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Personal: Male, Married, Two children. Born in Frankfurt/Main, Germany. Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: ESA Group 1 - 1992, Commercial Group - 1993. Active Entered space service: 15 May 1992. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 350.23 days. Number of EVAs: 3.00. Total EVA Time: 0.59 days.
ESA Official Biography NAME: Thomas Reiter BIRTHPLACE AND DATE: Frankfurt/Main, Germany, 23 May 1958. EDUCATION: Thomas Reiter has a Masters Degree in Aerospace Technology. He graduated from Goethe-High School in Neu-Isenburg in June 1977, from the Armed Forces University in Neubiberg in December 1982 and from the Empire Test Pilots School (ETPS) in Boscombe Down, England, in December 1992. FAMILY: Married, two sons. RECREATIONAL INTERESTS: Fencing, badminton, cooking, playing guitar. EXPERIENCE: After completion of military jet training at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Thomas Reiter flew the Alpha-Jet in a fighter-bomber squadron based in Oldenburg, Germany. He was involved in the development of computerised mission planning stations and became a flight-operations officer and deputy squadron commander. After completing test-pilot training Class 2 at the German flight test centre in Manching during 1990, Reiter was involved in several flight test projects and conversion training on the Tornado the following year. Reiter attended the Class 1 test pilot training at ETPS, Boscombe Down, in 1992 and his flight experience includes 2000 hours in military combat jet aircraft of more than 15 types. Thomas Reiter was also involved in European Space Agency (ESA) studies into a proposed manned space vehicle (Hermes) and development of equipment for the Columbus module, one of Europe’s main contributions to the International Space Station. He was selected to join ESA’s Astronaut Corps, based at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany, in 1992 and the following year underwent basic training. Reiter was selected for the Euromir 95 mission and in August 1993 started training at TsPK (Cosmonauts Training Centre) in Star City near Moscow, preparing for onboard-engineer tasks, extra-vehicular activities and operations of the Soyuz transportation system. Euromir 95 experiment training was organised and mainly carried out at the EAC. In March 1995, he was named as a member of Crew 1 for the Euromir 95 mission, along with Russian colleagues Yuri Gidzenko and Serguei Avdeev. During a record-breaking 179 days on ESA's Euromir 95 mission, which started on 3 September 1995, Reiter preformed some 40 European scientific experiments and, as on-board engineer, participated in the maintenance of the Mir space station. He also performed two spacewalks (EVAs) to install and later retrieve cassettes of the European Space Exposure Facility experiments (ESEF). The mission ended successfully on 29 February 1996 with a landing in Kazakhstan. Between October 1996 and July 1997, Reiter underwent training on Soyuz-TM spacecraft operations for de-docking, atmospheric re-entry and landing. He was awarded the Russian ‘Soyuz Return Commander’ certificate, which qualifies him to command a three person Soyuz capsule during its return from space. Under an agreement between ESA and the German Air Force, Reiter is now on an 18-month detachment with the German Air Force where he has the function of Operational Group Commander. He remains available to support ESA projects linked to the International Space Station and will resume his activities at the EAC in March 1999. July 1998 Reiter Spaceflight Log
Reiter Chronology 3 October 1994 - Soyuz TM-20. Assignment: Backup Crew. Flight: Mir EO-17, Mir Euromir 94, Mir EO-16, Mir LD-4. Mir Expedition EO-17. Docked at the Mir forward port at 00:28 on 1994 October 6. The Mir crew of Viktorenko, Kondakova and Polyakov boarded Soyuz TM-20 on January 11, and undocked from Mir's front port at 09:00 GMT. The spacecraft withdrew to about two hundred metres from Mir and then redocked in a test of the automatic Kurs system, which had failed in Progress M-24's attempted docking. Redocking came at 09:25 GMT. 3 September 1995 - Soyuz TM-22. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: Mir EO-20, Mir EO-19. Mir Expedition EO-20. Crew commander was Yuriy Pavlovich Gidzenko of the Russian Air Force. Flight engineer was Sergey Vasilyevich Avdeev of RKK Energiya, and cosmonaut-researcher was Thomas Reiter of the European Space Agency. Soyuz TM-22 docked with Mir's front (-X) port at 10:29:54 GMT on September 5 and the hatch was opened at 11:01:23. 20 October 1995 - EVA Mir EO-20-1. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: Mir EO-20. Sample cassettes installed in ESEF (European Science Exposure Facility). 8 February 1996 - EVA Mir EO-20-3. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: Mir EO-20. Retrieved and installed material samples 29 February 1996 - Landing of Soyuz TM-22. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: Mir EO-21, Mir EO-20. Soyuz TM-22 landed at 10:42 GMT. 7 April 2006 - International Space Station Status Report: SS06-016. Flight: ISS EO-12, ISS EO-13, STS-115, STS-121, ISS Astrolab, ISS EP-10. After orbiting Earth more than 3,000 times during six months on the International Space Station, Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev returned to the planet Sunday morning in Kazakhstan. With them was Marcos Pontes, Brazil's first astronaut. The Soyuz spacecraft ...more... 14 April 2006 - International Space Station Status Report: SS06-017. Flight: ISS EO-12, ISS EO-13, STS-121, ISS Astrolab, ISS EP-10. The 13th crew of the International Space Station is wrapping up its first week flying solo in its new orbiting home. The crew's work has included station maintenance, medical and other experiments ...more... 21 April 2006 - International Space Station Status Report: SS06-018. Flight: ISS EO-13, STS-121, ISS Astrolab. The Expedition 13 crew this week focused on experiments, maintenance and preparations for the arrival of two and a half tons of food, supplies and equipment. Expedition 13 Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Flight Engineer and NASA Science Officer ...more... 23 June 2006 - International Space Station Status Report: SS06-030. Flight: ISS EO-13, STS-121, ISS Astrolab. New supplies arrived at the International Space Station Monday as an unpiloted Russian cargo spacecraft linked up to the station's Pirs Docking Compartment. Filled with 2.5 tons of food, fuel and supplies for the station's Expedition 13 ...more... 26 June 2006 - International Space Station Status Report: SS06-032. Flight: ISS EO-13, STS-121, ISS Astrolab. New supplies arrived at the International Space Station Monday as an unpiloted Russian cargo spacecraft linked up to the Pirs Docking Compartment. Filled with 2.5 tons of food, fuel and supplies for the station's Expedition 13 ...more... 30 June 2006 - International Space Station Status Report: SS06-033. Flight: ISS EO-13, STS-121, ISS Astrolab. The Expedition 13 crew welcomed a Russian resupply ship this week and prepared for the arrival of Space Shuttle Discovery. Discovery’s launch is scheduled for 3:49 p.m. EDT Saturday. Discovery's STS-121 ...more... 4 July 2006 - STS-121. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. The shuttle was launched using external tank ET-119 and solid motors RSRM-93. Cameras revealed that large chunks of foam were still shed from the external tank during the ascent to orbit. However examination of the heat shield using a new extension and sensors attached to the shuttle's robot arm revealed no significant damage. Discovery docked with the PMA-2 adapter on the Destiny module of the ISS at 14:52 GMT on 6 July. On July 7 the Leonardo cargo module was moved from the shuttle payload bay by the robot arm and docked to the Unity Module of the ISS between 09:42 and 11:50 GMT. The crew then began unloading the spare parts and supplies in the module to the station. A series of three EVAs conducted on 8 to 12 July tested the new equipment and techniques for repairing the shuttle heat shield in case of damage, and did some preliminary installations on the exterior of the ISS to pave the way for continued station assembly missions. On 14 July, the station's SSRMS robot moved the Leonardo module from the station back to the shuttle cargo bay between 13:08 and 14:50 GMT. The shuttle separated from the ISS, and fired its engines at 12:07 GMT on 17 July to make a 92 m/s deorbit maneuver. Discovery landed at the Kennedy Space Center at 13:14 GMT. European astronaut Reiter was left behind to make up part of the EO-13 resident crew on the station. 4 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #01. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. On the nation’s 230th birthday, Discovery rocketed into the Florida sky this afternoon, returning the shuttle fleet to space after almost a year. The first human spacecraft to launch on an Independence Day holiday, Discovery has ...more... 5 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #02. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. Discovery's astronauts are awake and ready to begin their first full day in space. Today the crew will focus on thermal protection system inspections, preparing for ...more... 5 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #03. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. The Astronauts of Space Shuttle Discovery examined their spaceship with the Orbiter Boom Sensor System today and found no evidence of any damage from debris during yesterday’s ride to orbit. The several hours of inspection began just after 6:00 a.m. when Mission Specialists ...more... 6 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #04. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. A third crewmember will join the International Space Station today after the docking of the Space Shuttle Discovery. It will mark the first time since May 2003 that more than two long-duration crew ...more... 6 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #05. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. There is a crew of three aboard the International Space Station today for the first time in more than three years, and for the first time ever that crew includes an American, a Russian and a European. European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Reiter of Germany was delivered as the newest ...more... 7 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #06. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. After a successful docking to the International Space Station Thursday, the focus of the STS-121 shuttle mission now turns to unloading more than 7,000 lbs of cargo, continued shuttle inspections and preparations for the mission’s first spacewalk. The first task of the day will be the relocation of the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics ...more... 8 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #09. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. Astronauts from Space Shuttle Discovery prepared the International Space Station’s rail car for restoration and tested a repair crane during a 7 hour 31 minute long spacewalk today, while their colleagues delivered a new oxygen generator and laboratory freezer to the station. Mission Specialists Piers Sellers and Mike Fossum turned their spacesuits to battery ...more... 8 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #08. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS EO-12, ISS Astrolab. The first spacewalk of Discovery's STS-121 mission to the International Space Station will highlight Saturday activities for crews of both docked spacecraft. Spacewalkers Piers Sellers and Mike Fossum have two major tasks. First they will ...more... 9 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #11. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. Delivering the equipment and supplies loaded in an Italian-built moving van was the primary activity for the crews of Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station today. The astronauts also made preparations for the second spacewalk during joint docked ...more... 10 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #12. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. Discovery Mission Specialists Mike Fossum and Piers Sellers will work on the International Space Station’s mobile transporter and install a pump module today on the second of three spacewalks of the STS-121 mission. The shuttle crew was awakened at 1:08 a.m. CDT by "Clocks," performed by Coldplay. ...more... 10 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #13. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. A six-hour, 47-minute spacewalk by astronauts from Space Shuttle Discovery today restored the International Space Station’s Mobile Transporter rail car to full operation and delivered a spare pump module for the station’s cooling system. Spacewalkers Piers Sellers and Mike Fossum exited the Quest module’s airlock at ...more... 11 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #15. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. In between spacewalks, the joint crews aboard Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station today turned their attention to packing the Leonardo logistics module in preparation for its return to Earth. Additional time was set aside today for procedural review for the third spacewalk ...more... 11 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #14. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. Repacking the multi-purpose logistics module Leonardo will be the focus of today’s activities for the Space Shuttle Discovery and International Space Station crews. More than 4,300 pounds of experiment results, unneeded hardware and trash is scheduled ...more... 12 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #16. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. The third and final spacewalk of the STS-121 space shuttle mission will be the focus of today’s space activities. Mission Specialists Mike Fossum and Piers Sellers will test techniques to inspect ...more... 12 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #17. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. Astronauts aboard Space Shuttle Discovery gathered valuable new data during the third spacewalk today as part of an ongoing evaluation of repairing a damaged orbiter. Mission Specialists Piers Sellers and Mike Fossum began the spacewalk at 6:20 a.m. ...more... 13 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #18. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. After eight days in space, three spacewalks and six days of cargo transfer, the Space Shuttle Discovery crew today gets a much deserved day off. The crew woke at 12:08 a.m. CDT to "Charlie's Angels Theme Song." It was for the ...more... 14 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #20. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. It’s back to work for the Space Shuttle Discovery crew. After a day off, the crew will spend much of today getting ready for their undocking ...more... 14 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #21. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. Emptied of its cargo and refilled with returns, the Multipurpose Logistics Module Leonardo is back in the payload bay of Space Shuttle Discovery with just hours left before the orbiter undocks from the International Space Station and heads home. First thing this morning Shuttle Commander Steve Lindsey and ISS Flight Engineer ...more... 15 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #23. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. The Space Shuttle Discovery is on its way home with six astronauts on board, one fewer than when it launched 11 days ago. The delivery of European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Reiter to join Expedition ...more... 15 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #22. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. Today marks the final day of joint operations for the Space Shuttle Discovery and International Space Station crews. After almost nine days together, Discovery is scheduled to undock from the station ...more... 16 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #24. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. The Space Shuttle Discovery crew is scheduled for their last full day in space today, as they make their final preparations for deorbit and landing tomorrow. Their day began at 12:18 a.m. with “Just Like Heaven,” by The Cure for Mission Specialist ...more... 17 July 2006 - STS-121 MCC Status Report #26. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. A smooth landing by the Space Shuttle Discovery at the Kennedy Space Center this morning completed the second return to flight test mission and set the stage to resume assembly of the International Space Station later this summer. Discovery and its crew of six astronauts touched down on runway 15 at the Shuttle ...more... 22 July 2006 - International Space Station Status Report: SS06-034. Flight: ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. For the first time since early 2003, the International Space Station is home to three crew members. European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Reiter joined Expedition 13 following Space ...more... 28 July 2006 - International Space Station Status Report: SS06-035. Flight: ISS EO-13, ISS EO-14, STS-121, ISS Astrolab. The International Space Station's Expedition 13 crew members are a week away from their first U.S. spacewalk. They spent much of this week preparing themselves and their gear, and they activated ...more... 4 August 2006 - International Space Station Status Report: SS06-036. Flight: ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. Space station crewmen Jeff Williams and Thomas Reiter worked quickly through scheduled spacewalk tasks Thursday, then completed three get-ahead jobs, or extra tasks, and were ready for more. Mission Control assigned two more jobs, which the astronauts also completed. ...more... 4 August 2006 - EVA ISS EO-13-2. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: ISS EO-13. The crew exited the station from the Quest airlock wearing American suits. They installed a replacement Floating Potential Measurement Unit and two long-duration materials exposure MISSE containers. The crew then moved to the S1 truss, where Williams conducted several assembly and repair tasks on the right side of the truss, while Reiter did the same on the left. Then they worked together to install a new infrared camera that would scan arriving shuttles for damage to their heat shields. After completing further minor repairs, they were ahead of the timeline, so ground contorl passed up additonal tasks in preparation for future assembly spacewalks. 11 August 2006 - International Space Station Status Report: SS06-037. Flight: ISS EO-13, STS-115, ISS Astrolab. This week on the International Space Station crew members refurbished their exercise treadmill, prepared areas inside and out for an imminent expansion of their home and took a couple of special calls to discuss soccer and food in space. Commander Pavel Vinogradov, Flight Engineer Jeff Williams and European Space Agency ...more... 18 August 2006 - International Space Station Status Report: SS06-038. Flight: ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. The astronauts aboard the International Space Station spent much of their week preparing for the arrival of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, set for launch Aug. 27 on the STS-115 mission. Commander Pavel Vinogradov, Flight Engineer and NASA Science Officer Jeff Williams ...more... 25 August 2006 - International Space Station Status Report: SS06-039. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-115, STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. With the countdown clock ticking toward the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-115 mission, the International Space Station crew continues to prepare for visitors. Commander Pavel Vinogradov, Flight Engineer, NASA Science Officer Jeff Williams ...more... 2 September 2006 - International Space Station Status Report: SS06-040. Flight: ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. With the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis delayed, activities for the International Space Station crew were adjusted. The crew initially expected to greet Atlantis' crew this week. But the shuttle is ...more... 9 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #01. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. Atlantis launched into an almost clear Florida sky this morning for an 11-day mission that marks the return to assembly of the International Space Station. Today marks the first time in almost four years that a major new space station component ...more... 12 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #06. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. It's installation day on the International Space Station. The Atlantis and Expedition 13 crews will attach the P3/P4 truss and do the first of three spacewalks by shuttle crew members. Atlantis' astronauts were awakened at 11:15 p.m. CDT Monday with "My Friendly Epistle," ...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... 14 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #10. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. With several busy days including two successful spacewalks behind them, the Atlantis and International Space Station crews were looking forward to deployment of new station solar arrays and preparing for the mission's third spacewalk. The ground teams completed the checkout of the Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ) early ...more... 15 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #12. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. The Atlantis and International Space Station crews today will focus on the third and final spacewalk of the mission. The STS-115 crew, Commander Brent Jett, Pilot Chris Ferguson and Mission Specialists ...more... 16 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #15. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. Astronauts on board Space Shuttle Atlantis today got a much deserved day off having completed three highly successful space walks that put the International Space Station back under construction. After seven days in space, the STS-115 crew -- Commander Brent Jett, Pilot Chris ...more... 16 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #14. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. The Space Shuttle Atlantis crew gets some well deserved time to relax today. After the successful addition of new components to the International Space Station, ...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... 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... 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 - 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 03. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. The Space Shuttle Discovery crew spent much of its first full day in space using the shuttle’s robotic arm and an extension boom-mounted sensor system to inspect heat shielding on Discovery's wing leading edges and nose. The data will be analyzed by engineers to ensure the spacecraft's heat shield is ...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... 10 December 2006 - STS-116. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-116, ISS EO-14, ISS Astrolab. The mission used solid rocket booster pair RSRM-95 and external tank ET-123. At SSME burnout Discovery was in a 58 km x 220 km x 51.6 deg preliminary burn. The OMS-2 burn at 02:25 GMT placed the shuttle in a stable 225 x 250 km orbit from which rendezvous maneuvers began. Discovery docked with the ISS at 22:12 GMT on December 11. In the most demanding ISS assembly mission ever, the crew would require an additional spacewalk to complete installation of the P5 truss, retraction of the recalcitrant port P6 solar array wing, and activation of the truss electrical and cooling system. Sunita Williams rode the shuttle to the station, and remained behind with the EO-14 crew; ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter, already aboard the station, was returned to earth. Due to weather problems a landing at White Sands was considered; but in the end Discovery landed safely at Kennedy Space Center, after which it was to enter a year-long overhaul cycle. 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 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... 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... 17 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 16. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. Astronauts will spend much of today getting ready for a fourth spacewalk during Discovery’s mission to the International Space Station. On Saturday, Mission Specialists Bob Curbeam and Expedition 14 Flight Engineer Sunita ...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 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... 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... 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... 22 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 27. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS Astrolab. The crew of Space Shuttle Discovery made it home in time for Christmas, gliding to a perfect landing as the sun set over NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Discovery touched down on Runway 15 of the Shuttle Landing Facility at 4:32 p.m. ...more... | ||
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