Parazynski

Dr Scott Edward Parazynski American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 28 July 1961.

Personal: Male, Married, two children. Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. MD

Astronaut Career

Astronaut Group: NASA Group 14 - 1992. Active Entered space service: 31 March 1992. Number of Flights: 5.00. Total Time: 57.65 days. Number of EVAs: 7.00. Total EVA Time: 1.94 days.

NASA Official Biography

NAME: Scott E. Parazynski (M.D.)

NASA Astronaut

PERSONAL DATA:

Born July 28, 1961, in Little Rock, Arkansas. Considers Palo Alto, California, and Evergreen, Colorado, to be his hometowns. Married to the former Gail Marie Vozzella. They have one son. He enjoys mountaineering, rock climbing, flying, scuba diving, skiing, travel, and nature photography.

EDUCATION:

Attended junior high school in Dakar, Senegal, and Beirut, Lebanon. Attended high school at the Tehran American School, Iran, and the American Community School, Athens, Greece, graduating in 1979. He received a bachelor of science degree in biology from Stanford University in 1983, continuing on to graduate with honors from Stanford Medical School in 1989. He served his medical internship at the Brigham and Women's Hospital of Harvard Medical School (1990). He then completed 22 months of a residency in emergency medicine in Denver, Colorado, when selected to the astronaut program.

ORGANIZATIONS:

Member of the Aerospace Medical Association, the American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology, the Wilderness Medical Society, the American Alpine Club, and the Association of Space Explorers.

SPECIAL HONORS:

National Institutes of Health Predoctoral Training Award in Cancer Biology (1983). Rhodes Scholarship finalist (1984). NASA Graduate Student Researcher's Award (1988). Stanford Medical Scholars Program (1988). Research Honors Award from Stanford Medical School (1989). NASA-Ames Certificate of Recognition (1990). Wilderness Medical Society Research Award (1991). NASA Space Flight Medal (1994).

While in medical school he competed on the United States Development Luge Team and was ranked in the top 10 in the nation during the 1988 Olympic Trials. He also served as an Olympic Team Coach for the Philippines during the 1988 Olympic Winter Games in Calgary, Canada.

EXPERIENCE:

While an undergraduate at Stanford University, Dr. Parazynski studied antigenic variation in African Sleeping Sickness, using sophisticated molecular biological techniques. While in medical school, he was awarded a NASA Graduate Student Fellowship and conducted research on fluid shifts that occur during human space flight. Additionally, he has been involved in the design of several exercise devices that are being developed for long-duration space flight, and has conducted research on high-altitude acclimatization. Dr. Parazynski has numerous publications in the field of space physiology, and has a particular expertise in human adaptation to stressful environments.

NASA EXPERIENCE:

Selected by NASA in March 1992, Dr. Parazynski reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1992. He completed one year of training and evaluation, and qualified for assignment as a mission specialist on future Space Shuttle flight crews. Dr. Parazynski initially served as one of the crew representatives for extravehicular activity in the Astronaut Office Mission Development Branch. He first flew in 1994 on STS-66 and has logged over 262 hours in space. He was then assigned as a backup for the third American long-duration stay aboard Russia's Space Station Mir, and was expected to serve as a prime crew member on a subsequent mission. He spent 5 months in training at the Gargarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Star City, Russia. In October 1995, when sitting-height parameters raised concerns about his fitting safely in the Soyuz vehicle in the event of an emergency on-board the Mir station, he was deemed too tall for the mission and was withdrawn from Mir training. He presently serves as the Astronaut Office Operations Planning Branch crew representative for Space Shuttle, Space Station and Soyuz training, and is assigned to the crew of STS-86.

CURRENT ASSIGNMENT:

Dr. Parazynski will serve as Mission Specialist-2 (Flight Engineer) on STS-86, NASA's seventh scheduled Shuttle mission to rendezvous and dock with the Russian Space Station Mir. While docked, he and Russian cosmonaut Vladimir Titov will perform a 5-1/2 hour EVA to retrieve experiments first deployed on Mir during the STS-76 docking mission. Launch is scheduled for September 1997.

JANUARY 1997

Parazynski Spaceflight Log

3 November 1994 Flight: STS-66. Flight Up: STS-66. Flight Back: STS-66. Flight Time: 10.94 days.

26 September 1997 Flight: STS-86. Flight Up: STS-86. Flight Back: STS-86. Flight Time: 10.81 days.

29 October 1998 Flight: STS-95. Flight Up: STS-95. Flight Back: STS-95. Flight Time: 8.91 days.

19 April 2001 Flight: STS-100. Flight Up: STS-100. Flight Back: STS-100. Flight Time: 11.90 days.

23 October 2007 Flight: STS-120. Flight Up: STS-120. Flight Back: STS-120. Flight Time: 15.10 days.

Parazynski 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.

3 November 1994 - STS-66. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-66. Carried Atlas-3 laboratory; deployed and retrieved CRISTA-SPAS. Payloads: Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS) 3, Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the Atmo-sphere (CRISTA)-Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS) 1, Experiment of the Sun for Complement-ing the ATLAS Payload for Education (ESCAPE) II, Inter-Mars Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter (ITEPC), Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (SSBUV) A, Physiological and Anatomical Rodent Experiment (PARE/NIH-R), Protein Crystal Growth (PCG-TES and PCG-STES), Space Tissue Loss (STL/NIH-C-A), Shuttle Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS), Heat Pipe Performance (HPP).

14 November 1994 - Landing of STS-66. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-66. STS-66 landed at 15:34 GMT.

26 September 1997 - STS-86. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-86, Mir NASA-5, Mir NASA-4, Mir EO-24. Atlantis was launched on a mission to the Russian Mir space station. The TI rendevous terminal initiation burn was carried out at 17:32 GMT on September 27, and Atlantis docked with the SO (Docking Module) on the Mir complex at 19:58 GMT. The crew exchange was completed on September 28, with David Wolf replacing Michael Foale on the Mir crew. On October 1 cosmonaut Titov and astronaut Parazynski conducted a spacewalk from the Shuttle payload bay while Atlantis was docked to Mir. They retrieved four MEEP (Mir Environmental Effects Payload ) exposure packages from Mir's SO module and installed the Spektr solar array cap. The MEEP experiments had been attached to the Docking Module by astronauts Linda Godwin and Rich Clifford during Shuttle mission STS-76 in March 1996. In addition to retrieving the MEEP, Parazynski and Titov were to continue an evaluation of the Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue (SAFER), a small jet-backpack designed for use as a type of life jacket during station assembly.

Atlantis undocked from Mir at 17:28 GMT on October 3 and conducted a flyaround focused on the damaged Spektr Module to determine the location of the puncture in its hull. The Mir crew pumped air into the Spektr Module using a pressure regulator valve, and the Shuttle crew observed evidence that, as expected, the leak seemed to be located at the base of the damaged solar panel. Final separation of Atlantis from Mir took place around 20:28 GMT. After two landing attempts were waved off on October 5 due to heavy cloud cover, the crew fired the engines to deorbit at 20:47 GMT on October 6 and landed at Kennedy Space Center at 21:55.

1 October 1997 - EVA STS-86-1. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: STS-86, Mir NASA-5, Mir NASA-4, Mir EO-24. Retrieved MEEP materials exposure experiment from outside of Mir.

6 October 1997 - Landing of STS-86. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-86, Mir NASA-5, Mir NASA-4, Mir EO-24. STS-86 landed at 21:55 GMT with the crew of Wetherbee, Bloomfield, Titov Vladimir, Parazynski, Chretien, Lawrence and Foale aboard.

29 October 1998 - STS-95. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-95. The flight of STS-95 provoked more publicity for NASA than any other flight in years, due to the presence of ex-astronaut Senator John Glenn on the crew, which also included the first Spanish astronaut, Pedro Duque. The US Navy PANSAT student satellite was deployed on Oct 30 into a 550 km x 561 x 28.5 degree orbit. The Spartan 201 satellite was deployed from Discovery on November 1 and retrieved on November 3. Spartan 201 was on its fifth mission to observe the solar corona. The data on this mission would be used to recalibrate the SOHO satellite which recently resumed observation of the Sun following loss of control. Discovery landed at 17:03:31 GMT November 7 on Runway 33 at the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center.

29 October 1998 - STS-95 Mission Status Report # 01. Flight: STS-95. The Shuttle Discovery blasted off into a cloudless sky today at 1:19 p.m. Central time from the Kennedy Space Center to kick off a planned nine-day scientific research mission and to return John Glenn to space, 36 years, 8 months and nine days after he became the first American to orbit the Earth.

Launch was delayed briefly while flight controllers evaluated an alarm during cabin ...more...

30 October 1998 - STS-95 Mission Status Report # 04. Flight: STS-95. Discovery's crew moved through a steady pace of experiments during the Shuttle's first full day in orbit, releasing a miniature telecommunications satellite and conducting a variety of medical and material research.

Commander Curt Brown, Pilot Steve Lindsey and Payload Specialist John Glenn took ...more...

30 October 1998 - STS-95 Mission Status Report # 03. Flight: STS-95. Discovery's astronauts will spend their first full day in space supporting wide-ranging activities, from releasing a small communications satellite to studying the behavior of materials at an atomic level.

Commander Curt Brown, Pilot Steve Lindsey and Mission Specialist Scott Parazynski ...more...

31 October 1998 - STS-95 Mission Status Report # 06. Flight: STS-95. Discovery's crew spent much of the last half of today in preparation for tomorrow's planned release of the Spartan solar science satellite, checking out the tools and equipment that will be used during the release and separation from the satellite.

The crew also began several of the medical studies planned for the flight that investigate ...more...

31 October 1998 - STS-95 Mission Status Report # 05. Flight: STS-95. Medical investigations will begin in earnest today as Discovery's crew moves forward with research comparing the changes the human body goes through when making trips into orbit with the changes that occur as part of the natural aging process on Earth.

Payload Specialist John Glenn, 77, will begin providing the 10 blood samples and ...more...

2 November 1998 - STS-95 Mission Status Report # 10. Flight: STS-95. Discovery's crew took a few hours break from the continuous pace of research activity on board today, a standard rest period for the crew that is planned during longer shuttle flights.

Research continues, however, as the Spartan solar science satellite released by ...more...

2 November 1998 - STS-95 Mission Status Report # 09. Flight: STS-95. Discovery's astronauts were awakened at 6 a.m. Central time this morning by Andy Williams' rendition of the 1962 Academy Award winning song, "Moon River." Annie Glenn requested the song as a tribute to the longstanding friendship between Williams and her husband, Payload Specialist John Glenn. The seven crew members are looking forward to some free time today, following yesterday's successful deployment of the Spartan solar physics satellite, which will study the outer layers of the sun's atmosphere until it is retrieved by Discovery tomorrow.

Work will continue today with a wide variety of science experiments on board, although ...more...

3 November 1998 - STS-95 Mission Status Report # 11. Flight: STS-95. Discovery's astronauts began the second half of their flight at 5:25 a.m. Central time this morning to the sounds of Stevie Ray Vaughn's "If the House is A-Rockin," in honor of Mission Specialist Steve Robinson. Robinson is known as "Stevie Ray Robinson" by the other members of the astronaut band known as "Max Q". After enjoying a break in their schedule yesterday, the crew is focusing its attention on this afternoon's retrieval of the Spartan solar physics satellite, which has spent the past two days studying the outer layers of the sun's atmosphere. Retrieval is set for 2:45 p.m. Central time.

Rendezvous activities will begin when Commander Curt Brown fires Discovery's engines ...more...

3 November 1998 - STS-95 Mission Status Report # 12. Flight: STS-95. The SPARTAN satellite was captured and returned to its berth this afternoon, successfully completing its two-day solar science mission. SPARTAN Mission Manager Craig Toohey congratulated the crew and flight control team on their performance in executing the mission exactly as planned. Toohey said that 30 percent of the science data already had been linked to the ground and the remainder would be off-loaded at landing. SPARTAN Scientist Dr. Richard Fisher noted that investigators were pleased to have the satellite in orbit near a solar maximum cycle and that its instruments had captured sought-after data on a solar mass ejection event.

The rendezvous began with Commander Curt Brown firing Discovery's orbital maneuvering ...more...

4 November 1998 - STS-95 Mission Status Report # 14. Flight: STS-95. The seventh day in orbit for Space Shuttle Discovery and its seven-member astronaut crew was packed with ongoing science operations. Early in the day, Mission Specialist Steve Robinson, assisted by Mission Specialist Scott Parazynski, tested the Orbiter Space Vision System. OSVS uses special markings on Spartan and the shuttle cargo bay to provide an alignment aid for the arm's operator using shuttle television images. This was its final on-orbit test before going into operational use on the next Space Shuttle flight in December as an aid in using the arm to join together the first two modules of the International Space Station.

This afternoon Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai along with STS-95 commander Curt ...more...

4 November 1998 - STS-95 Mission Status Report # 13. Flight: STS-95. Music from Japan awakened Discovery's astronauts at 4:50 a.m. Central time this morning. "Wakaki Chi," a cheering song from Keio University where Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai received her medical degree, was played in recognition of the phone call she will receive at 2:55 p.m. from Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and Minister of State for Science and Technology, Yutaka Takeyama.

The astronauts will once again remove the Spartan solar science satellite from its ...more...

5 November 1998 - STS-95 Mission Status Report # 15. Flight: STS-95. The Moody Blues awakened Discovery's seven astronauts at 4:15 a.m. Central time this morning for their eighth day of on-orbit science activities. The song, "I Know You're Out There Somewhere," was chosen by Commander Curt Brown's family.

With the Spartan solar science satellite again secured in its berth in Discovery's ...more...

7 November 1998 - STS-95 Mission Status Report # 20. Flight: STS-95. Discovery's astronauts glided to a smooth landing at the Kennedy Space Center today to wrap up a nine-day, 3.6 million mile mission which marked the return of John Glenn to orbit and saw the crew members successfully conduct more than 80 scientific experiments.

Commander Curt Brown and Pilot Steve Lindsey set Discovery down on the 3-mile long ...more...

7 November 1998 - Landing of STS-95. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-95. STS-95 landed at 17:03 GMT.

28 March 2001 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-08. Flight: ISS EO-2. The International Space Station has become home to its new residents - the Expedition Two crew of Commander Yury Usachev and Flight Engineers Jim Voss and Susan Helms - who are settling in for a four-month stay after assuming command of the complex 10 days ago.

Minor issues being worked by the crew and flight control teams in Houston and Moscow ...more...

19 April 2001 - STS-100. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-100. Space Shuttle OV-105 Endeavour was launched on mission STS-100 to carry out International Space Station Flight 6A continued the outfitting of the Station. The crew of four Americans, one Russian, one Canadian and one Italian were to install an 18 meter, 1,700 kg Canadian robotic arm named Canadarm-2 on the ISS, and to transport an Italian cargo container, Raffaello, which delivered 4,500 kg of supplies and equipment to the station. Total payload of 13,744 kg consisted of:

Bay 1-2: Orbiter Docking System, External Airlock, 3 EMU spacesuits - 2160 kg including 360 kg for the 3 suits
Bay 3 Starboard: Adapter Beam with DCSU switching unit - 180kg
Bay 5: Spacelab Pallet with Canadarm-2 SSRMS (Space Station Remote Manipulator System, 1800 kg mass), LDA, and 56 kg UHF antenna - 3256 kg
Bay 6 Port: Adapter Beam with IMAX Camera - 238 kg
Bay 8-12: Rafaello Module (MPLM-2) with MPLM racks and 3400 kg cargo - 7500 kg
Sill: Canadarm RMS 303 - 410 kg

Endeavour reached an 80 x 317 km orbit at 1849 GMT; at 1924 GMT the OMS engines fired to raise perigee. After a series of rendezvous burns, the spaceship docked with the PMA-2 port on the ISS at 1359 GMT on April 21.

On 23 April the SSRMS station manipulator was unberthed from the SLP Spacelab pallet at 1114 GMT and latched on to the PDGF fixture on the Destiny ISS module at 1416 GMT. This was followed at 1458 GMT with the MPLM-2 Raffaello module being moved from Endeavour's payload bay by the Shuttle's RMS and berthed to the nadir port on the ISS Unity module at 1600 GMT. Over the next few days, the cargo racks on the MPLM were transferred to Destiny. Raffaello was then unberthed from Unity at 2003 GMT on April 27 and reberthed in the rear of Endeavour's bay for return to earth at 2059 GMT.

Undocking of Endeavour was delayed by a series of computer problems at the Station. Failures in the Station's command and control computers left only one of the three computers operating.

They were all restarted by April 29, and the Shuttle RMS grappled the Spacelab pallet at 2044 GMT . The station's Canadarm-2 released it at 2106 GMT, and the RMS berthed the pallet back in the Shuttle cargo bay. Endeavour undocked from the Station at 1734 GMT on April 29. The weather in Florida was bad at the planned May 1 landing time, so Endeavour landed in California. The deorbit burn was at 1502 GMT on May 1, with landing at 1610:42 GMT on runway 22 at Edwards. Endeavour returned to the Kennedy Space Center atop a Boeing 747 SCA aircraft on May 9.

19 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #01. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-100. The Shuttle Endeavour lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center this afternoon, carrying a multi-national crew and a complex Canadian-built robotic arm to the International Space Station (ISS).

Commander Kent Rominger, Pilot Jeff Ashby and Mission Specialists Chris Hadfield ...more...

20 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #02. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-100. The crew of the shuttle Endeavour worked this morning to prepare for its Saturday docking with the International Space Station and for the two planned spacewalks while there. The chase to catch up with the waiting station and its Expedition Two crew continues with another in the series of rendezvous maneuvers scheduled for about 5:30 this morning.

Endeavour is scheduled to dock with the station at 8:36 Saturday morning to deliver ...more...

20 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #03. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-100. The day on orbit was one of preparations as Endeavour's seven astronauts got ready for tomorrow morning's scheduled arrival at the International Space Station, and Sunday's planned space walk by Mission Specialists Chris Hadfield and Scott Parazynski.

Endeavour is scheduled to dock with the station at 8:32 a.m. Saturday although the ...more...

21 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #04. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-100. Space Shuttle Endeavour and its seven crewmembers began rendezvous preparations shortly after 3 a.m. today, which should culminate in an 8:32 a.m. docking to the International Space Station, which will be northeast of Hong Kong at an altitude of 240 miles. The shuttle is bringing an advanced robotic arm, experiments and supplies to the ever-growing science outpost.

Before the undocking a week later, two space walks will have been conducted and ...more...

21 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #05. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-100. With Commander Kent Rominger at the controls, Endeavour gently docked with the International Space Station this morning as the two spacecraft flew 243 miles over the southern Pacific Ocean, just southeast of New Zealand. Docking occurred at 8:59 a.m. central time.

Rominger, Pilot Jeff Ashby and Mission Specialists John Phillips, Chris Hadfield, ...more...

22 April 2001 - EVA STS-100-1. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: STS-100. Objective was start of installation of the Canadarm-2 SSRMS manipulator arm .Hadfield was the first Canadian spacewalker. The UHF communications antenna was installed on Destiny and the SSRMS initial setup was completed.

22 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #07. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-100. Endeavour's astronauts extended the reach of the International Space Station today, successfully installing a 57.7 foot long Canadian-built robotic arm.

Mission Control Houston recognized the importance of today's activities sending ...more...

22 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #06. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-100. Now docked to the International Space Station, Endeavour and its seven-member crew are preparing for the first of two planned space walks set to begin about 6:20 this morning to install the orbiting outpost's Canadian built robotic arm. Called Canadarm2, the high-tech robotic arm is the most versatile ever flown in space.

Shortly after crew wakeup, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield and Scott ...more...

23 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #08. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-100. The 10 astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station and the docked shuttle Endeavour are beginning a day that will see the first opening of hatches linking the two spacecraft. Highlights will include an impressive first step by the station's new Canadarm2 and the berthing to the station of Raffaello, the Italian-built logistics module.

Hatch opening was set for 4 a.m. following a wakeup call from Mission Control earlier ...more...

23 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #09. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-100. Two elements built by two countries adorn the International Space Station (ISS) tonight after Endeavour's astronauts and the Station's Expedition Two crew worked throughout the day to bring the complex one step closer to an independent robotic capability.

The new 57-foot long Canadian-built Canadarm2 robot arm took its first step this ...more...

24 April 2001 - EVA STS-100-2. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: STS-100. The astronauts removed a temporary communications antenna from Unity, and connected up power to the Canadarm-2. Susan Helms aboard Destiny then used the arm's LEE A manipulator to remove the SLP Spacelab Pallet from Destiny at 1825 GMT. Meanwhile the EVA crew moved the DCSU switching unit from a sidewall carrier on the port side of Endeavour's cargo bay to the ESP (External Stowage Platform) on Destiny, next to the PFCS (Pump Flow Control System) which was installed on the ESP on the previous mission.

24 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #11. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-100. Endeavour's two space walkers -- Canadian Chris Hadfield and American Scott Parazynski-- worked as space-age electricians today, completing connections that allowed the new International Space Station robotic arm to operate from a new base on the outside of the Destiny science lab.

Expedition 2 Flight Engineers Jim Voss and Susan Helms steered Canadarm2 as it lifted ...more...

24 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #10. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-100. Unpacking a space-based moving van and taking a second walk in space is the order of business today for astronauts and cosmonauts orbiting in the International Space Station and aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour.

The Raffaello logistics module, now open for business following yesterday's berthing ...more...

25 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #12. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-100. The Station's new robotic arm truly will extend the reach of humans in space today when it hands the 3,000-pound pallet delivering it to space to the shuttle's robotic arm for transport back to Earth. The three-hour task is set to begin about 6 a.m.

While robotic arm operations are underway by Expedition Two crewmembers Susan Helms ...more...

25 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #13. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-100. Troubleshooting efforts designed to restore full capability to the International Space Station's three redundant command and control computers continue in Mission Control, even as the 10 astronauts and cosmonauts on board the outpost worked together today to install new experiments in the Destiny laboratory.

Shortly after the ISS crew went to bed last night, the ISS flight controllers reported ...more...

27 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #18. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-100. The Italian Space Agency-provided Raffaello logistics module, loaded with 1,600 pounds of material to be returned to Earth, was tucked securely in Endeavour's payload bay at 3:58 p.m. Central time today as the International Space Station and shuttle flew high over the Pacific Ocean, north of Indonesia.

Mission Specialist Scott Parazynski, at the controls of the shuttle's robotic arm ...more...

29 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #22. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EP-1, STS-100. With a gentle push from springs in the docking module, Endeavour backed slowly away from the International Space Station at 12:34 p.m. Central time today, as the two spacecraft soared 240 miles over the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia.

As Pilot Jeff Ashby slowly backed Endeavour away, Commander Kent Rominger and Expedition ...more...

30 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #23. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EP-1, STS-100. A replacement Soyuz spacecraft successfully docked to the International Space Station early Monday, providing the station crew with a new "lifeboat" should an unexpected return to Earth become necessary. The docking occurred at 2:58 a.m. as the station orbited over south-central Russia near the Mongolian border.

The Soyuz has a lifetime on orbit of about six months. The crew of the Soyuz which ...more...

30 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #24. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EP-1, STS-100. Weather permitting, Endeavour and its crew of seven will return to the Kennedy Space Center tomorrow morning, concluding a successful mission to install a new-generation robotic arm on the International Space Station, and a journey of more than 4.8 million miles. In preparation for tomorrow's landing opportunities, Commander Kent Rominger, Pilot Jeff Ashby and Flight Engineer John Phillips verified the performance of Endeavour's flight control systems and surfaces and steering jets.

Mission Specialists Chris Hadfield, Scott Parazynski, Yuri Lonchakov and Umberto ...more...

1 May 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #27. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EP-1, STS-100. Endeavour and its crew of seven glided to a landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California today, touching down at 11:11 a.m. central time, concluding a successful mission to install a new-generation robotic arm on the International Space Station, and a journey of more than 4.9 million miles.

With continuing cloud cover, rain showers and gusty winds at the Kennedy Space Center, ...more...

1 May 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #25. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EP-1, STS-100. With the Kennedy Space Center reporting cloud cover, showers and gusty winds and with forecasters calling for more of the same today and tomorrow, flight controllers began focusing on bringing Endeavour home to a landing at Edwards Air Force Base later today.

The first opportunity of the day to land Endeavour at the Florida spaceport has ...more...

1 May 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #26. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EP-1, STS-100. With the Kennedy Space Center reporting cloud cover, showers and gusty winds and with forecasters calling for more of the same for the rest of the week, flight controllers decided to bring Endeavour home to a landing at Edwards Air Force Base later today.

Two opportunities to land at Edwards are available today. For the first, the deorbit ...more...

1 May 2001 - Landing of STS-100. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-100. STS-100 landed at 16:10 GMT with the crew of Rominger, Ashby, Hadfield, Phillips, Parazynski, Guidoni and Lonchakov aboard.

13 November 2003 - STS-118 (cancelled). Assignment: Proposed Prime Crew. Flight: STS-118A. Flight delayed after the Columbia disaster. STS-118 was to have flown ISS Assembly mission ISS-13A.1. It would have delivered the a Spacehab Single Cargo Module with station supplies, and the third starboard truss segment (ITS S5).

23 October 2007 - STS-120. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-120, ISS EO-15, ISS EO-16, ISS EO-16-1, ISS EO-15-1. Main mission objectives were delivery of the Harmony module to the station, and external work to move the P6 truss to its final location and put the ISS into its full-power configuration for the first time. Discovery docked with the ISS at the Destiny module at 12:40 GMT on 25 October. The cargo of 17,390 kg was as follows:

Orbiter Docking System - Bay 1-2 - 1800 kg
Spacesuit EMU 3004 - 130 kg
Spacesuit EMU 3003 - 130 kg
Station Power Distribution Unit SPDU - Bay 3P - 100 kg
Fixture for return of S-band Antenna - SASA FSE - Bay 3P - 4S - 100 kg
Power/Data Grapple Fixture for Node-2 - PDGF - Bay 5P - 50 kg
Main Bus Switching Unit - MBSU - Bay 6S - 238 kg
MBSU adapter - Bay 6S - 122 kg
Station Power Distribution Unit - SPDU - Bay 6S - 7P - 100 kg
Node-2 Harmony module - Bays 8-12 - 14,300 kg
OBSS 203 - Sill 450 kg
RMS 301 - Sill 410 kg

23 October 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #01. The Space Shuttle Discovery raced into space this morning with an on-time launch at 10:38 CDT. Onboard are seven crewmembers led by veteran astronaut Pam Melroy. Discovery's crew will join the International Space Station�s Expedition 16 crew Thursday morning.

Melroy, Pilot George Zamka and Mission Specialists Stephanie Wilson, Doug Wheelock, ...more...

23 October 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #02. The Space Shuttle Discovery is headed to the International Space Station, carrying the Harmony module, destined to become the first expansion of the orbiting complex's living and working space since 2001.

The addition of Harmony, a connector module also known as Node 2, will set the stage ...more...

24 October 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #03. The astronauts on board Space Shuttle Discovery have begun their first full day in space on a two-week mission to set the stage for delivery of new laboratory modules from two more of the International Space Station�s partner agencies.

The main payload on STS-120 is a connecting node, named Harmony. It will expand ...more...

24 October 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #04. The seven-member crew of STS-120 on board Space Shuttle Discovery is ready for tomorrow�s rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station, planned for 7:33 a.m. CDT.

Commander Pam Melroy and her crewmates today completed a five-hour inspection of ...more...

25 October 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #6. Two female commanders made space history today as they greeted one another with smiles and hugs in the International Space Station�s Destiny laboratory after a flawless rendezvous and docking.

Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson warmly welcomed the Space Shuttle Discovery ...more...

25 October 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #5. A new crew member and a new module are only hours away from arriving at the International Space Station. Space Shuttle Discovery is due to dock to the station at 7:33 a.m. CDT to begin 10 days of docked operations.

Today�s wakeup song at 12:39 a.m. CDT was �Dancing in the Moonlight� by King Harvest ...more...

26 October 2007 - EVA STS-120-1. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: STS-120, ISS EO-16, ISS EO-16-1. The astronauts emerged from the Quest hatch at 10:01 GMT. They moved an antenna from the Z1 truss and stowed it in the payload bay, prepared the P6 truss for separation from Z1, and assisted in installation of the Harmony module, which was unberthed from the shuttle bay by the ISS Canadarm-2 and docked to the Unity module.

26 October 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #7. Delivery of Harmony highlights the day as the crews of Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station prepare for the first of a record five spacewalks planned for a single shuttle assembly mission.

The day began at 12:39 a.m. CDT with the wakeup song �Rocket Man� by Elton John, ...more...

26 October 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #8. It proved to be a perfect day for a spacewalk. In just over six hours, STS-120 Mission Specialists Scott Parazynski and Doug Wheelock installed the Harmony module in its temporary location on the International Space Station, readied the P6 truss for its relocation on Sunday, retrieved a failed radio communications antenna and snapped shut a window cover on Harmony that opened during launch on the space shuttle.

The astronauts plan to enter Harmony for the first time at 8:03 a.m. Saturday after ...more...

27 October 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #09. Today is the grand opening of the International Space Station�s newest module, a connecting node that will host new laboratory complexes from around the world.

The day began with an Italian wakeup song at 12:39 a.m. �Bellissime Stelle� (Beautiful ...more...

27 October 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #10. Astronauts at the International Space Station now have a little more room to float around in � 2,666 cubic feet more, to be exact.

The hatch of Node 2 � or Harmony, as the module was named by school children � was ...more...

28 October 2007 - EVA STS-120-2. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: STS-120, ISS EO-16, ISS EO-16-1. The astronauts emerged from the Quest hatch at 09:32 GMT. They assisted in unberthing of the P6 truss and its placement in a parked position. They also installed handrails and a grapple fixture on Harmony and inspected the malfunctioning Solar Array Rotary Joint (SARJ) on the S3/S4 truss.

28 October 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #12. Astronauts Scott Parazynski and Dan Tani successfully completed all major tasks during STS-120's second spacewalk, the 17th this year and the 94th dedicated to the International Space Station's assembly and maintenance.

During the 6 hour and 33 minute spacewalk, Parazynski and Tani teamed to disconnect ...more...

28 October 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #11. The second of a record five spacewalks on one space shuttle visit to the International Space Station begins this morning, and it will end with a major station element en route to a new location.

Today�s wakeup song at 12:09 a.m. CDT, �What a Wonderful World,� by Louis Armstrong, ...more...

29 October 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #14. As crew members aboard the International Space Station and space shuttle Discovery prepared for the third spacewalk, they learned that the shuttle will spend an extra day in space, with landing now scheduled for just after 4 a.m. Nov. 7.

After analyzing photos of debris found inside the station�s starboard Solar Alpha ...more...

29 October 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #13. With two successful spacewalks completed in three days, the crews on Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station have some time to relax today while also completing a big handoff and getting prepared for another EVA on Tuesday.

This morning�s wakeup music at 11:39 p.m., �One by One� by Wynton Marsalis, was ...more...

30 October 2007 - EVA STS-120-3. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: STS-120, ISS EO-16, ISS EO-16-1. The astronauts emerged from the Quest hatch at 08:44 GMT. They assisted in the mating of the P6 to P5 trusses and deployment of a radiator from P6. Wheelock transferred a spare Main Bus Switching Unit (MBSU) from the Shuttle bay to the External Stowage Platform 3 (ESP3). P6 solar array wing 2B was successfully redeployed; but deployment of array 4B had to be halted when a tear developed in the solar panel.

30 October 2007 - ISS On-Orbit Status 10/30/07. All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Day 145 for Clayton Anderson. Flight Day 8 for STS-120/10A; Day 6 of Joint Ops. [Mission Extension: see Note below.]

ISS/Shuttle crew wake-up: 12:38am EDT. Sleeptime: 4:08pm (ISS), 4:38pm (Shuttle).

Truss ...more...

30 October 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #15. Astronauts Scott Parazynski and Doug Wheelock today install the International Space Station�s P6 truss in its final location. A new task was also added to this third spacewalk of the mission to provide comparison data of the station�s two solar array rotary joints. The spacewalk is set to begin at 3:53 a.m. CDT.

Today�s wakeup music at 11:38 p.m., �Malaguena Salerosa� by Chingon, was played ...more...

30 October 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #16. The crew of space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station executed a flawless spacewalk today, but ran into some unexpected issues afterward.

Scott Parazynski and Doug Wheelock left the space station at 4:45 a.m. to begin ...more...

31 October 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #18. Space shuttle Discovery astronauts will have an extra day to prepare for their mission�s fourth spacewalk, as the International Space Station Program has changed its priority from inspection of a rotary joint to repair of a solar array.

The spacewalk, planned for Thursday, now has been moved to Friday, or possibly Saturday ...more...

1 November 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #19. Space Shuttle Discovery�s astronauts today will assemble and configure tools to repair a torn solar array blanket on the International Space Station�s port truss during the mission�s fourth spacewalk, now scheduled for Saturday.

Wednesday, mission managers decided the astronauts would not inspect the starboard ...more...

1 November 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #20. The space shuttle Discovery and International Space Station crews spent the day putting together tools and making preparations for Saturday�s spacewalk to repair a torn solar array.

Using strips of aluminum, a hole punch, bolt connector and 66 feet of wire, astronauts ...more...

1 November 2007 - ISS On-Orbit Status 11/01/07. All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Day 147 for Clayton Anderson. Flight Day 10 for STS-120/10A; Day 8 of Joint Ops.

ISS/Shuttle crew wake-up: 12:08am EDT. Sleeptime: 4:38pm (ISS), 5:08pm (Shuttle). ...more...

2 November 2007 - ISS On-Orbit Status 11/02/07. All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Day 148 for Clayton Anderson. Flight Day 11 for STS-120/10A; Day 9 of Joint Ops.

ISS/Shuttle crew wake-up: 1:08am EDT. Sleeptime: 5:08pm (ISS), 5:38pm (Shuttle). ...more...

2 November 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #21. The space shuttle Discovery and International Space Station crews today will focus on reviewing spacewalk procedures and unberthing the shuttle�s Orbiter Boom Sensor System for Saturday�s spacewalk to repair a torn solar array.

The crews were awakened this morning at 12:08 with the song �World� by Five for ...more...

2 November 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #22. Space shuttle Discovery and International Space Station crew members today finished preparations for Saturday�s spacewalk to repair a torn solar array. The mission�s fourth spacewalk is set to begin about 5:30 a.m.

The astronauts spent the day positioning the station�s mobile transporter and robotic ...more...

3 November 2007 - EVA STS-120-4. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: STS-120, ISS EO-16, ISS EO-16-1. The astronauts emerged from the Quest hatch and rode the ISS Canadarm II 50 m out to the snagged P6 solar array. Parazynski cut a snagged wire and installed homemade stabilizers designed to strengthen the array�s structure and stability in the vicinity of the damage. Wheelock helped from the truss by keeping an eye on the distance between Parazynski and the array. Afterwards they observed as ground controllers completed successful extension of the array.

3 November 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #24. With a few pieces of aluminum and a little bit of wire, Mission Specialist Scott Parazynski today repaired a damaged solar array during a spacewalk that lasted 7 hours, 19 minutes.

Parazynski and fellow spacewalker Doug Wheelock left the International Space Station ...more...

3 November 2007 - ISS On-Orbit Status 11/03/07. All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Day 149 for Clayton Anderson. Flight Day 12 for STS-120/10A; Day 10 of Joint Ops. �It�s been a great day!� (MS1 Scott Parazynski).�..and thank God for the Canadian MSS!

ISS/Shuttle crew wake-up: 1:38am EDT. Sleeptime: 5:38pm (ISS), 6:08pm (Shuttle). ...more...

3 November 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #22. Mission Specialists Scott Parazynski and Doug Wheelock today will work to repair a torn solar array on the farthest end of the International Space Station�s port truss in the fourth spacewalk of the STS-120 mission.

That spacewalk is slated to begin about 5:30 a.m., but could begin as early as 5 ...more...

4 November 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #26. Spacefarers aboard Discovery and the International Space Station congratulated one another on a successful docked mission, shared hugs and farewells and closed the hatches 210 miles above the Pacific Northwest at 2:03 p.m. CST.

With Dan Tani now a member of the station�s Expedition 16 crew and Clay Anderson ...more...

4 November 2007 - ISS On-Orbit Status 11/04/07. All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Day 150 for Clayton Anderson. Flight Day 13 for STS-120/10A; Day 11 of Joint Ops. Sunday � Farewell Day. >>>Today 50 years ago the first living space passenger was launched into orbit: the female dog Laika on Soviet Russia�s Sputnik-2.<<<

ISS/Shuttle crew wake-up: 1:08am EST. Sleeptime: 5:10pm (ISS), 6:08pm (Shuttle). ...more...

4 November 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #25. The astronauts on space shuttle Discovery got up this morning prepared to complete the final cargo transfers between the two vehicles and bid farewell to the Expedition 16 crew.

Farewells are scheduled to begin at 12:28 p.m. CST, followed by hatch closing at ...more...

5 November 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #27. All systems are go for this morning�s undocking of space shuttle Discovery from the International Space Station, completing 11 days of joint docked operations that saw the successful delivery of a new pressurized module and the repair of a damaged solar array wing.

The shuttle crew members got their wakeup call at 1:08 a.m. CST with �Roll Me Away� ...more...

6 November 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #29. Landing preparations are the order of the day for the seven astronauts on space shuttle Discovery, who are planning to conclude a two-week mission with a Wednesday landing at the Kennedy Space Center.

The crew�s 1:38 a.m. CST wakeup call was �Space Truckin�� by Deep Purple, played ...more...

7 November 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #32. After 6.25 million miles and 15 days, space shuttle Discovery landed safely in Florida completing its 34th mission and circling the Earth 238 times.

Under command of astronaut Pam Melroy, the shuttle touched down on runway 33 at ...more...

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