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Personal: Male, Married, Two children. Born in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, USA. Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: NASA Group 16 - 1996. Active Entered space service: 1 May 1996. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 190.91 days. Number of EVAs: 1.00. Total EVA Time: 0.21 days.
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Phillips Spaceflight Log
Phillips Chronology 5 December 1983 - NASA Astronaut Training Group 16 selected.. The group was selected to provide pilot, engineer, and scientist astronauts for space shuttle flights.. Qualifications: Pilots: Bachelor's degree in engineering, biological science, physical science or mathematics. Advanced degree desirable. At least 1,000 flight-hours of pilot-in-command time. Flight test experience desirable. Excellent health. Vision minimum 20/50 uncorrected, correctable to 20/20 vision; maximum sitting blood pressure 140/90. Height between 163 and 193 cm. Mission Specialists: Bachelor's degree in engineering, biological science, physical science or mathematics and minimum three years of related experience or an advanced degree. Vision minimum 20/150 uncorrected, correctable to 20/20. Maximum sitting blood pressure of 140/90. Height between 150 and 193 cm.. 10 pilots and 25 mission specialists selected from over 2,400 applicants. 9 additional international astronauts. 1987 March - STS-71-E (cancelled). Assignment: Proposed Prime Crew. Flight: STS-71-E. Planned SLS-1 shuttle mission. Cancelled after Challenger disaster. 14 December 1998 - STS-88 Mission Status Report # 24. Flight: STS-88. Endeavour's crew awoke to the sounds of James Brown's "I Got You (I Feel Good)," today, in honor of the good feelings evoked by this successful first International Space Station Assembly mission. That wake-up call from Mission Control at 11:36 a.m. today, marks the start of the final full-day of operations for the six-member crew of STS-88. At the time of crew wake-up, Endeavour was about 222 statute miles ahead of the ...more... 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:
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 - 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 #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... 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 #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... 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... 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 - 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 #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 - 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. Mid-2004 - STS-121 (cancelled). Assignment: Proposed Prime Crew. Flight: STS-121A. Flight delayed after the Columbia disaster. No crew had been named at the time of the loss of Columbia. STS-121 was to have flown ISS Assembly mission ISS-9A.1, delivering the SPP with 4 Solar Arrays to the station, and have carried out a crew rotation. 4 February 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-6. Flight: ISS EO-10, ISS EO-11, ISS EP-8, STS-114. The Expedition 10 crew turned its attention to the Space Shuttle's return to flight this week, spending several days pre-packing International Space Station items destined for return to Earth aboard Discovery. Commander Leroy Chiao began the effort Feb. 1 and reported Friday that he has completed ...more... 1 April 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-17. Flight: ISS EO-10, ISS EO-11, ISS EP-8, STS-114. Following their second spacewalk and nearing the end of a six-month flight, Expedition 10 crew members conducted science experiments, prepared for the arrival of their replacements and readied the Station for the first post-Columbia Shuttle mission. Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov also spent ...more... 8 April 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-18. Flight: ISS EO-10, ISS EO-11, ISS EP-8. The current International Space Station crew began packing for home this week while the next Station crew completed a final review of plans before heading to the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, to prepare for launch. On Monday Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov ...more... 14 April 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-19. Flight: ISS EO-10, ISS EO-11, ISS EP-8, STS-114. The 11th crew of the International Space Station rocketed into space tonight, beginning a six-month mission. The ISS Soyuz 10 spacecraft carried Station Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev ...more... 15 April 2005 - Soyuz TMA-6. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: ISS EO-11, ISS EP-8, ISS EO-10. The Soyuz TMA-6 docked with International Space Station's Pirs module at 02:20 GMT on April 17. Commander of the long-duration EO-11 crew was Russian cosmonaut Sergey Krikalyov. Flight engineer and science officer was American astronaut John Phillips. Italian Roberto Vittori accompanied the EO-10 crew aboard Soyuz TMA-6 to the station on the European Space Agency EP-8 Eneide mission. 16 April 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-20. Flight: ISS EO-10, ISS EO-11, ISS EP-8, STS-114. New residents arrived at the International Space Station tonight to begin a six-month mission and to prepare for the arrival of the first Space Shuttle crew to visit the complex since November 2002. With Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev at the controls, the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft ...more... 22 April 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-21. Flight: ISS EO-10, ISS EO-11, ISS EP-8, STS-114. Aboard the International Space Station this week, one crew counted down its final days in space, headed toward a return to Earth on Sunday, while another crew began a six-month journey in orbit. The five crewmembers aboard the Station had a busy week of briefings for the new ...more... 24 April 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-22. Flight: ISS EO-10, ISS EO-11, ISS EP-8. After traveling more than 78 million miles aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 10 Commander and NASA ISS Science Officer Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov returned to Earth today. With them was European Space Agency Astronaut Roberto Vittori, who had spent eight days aboard the orbiting complex doing research. After a flawless descent by the ISS Soyuz 9 spacecraft, Chiao, Sharipov and Vittori ...more... 29 April 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-23. Flight: ISS EO-10, ISS EO-11, ISS EP-8, STS-114. The new crew members of the International Space Station completed their first full work week today as they conducted routine maintenance, continued to settle in and practiced photography to be used when the Space Shuttle returns to flight. Commander Sergei Krikalev and Flight Engineer and NASA Science Officer John Phillips ...more... 6 May 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-24. Flight: ISS EO-11, ISS EO-10. Commander Sergei Krikalev and Flight Engineer John Phillips moved full speed ahead into their Expedition 11 maintenance and science work aboard the International Space Station during their third week in space. Krikalev replaced a liquid processing component of the Russian Elektron oxygen ...more... 13 May 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-25. Flight: ISS EO-11. Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev and Flight Engineer John Phillips continued routine maintenance and science experiments aboard the International Space Station this week as they wrapped up their first month in space. The crew began the week observing Victory Day - the Russian holiday that this ...more... 20 May 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-26. Flight: ISS EO-11. The Expedition 11 crew, now into the second month of its stay on the International Space Station, had a varied week highlighted by repair of an exercise treadmill, tests of an oxygen supply and preparations for the Space Shuttle's Return to Flight. Commander Sergei Krikalev and Flight Engineer John Phillips began the week with ...more... 27 May 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-27. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. The Expedition 11 crew entered its seventh week in space today, wrapping up a week highlighted by research, maintenance and training for photography tasks to be done during the Space Shuttle's Return to Flight mission in July. Commander Sergei Krikalev and Flight Engineer John Phillips spent several days conducting examinations of each other using an ultrasound device that provides data on the ability of crewmembers to conduct detailed medical exams in space. The experiment could have future applications for telemedicine or rural health care. Phillips also conducted work with a viscosity measurement experiment that collects ...more... 3 June 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-28. Flight: ISS EO-11. A new capability was added to the operation of the International Space Station this week as a final round of tests to commission remote control of the Station's Canadarm2 robotic arm from the ground was completed. The 60-foot-long arm was maneuvered by ground control Friday to move in, latch ...more... 10 June 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-29. Flight: ISS EO-11. Aboard the International Space Station this week, the eleventh Expedition crew spent the latter part of its second month in space preparing for the arrival of new cargo as its commander quietly slipped into second place on the all-time human space endurance list. Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev and Astronaut John Phillips conducted scientific research ...more... 16 June 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-30. Flight: ISS EO-11. Carrying more than two tons of supplies, a Russian cargo spacecraft began a two-day trip to the International Space Station today after its launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The ISS Progress 18 resupply ship launched at 6:09:34 p.m. CDT (5:09:34 a.m. Baikonur ...more... 17 June 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-31. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. After a busy week of preparations, the Expedition 11 crew on the International Space Station is ready for Saturday's arrival of a Progress cargo craft bearing more than two tons of supplies and equipment. Commander Sergei Krikalev and NASA Science Officer John Phillips spent the week ...more... 18 June 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-32. Flight: ISS EO-11. An unpiloted Russian cargo ship linked up to the International Space Station today to deliver more than two tons of food, fuel, oxygen, water, supplies and spare parts. The ISS Progress 18 craft docked to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module ...more... 24 June 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-33. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. The International Space Station crew spent much of the week unpacking and using supplies from the newly docked Progress cargo craft. The crew members also began preparing the Station for a visit by the Space Shuttle ...more... 1 July 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-34. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. The residents of the International Space Station were informed today that they may welcome visitors arriving on a Space Shuttle in two weeks. Senior NASA managers yesterday set a July 13 launch date for the Space Shuttle's ...more... 8 July 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-35. Flight: ISS EO-11. After a light duty three-day holiday weekend, the International Space Station Expedition 11 crew returned to work for a short, but intense week of science experiments, spacesuit preparations and packing for the upcoming Space Shuttle mission. Commander Sergei Krikalev and NASA Science Officer John Phillips spent much of their ...more... 15 July 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-36. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. The International Space Station Expedition 11 crew worked this week on final preparations for the arrival of the Space Shuttle Discovery on its STS-114 Return to Flight mission, now on hold. Commander Sergei Krikalev and NASA Science Officer John Phillips worked to wrap ...more... 19 July 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-37. Flight: ISS EO-11. Commander Sergei Krikalev and Flight Engineer John Phillips left the International Space Station today for a short ride, relocating their Soyuz return craft from one docking port to another to free up a Russian airlock for a future spacewalk. The quick Expedition 11 foray began with undocking from the Pirs Docking Compartment ...more... 22 July 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-38. Flight: ISS EO-11. Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev and Flight Engineer John Phillips got ready this week for two upcoming Space Shuttle launches and a Space Station spacewalk, and supported two different continuing science investigations. With the 100th day of their six-month mission coming up on July 23, the International ...more... 26 July 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #01. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Discovery launched into a clear Florida sky this morning, returning the Shuttle fleet to space and beginning a journey of exploration to the Moon, Mars and beyond. Discovery lifted off at 9:39 a.m. central time today following a flawless countdown. ...more... 27 July 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #02. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. The crew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery has awakened to its first full day in space. Today it will focus on thermal protection system inspections, preparing for docking to the International Space Station and getting spacesuits ready for three spacewalks. Commander Eileen Collins, Pilot Jim Kelly and Mission Specialists Soichi Noguchi, ...more... 27 July 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #03. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Discovery crewmembers completed a camera survey of the heat shields of the leading edges of the orbiter's wings and its nose cone Wednesday. They also began preparations for Thursday's docking with the International Space Station and the mission's spacewalks. Commander Eileen Collins, Pilot Jim Kelly and Mission Specialists Soichi Noguchi, ...more... 27 July 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #04. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Visitors on a Space Shuttle will arrive at the International Space Station for the first time in over two years today. The Space Shuttle Discovery is scheduled to catch up and dock to the Station at 6:18 a.m. CDT Thursday. During Discovery's approach to the Station, Commander Eileen Collins will pause ...more... 28 July 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #05. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. The Space Shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station smoothly and right on time Thursday morning, after doing a planned back flip so Station crewmembers could photograph its thermal protection system. Discovery Commander Eileen Collins and Pilot Jim Kelly flew Discovery through the ...more... 28 July 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #06. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. The first full day of joint Space Shuttle and International Space Station operations will be highlighted by installation of a cargo transportation module, additional orbiter heat shield inspections and spacewalk preparations. Discovery's crew was awakened at 10:39 p.m. CDT by the song "Vertigo" by U2 played ...more... 29 July 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #07. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Space Shuttle and International Space Station crewmembers installed the Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module and began unloading the pressurized cargo carrier Friday. They also carried out a survey of selected areas of Discovery's thermal protection system and continued preparations for Saturday's spacewalk. Engineering analysis continues on the imagery collected so far, but no apparently ...more... 29 July 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #08. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Astronauts Soichi Noguchi and Steve Robinson will step outside for their first spacewalk, and the first of this mission, early Saturday. The six and a half hour spacewalk is scheduled to begin from Discovery's airlock at 3:44 a.m. CDT. Discovery's crew was awakened at 10:43 p.m. CDT by the Japanese song "Sanpo," sung ...more... 30 July 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #09. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Space Shuttle Discovery's heat protective tiles and thermal blankets have been pronounced fit for entry after engineers reviewed the imagery and other data to judge their health. Analysis remains on the reinforced carbon-carbon wing leading edges and the protruding gap fillers identified earlier. Aerodynamics experts are evaluating the effect on surface heating that the gap fillers may cause to decide whether any work is necessary to reduce their size. Mission managers today also decided to extend Discovery's mission by one day to ...more... 30 July 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #10. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Transfers of additional water and supplies to the International Space Station will continue Sunday as the crew aboard Space Shuttle Discovery begins Flight Day 6. The STS-114 mission was formally extended by one day as mission managers Saturday decided to spend one more day docked to the ISS. Two additional collapsible water containers holding more than 10 gallons each are ...more... 31 July 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #11. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. The transfer of equipment and supplies from Discovery to the International Space Station and preparations for Monday's planned spacewalk by Mission Specialists Soichi Noguchi and Steve Robinson were the focus of today's activities in space. Noguchi, of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and Robinson, along with remaining ...more... 31 July 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #12. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Now spacewalk veterans, Astronauts Soichi Noguchi and Steve Robinson will step outside for the second of three planned spacewalks today at 3:14 a.m. CDT. The sole objective of the 6 ½-hour excursion is to replace a failed International Space Station attitude control gyroscope. The pair will have about an hour of setup time after exiting Space Shuttle Discovery's ...more... 1 August 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #14. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. The Space Shuttle Discovery and International Space Station crews will continue transferring equipment and supplies between the two vehicles today. They will also review updated tasks for the third planned spacewalk of the mission. Discovery's crew was awakened at 10:09 p.m. CDT by the song "Big Rock Candy Mountain," ...more... 1 August 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #13. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. STS-114 mission managers Monday gave the go-ahead for astronauts to remove two protruding gap fillers in Discovery's heat shield during a Wednesday space walk. Soichi Noguchi and Steve Robinson will attempt to simply pull the thin fabric fillers from between tiles in the forward area of the orbiter's underside. If the pull method is unsuccessful, the two will have tools to cut the material flush with the surface. Spacewalk experts presented a plan to mission managers in Monday's Mission Management ...more... 2 August 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #16. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. The Space Shuttle Discovery crew begins their ninth day in space with preparations for the third spacewalk of the mission. This extravehicular activity (EVA) was a preplanned activity for the mission, but now includes a new task -- repair of two protruding gap fillers between tiles on the bottom the Shuttle. The crew began the day waking up at 10:09 p.m. CDT to "Where My Heart Will Take ...more... 2 August 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #15. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Space Shuttle mission managers Tuesday cleared Discovery's wing leading edge heat shield for re-entry as they methodically deal with concerns over the protruding tile gap fillers. The mission management team also discussed a "puffed out" insulating blanket outside the commander's cockpit window and has decided it poses no risk of overheating during entry. Engineers will continue to analyze whether it could pose a debris problem if it came loose during aerodynamic flight. Discovery's astronauts worked much of today on preparations for Wednesday's gap ...more... 3 August 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #17. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Despite days of anticipation and intense planning, space-walking astronaut Steve Robinson made it look easy as he gently pulled two protruding gap fillers from between thermal protection tiles on Discovery's underside Wednesday morning. "It looks like this big patient is cured," Robinson told delighted flight controllers. ...more... 3 August 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #18. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. After an eventful day supporting the third spacewalk of the mission, a light duty day of transfer activities, special events and time off lies ahead for the Space Shuttle Discovery crew as they begin their tenth day in space. The seven-member Shuttle crew awoke to the well-known country song "Amarillo by ...more... 4 August 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #19. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Space Shuttle Discovery's heat shield is cleared for the return to Earth early Monday after mission managers decided today that a fourth spacewalk to deal with a puffed out thermal blanket is unnecessary. Wind tunnel tests overnight at NASA's Ames Research Center in California showed little chance of any significant debris coming from the blanket at supersonic speeds. Further engineering analysis showed any debris released from the blanket was unlikely to hit structures on Discovery. Thursday's Mission Management Team decision put to rest the work that was being ...more... 4 August 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #20. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Now in their eleventh day of the mission and with three successful spacewalks behind them, the STS-114 crew of Space Shuttle Discovery is slated to begin preparations for undocking and the final day with their International Space Station counterparts. Their activities for the day include final equipment transfers, stowage and return of the robotic arm, boom and cargo container to the Shuttle payload bay. "Anchors Aweigh" was the Shuttle crew wake-up song for the day, played at 9:15 p.m. ...more... 5 August 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #21. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Discovery astronauts and their hosts on the International Space Station undocked the Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module from the Station's Unity Node Friday and reberthed it in the Shuttle's cargo bay. Discovery Commander Eileen Collins, Pilot Jim Kelly and Mission Specialists Soichi ...more... 6 August 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #24. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Discovery's astronauts will begin turning their attention toward coming back to Earth Monday by stowing equipment and verifying operation of the orbiter's flight control surfaces and system. The crew was awakened at 7:39 p.m. CDT by "The One and Only Flower in the World" ...more... 6 August 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #22. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. After more than a week of working together in space, the Space Shuttle Discovery and International Space Station crews bid each other farewell tonight. Following a crew farewell ceremony at 11:36 p.m. CDT, hatches between the spacecraft ...more... 6 August 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #23. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Discovery is flying solo today, following its early morning departure from the International Space Station, concluding nine days of cooperative work between the two crews. Pilot Jim Kelly was at the controls as latches between the two vehicles were released ...more... 7 August 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #25. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Discovery's crew is spending what should be its last night in space, with an early morning landing planned Monday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, concluding a voyage of 5.35 million miles. In preparation for tomorrow's 3:47 a.m. CDT landing, Commander Eileen Collins, Pilot ...more... 7 August 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #26. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Discovery's Return to Flight mission is scheduled to conclude with a landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center early Monday morning. Discovery has two opportunities to land at the Kennedy Space Center on Monday. The ...more... 9 August 2005 - STS-114 MCC Status Report #28. Flight: ISS EO-11, STS-114. Discovery glided to a pre-dawn landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California this morning concluding a journey of 5.8 million miles, touching down at 7:11 a.m. CDT. The landing marked the sixth night landing at Edwards Air Force Base, and the 50th ...more... 12 August 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-39. Flight: ISS EO-11. After saying goodbye to the visiting Space Shuttle Discovery Saturday, International Space Station Commander Sergei Krikalev and NASA Science Officer John Phillips spent much of this week preparing for a spacewalk they will conduct next week. On their upcoming spacewalk, Krikalev and Phillips will change out a Russian biological ...more... 18 August 2005 - EVA ISS EO-11-1. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: ISS EO-11. Krikalyov and Phillips retrieved external exposure experiments (Biorisk, left on the Pirs module by the EO-11 crew seven months earlier; Micro-Particles Capturer and Space Environment Exposure Device on the Zarya module). On the Zvezda module they installed a backup television camerafor future use in docking the European Automated Transfer Vehicle. After checking and collecting other external experiments, they were 45 minutes behind timeline, and the planned relocation of a Strela cargo crane adapter from Zarya to the Unity node was cancelled. 18 August 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-40. Flight: ISS EO-11. More milestones met on the International Space Station this week, with the Expedition 11 crewmembers completing a spacewalk just days after the Commander became the most experienced space traveler in history. The 4 hour 58 minute spacewalk by Commander Sergei Krikalev and Flight Engineer ...more... 26 August 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-41. Flight: ISS EO-11. The residents of the International Space Station this week unloaded cargo delivered to them last month by Discovery's astronauts, prepared for the arrival of more supplies and repaired a key component of the outpost's environmental control system. In the fifth month of their six-month mission, Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev ...more... 1 September 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-42. Flight: ISS EO-11. The International Space Station's Expedition 11 crewmembers completed 20 weeks in space this week and focused on an upcoming cargo ship exchange and computer software transition. Commander Sergei Krikalev and Flight Engineer and NASA ISS Science Officer John ...more... 8 September 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-43. Flight: ISS EO-11. A new shipment of supplies is on its way to the International Space Station. The ISS Progress 19 resupply vehicle lifted off today from its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 8:08 a.m. CDT (7:08 p.m. Baikonur time). Less than 10 minutes later, the cargo ship reached orbit, and its solar arrays and navigational antennas were deployed for its two-day trip to the orbital outpost. At the time of the Progress launch, Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev and ...more... 10 September 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-44. Flight: ISS EO-11, ISS EO-12. A 2½-ton delivery arrived at the back door of the International Space Station today as an unpiloted Russian cargo ship linked up to the Zvezda module's docking port at 9:42 a.m. CDT, filled with supplies for Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev and Flight Engineer John Phillips and spare parts for repair to some Station systems. The crewmembers were inside Zvezda monitoring the automated docking as ISS flew ...more... 16 September 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-45. Flight: ISS EO-11. The installation of a replacement part for an oxygen-generating system, unpacking a recently arrived cargo carrier and the disassembly of a radiation-detection experiment highlighted this week's activities aboard the International Space Station. Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev and NASA Science Officer John Phillips are ...more... 30 September 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-46. Flight: ISS EO-11, ISS EO-12. Preparations for arrival of the next crew of the space station, scientific activities and maintenance highlighted this week's activities aboard the orbiting laboratory. Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev and NASA Science Officer John Phillips also ...more... 30 September 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-47. Flight: ISS EO-11, ISS EO-12. The 12th crew of the international space station rocketed into space tonight, beginning a six-month mission. A Soyuz spacecraft carried Expedition 12 Commander and NASA Science Officer William ...more... 3 October 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-48. Flight: ISS EO-11, ISS EO-12. New residents arrived at the international space station this morning to begin a six-month mission that will carry them through the new year into next spring. With Expedition 12 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev at the controls, ...more... 7 October 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-49. Flight: ISS EO-11, ISS EO-12. Following the docking of the Soyuz spacecraft early Monday morning, the space station is now home to a new crew. Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev, joined by spaceflight participant Gregory Olsen, spent the week on board with the Expedition 11 crew performing handover and transfer activities. McArthur, Tokarev and Olsen arrived at the space station at 12:27 a.m. CDT Monday, ...more... 10 October 2005 - International Space Station Status Report #05-50. Flight: ISS EO-11, ISS EO-12. After traveling 75 million miles during six months on the international space station, Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev and NASA ISS Science Officer John Phillips returned to Earth today. With them was American Greg Olsen, who spent eight days on the station under a commercial agreement with the Russian Federal Space Agency. The Soyuz spacecraft with Krikalev, Phillips and Olsen landed in north-central Kazakhstan, ...more... Bibliography and Further Reading
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