Japanese space exposure experiments and a Russian experiment measuring jet thruster residue on the exterior of the Zvezda Service Module in a 5 hour, 21 minute spacewalk. It was the second of two spacewalks for the Expedition Five crew, the fourth of ...more... 30 August 2002 - International Space Station Status Report #02-39. Flight: ISS EO-5. Work on the International Space Station this week started out with a spacewalk, moved back inside with extensive laboratory research work, and wound up with a series of maintenance tasks before the Expedition 5 crew began a long holiday weekend. Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineer Sergei Treschev completed a 5-hour, ...more... 6 September 2002 - International Space Station Status Report #02-40. Flight: ISS EO-5. Canadarm2 got another workout Thursday as the Expedition 5 crew aboard the International Space Station set to work in earnest to prepare for the arrival of the station's next major component on the STS-112 shuttle mission. Beginning work on Tuesday, following the Labor Day holiday, Commander Valery Korzun ...more... 13 September 2002 - International Space Station Status Report #02-41. Flight: ISS EO-5. The fifth resident crew on the International Space Station completed 100 days in space at 4:23 p.m. CDT today as it wrapped up a week that saw the first-ever on orbit operational use of ultrasound for medical diagnosis. The busy week also included completion of the first materials science experiment in the station's new Microgravity Sciences Glovebox, a reboost of the station's orbital altitude, and a day of robotic arm activity. This morning Expedition Five Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson set up and activated ...more... 20 September 2002 - International Space Station Status Report #02-42. Flight: ISS EO-5. Expedition 5 Commander Valery Korzun, NASA International Space Station Science Officer Peggy Whitson, and Cosmonaut Sergei Treschev wrapped up a busy workweek on Friday, their 107th day in space. The week began with a Monday repair by Whitson, with help from Korzun, of the Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly (CDRA) in the U.S. laboratory Destiny. The device, which scrubs carbon dioxide from the space station's atmosphere, had not functioned at full capacity since its launch aboard Destiny in February 2001. The problem was an elusive leak. Initial reports indicated the repair was a success. ...more... 25 September 2002 - International Space Station Status Report #02-43. Flight: ISS EO-5. A fresh resupply vehicle - Progress 9 - is on its way to the International Space Station following launch at 12:58 p.m. Eastern Time Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Following a four-day rendezvous, the 15,000-pound spacecraft will automatically dock to the Zvezda Service Module's aft docking port at 1:07 p.m. EDT Sunday. NASA TV will cover the docking beginning at 12:30 p.m. EDT. Expedition 5 Commander Valery Korzun, NASA ISS Science Officer Peggy Whitson, and ...more... 29 September 2002 - International Space Station Status Report #02-44. Flight: ISS EO-5. An unmanned Russian resupply craft successfully docked to the International Space Station Sunday, bringing almost a ton of food, fuel and supplies to the residents on board, and for the next trio of space travelers, which will arrive on the ISS in November. The Progress 9 vehicle linked up to the aft docking port of the Zvezda Service Module ...more... 2 October 2002 - International Space Station Status Report #02-45. Flight: ISS EO-5. U.S. flight control of the International Space Station was shifted early today from Houston's Mission Control Center to Houston Support Group personnel in Mission Control Moscow as Hurricane Lili threatened the Johnson Space Center. Preparations included powering down Mission Control Houston as Lili approached the ...more... 4 October 2002 - International Space Station Status Report #02-46. Flight: ISS EO-5. With Houston's Mission Control Center (MCC) back in operation, the deliberate power up of the International Space Station is proceeding as planned. The huge U.S. solar wings are again tracking the sun after being put in a fixed position when the Mission Control Center here was powered down in the face of a threat from Hurricane Lili. Houston flight control of the station was resumed about 6 p.m. Thursday. That was ...more... 7 October 2002 - STS-112 MCC Status Report #01. Flight: ISS EO-5, STS-112. With hardware and the weather finally in order, Atlantis lifted off at 2:46 p.m. Central time today from Launch Pad 39-B at the Kennedy Space Center to deliver the 28,000 pound Starboard 1 (S1) truss segment to the International Space Station. Aboard Atlantis are Commander Jeff Ashby, Pilot Pam Melroy and Mission Specialists ...more... 8 October 2002 - STS-112 MCC Status Report #03. Flight: ISS EO-5, STS-112. After Monday's exciting launch, the STS-112 crew today settled into preparations for Wednesday's rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station, and the first of three spacewalks Thursday. After arising at 4:46 a.m. CDT, the crew began its first full day on orbit with ...more... 8 October 2002 - STS-112 MCC Status Report #02. Flight: ISS EO-5, STS-112. As Atlantis continues its pursuit of the International Space Station with docking planned at 10:24 a.m. Wednesday, crewmembers began a day of preparation for the linkup with the orbiting laboratory. Aboard Atlantis, Commander Jeff Ashby, Pilot Pam Melroy and Mission Specialists ...more... 9 October 2002 - STS-112 MCC Status Report #05. Flight: ISS EO-5, STS-112. The crew of the International Space Station welcomed the first visitors to its home in space today when the hatch between the space station and the space shuttle Atlantis was opened at 11:51 a.m. CDT. Hugs and smiles, backslapping and laughter marked the elated celebration as the shuttle crew entered the International Space Station and greeted the expedition crew. Earlier, guided by Commander Jeff Ashby, Atlantis made a picture-perfect rendezvous and docked with the station at 10:17 a.m. at the end of a chase that began with its launch at 2:46 p.m. on Monday. With the crewmembers merged into a single team, they went to work on preparations for the mission's busiest day tomorrow. All efforts pointed toward the deployment and installation of the Starboard One ...more... 9 October 2002 - STS-112 MCC Status Report #04. Flight: ISS EO-5, STS-112. A rendezvous in space awaits Space Shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station this morning with docking expected at 10:24 a.m. Central time. The shuttle's six crewmembers are the first visitors for the station's Expedition Five crew since it arrived aboard the station in early June. The week of joint operations begins when the hatches are opened about 12:30 p.m. Television of the approach, docking and hatch opening is expected on NASA TV. Shortly after the musical wakeup call to the crew at 2:46 this morning – Tina ...more... 10 October 2002 - STS-112 MCC Status Report #06. Flight: ISS EO-5, STS-112. The International Space Station is a construction site in orbit once again as Space Shuttle Atlantis and Expedition Five crewmembers today prepare to install the next segment of the station's backbone – the Starboard One (S1) Truss. Expedition Five's Peggy Whitson and Atlantis' Sandy Magnus will use the station's ...more... 11 October 2002 - STS-112 MCC Status Report #09. Flight: ISS EO-5, STS-112. After a very busy day Thursday, the combined shuttle and space station crew took several hours of off-duty time today, and then began transfer operations between the vehicles and preparations for the second of the mission's three spacewalks scheduled to begin at 9:41 a.m. Saturday. The crew moved a number of scientific experiments back and forth between the vehicles ...more... 11 October 2002 - STS-112 MCC Status Report #08. Flight: ISS EO-5, STS-112. With a major milestone of the STS-112 mission behind them, Space Shuttle Atlantis and International Space Station crewmembers will have a quieter day today. Following some time off to relax, the joint crews later will begin transferring equipment and supplies to the orbiting laboratory. On Thursday, crewmembers attached the 14-ton, 45-foot Starboard One (S1) truss to ...more... 16 October 2002 - STS-112 MCC Status Report #19. Flight: ISS EO-5, STS-112. Following an emotional farewell, the crews of Atlantis and the International Space Station closed the hatches of their spacecraft concluding a week of joint operations, that saw the transfer of about 1,800 pounds of supplies and hardware to the station, and the addition of the 15 ton, 45-foot long Starboard One (S1) truss segment continuing the station's expansion. Following undocking, Pilot Pam Melroy flew Atlantis a partial lap around the station, ...more... 17 October 2002 - STS-112 MCC Status Report #21. Flight: ISS EO-5, STS-112. Activities aboard Atlantis today focused on preparations for Friday's planned landing at the Kennedy Space Center, concluding a voyage of 4.5 million miles. Commander Jeff Ashby, Pilot Pam Melroy and Flight Engineer Sandy Magnus activated ...more... 17 October 2002 - STS-112 MCC Status Report #20. Flight: ISS EO-5, STS-112. On its own again following yesterday's undocking from the International Space Station, Space Shuttle Atlantis and its crew today focuses on readying the orbiter for the return to Earth tomorrow at 10:44 a.m. Weather forecasts indicate pristine conditions across the southeastern U.S. tomorrow with clear skies and light winds. The first steps in changing Atlantis from a spaceship to an airplane are to test ...more... 18 October 2002 - STS-112 MCC Status Report #23. Flight: ISS EO-5, STS-112. Space Shuttle Atlantis glided to a noontime landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida completing a 4.5 million mile journey to outfit the International Space Station with a new section of truss and supplies for the Expedition crew onboard. With weather of little concern today, Commander Jeff Ashby piloted the shuttle to ...more... 18 October 2002 - STS-112 MCC Status Report #22. Flight: ISS EO-5, STS-112. After traveling more than 4.5 million miles, delivering the second segment of the International Space Station's main truss and three successful spacewalks to hook it up, Atlantis is scheduled to land at the Kennedy Space Center today. Atlantis has two landing opportunities at KSC. The first begins with the firing ...more... 25 October 2002 - International Space Station Status Report #02-47. Flight: ISS EO-5. Having bid farewell to a visiting space shuttle crew last week, the Expedition 5 crewmembers began preparing for the arrival of the next two groups of visitors to the International Space Station, the Soyuz 5 taxi crew and the STS-113 space shuttle crew. Next week, the taxi crew will bring a new Soyuz to the station and remain on board ...more... 29 October 2002 - International Space Station Status Report #02-48. Flight: ISS EO-5. Right on time, a Russian-Belgian cosmonaut crew blasted off in a newly modified Soyuz capsule from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan tonight, headed for a linkup to the International Space Station later this week to deliver a fresh crew return vehicle. Russian "taxi crew" Commander Sergei Zalyotin, European Space Agency Flight Engineer ...more... 1 November 2002 - International Space Station Status Report #02-49. Flight: ISS EO-5, ISS EP-4. A Russian-Belgian cosmonaut crew arrived at the International Space Station in the wee hours this morning in a newly modified Soyuz capsule after a flawless two-day flight following launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Russian "taxi crew" Commander Sergei Zalyotin, European Space Agency Flight Engineer ...more... 8 November 2002 - International Space Station Status Report #02-50. Flight: ISS EO-5, ISS EP-4. All six people living aboard the International Space Station have started packing up for their return to Earth. The visiting "taxi crew" will be coming home tomorrow after delivering a new crew return capsule and performing a host of experiments, and the Expedition 5 crew, which has been on orbit for nearly five months, will return aboard the space shuttle later this month. The week started out with Expedition 5 Commander Valery Korzun, NASA ISS Science ...more... 9 November 2002 - International Space Station Status Report #02-51. Flight: ISS EO-5, ISS EP-4. A Russian-Belgian cosmonaut crew departed the International Space Station today after delivering a new Soyuz return vehicle to the complex and conducting more than a week's worth of joint scientific experiments with the residents on board. Russian "taxi crew" Commander Sergei Zalyotin, European Space Agency Flight Engineer ...more... 15 November 2002 - International Space Station Status Report #02-52. Flight: ISS EO-5. The Expedition 5 crewmembers - Commander Valery Korzun, NASA ISS Science Officer Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Sergei Treschev - spent their 23rd week in space continuing preparations for the arrival of their replacements, the Expedition 6 crew. During the week, Expedition 5 packed, checked and labeled experiment racks, and ...more... 23 November 2002 - STS-113 MCC Status Report #01. Flight: ISS EO-5. Endeavour lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:50 p.m. CST today, carrying three new residents and a 14-ton truss segment to the International Space Station. At the time of Endeavour's launch, the International Space Station was orbiting 240 statute miles over Southern Austria. On board the International Space Station, the current residents - Expedition Five ...more... 24 November 2002 - STS-113 MCC Status Report #03. Flight: ISS EO-5, ISS EO-6, STS-113. Endeavour's crew spent its first full day in space preparing for its arrival at the International Space Station. Endeavour, now 1,400 miles behind the station and closing, is scheduled to dock at 3:26 p.m. Central time Monday. In preparation for Monday's docking, Endeavour's crew - Commander Jim Wetherbee, ...more... 24 November 2002 - STS-113 MCC Status Report #02. Flight: ISS EO-5, ISS EO-6, STS-113. Endeavour's crew was awakened at 8:50 a.m. today to begin its first full day in orbit, a day dedicated to preparations for Monday's docking to the International Space Station. As the crew awoke, Endeavour and the station were separated by about 2,700 miles, with Endeavour slightly below and behind the ISS. Onboard the station, the Expedition Five crew, Commander Valery Korzun, NASA ISS ...more... 25 November 2002 - STS-113 MCC Status Report #05. Flight: ISS EO-5, ISS EO-6, STS-113. Endeavour docked with the International Space Station at 3:59 CST this afternoon, bringing a new crew and another segment of the station's backbone, the Port One (P1) segment of the Integrated Truss System. The rendezvous and docking of Endeavour with shuttle Commander Jim Wetherbee at ...more... 25 November 2002 - STS-113 MCC Status Report #04. Flight: ISS EO-5, ISS EO-6, STS-113. The crew of Endeavour awakened at 7:29 a.m. to begin final preparations for this afternoon's docking with the International Space Station. Endeavour is now 350 miles behind the space station closing the distance between them at the rate of about 130 miles every orbit. Docking is slated to occur at 3:26 p.m. central time today with the two spacecraft high over the Kazakh/Uzbekistan border. Onboard the space station, the Expedition Five crew - Commander Valery Korzun, NASA ...more... 26 November 2002 - STS-113 MCC Status Report #07. Flight: ISS EO-5, ISS EO-6, STS-113. Endeavour and International Space Station crewmembers completed a smooth installation of the Port One (P1) truss and a spacewalk to hook up connections between P1 and the rest of the station. The spacewalk, by Mission Specialists Michael Lopez-Alegria and John Herrington successfully completed scheduled tasks. P1 was removed from Endeavour's payload bay at 9:22 a.m. CST by the shuttle's robotic ...more... 26 November 2002 - STS-113 MCC Status Report #06. Flight: ISS EO-5, ISS EO-6, STS-113. The crew of Endeavour was awakened at 7:26 a.m. to begin a day that will see the installation of the Port One (P1) truss onto the International Space Station. The P1 is the third such truss to be installed on the station this year and is one of 11 truss segments that will make up the station's final Integrated Truss Structure. Beginning around 9:20 a.m., Endeavour Commander Jim Wetherbee will use the shuttle's ...more... 27 November 2002 - STS-113 MCC Status Report #08. Flight: ISS EO-5, ISS EO-6, STS-113. Endeavour's crew today will focus its efforts on transferring supplies and equipment to the International Space Station that will be used by the station's Expedition Six crew during their four-month stay aboard the complex. The station and shuttle crew members also will move supplies, equipment and completed experiments that were used by the Expedition Five crew to the shuttle for return to Earth. In the afternoon, Endeavour's crew - Commander Jim Wetherbee, Pilot Paul Lockhart ...more... 27 November 2002 - STS-113 MCC Status Report #09. Flight: ISS EO-5, ISS EO-6, STS-113. Endeavour and International Space Station crewmembers worked today to transfer equipment and supplies between their docked spacecraft. Expedition 5 crewmembers exchanged notes with their Expedition 6 successors and mission specialists Michael Lopez-Alegria and John Herrington prepared for a Thanksgiving Day spacewalk. The transfer of items between the two spacecraft is going smoothly, as are the handover ...more... 28 November 2002 - STS-113 MCC Status Report #10. Flight: ISS EO-5, ISS EO-6, STS-113. A Thanksgiving Day spacewalk will highlight activities aboard Endeavour and the International Space Station today. Endeavour Mission Specialists Mike Lopez-Alegria and John Herrington will exit the ...more... 28 November 2002 - STS-113 MCC Status Report #11. Flight: ISS EO-5, ISS EO-6, STS-113. Endeavour astronauts Michael Lopez-Alegria and John Herrington completed the second of three spacewalks of the STS-113 mission, accomplishing all their scheduled tasks on the International Space Station's new Port One (P1) truss and doing two additional jobs during the 6-hour, 10-minute outing. The Thanksgiving Day spacewalk started at 12:36 p.m. CST, almost 45 minutes ahead ...more... 29 November 2002 - STS-113 MCC Status Report #13. Flight: ISS EO-5, ISS EO-6, STS-113. Transfer of equipment and supplies from Endeavour's middeck to the International Space Station passed the 1,700-pound mark today, with about 75 percent of the total material from the shuttle now aboard the orbiting laboratory. More than 750 pounds of material has been moved from the station to Endeavour's crew compartment. Handover briefings of the Expedition 6 crew, Commander Ken Bowersox, cosmonaut Nikolai ...more... 30 November 2002 - STS-113 MCC Status Report #14 . Flight: ISS EO-5, ISS EO-6, STS-113. Today Mission Specialists Michael Lopez-Alegria and John Herrington will perform their third and final spacewalk of the mission. The spacewalk is set to begin at 1:20 p.m. Central Time. Pilot Paul Lockhart will coordinate the spacewalk from the aft flight deck of Endeavour. ...more... 30 November 2002 - STS-113 MCC Status Report #15. Flight: ISS EO-5, ISS EO-6, STS-113. The third and final spacewalk of STS-113 ended at 8:25 p.m. central time today, as Mission Specialists Mike Lopez-Alegria and John Herrington climbed back inside the Quest Airlock. The two spacewalkers spent seven hours outside the International Space Station today, continuing the outfitting of the newly-installed P1 truss segment. Today's spacewalk began at 1:25 p.m., with Herrington being asked to look for possible ...more... 1 December 2002 - STS-113 MCC Status Report #17. Flight: ISS EO-5, ISS EO-6, STS-113. The crews of Endeavour and the International Space Station today got ready to say goodbye to one another, checking out tools that will be used during undocking of the two spacecraft on Monday. They also configured and stowed spacesuits used in the mission's three spacewalks. Crewmembers got some afternoon time off to relax and talk via radio with family members. This morning Endeavour Commander Jim Wetherbee initiated a series of firings of ...more... 2 December 2002 - STS-113 MCC Status Report #19. Flight: ISS EO-5, ISS EO-6, STS-113. Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station today, leaving behind the Expedition 6 crew -- Commander Ken Bowersox, NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit and Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin -- to begin its four-month stay. After final farewells among the STS-113 and Expedition 5 and 6 crews, the hatches ...more... 2 December 2002 - STS-113 MCC Status Report #18. Flight: ISS EO-5, ISS EO-6, STS-113. Today, the crews of Endeavour and the International Space Station will bid each other a final farewell and shortly after will close hatches between the two spacecraft in preparation for Endeavour's departure this afternoon. Endeavour will leave behind the Expedition Six Crew - Commander Ken Bowersox, NASA ...more... 3 December 2002 - STS-113 MCC Status Report #20. Flight: ISS EO-5, ISS EO-6, STS-113. Endeavour's crew will turn its attention to a return trip home today as they prepare for a possible landing Wednesday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Weather permitting, Endeavour is scheduled for a landing at 2:48 p.m. central time Wednesday. The crew will spend its day stowing away equipment and hardware, and preparing their ...more... 3 December 2002 - STS-113 MCC Status Report #21. Flight: ISS EO-5, ISS EO-6, STS-113. Activities aboard Endeavour today focused on preparations for Wednesday's planned landing at the Kennedy Space Center, concluding a voyage of 4.5 million miles. Commander Jim Wetherbee, Pilot Paul Lockhart and Flight Engineer John Herrington ...more... 4 December 2002 - STS-113 MCC Status Report #23. Flight: ISS EO-5, ISS EO-6, STS-113. The Space Shuttle Endeavour will spend at least one more day in space awaiting acceptable landing weather after two opportunities to return to Florida today were bypassed due to low clouds at the landing site. Flight controllers are now focusing on opportunities for landing on Thursday at ...more... 4 December 2002 - STS-113 MCC Status Report #22. Flight: ISS EO-5, ISS EO-6, STS-113. Activities aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour today will focus on a planned landing at the Kennedy Space Center this afternoon. Endeavour has two opportunities to land today. The first begins with a deorbit burn ...more... 5 December 2002 - STS-113 MCC Status Report #24. Flight: ISS EO-5, ISS EO-6, STS-113. The Space Shuttle Endeavour will spend at least one more day in space after rain, clouds and windy conditions at the Kennedy Space Center prompted flight controllers to wave off today's opportunities to bring Endeavour and its crew of seven home. There are two opportunities for Endeavour to return home to Florida on Friday. The ...more... 6 December 2002 - STS-113 MCC Status Report #25. Flight: ISS EO-5, ISS EO-6, STS-113. Flight controllers will once again closely watch weather conditions at the Kennedy Space Center in hope of bringing Endeavour and its seven-member crew home today. There are two landing opportunities in Florida today. The first begins with a deorbit ...more... 6 December 2002 - STS-113 MCC Status Report #26. Flight: ISS EO-5, ISS EO-6, STS-113. A stalled cold front at the Kennedy Space Center, resulting in low clouds and overcast weather, will keep Endeavour aloft for another 24 hours. For the third consecutive day, flight controllers were forced to wave off opportunities to bring Endeavour home to Florida. There are a total of four landing opportunities on Saturday, two in Florida and ...more... 7 December 2002 - Landing of STS-113. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-113, ISS EO-5. STS-113 landed at 19:36 GMT. 7 December 2002 - STS-113 MCC Status Report #27. Flight: ISS EO-5, ISS EO-6, STS-113. With the most favorable weather forecast so far this week, Endeavour and crew are focusing on a landing today preferably at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., although a landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., where the weather is clear and calm, is possible. This is the fourth day of landing attempts for Endeavour. There are four landing ...more... 7 December 2002 - STS-113 MCC Status Report #28. Flight: ISS EO-5, ISS EO-6, STS-113. Endeavour descended to a flawless landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida this afternoon, ending four days of landing attempts thwarted by bad weather and returning home an International Space Station crew that spent 185 days in space. Commander Jim Wetherbee guided Endeavour to a touchdown on KSC's shuttle runway ...more... 13 December 2002 - International Space Station Status Report #02-53. Flight: ISS EO-6. Nearing the end of their third week on orbit, the crewmembers of the sixth expedition to the International Space Station have dug in to the agenda of scientific research laid out for their four-month tour of duty. Early this week Commander Ken Bowersox, Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin, and NASA ...more... Bibliography and Further Reading
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