| Lopez-Alegria | ||
Personal: Male, Married. Born in Madrid, Spain. US Navy US Navy Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: NASA Group 14 - 1992. Active Entered space service: 31 March 1992. Number of Flights: 4.00. Total Time: 257.95 days. Number of EVAs: 10. Total EVA Time: 2.82 days.
NASA Official Biography
Lopez-Alegria Spaceflight Log
Lopez-Alegria Chronology 5 December 1992 - NASA Astronaut Training Group 14 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.. Four pilots and 15 mission specialists, nine civilians and ten military. Chosen from 2054 applicants, 87 of which screened in December 1991/January 1992. Five additional international astronauts. 20 October 1995 - STS-73. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-73. Carried USML-2 for microgravity experiments (attached to Columbia). Payloads: United States Microgravity Laboratory (USML) 2, Orbital Acceleration Research Experiment (OARE). 5 November 1995 - Landing of STS-73. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-73. STS-73 landed at 11:46 GMT. 11 October 2000 - STS-92. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-92. ISS Logistics flight. 100th shuttle flight. Launch delayed from October 6. STS-92 brought the Z-1 Truss (mounted on a Spacelab pallet), Control Moment Gyros, Pressurised Mating Adapter-3 (PMA-3) and two DDCU (Heat pipes) to the International Space Station. The RSRM-76 solid rocket boosters separated at 23:19 GMT and main engine cut-off (MECO) came at 23:25 GMT. External tank ET-104 separated into a 74 x 323 km x 51.6 deg orbit. At apogee at 00:01 GMT on Oct 12, Discovery's OMS engines fired to raise perigee to a 158 x 322 km x 51.6 deg orbit; ET-104 re-entered over the Pacific around 00:30 GMT. At Oct 12 on 03:01 GMT the NC1 burn raised the orbit to 180 x 349 km; NC3 on Oct 12 to 311 x 375 km; and the TI burn at 14:09 GMT on Oct 13 to 375 x 381 km x 51.6 deg. Discovery's rendezvous with the International Space Station came at 15:39 GMT on Oct 13, with docking at 17:45 GMT. The spaceship docked with PMA-2, the docking port on the +Y port of the Space Station's Unity module. Hatch was open to PMA-2 at 20:30 GMT the same day. STS-92 Cargo Manifest
Total payload bay cargo: ca. 14,800 kg The Z1 first segment of the space station truss was built by Boeing/Canoga Park and was 3.5 x 4.5 meters in size. It was attached to the +Z port on Unity. Z1 carried the control moment gyros, the S-band antenna, and the Ku-band antenna. PMA-3, built by Boeing/Huntington Beach, was docked to the -Z port opposite Z1. PMA-3 was installed on a Spacelab pallet for launch. On October 14 at 16:15 GMT the Z1 segment was unberthed from the payload bay and at around 18:20 GMT it was docked to the zenith port on the Unity module. On October 15 at 14:20 GMT the ODS airlock was depressurised, beginning a spacewalk by Bill McArthur and Leroy Chiao. Official NASA EVA duration (battery power to repress) was 6 hours 28 minutes. The second spacewalk was on October 16, with Jeff Wisoff and Mike Lopez-Alegria. The suits went to battery power at 14:15 GMT and Wisoff left the airlock at 14:21 GMT. Repressurisation began at 21:22 GMT for a duration of 7 hours 07minutes. Leroy Chiao and Bill McArthur began the third STS-92 EVA at 15:30 GMT on October 17, completing their work at 22:18 GMT for a total time of 6 hours 48 minutes. After the spacewalk, Discovery completed the second of the three station reboosts scheduled for STS-92. They fired reaction control system jets in a series of pulses of 1.4 seconds each, over a 30-minute period, gently raising the station's orbit by about 3.1 km. The last of four successful spacewalks began on 18 October at 16:00 GMT and ended at 22:56 GMT, lasting 6 hours and 56 minutes. Jeff Wisoff and Mike Lopez-Alegria each jetted slowly through space above Discovery's cargo bay. After the space walk, Discovery completed the third and final reboost of the space station. On 19 October the astronauts worked within the ISS. They completed connections for the newly installed Z1 external framework structure and transferred equipment and supplies for the Expedition One first resident crew of the Station. The crew also tested the four 290-kg gyroscopes in the truss, called Control Moment Gyros, which will be used to orient the ISS as it orbits the Earth. They will ultimately assume attitude control of the ISS following the arrival of the U.S. Laboratory Destiny. The tests and the transfer of supplies into the Russian Zarya Module took longer than expected. As a result, the crew's final departure from the Station's Unity module was delayed. Melroy and Wisoff took samples from surfaces in Zarya to study the module's environment. They then unclogged the solid waste disposal system in the Shuttle's toilet, which was restored to full operation after a brief interruption in service. Discovery undocked from the ISS at 16:08 GMT on 20 October. The final separation burn was executed about 45 minutes after undocking. The crew had added 9 tonnes to the station's mass, bringing it to about 72 tonnes. The return to earth, planned for 22 October, was delayed repeatedly due to high winds at the Kennedy landing site. The landing was finally made at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on October 24, at 22:00 GMT. 11 October 2000 - STS-92 Mission Status Report #01. Flight: STS-92. Discovery's seven astronauts blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center on the 100th mission in Space Shuttle history tonight to deliver the first external framework structure and a new docking port to the International Space Station. Commander Brian Duffy, Pilot Pam Melroy and Mission Specialists Leroy Chiao, Bill ...more... 12 October 2000 - STS-92 Mission Status Report #02. Flight: STS-92. Space Shuttle Discovery continues its approach to the International Space Station, trailing the orbital outpost by approximately 5500 nautical miles as of this morning, closing by about 600 nautical miles each orbit. The STS-92 crew was awakened at 7:17 a.m. Central time with the song, "Incense And ...more... 12 October 2000 - STS-92 Mission Status Report #03. Flight: STS-92. The seven crew members aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery spent their first full day in orbit today checking equipment in preparation for the major events to come: docking with the International Space Station on Friday and, in following days, attaching an exterior framework and additional Shuttle docking port to the orbiting outpost. The crew found everything in good shape aboard the Shuttle, although a failure in ...more... 13 October 2000 - STS-92 Mission Status Report #04. Flight: STS-92. Discovery's astronauts were awakened this morning in preparation for their rendezvous and docking to the International Space Station after an extra hour of sleep to the sounds of "Girls Just Want To Have Fun", by Cyndi Lauper. Commander Brian Duffy, Pilot Pam Melroy and Mission Specialists Leroy Chiao, Bill ...more... 13 October 2000 - STS-92 Mission Status Report #05. Flight: STS-92. Commander Brian Duffy gently maneuvered the Space Shuttle Discovery to a flawless docking with the 70-ton International Space Station this afternoon as the two craft flew 240 miles above Russia. Discovery latched onto the station at 12:45 p.m. CDT, completing a perfect rendezvous ...more... 14 October 2000 - STS-92 Mission Status Report #07. Flight: STS-92. The crew of Discovery added nine tons of critical equipment to the International Space Station today, attaching a framework that holds motion control gyroscopes and communications equipment and that will serve as a support for a giant set of solar arrays to be launched on the next Space Shuttle flight. Japanese Astronaut Koichi Wakata, at controls in the shuttle cockpit, deftly maneuvered ...more... 14 October 2000 - STS-92 Mission Status Report #06. Flight: STS-92. Discovery's crew is set to install the first of two major components that it carried to the Space Station today - a unique piece of hardware called the Z1 truss. The truss is an exterior framework that houses gyroscopes and communications equipment and later will serve as a mounting platform for large solar arrays that will provide power to the International Space Station. Earlier this morning, space station flight controllers in Houston successfully activated ...more... 15 October 2000 - STS-92 Mission Status Report #09. Flight: STS-92. A key structural element for the International Space Station is now electrically connected to the rest of the station and important communications equipment set up after today's successful space walk by astronauts Leroy Chiao and Bill McArthur. "The crew ... worked absolutely perfectly together, " said lead flight director Chuck Shaw in an evening press conference afterward. "It's a major achievement for this complicated an EVA to go this well." In a 6-hour, 28-minute space walk, McArthur and Chiao connected 10 electrical umbilicals ...more... 15 October 2000 - STS-92 Mission Status Report #08. Flight: STS-92. Two of Discovery's astronauts will continue outfitting the most recent addition to the International Space Station during a scheduled 6 ½-hour space walk today. Mission Specialists Bill McArthur and Leroy Chiao will connect two sets of cables ...more... 16 October 2000 - EVA STS-92-2. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: STS-92. Wakata aboard the shuttle used the RMS arm to unberth the PMA-3 docking unit from the SLP pallet at 16:14 GMT, and docked it to Unity at 17:40 GMT. Wisoff and Lopez-Alegria first unbolted PMA-3 from the SLP and then guided Wakata through the delicate alignment process as PMA-3 was removed from the bay and attached to the Station. 16 October 2000 - STS-92 Mission Status Report #11. Flight: STS-92. Discovery astronauts Jeff Wisoff and Mike Lopez-Alegria successfully completed the second of STS-92's four scheduled spacewalks on Monday, attaching an additional docking port to the growing International Space Station. The two spacewalkers also prepared the Z1 truss for the installation of the huge solar arrays to be launched aboard the next shuttle flight. Wisoff and Lopez-Alegria began their spacewalk at 9:15 a.m. CDT, about 15 minutes ...more... 16 October 2000 - STS-92 Mission Status Report #10. Flight: STS-92. With the first of four consecutive space walks behind them, Discovery's crew turns its attention to today's scheduled on-orbit construction activities by Mission Specialists Jeff Wisoff and Mike Lopez-Alegria. The two astronauts are scheduled to begin a planned 6½-hour space walk about ...more... 17 October 2000 - STS-92 Mission Status Report #13. Flight: STS-92. Mission Specialists Leroy Chiao and Bill McArthur completed the third successful spacewalk of Discovery's STS-92 mission at 4:18 p.m. CDT Tuesday, installing two DC-to-DC converter units atop the International Space Station's new Z1 Truss. Those two 129-pound converters, called DDCUs, will convert electricity generated by the huge solar arrays to be attached during the next shuttle mission to the proper voltage. Today's spacewalk began at 9:30 a.m. and ended at 4:18 p.m., almost exactly as planned. ...more... 18 October 2000 - EVA STS-92-4. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: STS-92. Jeff Wisoff and Mike Lopez-Alegria each jetted slowly through space above Discovery's cargo bay, demonstrating the small rescue nitrogen powered SAFER backpack (Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue). This would be used in the future to help a drifting astronaut regain the safety of the spacecraft. Each astronaut performed one 15 meter flight with the SAFER while attached to the shuttle with a long tether. Lopez-Alegria and Wisoff, with Koichi Wakata operating the arm, also completed a series of wrap-up tasks during the EVA. They removed a grapple fixture from the Z1 truss, opened and closed a latch assembly that will hold the solar array truss when it arrives, deployed a tray that will be used to provide power to the U.S. Laboratory Destiny, and tested the manual berthing mechanism latches that will support Destiny. Wisoff opened and closed the latches on the capture assembly for the P6 solar arrays using a pistol grip tool. With it he made more than 125 turns to open the latches, then closed and reopened them. He left the capture latch, called 'the claw,' ready to receive the solar arrays, to be installed by the STS-97 crew. An exercise to test techniques for returning an incapacitated astronaut to the air lock was cancelled because of time constraints. 18 October 2000 - STS-92 Mission Status Report #14. Flight: STS-92. Mission Specialists Jeff Wisoff and Mike Lopez-Alegria will team up once again today to conduct the final of four consecutive space walks designed to set the stage for the arrival of the first resident crew next month and the future expansion of the International Space Station. In what have been termed "clear the deck" tasks by lead EVA Officer Darryl Schuck, ...more... 18 October 2000 - STS-92 Mission Status Report #15. Flight: STS-92. Mission Specialists Jeff Wisoff and Mike Lopez-Alegria each jetted slowly through space above Discovery's cargo bay today, demonstrating a small rescue backpack that could help a drifting astronaut regain the safety of the spacecraft. Each astronaut performed one gentle 50-foot flight with the nitrogen powered SAFER ...more... 22 October 2000 - STS-92 Mission Status Report #24. Flight: STS-92. Discovery's astronauts prepared for a Monday landing after high crosswinds at Kennedy Space Center caused a delay of at least one day in their return to Earth and the end of their successful mission to expand the International Space Station and ready it for its first crew. Discovery has two landing opportunities Monday at KSC, where the weather is expected ...more... 24 October 2000 - STS-92 Mission Status Report #28. Flight: STS-92. Discovery glided to a textbook landing under sunny skies at Edwards Air Force Base in California on Tuesday, completing a successful mission to the International Space Station. The crew spent more than two extra days in space because of unfavorable weather at Kennedy Space Center in Florida and at Edwards. Discovery touched down at 4 p.m. CDT and rolled to a stop on Edward's concrete runway ...more... 24 October 2000 - STS-92 Mission Status Report #27. Flight: STS-92. Awakened to the sounds of "Déjà vu" by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Commander Brian Duffy advised Mission Control that he and his crew knew what they'd be doing today and hoped to see everyone on the ground soon. Discovery is targeting a landing later today, after poor weather conditions in Florida ...more... 24 October 2000 - Landing of STS-92. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-92. STS-92 landed at 21:00 GMT. 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... 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 - EVA STS-113-1. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: STS-113. The first spacewalk for installation of the P1 truss began at 1947 UTC. The astronauts emerged from the Quest module, attached the P1/S0 umbilicals, removed the P1 drag links and the CETA-B cart's launch restraints. They also installed more SPD disconnects on the ammonia lines, and attached a TV camera to the truss. 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 #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... 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... 28 November 2002 - EVA STS-113-2. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: STS-113. The astronauts emerged from the Quest module at about 1845 UTC. They removed P1 keel pins and installed TV cameras, and moved the CETA-2 cart from P1 to S1. 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... 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... 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 - EVA STS-113-3. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: STS-113. It was planned to use the Mobile Transporter as a base for the SSRMS arm during the spacewalk. The MT was moved from worksite 4 on S0 to worksite 7 at the end of P1. Motion began at 1621 UTC but the MT got stuck a few meters short of its goal. The crew fell back on contingency training and opened the hatch of the Quest module at 1924 UTC. Instead of using the SSRMS for transport they spacewalked down the truss to the location of the MT. Here it was found that the MT was blocked by the undeployed P1 UHF antenna. The astronauts deployed it, clearing the MT's path. The MT finally reached its destination at 0011 UTC. This incident indicated problems with ISS configuration control but also showed the value of the astronauts' ability to handle unforeseen contingencies. During the spacewalk, the astronauts installed more fixes to the Station's ammonia line connectors, although dealing with the MT problem meant not all of the planned work could be completed. 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... 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... 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 #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... 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... 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 #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... 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... 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... 13 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #08. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-14, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. The Atlantis and Expedition 13 crews are getting ready for the second spacewalk of the STS-115 mission to the International Space Station. They will continue preparations for activation of the P3/P4 truss segment attached ...more... 17 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #17. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-14, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. The Space Shuttle Atlantis left a space station today markedly different than the one to which it docked less than a week ago. Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station at 7:50 a.m. CDT, completing ...more... 17 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #16. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-14, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. It's undocking day. The Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to begin moving away from the International Space Station at 7:50 a.m. CDT. Crew members will get a look at the results of their STS-115 mission, which resumed ...more... 18 September 2006 - Soyuz TMA-9. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-13. Carried the Expedition 14 crew and space tourist Anousheh Ansari to the International Space Station. Ansari replaced tourist Daisuke Enomoto, who was removed from flight status by the Russians just 28 days before the flight. Docked at the Zvezda port of the station at 05:21 GMT on September 20. On 21 April 2007, Lopez-Alegria, Tyurin and space tourist Charles Simonyi (who was taken to the station aboard Soyuz TMA-10) boarded Soyuz TMA-9, separated from the ISS, conducted retrofire, and landed in Kazakhstan at 12:31 GMT. 18 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #18. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-14, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. The International Space Station is a busy place these days. Sunday saw the departure of the space shuttle visitors who had been working from the orbiting complex the past six days with a 7:50 a.m. CDT undocking of Atlantis. Hours later, three more explorers launched toward the station in a Soyuz spacecraft. Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin and ...more... 18 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #19. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-14, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. The crew of the International Space Station worked through an emergency procedure this morning after an oxygen generation unit apparently overheated. The overheating is believed to have melted a rubber seal, causing a small amount ...more... 19 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #21. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-14, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. Space Shuttle managers today decided to extend Atlantis' stay in space to allow for additional inspections of the spacecraft to be performed. The decision to pursue additional inspections was made this morning after video ...more... 19 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #20. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-14, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. A space-age conference call linked three orbiting crews early Tuesday. Three people aboard the Soyuz TMA 9 talked with the six Atlantis astronauts and ...more... 20 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #23. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-14, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. Managers today cleared the Space Shuttle Atlantis for a return to Earth on Thursday following a day of inspections of the spacecraft's exterior. Atlantis is now aimed toward a landing that will begin with a deorbit engine firing ...more... 20 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #22. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-14, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. The Space Shuttle Atlantis crew began another survey of the spacecraft's heat shield late Tuesday after mission managers decided the orbiter would spend another day in space. That decision was made after cameras detected a piece of debris near the shuttle ...more... 23 September 2006 - International Space Station Status Report: SS06-041. Flight: ISS EO-13, ISS EO-14, ISS Astrolab. A handover continues aboard the International Space Station, with the 13th crew ending six months aboard and the 14th crew starting six months in orbit. Joint crew operations continue through next week, until Expedition 13 Commander ...more... 28 September 2006 - International Space Station Status Report: SS06-042. Flight: ISS EO-13, ISS EO-14, STS-115, STS-121, ISS Astrolab. After six months aboard the International Space Station that included arrival of two space shuttle missions, resumption of construction of the orbiting laboratory and the restoration of a three-member crew, Expedition 13 landed at 9:13 p.m. EDT in the steppes of Kazakhstan. Commander Pavel Vinogradov and NASA station science officer Jeff Williams landed ...more... 6 October 2006 - International Space Station Status Report: SS06-043. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS Astrolab. Expedition 14 completed its first full week solo on the International Space Station performing standard early mission checks, drills and some equipment troubleshooting. Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin ...more... 13 October 2006 - International Space Station Status Report: SS06-044. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. The International Space Station's Expedition 14 crew went for a short ride this week, performed maintenance and experiments aboard the growing outpost and celebrated one crew member's 100th day in space. Station Commander and NASA Science Officer Mike Lopez-Alegria and flight engineers ...more... 20 October 2006 - International Space Station Status Report: SS06-045. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS Astrolab. The three residents of the International Space Station spent a busy week with varied science and technical tasks as they began their second month in orbit. Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin ...more... 24 October 2006 - International Space Station Status Report: SS06-046. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS Astrolab. A shipment of supplies began its journey to the International Space Station Monday as the ISS Progress 23 cargo ship was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The new resupply ship lifted off at 9:41 a.m. EDT (7:41 p.m. Baikonur time). It ...more... 27 October 2006 - International Space Station Status Report: SS06-047. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS Astrolab. New supplies arrived at the International Space Station Thursday as an unpiloted Russian cargo spacecraft docked to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module. With almost 2.5 tons of food, fuel and supplies for the station's Expedition 14 ...more... 3 November 2006 - International Space Station Status Report: SS06-048. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS Astrolab. Repair of an oxygen generator, robotic arm operations and cargo unpacking were the top priorities aboard the International Space Station this week. On Monday, Expedition 14 Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin installed new valves and ...more... 10 November 2006 - International Space Station Status Report: SS06-049. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. The International Space Station crewmembers spent this week getting ready for an upcoming spacewalk, performing scientific research and voting in the U.S. elections back on Earth. Throughout the week the crew prepared the Pirs docking compartment for the Nov. ...more... 17 November 2006 - International Space Station Status Report: SS06-050. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS Astrolab. Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and flight engineers Mikhail Tyurin and Thomas Reiter continue to prepare for a spacewalk Wednesday, Nov. 22, out of the International Space Station's Russian Pirs Docking Compartment airlock. Lopez-Alegria, who will make his sixth spacewalk, and Tyurin, with three previous ...more... 23 November 2006 - EVA ISS EO-14 -1. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: ISS EO-14. The crew exited into space from the Pirs airlock wearing Orlan suits. Tyurin hit a golf ball away from the station in a paid exhibition. Attempts to free a jammed docking antenna on Progress M-58 failed. They relocated a docking antenna on the Zvezda module which would be used in future dockings of the ATV logistics spacecraft. Before reentering the station they installed a neutron flux experiment on Zvezda. 23 November 2006 - International Space Station Status Report: SS06-051. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS Astrolab. Two residents of the International Space Station ventured outside the complex Wednesday for a 5 hour, 38 minute spacewalk to reposition, deploy and relocate equipment, and to take a swing at a commercially sponsored activity. With Flight Engineer Thomas Reiter inside to monitor systems, Expedition 14 Commander ...more... 1 December 2006 - International Space Station Status Report: SS06-052. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. The International Space Station crew have been preparing for the planned arrival next week of the Space Shuttle Discovery on a complex mission to rewire the station's electrical system. Shuttle Discovery is due to launch at 8:35 p.m. CST Thursday, Dec. 7 on mission ...more... 9 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 01. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. The Space Shuttle Discovery rocketed into a dark Florida sky at 7:47 p.m. CST today, the third shuttle launch in five months, but the first night launch in more than four years. Discovery's seven-member crew will link up with the International Space Station ...more... 10 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 02. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. The Space Shuttle Discovery crew, Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot Bill Oefelein, and Mission Specialists Nicholas Patrick, Joan Higginbotham, Bob Curbeam, Sunita Williams and Christer Fuglesang, are beginning a busy first full day in space. The astronauts will use the shuttle’s robotic arm to unberth the Orbiter Boom Sensor ...more... 11 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 05. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. Astronauts on the Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station were united today, and the joint crew immediately began the complex work associated with installing a new truss section and rewiring the station’s power grid. Discovery’s crew entered the station complex at 5:54 p.m. CST as Expedition 14 Commander ...more... 11 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 04. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. The Space Shuttle Discovery continues its pursuit of the International Space Station, a chase that should culminate in the docking of the two spacecraft at 4:05 p.m. CST today. Discovery’s crew, Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot Bill Oefelein and Mission Specialists ...more... 12 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 06. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. The first spacewalk by Discovery's crew members, an excursion that will install a new, two-ton segment on the port side of the International Space Station's girder-like truss, will highlight today's work on mission STS-116. The six-hour, 10-minute excursion by astronauts Bob Curbeam and Christer Fuglesang ...more... 13 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 09. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116. The first phase of the electrical and thermal makeover of the International Space Station was completed tonight as the outpost’s newest solar arrays began rotating to follow the sun and ammonia flowed into the station’s permanent cooling system for the first time. Flight controllers sent commands to enable a large joint to begin rotating around ...more... 13 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 08. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. Retracting a solar array wing that has been extended in space for six years will highlight the activities aboard the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle Discovery today. Furling of the wing, the left wing of the station's P6 solar arrays that were launched ...more... 14 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 10. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1. The second spacewalk for Discovery's crew members is scheduled for this afternoon. During the spacewalk, set to start about 2:12 p.m. CST, Bob Curbeam and Christer Fuglesang will begin to rewire the station’s power system Curbeam and Fuglesang spent the night in the station's Quest airlock at a reduced ...more... 15 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 13. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. The crews of Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station tried again to refold an accordion-like solar array with help from engineers and flight controllers on the ground, but none of the techniques succeeded in clearing the jam. The final attempt of the day came at 8:04 p.m. CST when Expedition 14 Flight Engineer ...more... 15 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 12. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. With half the International Space Station’s electrical system rewired, the crew of Space Shuttle Discovery gets half a day off today before they finish the job during a third spacewalk set for Saturday. Mission Specialists Bob Curbeam and Christer Fuglesang rewired channels 2 and 3 ...more... 16 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 14. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. The third spacewalk of Discovery’s mission to the International Space Station is scheduled to begin at 1:37 p.m. CST to complete the rewiring of the orbiting laboratory’s power system. Discovery Mission Specialist Bob Curbeam and station Flight Engineer Sunita Williams ...more... 19 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 20. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. Space Shuttle Discovery astronauts will leave the orbiting laboratory today after four successful spacewalks, delivery and installation of a new segment of the International Space Station’s main truss and reconfiguring the station’s power system. During their eight days docked to the station, the shuttle crew also dropped off ...more... 19 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 21. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. Crews aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station bid one another farewell at 4:10 p.m. CST today, wrapping up eight days of docked operations. Staying behind on the newly rewired space station were Expedition 14 Flight Engineer ...more... 20 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 22. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. Discovery crew members will make a final check of the shuttle’s heat shields today, using a sensor-equipped 50-foot extension of the shuttle’s robotic arm. After the inspection, Discovery will deploy two small scientific satellites. A third ...more... 20 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 23. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. Inspection of Discovery’s heat shield was conducted today as the seven crewmembers began the task of preparing their ship for their high-speed return to Earth on Friday. One hour after removing the sensor-equipped 50-foot Orbiter Boom Sensor System from ...more... 21 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 25. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1. Discovery’s astronauts completed preparations for a planned return to Earth on Friday and received word from Mission Control that their final inspection showed the shuttle’s heat shield is in good shape. STS-116 Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot Bill Oefelein, and Flight Engineer Bob Curbeam ...more... 21 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 24. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. Discovery’s astronauts will spend today preparing to return to Earth. They will test flight control surfaces, steering jets and other entry and landing systems while they stow equipment in Discovery’s cabin. The crew, Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot Bill Oefelein, and mission specialists ...more... 22 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 26. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. Discovery’s wakeup call said it all. The song was "Home for the Holidays," sung by Perry Como for the crew, requested by the Mission Control Center. That 6:18 a.m. CST call began a day that the crew and their support teams on the ...more... 5 January 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-01. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1. New gear helped the astronauts on the International Space Station kick off a new year as they prepared a second oxygen-generating system, upgraded soundproofing in the living quarters and unpacked supplies delivered just before Christmas by the space shuttle. After a New Year's Day holiday, Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and ...more... 12 January 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-02. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1. After a three-day holiday to celebrate the Russian Orthodox Christmas, astronauts on the International Space Station spent the week packing trash into the ISS Progress 22 cargo craft and unpacking items delivered by ISS Progress 23 as they prepared for the arrival of new supplies. Packed with discarded items no longer needed on the outpost, Progress 22 will undock ...more... 17 January 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-03. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1. A shipment of supplies began its journey to the International Space Station today as the ISS Progress 24 cargo ship was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The new resupply ship lifted off at 8:12 p.m. CST (8:12 a.m. Baikonur time Jan. ...more... 18 January 2007 - Progress M-59. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1. Progress docked to the Pirs port of the ISS at 01:59 GMT on 20 January. The cargo craft brought up 780 kg of propellant for the Russian thrusters, 50 kg of oxygen and 1500 kg of spare parts, experiment hardware and life support components. 19 January 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-04. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1. New supplies arrived at the International Space Station Friday night as an unpiloted Russian cargo spacecraft docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment. With more than 2.5 tons of food, fuel and supplies for the station's Expedition ...more... 26 January 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-05. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1. The crew aboard the International Space Station focused this week on preparing for an unprecedented series of spacewalks set to begin in a few days. Expedition 14 Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Suni Williams will ...more... 31 January 2007 - EVA ISS EO-14-2. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1. The crew exited from the Quest airlock and conducted work to reconfigure the station's ammonia cooling system. 31 January 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-06. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1. Two residents of the International Space Station stepped outside their orbital home Wednesday for a 7-hour, 55-minute spacewalk to begin the connection of recently activated cooling systems from their temporary to their permanent locations and to conduct other station assembly work. Wearing U.S. spacesuits, Expedition 14 Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer ...more... 4 February 2007 - EVA ISS EO-14-3. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1. The crew exited from the Quest airlock. They completed reconfiguration of the ammonia cooling system, retracted the aft radiator on the P6 truss, and began installation of cables that allowed a docked Shuttle to get electrical power from the ISS solar arrays. 4 February 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-07. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1. For the second time in four days, two residents of the International Space Station stepped outside for a spacewalk to complete connecting cooling loops from a temporary to a permanent system. This time the excursion lasted just over seven hours. Wearing U.S. spacesuits, Expedition 14 Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer ...more... 8 February 2007 - EVA ISS EO-14-4. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1. The crew exited from the Quest airlock. They moved CETA carts to the P3 truss, and removed two large thermal covers, which were bagged and jettisoned. They then deployed cargo attachment adapters on P3. This was followed by work to prepare the P5 truss later connection to P6. They then went to the PMA-2 docking port at the Destiny module to complete installation of cables that allowed a docked Shuttle to get electrical power from the ISS solar arrays. 8 February 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-08. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1. With all scheduled tasks accomplished, International Space Station Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Sunita Williams wound up a 6-hour, 40-minute spacewalk at 2:06 p.m. CST Thursday. It was the last in an unprecedented series of three U. S. spacewalks in nine days ...more... 12 February 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-09. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1. An unexpected circuit breaker trip early Sunday caused a power outage on the International Space Station, but the safety of the Expedition 14 crew and the complex was never an issue. All systems were back up by Monday morning with no impact to operations on board. The first indications of a problem came with the loss of communications between ...more... 16 February 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-10. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1. Following Sunday’s unexpected circuit breaker trip and subsequent reset and repowering of affected equipment, the International Space Station had no further incidents. The Expedition 14 crew continued to focus on preparation for its final planned spacewalk ahead of Space Shuttle Atlantis’ arrival in March. As Atlantis was moved to the launch pad this week, station Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria ...more... 22 February 2007 - EVA ISS EO-14-5. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: ISS EO-14. The crew exited from the Pirs module in Russain Orlan suits. They freed a jammed Progress docking antenna using cutting tools; jettisoned two cleaning towels; and conducted other minor inspection and hardware installation tasks. 22 February 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-11. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1. Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin retracted a stuck antenna on a cargo spacecraft during a 6-hour, 18-minute spacewalk that ended at 10:45 a.m. CST Thursday. On Oct. 26, the antenna did not properly retract when the Progress vehicle docked ...more... 2 March 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-12. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1, ISS EO-15, ISS EP-12. The International Space Station's Expedition 14 crew continued work this week on scientific experiments, station maintenance and clean up following a Feb. 22 Russian spacewalk. An altitude reboost engine firing planned for Friday was postponed following the ...more... 9 March 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-13. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1. Science and setup for assembly highlighted the week on board the International Space Station, where the Expedition 14 crew members performed experiments related to human adaptation to space and made preparations for upcoming additions to the orbiting outpost. Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Suni Williams completed the ...more... 16 March 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-14. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1, ISS EP-12. The Expedition 14 crew was busy this week moving trash into the ISS Progress 23, installing a new window and preparing for upcoming missions to the station. The new window was installed on Wednesday on the port side hatch of the Unity node. ...more... 23 March 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-15. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1, ISS EO-15, ISS EP-12. The Expedition 14 crew continued work this week on scientific experiments and increased the bandwidth on the International Space Station's computer network. Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Suni Williams spent time working ...more... 29 March 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-16. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1, ISS EO-15, ISS EP-12. The Expedition 14 crew continued preparations for the April arrival of a new station crew by boarding their Soyuz TMA-9 craft and taking a 24-minute flight from one station docking port to another. Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin guided the Soyuz away from the Earth-facing port ...more... 6 April 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-17. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1, ISS EO-15, ISS EP-12. The Expedition 14 crew of the International Space Station was busy this week performing fitness evaluations, working on scientific experiments and preparing for the arrival of the Expedition 15 crew. Cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 commander, and Oleg Kotov, Expedition ...more... 7 April 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-18. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1, ISS EO-15, ISS EP-12. Two cosmonauts and a space flight participant launched aboard a Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 12:31 p.m. CDT Saturday for a two-day flight to the International Space Station. Less than 10 minutes after launch their spacecraft reached orbit and its antennas ...more... 9 April 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-19. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1, ISS EO-15, ISS EP-12, ISS EO-15-1. Two Expedition 15 cosmonauts and a spaceflight participant aboard a Soyuz spacecraft docked with the Earth-facing port on the International Space Station's Zarya module at 2:10 p.m. CDT Monday. After hatch opening, scheduled for a little before 4 p.m., Expedition 15 Commander ...more... 13 April 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-20. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1, ISS EO-15, ISS EP-12. Two Expedition 15 cosmonauts spent much of the week in handover activities with their Expedition 14 predecessors. Their new crewmate, Sunita Williams who has been aboard the International Space Station for more than three months, also is helping them learn the ropes. E15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov arrived at the station ...more... 20 April 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-21. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1, ISS EO-15, ISS EP-12. The crew members aboard the International Space Station spent this week finalizing handover operations, conducting experiments and preparing for the departure of the Expedition 14 crew. E14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin, accompanied ...more... 21 April 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-22. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1, ISS EO-15, ISS EP-12. The 14th crew of the International Space Station, Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin, along with spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi landed their Soyuz spacecraft in the steppes of Kazakhstan at 7:31 a.m. CDT Saturday. The Expedition 14 mission included many highlights during its seven-month duration, ...more... 27 April 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-23. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1, ISS EO-15, ISS EP-12, ISS EO-15-1. The Expedition 15 crew aboard the International Space Station completed its first week of station orientation as the crew worked with experiments and hardware maintenance. Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and flight engineers Oleg Kotov and Suni Williams began ...more... Bibliography and Further Reading
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