Krikalyov

Sergei Konstantiovich Krikalyov Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 27 August 1958. World record for total duration spent in space (803 days). First Russian to fly aboard an American spacecraft. Flew in space six times.

Personal: Male, Married, One child. Born in Leningrad, Leningrad, Russia. Korolev Design Bureau Civilian Engineer, Energia NPO

Astronaut Career

Astronaut Group: Energia Engineer Group 8 - 1985. Active Entered space service: 2 September 1985. Number of Flights: 6.00. Total Time: 803.40 days. Number of EVAs: 8.00. Total EVA Time: 1.71 days.

Official NASA Biography - 1997

NAME: Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev

Russian Cosmonaut

PERSONAL DATA:

Born August 27, 1958, in Leningrad, Russia, which has been renamed St. Petersburg. Married to Elena Terekhina of Samara, Russia. They have one daughter. He enjoys swimming, skiing, bicycle riding, aerobatic flying, and amateur radio operations, particularly from space. His parents, Konstantin and Nadia, reside in Leningrad, Russia. Her parents, Faina and Yuri, reside in Samara, Russia.

EDUCATION:

Graduated from high school in 1975; in 1981, received mechanical engineering degree from the Leningrad Mechanical Institute, now called St. Petersburg Technical University.

SPECIAL HONORS:

He was a member of the Russian and Soviet national aerobatic flying teams, and was Champion of Moscow in 1983, and Champion of the Soviet Union in 1986. For his space flight experience, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, the Order of Lenin, the French title of L'Officier de la L'egion d'Honneur, and the new title of Hero of Russia. He also has been awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal (1994).

EXPERIENCE:

After graduation in 1981, he joined NPO Energia, the Russian industrial organization responsible for manned space flight activities. He tested space flight equipment, developed space operations methods, and participated in ground control operations. When the Salyut 7 space station failed in 1985, he worked on the rescue mission team, developing procedures for docking with the uncontrolled station and repairing the station's on-board system.

Krikalev was selected as a cosmonaut in 1985, completed his basic training in 1986, and, for a time, was assigned to the Buran Shuttle program. In early 1988, he began training for his first long-duration flight aboard the MIR space station. This training included preparations for at least six EVA's (space walks), installation of a new module, the first test of the new Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), and the second joint Soviet-French science mission. Soyuz TM-7 was launched on November 26, 1988, with Krikalev as flight engineer, Commander Alexander Volkov, and French Astronaut Jean-Loup Chretien. The previous crew (Vladimir Titov, Musa Manarov, and Valeri Polyakov) remained on MIR for another twenty-five days, marking the longest period a six-person crew had been in orbit. After the previous crew returned to Earth, Krikalev, Polyakov, and Volkov continued to conduct experiments aboard the MIR station. Because arrival of the next crew had been delayed, they prepared the MIR for a period of unmanned operations before returning to Earth on April 27, 1989.

In April 1990, Krikalev began preparing for his second flight as a member of the backup crew for the eighth long-duration MIR mission, which also included 5 EVA's and a week of Soviet-Japanese operations. In December 1990, Krikalev began training for the ninth MIR mission which included training for 10 EVA's. Soyuz TM-12 launched on May 19, 1991, with Krikalev as flight engineer, Commander Anatoly Artsebarsky, and British astronaut Helen Sharman. Sharman returned to Earth with the previous crew after one week, while Krikalev and Artsebarsky remained on MIR. During the summer, they conducted six EVA's to perform a variety of experiments and some station maintenance tasks.

In July 1991, Krikalev agreed to stay on MIR as flight engineer for the next crew, scheduled to arrive in October because the next two planned flights had been reduced to one. The engineer slot on the Soyuz-13 flight on October 2, 1991, was filled by Toctar Aubakirov, an astronaut from the Soviet republic of Kazakhstan, who had not been trained for a long-duration mission. Both he and Franz Viehbok, the first Austrian astronaut, returned with Artsebarsky on October 10, 1991. Commander Alexander Volkov remained on board with Krikalev. After the crew replacement in October, Volkov and Krikalev continued MIR experiment operations and conducted another EVA before returning to Earth on March 25, 1992.

In completing his second mission, Krikalev logged more than 1 year and 3 months in space, including seven EVA's.

In October 1992, NASA announced that an experienced cosmonaut would fly aboard a future Space Shuttle mission. Krikalev was one of two candidates named by the Russian Space Agency for mission specialist training with the crew of STS-60. In April 1993, he was assigned as prime mission specialist. In September 1993, Vladimir Titov was selected to fly on STS-63 with Krikalev training as his back-up.

Krikalev flew on STS-60, the first joint U.S./Russian Space Shuttle Mission. Launched on February 3, 1994, STS-60 was the second flight of the Space Habitation Module-2 (Spacehab-2), and the first flight of the Wake Shield Facility (WSF-1). During the 8-day flight, the crew of Discovery conducted a wide variety of materials science experiments, both on the Wake Shield Facility and in the Spacehab, earth observation, and life science experiments. Krikalev conducted significant portions of the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) operations during the flight. Following 130 orbits of the Earth in 3,439,705 miles, STS-60 landed at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on February 11, 1994. With the completion of this flight, Krikalev logged an additional 8 days, 7 hours, 9 minutes in space.

Krikalev returned to duty in Russia following his American experience on STS-60. He periodically returns to the Johnson Space Center in Houston to work with CAPCOM in Mission Control and ground controllers in Russia supporting joint U.S./Russian Missions. To date he has supported STS-63, STS-71, STS-74 and STS-76. Krikalev is assigned to the first International Space Station crew. A three person crew will be launched to the Space Station aboard a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur launch site in Kazakhstan in January 1999.

JUNE 1997

Krikalyov Spaceflight Log

26 November 1988 Flight: Mir EO-4. Flight Up: Soyuz TM-7. Flight Back: Soyuz TM-7. Flight Time: 151.47 days.

18 May 1991 Flight: Mir LD-3. Flight Up: Soyuz TM-12. Flight Back: Soyuz TM-13. Flight Time: 311.83 days.

3 February 1994 Flight: STS-60. Flight Up: STS-60. Flight Back: STS-60. Flight Time: 8.30 days.

3 December 1998 Flight: STS-88. Flight Up: STS-88. Flight Back: STS-88. Flight Time: 11.80 days.

31 October 2000 Flight: ISS EO-1. Flight Up: Soyuz TM-31. Flight Back: STS-102. Flight Time: 140.98 days.

15 April 2005 Flight: ISS EO-11. Flight Up: Soyuz TMA-6. Flight Back: Soyuz TMA-6. Flight Time: 179.02 days.

Krikalyov Chronology

2 September 1985 - Energia Engineer Cosmonaut Training Group 8 selected..

26 November 1988 - Soyuz TM-7. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: Mir EO-4, Mir Aragatz, Mir LD-2, Mir EO-3. Mir Expedition EO-04. Carried Alexander Volkov, Sergei Krikalev, Jean-Loup Chretien to Mir; returned Volkov, Krikalev to Earth. Initial Orbit: 194 X 235 km. Thereafter maneuvered to rendezvous orbit 256 X 291 km before docking with Mir in 337 X 369 km at 17:16 GMT 28 November.

27 April 1989 - Landing of Soyuz TM-7. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: Mir EO-4, Mir LD-2. Soyuz TM-7 landed at 02:59 GMT with the crew of Krikalyov, Polyakov and Volkov Aleksandr aboard.

2 December 1990 - Soyuz TM-11. Assignment: Backup Crew. Flight: Mir EO-8, Mir Kosmoreporter, Mir EO-7. Docked with Mir. Mir Expedition EO-08. Transported to the Mir manned orbital station the international crew consisting of the cosmonauts V M Afanasyev, M Kh Manarov, and T Akiyami (Japan) for the purpose of carrying out joint work with the cosmonauts G M Manakov and G M Strekalov. Launched jointly with the private Japanese company TBS. The Japanese television network ended up paying $ 28 million for the first commercial flight to Mir to put Akiyama, the first journalist in space aboard Soyuz TM-11. Akiyama made daily television broadcasts.

18 May 1991 - Soyuz TM-12. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: Mir EO-9, Mir LD-3, Mir Juno, Mir EO-8. Docked with Mir. Mir Expedition EO-09. Carried Anatoli Artsebarski, Sergei Krikalev, Helen Sharman to Mir; returned Artsebarski, crew of Soyuz TM 8 to Earth. Second commercial flight with paying British passenger. Sponsoring British consortium was not quite able to come up with money, however. Flight continued at Soviet expense with very limited UK experiments.

25 June 1991 - EVA Mir EO-9-1. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: Mir EO-9, Mir LD-3. Replaced Kurs docking system antenna.

28 June 1991 - EVA Mir EO-9-2. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: Mir EO-9, Mir LD-3. Attached TREK cosmic ray collector to exterior of station.

15 July 1991 - EVA Mir EO-9-3. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: Mir EO-9, Mir LD-3. Began Sofora girder construction. Sofora mounting platform installed.

19 July 1991 - EVA Mir EO-9-4. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: Mir EO-9, Mir LD-3. Began assembly of Sofora girder.

23 July 1991 - EVA Mir EO-9-5. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: Mir EO-9, Mir LD-3. Continued assembly of Sofora girder.

27 July 1991 - EVA Mir EO-9-6. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: Mir EO-9, Mir LD-3. Completed assembly of Sofora girder.

20 February 1992 - EVA Mir EO-10-1. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: Mir EO-10, Mir LD-3. Dismantled equipment.

25 March 1992 - Landing of Soyuz TM-13. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: Mir EO-10, Mir 92, Mir EO-11, Mir LD-3. Soyuz TM-13 landed at 08:51 GMT with the crew of Flade, Krikalyov and Volkov Aleksandr aboard.

3 February 1994 - STS-60. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-60. Deployed ODERACS A-F, Bremsat, carried Wake Shield Facility. Payloads: Wake Shield Facility (WSF) 1 and SPACEHAB 02. Getaway special bridge assembly experiments: Capillary Pumped Loop (CAPL), Orbital Debris Radar Calibration Spheres (ODERACS), University of Bremen Satellite (BREMSAT), G-514, G-071, and G-536. Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) II; Auroral Photography Experiment (APE-B).

11 February 1994 - Landing of STS-60. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-60. STS-60 landed at 19:24 GMT.

3 February 1995 - STS-63. Assignment: Backup Crew. Flight: STS-63, Mir EO-17, Mir LD-4. Deployed ODERACS 2A-2E; deployed and retrieved Spartan 204. Discovery rendezvoused with Russia's space station, Mir, to a distance of 11 m and performed a fly-around, but did not dock with Mir. Payloads: SPACEHAB 03, Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy (SPARTAN) 204, Cryo Systems Experiment (CSE)/GLO-2 Experi-ment Payload (CGP)/Orbital Debris Radar Calibration Spheres (ODERACS) 2, Solid Surface Combustion Experiment (SSCE), Air Force Maui Optical Site (AMOS), IMAX Cargo Bay Camera (ICBC)

4 December 1998 - STS-88. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-88. First attempted launch of STS-88 was scrubbed at 09:03 GMT on December 3 due to a problem with a hydraulic system sensor. Launch came the next day, with Endeavour entering an initial 75 km x 313 km x 51.6 degree orbit. Half an orbit after launch, at 09:19 GMT, Endeavour fired its OMS engines to raise the orbit to 180 km x 322 km x 51.6 degree.

On December 5 at 22:25 GMT Nancy Currie unberthed the Unity space station node from the payload bay using the RMS arm. She then moved the Unity to a position docked to the Orbiter Docking System in the payload bay in readiness for assembly with the Russian-launched Zarya FGB ISS component. After rendezvous with the Zarya FGB module, on December 6 at 23:47 GMT Endeavour grappled Zarya with the robot arm, and at 02:07 GMT on December 7 it was soft docked to the PMA-1 port on Unity. After some problems hard dock was achieved at 02:48 GMT. Unity and Zarya then formed the core of the future International Space Station. Ross and Newman made three space walks to connect cables between Zarya and Unity, on December 7, 9 and 12. On the last EVA a canvas tool bag was attached to the exterior of Unity to provide tools for future station assembly workers. Docking cables were disconnected to prevent Unity and Zarya from inadvertently undocking. Following an internal examination of the embryonic space station, Endeavour undocked at 20:30 GMT on December 13. The SAC-A and Mightysat satellites were ejected from the payload bay on December 14 and 15. Deorbit burn was December 16 at 03:48 GMT, and Endeavour landed at 04:53:29 GMT, on Runway 15 at the Kennedy Space Center.

Payloads included:

Sill: RMS arm No. 303
Bay 1-2: Tunnel Adapter 002
Bay 3-4: Orbiter Docking System/External Airlock (Boeing/Palmdale)
Bay 7-13: Unity (Node 1) (Boeing/Huntsville), including the PMA-1 and PMA-2 docking adapters (Boeing/Huntington Beach)
Bay 2 Port: GABA adapter with SAC-A satellite
Bay 4 Starboard: Carrier with Tool Stowage Assembly
Bay 5 Port: GABA adapter with two PFR space walk platforms and one PFR stanchion.
Bay 5 Starboard: GABA adapter with two more PFR space walk platforms and one PFR stanchion.
Bay 6 Port: GABA adapter with Mightysat
Bay 6 Starboard: APC carrier with TCS laser rendezvous sensor
Bay 7 Starboard: APC carrier with TCS laser rendezvous sensor
Bay 13 Port: GABA adapter with SEM-7 and G-093 canisters
Bay 13 Starboard: GABA adapter with IMAX Cargo Bay Camera

15 December 1998 - Landing of STS-88. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-88. STS-88 landed at 04:16 GMT.

31 October 2000 - Soyuz TM-31. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: ISS EO-1. Soyuz TM-31 delivered the Expedition One crew to the International Space Station with Gidzenko as the Soyuz crew commander with the call-sign 'Uran'. The spacecraft docked at Zvezda's rear port at 0921 GMT on November 2. The hatch to Zvezda was opened at 1023 GMT. Once aboard ISS, Shepherd became the ISS Commander, with 'Station Alpha' as the ISS callsign. Soyuz TM-31, with Shepherd, Gidzenko and Krikalyov aboard, undocked from the -Y port on Zvezda on February 24, 2001 at 1006 GMT and redocked with the -Z port on Zarya at 1037 GMT. This freed the Zvezda port for a Progress resupply ship. After the departure of the Progress, Soyuz TM-31 undocked from the Zarya nadir port April 18 2001 at 1240 GMT and redocked with the Zvezda aft port at 1301 GMT, leaving clearance for the Raffaello MPLM module to be berthed at the Unity nadir during the STS-100 mission.

21 March 2001 - Landing of STS-102. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-102, ISS EO-1. STS-102 landed at 07:31 GMT with the crew of Wetherbee, Kelly, Thomas Andrew, Richards Paul, Gidzenko, Krikalyov and Shepherd aboard.

6 May 2001 - Landing of Soyuz TM-31. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: ISS EP-1. On April 30 the crew of Soyuz TM-32 (Afanasyev, Kozeyev, Andre-Deshays) transferred their customized reentry seat liners to Soyuz TM-31, at which point TM-32 became the Station's rescue vehicle. After a six day stay, they undocked Soyuz TM-31 from Zvezda's -Y port at 02:21 GMT on May 6. The deorbit burn came at 04:47 GMT, with landing near Arkalyk in Kazakhstan at 05:41 GMT on May 6.

4 February 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-6. Flight: ISS EO-10, ISS EO-11, ISS EP-8, STS-114. The Expedition 10 crew turned its attention to the Space Shuttle's return to flight this week, spending several days pre-packing International Space Station items destined for return to Earth aboard Discovery.

Commander Leroy Chiao began the effort Feb. 1 and reported Friday that he has completed ...more...

1 April 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-17. Flight: ISS EO-10, ISS EO-11, ISS EP-8, STS-114. Following their second spacewalk and nearing the end of a six-month flight, Expedition 10 crew members conducted science experiments, prepared for the arrival of their replacements and readied the Station for the first post-Columbia Shuttle mission.

Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov also spent ...more...

8 April 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-18. Flight: ISS EO-10, ISS EO-11, ISS EP-8. The current International Space Station crew began packing for home this week while the next Station crew completed a final review of plans before heading to the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, to prepare for launch.

On Monday Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov ...more...

14 April 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-19. Flight: ISS EO-10, ISS EO-11, ISS EP-8, STS-114. The 11th crew of the International Space Station rocketed into space tonight, beginning a six-month mission.

The ISS Soyuz 10 spacecraft carried Station Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev ...more...

15 April 2005 - Soyuz TMA-6. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: ISS EO-11, ISS EP-8, ISS EO-10. The Soyuz TMA-6 docked with International Space Station's Pirs module at 02:20 GMT on April 17. Commander of the long-duration EO-11 crew was Russian cosmonaut Sergey Krikalyov. Flight engineer and science officer was American astronaut John Phillips. Italian Roberto Vittori accompanied the EO-10 crew aboard Soyuz TMA-6 to the station on the European Space Agency EP-8 Eneide mission.

16 April 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-20. Flight: ISS EO-10, ISS EO-11, ISS EP-8, STS-114. New residents arrived at the International Space Station tonight to begin a six-month mission and to prepare for the arrival of the first Space Shuttle crew to visit the complex since November 2002.

With Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev at the controls, the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft ...more...

22 April 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-21. Flight: ISS EO-10, ISS EO-11, ISS EP-8, STS-114. Aboard the International Space Station this week, one crew counted down its final days in space, headed toward a return to Earth on Sunday, while another crew began a six-month journey in orbit.

The five crewmembers aboard the Station had a busy week of briefings for the new ...more...

24 April 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-22. Flight: ISS EO-10, ISS EO-11, ISS EP-8. After traveling more than 78 million miles aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 10 Commander and NASA ISS Science Officer Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov returned to Earth today. With them was European Space Agency Astronaut Roberto Vittori, who had spent eight days aboard the orbiting complex doing research.

After a flawless descent by the ISS Soyuz 9 spacecraft, Chiao, Sharipov and Vittori ...more...

29 April 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-23. Flight: ISS EO-10, ISS EO-11, ISS EP-8, STS-114. The new crew members of the International Space Station completed their first full work week today as they conducted routine maintenance, continued to settle in and practiced photography to be used when the Space Shuttle returns to flight.

Commander Sergei Krikalev and Flight Engineer and NASA Science Officer John Phillips ...more...

6 May 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-24. Flight: ISS EO-11, ISS EO-10. Commander Sergei Krikalev and Flight Engineer John Phillips moved full speed ahead into their Expedition 11 maintenance and science work aboard the International Space Station during their third week in space.

Krikalev replaced a liquid processing component of the Russian Elektron oxygen ...more...

13 May 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-25. Flight: ISS EO-11. Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev and Flight Engineer John Phillips continued routine maintenance and science experiments aboard the International Space Station this week as they wrapped up their first month in space.

The crew began the week observing Victory Day - the Russian holiday that this ...more...

20 May 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-26. Flight: ISS EO-11. The Expedition 11 crew, now into the second month of its stay on the International Space Station, had a varied week highlighted by repair of an exercise treadmill, tests of an oxygen supply and preparations for the Space Shuttle's Return to Flight.

Commander Sergei Krikalev and Flight Engineer John Phillips began the week with ...more...

27 May 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-27. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. The Expedition 11 crew entered its seventh week in space today, wrapping up a week highlighted by research, maintenance and training for photography tasks to be done during the Space Shuttle's Return to Flight mission in July. Commander Sergei Krikalev and Flight Engineer John Phillips spent several days conducting examinations of each other using an ultrasound device that provides data on the ability of crewmembers to conduct detailed medical exams in space. The experiment could have future applications for telemedicine or rural health care.

Phillips also conducted work with a viscosity measurement experiment that collects ...more...

3 June 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-28. Flight: ISS EO-11. A new capability was added to the operation of the International Space Station this week as a final round of tests to commission remote control of the Station's Canadarm2 robotic arm from the ground was completed.

The 60-foot-long arm was maneuvered by ground control Friday to move in, latch ...more...

10 June 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-29. Flight: ISS EO-11. Aboard the International Space Station this week, the eleventh Expedition crew spent the latter part of its second month in space preparing for the arrival of new cargo as its commander quietly slipped into second place on the all-time human space endurance list.

Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev and Astronaut John Phillips conducted scientific research ...more...

16 June 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-30. Flight: ISS EO-11. Carrying more than two tons of supplies, a Russian cargo spacecraft began a two-day trip to the International Space Station today after its launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The ISS Progress 18 resupply ship launched at 6:09:34 p.m. CDT (5:09:34 a.m. Baikonur ...more...

17 June 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-31. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. After a busy week of preparations, the Expedition 11 crew on the International Space Station is ready for Saturday's arrival of a Progress cargo craft bearing more than two tons of supplies and equipment.

Commander Sergei Krikalev and NASA Science Officer John Phillips spent the week ...more...

18 June 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-32. Flight: ISS EO-11. An unpiloted Russian cargo ship linked up to the International Space Station today to deliver more than two tons of food, fuel, oxygen, water, supplies and spare parts.

The ISS Progress 18 craft docked to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module ...more...

24 June 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-33. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. The International Space Station crew spent much of the week unpacking and using supplies from the newly docked Progress cargo craft.

The crew members also began preparing the Station for a visit by the Space Shuttle ...more...

1 July 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-34. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. The residents of the International Space Station were informed today that they may welcome visitors arriving on a Space Shuttle in two weeks.

Senior NASA managers yesterday set a July 13 launch date for the Space Shuttle's ...more...

8 July 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-35. Flight: ISS EO-11. After a light duty three-day holiday weekend, the International Space Station Expedition 11 crew returned to work for a short, but intense week of science experiments, spacesuit preparations and packing for the upcoming Space Shuttle mission.

Commander Sergei Krikalev and NASA Science Officer John Phillips spent much of their ...more...

15 July 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-36. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. The International Space Station Expedition 11 crew worked this week on final preparations for the arrival of the Space Shuttle Discovery on its STS-114 Return to Flight mission, now on hold.

Commander Sergei Krikalev and NASA Science Officer John Phillips worked to wrap ...more...

19 July 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-37. Flight: ISS EO-11. Commander Sergei Krikalev and Flight Engineer John Phillips left the International Space Station today for a short ride, relocating their Soyuz return craft from one docking port to another to free up a Russian airlock for a future spacewalk.

The quick Expedition 11 foray began with undocking from the Pirs Docking Compartment ...more...

22 July 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-38. Flight: ISS EO-11. Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev and Flight Engineer John Phillips got ready this week for two upcoming Space Shuttle launches and a Space Station spacewalk, and supported two different continuing science investigations.

With the 100th day of their six-month mission coming up on July 23, the International ...more...

26 July 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #01. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Discovery launched into a clear Florida sky this morning, returning the Shuttle fleet to space and beginning a journey of exploration to the Moon, Mars and beyond.

Discovery lifted off at 9:39 a.m. central time today following a flawless countdown. ...more...

27 July 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #04. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Visitors on a Space Shuttle will arrive at the International Space Station for the first time in over two years today. The Space Shuttle Discovery is scheduled to catch up and dock to the Station at 6:18 a.m. CDT Thursday.

During Discovery's approach to the Station, Commander Eileen Collins will pause ...more...

27 July 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #02. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. The crew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery has awakened to its first full day in space. Today it will focus on thermal protection system inspections, preparing for docking to the International Space Station and getting spacesuits ready for three spacewalks.

Commander Eileen Collins, Pilot Jim Kelly and Mission Specialists Soichi Noguchi, ...more...

27 July 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #03. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Discovery crewmembers completed a camera survey of the heat shields of the leading edges of the orbiter's wings and its nose cone Wednesday. They also began preparations for Thursday's docking with the International Space Station and the mission's spacewalks.

Commander Eileen Collins, Pilot Jim Kelly and Mission Specialists Soichi Noguchi, ...more...

28 July 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #05. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. The Space Shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station smoothly and right on time Thursday morning, after doing a planned back flip so Station crewmembers could photograph its thermal protection system.

Discovery Commander Eileen Collins and Pilot Jim Kelly flew Discovery through the ...more...

28 July 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #06. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. The first full day of joint Space Shuttle and International Space Station operations will be highlighted by installation of a cargo transportation module, additional orbiter heat shield inspections and spacewalk preparations.

Discovery's crew was awakened at 10:39 p.m. CDT by the song "Vertigo" by U2 played ...more...

29 July 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #08. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Astronauts Soichi Noguchi and Steve Robinson will step outside for their first spacewalk, and the first of this mission, early Saturday. The six and a half hour spacewalk is scheduled to begin from Discovery's airlock at 3:44 a.m. CDT.

Discovery's crew was awakened at 10:43 p.m. CDT by the Japanese song "Sanpo," sung ...more...

29 July 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #07. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Space Shuttle and International Space Station crewmembers installed the Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module and began unloading the pressurized cargo carrier Friday. They also carried out a survey of selected areas of Discovery's thermal protection system and continued preparations for Saturday's spacewalk.

Engineering analysis continues on the imagery collected so far, but no apparently ...more...

30 July 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #09. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Space Shuttle Discovery's heat protective tiles and thermal blankets have been pronounced fit for entry after engineers reviewed the imagery and other data to judge their health. Analysis remains on the reinforced carbon-carbon wing leading edges and the protruding gap fillers identified earlier. Aerodynamics experts are evaluating the effect on surface heating that the gap fillers may cause to decide whether any work is necessary to reduce their size.

Mission managers today also decided to extend Discovery's mission by one day to ...more...

31 July 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #11. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. The transfer of equipment and supplies from Discovery to the International Space Station and preparations for Monday's planned spacewalk by Mission Specialists Soichi Noguchi and Steve Robinson were the focus of today's activities in space.

Noguchi, of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and Robinson, along with remaining ...more...

31 July 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #12. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Now spacewalk veterans, Astronauts Soichi Noguchi and Steve Robinson will step outside for the second of three planned spacewalks today at 3:14 a.m. CDT. The sole objective of the 6 �-hour excursion is to replace a failed International Space Station attitude control gyroscope.

The pair will have about an hour of setup time after exiting Space Shuttle Discovery's ...more...

1 August 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #13. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. STS-114 mission managers Monday gave the go-ahead for astronauts to remove two protruding gap fillers in Discovery's heat shield during a Wednesday space walk. Soichi Noguchi and Steve Robinson will attempt to simply pull the thin fabric fillers from between tiles in the forward area of the orbiter's underside. If the pull method is unsuccessful, the two will have tools to cut the material flush with the surface.

Spacewalk experts presented a plan to mission managers in Monday's Mission Management ...more...

1 August 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #14. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. The Space Shuttle Discovery and International Space Station crews will continue transferring equipment and supplies between the two vehicles today. They will also review updated tasks for the third planned spacewalk of the mission.

Discovery's crew was awakened at 10:09 p.m. CDT by the song "Big Rock Candy Mountain," ...more...

2 August 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #15. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Space Shuttle mission managers Tuesday cleared Discovery's wing leading edge heat shield for re-entry as they methodically deal with concerns over the protruding tile gap fillers. The mission management team also discussed a "puffed out" insulating blanket outside the commander's cockpit window and has decided it poses no risk of overheating during entry. Engineers will continue to analyze whether it could pose a debris problem if it came loose during aerodynamic flight.

Discovery's astronauts worked much of today on preparations for Wednesday's gap ...more...

2 August 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #16. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. The Space Shuttle Discovery crew begins their ninth day in space with preparations for the third spacewalk of the mission. This extravehicular activity (EVA) was a preplanned activity for the mission, but now includes a new task -- repair of two protruding gap fillers between tiles on the bottom the Shuttle.

The crew began the day waking up at 10:09 p.m. CDT to "Where My Heart Will Take ...more...

3 August 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #17. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Despite days of anticipation and intense planning, space-walking astronaut Steve Robinson made it look easy as he gently pulled two protruding gap fillers from between thermal protection tiles on Discovery's underside Wednesday morning.

"It looks like this big patient is cured," Robinson told delighted flight controllers. ...more...

3 August 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #18. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. After an eventful day supporting the third spacewalk of the mission, a light duty day of transfer activities, special events and time off lies ahead for the Space Shuttle Discovery crew as they begin their tenth day in space.

The seven-member Shuttle crew awoke to the well-known country song "Amarillo by ...more...

4 August 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #20. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Now in their eleventh day of the mission and with three successful spacewalks behind them, the STS-114 crew of Space Shuttle Discovery is slated to begin preparations for undocking and the final day with their International Space Station counterparts. Their activities for the day include final equipment transfers, stowage and return of the robotic arm, boom and cargo container to the Shuttle payload bay.

"Anchors Aweigh" was the Shuttle crew wake-up song for the day, played at 9:15 p.m. ...more...

4 August 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #19. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Space Shuttle Discovery's heat shield is cleared for the return to Earth early Monday after mission managers decided today that a fourth spacewalk to deal with a puffed out thermal blanket is unnecessary. Wind tunnel tests overnight at NASA's Ames Research Center in California showed little chance of any significant debris coming from the blanket at supersonic speeds. Further engineering analysis showed any debris released from the blanket was unlikely to hit structures on Discovery.

Thursday's Mission Management Team decision put to rest the work that was being ...more...

5 August 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #21. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Discovery astronauts and their hosts on the International Space Station undocked the Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module from the Station's Unity Node Friday and reberthed it in the Shuttle's cargo bay.

Discovery Commander Eileen Collins, Pilot Jim Kelly and Mission Specialists Soichi ...more...

6 August 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #24. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Discovery's astronauts will begin turning their attention toward coming back to Earth Monday by stowing equipment and verifying operation of the orbiter's flight control surfaces and system.

The crew was awakened at 7:39 p.m. CDT by "The One and Only Flower in the World" ...more...

6 August 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #22. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. After more than a week of working together in space, the Space Shuttle Discovery and International Space Station crews bid each other farewell tonight.

Following a crew farewell ceremony at 11:36 p.m. CDT, hatches between the spacecraft ...more...

7 August 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #25. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Discovery's crew is spending what should be its last night in space, with an early morning landing planned Monday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, concluding a voyage of 5.35 million miles.

In preparation for tomorrow's 3:47 a.m. CDT landing, Commander Eileen Collins, Pilot ...more...

7 August 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #26. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Discovery's Return to Flight mission is scheduled to conclude with a landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center early Monday morning.

Discovery has two opportunities to land at the Kennedy Space Center on Monday. The ...more...

9 August 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #28. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Discovery glided to a pre-dawn landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California this morning concluding a journey of 5.8 million miles, touching down at 7:11 a.m. CDT.

The landing marked the sixth night landing at Edwards Air Force Base, and the 50th ...more...

12 August 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-39. Flight: ISS EO-11. After saying goodbye to the visiting Space Shuttle Discovery Saturday, International Space Station Commander Sergei Krikalev and NASA Science Officer John Phillips spent much of this week preparing for a spacewalk they will conduct next week.

On their upcoming spacewalk, Krikalev and Phillips will change out a Russian biological ...more...

18 August 2005 - EVA ISS EO-11-1. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: ISS EO-11. Krikalyov and Phillips retrieved external exposure experiments (Biorisk, left on the Pirs module by the EO-11 crew seven months earlier; Micro-Particles Capturer and Space Environment Exposure Device on the Zarya module). On the Zvezda module they installed a backup television camerafor future use in docking the European Automated Transfer Vehicle. After checking and collecting other external experiments, they were 45 minutes behind timeline, and the planned relocation of a Strela cargo crane adapter from Zarya to the Unity node was cancelled.

18 August 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-40. Flight: ISS EO-11. More milestones met on the International Space Station this week, with the Expedition 11 crewmembers completing a spacewalk just days after the Commander became the most experienced space traveler in history.

The 4 hour 58 minute spacewalk by Commander Sergei Krikalev and Flight Engineer ...more...

26 August 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-41. Flight: ISS EO-11. The residents of the International Space Station this week unloaded cargo delivered to them last month by Discovery's astronauts, prepared for the arrival of more supplies and repaired a key component of the outpost's environmental control system.

In the fifth month of their six-month mission, Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev ...more...

1 September 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-42. Flight: ISS EO-11. The International Space Station's Expedition 11 crewmembers completed 20 weeks in space this week and focused on an upcoming cargo ship exchange and computer software transition.

Commander Sergei Krikalev and Flight Engineer and NASA ISS Science Officer John ...more...

8 September 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-43. Flight: ISS EO-11. A new shipment of supplies is on its way to the International Space Station. The ISS Progress 19 resupply vehicle lifted off today from its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 8:08 a.m. CDT (7:08 p.m. Baikonur time). Less than 10 minutes later, the cargo ship reached orbit, and its solar arrays and navigational antennas were deployed for its two-day trip to the orbital outpost.

At the time of the Progress launch, Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev and ...more...

10 September 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-44. Flight: ISS EO-11, ISS EO-12. A 2�-ton delivery arrived at the back door of the International Space Station today as an unpiloted Russian cargo ship linked up to the Zvezda module's docking port at 9:42 a.m. CDT, filled with supplies for Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev and Flight Engineer John Phillips and spare parts for repair to some Station systems.

The crewmembers were inside Zvezda monitoring the automated docking as ISS flew ...more...

16 September 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-45. Flight: ISS EO-11. The installation of a replacement part for an oxygen-generating system, unpacking a recently arrived cargo carrier and the disassembly of a radiation-detection experiment highlighted this week's activities aboard the International Space Station.

Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev and NASA Science Officer John Phillips are ...more...

30 September 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-47. Flight: ISS EO-11, ISS EO-12. The 12th crew of the international space station rocketed into space tonight, beginning a six-month mission.

A Soyuz spacecraft carried Expedition 12 Commander and NASA Science Officer William ...more...

30 September 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-46. Flight: ISS EO-11, ISS EO-12. Preparations for arrival of the next crew of the space station, scientific activities and maintenance highlighted this week's activities aboard the orbiting laboratory.

Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev and NASA Science Officer John Phillips also ...more...

3 October 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-48. Flight: ISS EO-11, ISS EO-12. New residents arrived at the international space station this morning to begin a six-month mission that will carry them through the new year into next spring.

With Expedition 12 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev at the controls, ...more...

7 October 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-49. Flight: ISS EO-11, ISS EO-12. Following the docking of the Soyuz spacecraft early Monday morning, the space station is now home to a new crew. Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev, joined by spaceflight participant Gregory Olsen, spent the week on board with the Expedition 11 crew performing handover and transfer activities.

McArthur, Tokarev and Olsen arrived at the space station at 12:27 a.m. CDT Monday, ...more...

10 October 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-50. Flight: ISS EO-11, ISS EO-12. After traveling 75 million miles during six months on the international space station, Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev and NASA ISS Science Officer John Phillips returned to Earth today. With them was American Greg Olsen, who spent eight days on the station under a commercial agreement with the Russian Federal Space Agency.

The Soyuz spacecraft with Krikalev, Phillips and Olsen landed in north-central Kazakhstan, ...more...

Bibliography and Further Reading

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