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Personal: Male, Married. Born in Amarillo, Texas, USA. US Air Force US Air Force Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: NASA Group 16 - 1996. Inactive Entered space service: 1 May 1996. Left space service: 2005. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 27.64 days.
NASA Official Biography
Lockhart Spaceflight Log
Lockhart 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. 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... 6 June 2002 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #03. Flight: ISS EO-4, ISS EO-5, STS-111. Gaining on the International Space Station by 580 statute miles with each 90-minute orbit, Endeavour's crew spent today completing preparations for Friday's scheduled docking with the complex. With docking scheduled at 11:17 a.m. CDT tomorrow, STS-111 Commander Ken Cockrell, ...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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 11 June 2002 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #13. Flight: ISS EO-4, ISS EO-5, STS-111. Endeavour spacewalkers Philippe Perrin and Franklin Chang-Díaz will venture outside the shuttle today to complete the installation of the second component of Canada's Remote Servicing System to the International Space Station. The first contribution to the station by Canada was the space station's robotic ...more... 11 June 2002 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #14. Flight: ISS EO-4, ISS EO-5, STS-111. In a 5-hour spacewalk today, Endeavour astronauts Franklin Chang-Díaz and Philippe Perrin completed installation of the Mobile Remote Servicer Base System, or MBS, on the International Space Station's railcar, the Mobile Transporter. With those tasks completed, they established a moveable base for future use by the station's robotic arm, Canadarm2. Chang-Díaz and Perrin ventured outside the station's Quest airlock at 10:20 a.m. ...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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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 - Landing of STS-111. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-111, ISS EO-4. The hatches between Shuttle and Station were closed at 1223 UTC, with the Expedition 4 crew on the Shuttle for the trip home. Expedition 5 crew members Valeriy Korzun, Peggy Whitson and Sergei Treshchev remain aboard the Station. Endeavour undocked at 1432 UTC, leaving the Station in a 389 x 399 km x 51.6 deg orbit following three reboost burns. After two days of bad weather, Endeavour was diverted to Edwards AFB in California, with a deorbit burn at 1650 UTC on Jun 19 lowering its orbit from 347 x 387 km to 34 x 386 km. The Shuttle nominally entered the atmosphere around 1726 UTC and landed on Runway 22 at Edwards at 17:57:41 UTC. 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... 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... 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. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-113, ISS EO-6. ISS assembly mission ISS-11A delayed from August 22, September 6, 19, October 6, November 2, 10, 11, 19 and 23 due to SSME problems and then damage to the Shuttle's manipulator arm. Shuttle mission STS-113 carried a crew of seven astronauts (six American and one Russian) and a 13.7-m truss of 12.5 tons to the International Space Station (ISS). During several hours of EVA, the crew installed and secured the truss assembly. The truss was to provide structural support for the station's thermal control radiators, and brought the total mass of the ISS to over 200 tons. Prior to leaving the ISS, the shuttle released a pair of tethered (15-m long) picosatellites. It was to leave the ISS on December 2. 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 #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... 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... 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 #12. Flight: ISS EO-5, ISS EO-6, STS-113. With the Expedition Six crewmembers settling into their new on-orbit home, today's activities largely will focus on continuing transfer of equipment, experiments and hardware, and a formal Change of Command ceremony between resident crews on board the International Space Station. Among the items to be transferred today are various science experiments, two returning ...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 #16. Flight: ISS EO-5, ISS EO-6, STS-113. With most of their mission objectives successfully completed, the crews of Endeavour and the International Space Station will enjoy some scheduled time off during their last full day of joint operations. Since Endeavour arrived at the station on November 25, the 10 astronauts and cosmonauts ...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 #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... 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... 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 #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... 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... 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 #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... 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... Bibliography and Further Reading
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