| Ross | ||
Personal: Male, Married, Two children. Born in Crown Point, Indiana, USA. US Air Force US Air Force Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: NASA Group 9 - 1980. Active Entered space service: 19 May 1980. Number of Flights: 7.00. Total Time: 58.04 days. Number of EVAs: 9.00. Total EVA Time: 2.44 days.
NASA Official Biography
Ross Spaceflight Log
Ross Chronology 19 May 1980 - NASA Astronaut Training Group 9 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.. 27 November 1985 - STS-61-B. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-61-B. Manned seven crew. Deployed Morelos 2, Aussat 2, Satcom K2, OEX. Payloads: Deploy SATCOM (RCA-Satellite Communi-cations) Ku-2 with Payload Assist Module (PAM)-D II. Deploy Morelos (Mexico communications satellite)-B with PAM-D. Deploy AUSSAT (Australian communications satellite)-2 with PAM-D. EASE/ACCESS (Assembly of Structures— Assembly Concept for Construction of Erectable Space Structures) by extravehicular activity (EVA) astronauts, Continuous Flow Electrophore-sis System (CFES), Diffusive Mixing of Organic Solutions (DMOS), IMAX camera, one getaway special (GAS), Linhof camera and Hasseblad camera. 29 November 1985 - EVA STS-61-B-1. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: STS-61-B. Began EASE/ACCESS (Assembly of Structures / Assembly Concept for Construction of Erectable Space Structures) structural assembly experiments. 1 December 1985 - EVA STS-61-B-2. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: STS-61-B. Completed EASE/ACCESS (Assembly of Structures / Assembly Concept for Construction of Erectable Space Structures) structural assembly experiments. 3 December 1985 - Landing of STS-61-B. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-61-B. STS-61-B landed at 21:33 GMT. 1986 July - STS-62-A (cancelled). Assignment: Proposed Prime Crew. Flight: STS-62-A. Planned Department of Defense shuttle mission. Cancelled after Challenger disaster. Would have been first launch from the ill-fated SLC-6 launch site at Vandenberg, California. 2 December 1988 - STS-27. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-27. Manned five crew. Deployed a classified payload. Orbits of Earth: 68. Landed at: Runway 17 dry lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base, . Landing Speed: 359 kph. Touchdown miss distance: 447.00 m. Landing Rollout: 2,171.00 m. Payloads: DoD Mission. 6 December 1988 - Landing of STS-27. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-27. STS-27 landed at 23:43 GMT. 5 April 1991 - STS-37. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-37. Manned five crew. Unscheduled EVA to manually deploy the Gamma-Ray Observatory's high-gain antenna, which failed to deploy upon ground command. Payloads: Gamma-Ray Observatory (GRO), Crew/ Equipment Translation Aids (part of Extravehicular Activity Development Flight Experiment), Ascent Particle Monitor (APM), Bioserve Instrumentation Technology Associates Materials Dispersion Apparatus (BlMDA), Protein Crystal Growth (PCG)-Block Il, Space Station Heatpipe Advanced Radiator Element (SHARE)-ll, Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX)-ll, Radiation Monitoring Equipment (RME)-lIl, Air Force Maui Optical Site (AMOS) Calibration Test. 7 April 1991 - EVA STS-37-1. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: STS-37. Manually deployed Gamma-Ray Observatory's high-gain antenna. 8 April 1991 - EVA STS-37-2. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: STS-37. Tested CETA (Crew / Equipment Translation Aids - rail with cart for moving astronauts around exterior of International Space Station). 11 April 1991 - Landing of STS-37. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-37. STS-37 landed at 13:56 GMT. 26 April 1993 - STS-55. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-55. Manned seven crew. Carried German Spacelab-D2. Payloads: Spacelab D-2 with long module, unique support structure (USS), and Reaction Kinetics in Glass Melts (RKGM) getaway special, Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) II. 5 May 1993 - Landing of STS-55. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-55. STS-55 landed at 14:29 GMT. 12 November 1995 - STS-74. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-74, Mir EO-20. Rendezvoused and docked with Mir space station on November 15. Delivered the Russian-built 316GK Shuttle-Mir docking module to Mir.Payloads: Shuttle-Mir Mission 2; docking module with two attached solar arrays; IMAX Cargo Bay Camera (ICBC); Glow Experiment (GLO-4)/ Photogrammetric Appendage Structural Dynamics Experiment (PASDE) Payload (GPP); Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) II. 20 November 1995 - Landing of STS-74. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-74, Mir EO-20. STS-74 landed at 17:02 GMT. 6 November 1998 - STS-95 Mission Status Report # 18. Flight: STS-95. Discovery's seven-member crew Friday packed up and prepared for the trip home Saturday with a landing planned for mid-day at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. If weather and spacecraft systems cooperate, Discovery will touch down at KSC at ...more... 7 November 1998 - STS-95 Mission Status Report # 19. Flight: STS-95. The seven astronauts aboard Space Shuttle Discovery were awakened at 3:09 a.m. this morning to make final preparations for their return to Earth later this morning. "La Cucaracha," a well-known Spanish song, was played for Mission Specialist Pedro Duque at the request of his wife, Consuelo. If weather and spacecraft systems cooperate, Discovery will touch down at Kennedy ...more... 16 November 1998 - ISS Status Report 1. With the first component of the International Space Station encapsulated in its nose fairing, a 180-foot long Russian Proton rocket was transported to its launch pad at dawn today at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakstan in preparation for liftoff Friday to begin assembly of the new complex. With temperatures hovering around 28 degrees Fahrenheit, the Proton and the Zarya ...more... 23 November 1998 - ISS Status Report 5. Flight controllers in Moscow commanded the first element of the International Space Station through two altitude raising maneuvers today placing it closer to the desired orbit planned for the rendezvous by Space Shuttle Endeavour two weeks from now. Zarya began its third full day in space in an orbit 226 by 156 statute miles. During ...more... 30 November 1998 - ISS Status Report 9. Flight controllers in Moscow and Houston continued to monitor systems on the Zarya module during the weekend and prepare for the arrival of the Space Shuttle Endeavour and the Unity connecting node. Zarya remains in excellent condition overall with only a few minor mechanical issues ...more... 2 December 1998 - ISS Status Report 10. Flight controllers in Moscow and Houston continue to monitor systems on the Zarya control module and briefed the STS-88 astronauts earlier today on its status on the eve of the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to carry the second component of the International Space Station to orbit. During the last two days, work has centered on monitoring Zarya's systems and uplinking ...more... 3 December 1998 - STS-88 Mission Status Report # 01. Flight: STS-88. The first International Space Station assembly mission was postponed for 24 hours when the brief 5-minute launch window ran out before flight controllers could fully analyze the cause of a master alarm that sounded inside the Space Shuttle Endeavour's crew cabin. The next launch attempt is tentatively scheduled for 2:36 a.m. CST Friday. With ...more... 4 December 1998 - STS-88. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-88. First attempted launch of STS-88 was scrubbed at 09:03 GMT on December 3 due to a problem with a hydraulic system sensor. Launch came the next day, with Endeavour entering an initial 75 km x 313 km x 51.6 degree orbit. Half an orbit after launch, at 09:19 GMT, Endeavour fired its OMS engines to raise the orbit to 180 km x 322 km x 51.6 degree. On December 5 at 22:25 GMT Nancy Currie unberthed the Unity space station node from the payload bay using the RMS arm. She then moved the Unity to a position docked to the Orbiter Docking System in the payload bay in readiness for assembly with the Russian-launched Zarya FGB ISS component. After rendezvous with the Zarya FGB module, on December 6 at 23:47 GMT Endeavour grappled Zarya with the robot arm, and at 02:07 GMT on December 7 it was soft docked to the PMA-1 port on Unity. After some problems hard dock was achieved at 02:48 GMT. Unity and Zarya then formed the core of the future International Space Station. Ross and Newman made three space walks to connect cables between Zarya and Unity, on December 7, 9 and 12. On the last EVA a canvas tool bag was attached to the exterior of Unity to provide tools for future station assembly workers. Docking cables were disconnected to prevent Unity and Zarya from inadvertently undocking. Following an internal examination of the embryonic space station, Endeavour undocked at 20:30 GMT on December 13. The SAC-A and Mightysat satellites were ejected from the payload bay on December 14 and 15. Deorbit burn was December 16 at 03:48 GMT, and Endeavour landed at 04:53:29 GMT, on Runway 15 at the Kennedy Space Center. Payloads included:
4 December 1998 - STS-88 Mission Status Report # 02. Flight: STS-88. Five Americans and one Russian set off to begin building the International Space Station at 2:36 a.m. CST today, launching from Kennedy Space Center with the first American-built component of the station -- a connecting module named Unity -- in the Space Shuttle Endeavour's cargo bay. The shuttle's climb to orbit was flawless. The STS-88 launch begins the largest cooperative space construction project in history. ...more... 4 December 1998 - STS-88 Mission Status Report # 03. Flight: STS-88. Endeavour's six astronauts wrapped up their first day in space a bit later than planned, at approximately 8:21 a.m. Central time today, when they began an abbreviated sleep period. Crew members were trouble-shooting a minor problem with the Orbiter Communications Adapter (OCA) system, which is used to transmit software files between the Space Shuttle and the flight controllers on the ground. A wake-up call from Mission Control is planned for 3:36 p.m. Central time, for the crew to begin their first full day of on-orbit activities. Following a smooth launch earlier today, Commander Bob Cabana, Pilot Rick Sturckow ...more... 4 December 1998 - STS-88 Mission Status Report # 04. Flight: STS-88. STS-88 Commander Bob Cabana and his crew received their first wake up call from Mission Control this afternoon at 3:36 p.m. CST to begin their first full day of on orbit activities. The crew were awakened with the song "Get Ready" by the Temptations, an appropriate description of the full slate of activities the crew will be involved with as they get ready for the important events of the flight by checking out the equipment and tools that will be utilized during rendezvous, docking and space walking activities. A series of precise maneuvering burns in the early portion of the flight will help ...more... 5 December 1998 - STS-88 Mission Status Report # 05. Flight: STS-88. Endeavour's astronauts began an eight-hour sleep period at 5:36 a.m. Central time following a full night of activity in which they checked out equipment that will be used in the assembly of the first two components of the International Space Station. With the Russian-built Zarya Control Module orbiting about 16,000 nautical miles ...more... 5 December 1998 - STS-88 Mission Status Report # 06. Flight: STS-88. Endeavour's astronauts were awakened at 1:36 p.m. Central time today to begin in earnest preparations for on-orbit assembly of the International Space Station. At about 3:50 p.m. Central time, Mission Specialist Nancy Currie will power up the ...more... 6 December 1998 - STS-88 Mission Status Report # 08. Flight: STS-88. Endeavour's crew awoke at 10:36 a.m. CST today to begin the orbital assembly of the International Space Station, uniting the first two station modules, Zarya and Unity. The astronauts were awakened to the sounds of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," requested by Commander Bob Cabana's daughter, Sarah. Endeavour's crew will begin the final stages of a rendezvous with the Zarya module ...more... 6 December 1998 - STS-88 Mission Status Report # 07. Flight: STS-88. Astronaut Nancy Currie gently mated the 12.8-ton Unity connecting module to Endeavour's docking system late Saturday afternoon, successfully completing the first task in assembling the new International Space Station. Deftly manipulating the shuttle's 50-foot-long robot arm, Currie placed Unity just ...more... 7 December 1998 - EVA STS-88-1. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: STS-88. Began assembly of International Space Station. Connected cables between Zarya and Unity modules. 7 December 1998 - STS-88 Mission Status Report # 09. Flight: STS-88. Endeavour's astronauts continued the assembly of the International Space Station late Sunday, mating the Russian-built Zarya control module with the U.S.-built Unity connecting module in the shuttle's cargo bay following a flawless rendezvous and grapple of Zarya. Using the shuttle's 50-foot-long robot arm, astronaut Nancy Currie plucked Zarya ...more... 7 December 1998 - STS-88 Mission Status Report # 10. Flight: STS-88. Following a wake-up call from Mission Control at 11:41 a.m. CST today, Endeavour's six astronauts began preparing for the first of three scheduled space walks. The wake-up song, "Jerry the Rigger," was in honor of Mission Specialist Jerry Ross, who with fellow Mission Specialist Jim Newman, will conduct more than 18 hours of space walks during this flight. Today's space walk, scheduled to begin about 4:30 p.m. Central time, may begin earlier ...more... 8 December 1998 - STS-88 Mission Status Report # 11. Flight: STS-88. The first U.S. segment of the International Space Station came to life Monday night as the Unity module was activated for the first time. Activation followed the connection of electrical and data cables by Astronauts Jerry Ross and Jim Newman during a 7-hour, 21-minute space walk. Working smoothly and ahead of schedule, Ross and Newman mated 40 cables and connectors ...more... 8 December 1998 - STS-88 Mission Status Report # 12. Flight: STS-88. At the request of Commander Bob Cabana, Mission Control delayed Endeavour's wake-up call by one-half hour today, waking the crew at 12:06 p.m. CST, after the astronauts remained up past their scheduled sleep time to enjoy the view and relax following a very busy and successful day yesterday. The crew was awakened by Dwight Yokum's "Streets of Bakersfield," requested by the wife of Pilot Rick Sturckow, a California native. Following yesterday's 7-hour, 21-minute spacewalk, Mission Specialists Jim Newman ...more... 9 December 1998 - EVA STS-88-2. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: STS-88. Continued assembly of International Space Station. Connected cables between Zarya and Unity modules and deployed antennae. 9 December 1998 - STS-88 Mission Status Report # 13. Flight: STS-88. Endeavour's astronauts boosted the fledgling International Space Station to a higher altitude Tuesday and had a chance to relax for a few hours as the first station assembly flight neared the halfway mark. Commander Bob Cabana and Pilot Rick Sturckow fired Endeavour's steering jets in ...more... 9 December 1998 - STS-88 Mission Status Report # 14. Flight: STS-88. After enjoying a half day of rest yesterday, Endeavour's crew was awakened at 10:36 a.m. Central time to begin preparations for a second spacewalk. The crew awoke to the tune "Floating in the Bathtub," selected for Mission Specialist Jim Newman by his wife, Mary Lee. Today's 6-1/2-hour space walk by Newman and Mission Specialist Jerry Ross is scheduled ...more... 10 December 1998 - STS-88 Mission Status Report # 18. Flight: STS-88. Endeavour's crew was awakened at 10:36 a.m. CST today to continue their work of preparing the International Space Station for future crews. "Trepak," a Russian dance from Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" ballet, was played as the wake-up music in honor of cosmonaut and Mission Specialist Sergei Krikalev. Pilot Rick Sturckow and Mission Specialist Nancy Currie will continue their work ...more... 10 December 1998 - STS-88 Mission Status Report # 15. Flight: STS-88. Endeavour's astronauts installed antennas for an International Space Station communications system and helped free a jammed antenna on the station's Russian module, achieving all the objectives planned for the seven-hour space walk. Jerry Ross and Jim Newman began the second of three planned space walks for the ...more... 10 December 1998 - STS-88 Mission Status Report # 16. Flight: STS-88. Endeavour's six astronauts awoke at 10:41 a.m. CST today and are preparing for a historic day - entry into the International Space Station for the first time. The crew was awakened to Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA," played for Mission Specialist-2, Nancy Currie at the request of her husband, David. After opening the hatch between Unity and the Pressurized Mating Adapter that connects ...more... 11 December 1998 - STS-88 Mission Status Report # 17. Flight: STS-88. Endeavour's astronauts opened the new International Space Station for business Thursday, entering the Unity and Zarya modules for the first time and establishing an S-band communications system that will enable U.S. flight controllers to monitor the outpost's systems. Reflecting the international cooperation involved in building the largest space ...more... 11 December 1998 - STS-88 Mission Status Report # 19. Flight: STS-88. Endeavour's astronauts wrapped up the first visit inside the International Space Station and prepared it for undocking, closing the hatches for the final time to the new complex before it is left unpiloted Sunday. After spending the day unstowing final items and installing air ducts for the Russian-built ...more... 12 December 1998 - EVA STS-88-3. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: STS-88. Completed initial assembly of International Space Station. A canvas tool bag was attached to the exterior of Unity to provide tools for future assembly workers. Also disconnected some docking cables, so that Unity and Zarya could no longer undock. 12 December 1998 - STS-88 Mission Status Report # 20. Flight: STS-88. Endeavour's astronauts awoke at 10:36 a.m. CST today, to the sounds of Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog," and began preparing for the third and final scheduled space walk of the mission. This afternoon's spacewalk, set to begin about 3:06 p.m. CST, could get under way ...more... 13 December 1998 - STS-88 Mission Status Report # 21. Flight: STS-88. Endeavour's astronauts completed the first assembly work of the International Space Station on Saturday, securing tools, tethers and cables to the new outpost and freeing a second jammed antenna on Zarya during a 6-hour, 59-minute space walk. The third and final space walk of the flight by astronauts Jerry Ross and Jim Newman ...more... 13 December 1998 - STS-88 Mission Status Report # 22. Flight: STS-88. For the first time ever, the new International Space Station Flight Control Room in Houston issued a wake-up call to orbiting astronauts. At 10:36 a.m. CST, space station communicator Astronaut Mike Fincke awoke Endeavour's crew with the song" Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight" as they prepare to say "goodnight" to the space station. Having begun its on-orbit assembly, Endeavour's astronauts are now preparing for ...more... 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... 15 December 1998 - STS-88 Mission Status Report # 27. Flight: STS-88. NASA's final Shuttle mission of 1998 came to an end this evening with the landing of Space Shuttle Endeavour at Kennedy Space Center. Following a 4.6 million mile journey, STS-88 Commander Bob Cabana guided the orbiter down onto runway 15 with landing gear touchdown occurring at 9:54 p.m. CST. While weather forecasts in the final days of the mission had indicated that rain ...more... 15 December 1998 - STS-88 Mission Status Report # 25. Flight: STS-88. Endeavour's astronauts wrapped up their mission objectives and packed up their ship, ready for a landing late tonight at Kennedy Space Center and the end of the first mission to assemble the International Space Station. With Endeavour more than 340 miles in front of the new station, the astronauts tested ...more... 15 December 1998 - STS-88 Mission Status Report # 26. Flight: STS-88. Endeavour's astronauts awoke to the sounds of Richard Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" today, and are now preparing for a return trip to Earth. The wake-up call came at 11:36 a.m. CST, and was chosen by the flight control team to energize the six crew members in anticipation of tonight's landing in Florida, marking the 10th nighttime Shuttle landing in the program's history. If weather cooperates, Endeavour will touch down at the Kennedy Space Center at ...more... 15 December 1998 - Landing of STS-88. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-88. STS-88 landed at 04:16 GMT. 23 December 1998 - ISS Status Report: ISS12. International Space Station flight controllers successfully completed two test firings of the Zarya module's two large thrusters this week, checking out the software and systems required for an automated rendezvous and docking with the third station module, scheduled to be launched from Russia in mid-1999. The two five-second engine firings, performed 45 minutes apart on December 21, slightly ...more... 30 May 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report # 08. Flight: STS-96. STS-96 Astronauts Tammy Jernigan and Dan Barry completed the second longest space walk in shuttle history at 5:51 a.m. Central time Sunday, accomplishing all of the objectives mapped out for their excursion as well as a couple of unscheduled activities. Today's space walk - the 45th in space shuttle history and the fourth of the International ...more... 1 June 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report #13. Flight: STS-96. Discovery's crew awakened this afternoon to the classical music selection "Exultate Jubilate" by Mozart. The selection is a favorite of Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette. Logistics transfer activities will dominate the on-orbit day as all crew members ...more... 5 June 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report #21. Flight: STS-96. Discovery and its seven-member crew are preparing to return home tonight with landing planned for 1:03 a.m. Central time following a flight that will go into the books as the first docking of a shuttle with the International Space Station. Weather permitting, Discovery's computers will ignite the twin breaking rockets ...more... 6 June 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report #22. Flight: STS-96. Discovery's astronauts glided to the 11th night landing in shuttle program history early Sunday, landing at 1:03 a.m. Central time to wrap up a 4 million mile mission to resupply the International Space Station. Discovery swooped out of darkness as Commander Kent Rominger set the shuttle and ...more... 27 July 1999 - STS-93 Mission Status Report # 10. Flight: STS-93. Columbia's astronauts tested their ship's systems and packed up their gear, ready for a nighttime homecoming late tonight at the Kennedy Space Center to wrap up their five-day mission. With the Chandra X-Ray Observatory undergoing what so far has been a flawless checkout ...more... 27 July 1999 - STS-93 Mission Status Report # 11. Flight: STS-93. Columbia's astronauts made final preparations Tuesday evening to come home after a successful five-day flight. Commander Eileen Collins, Pilot Jeff Ashby and Mission Specialists Cady Coleman, Steve Hawley and Michel Tognini were awakened at 2:31 p.m. CDT Tuesday to "A Little Traveling Music" by Barry Manilow, requested by Hawley's wife Eileen, and "The Air Force Song," played for Collins and Coleman. The first major task will be the closing of Columbia's cargo bay doors at about ...more... 24 December 1999 - STS-103 Mission Status Report #11. Flight: STS-103. Discovery astronauts completed their third and final space walk Friday evening, replacing a failed radio transmitter and installing a new solid state recorder. After the successful completion of those tasks, Lead Flight Director Linda Ham announced Friday evening that the STS-103 mission had met all criteria for complete success. Discovery astronauts are scheduled to release Hubble a little before 5 p.m. CST on Christmas Day. Astronauts Steve Smith and John Grunsfeld on Friday installed a transmitter that ...more... 26 December 1999 - STS-103 Mission Status Report #15. Flight: STS-103. Following the successful deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope yesterday, the seven man crew aboard Space Shuttle Discovery turned its attention today to preparing for the return to Kennedy Space Center late tomorrow afternoon. STS-103 Commander Curt Brown, along with Pilot Scott Kelly, first performed checks ...more... 27 December 1999 - STS-103 Mission Status Report #16. Flight: STS-103. With promising weather forecast for the Kennedy Space Center, preparations are under way to bring the seven-member crew of Discovery home following a successful mission to refurbish and repair the Hubble Space Telescope. The crew's day began with a wake-up call from Mission Control, "The Cup of Life," ...more... 27 December 1999 - STS-103 Mission Status Report #17. Flight: STS-103. The seven astronauts aboard Space Shuttle Discovery glided to a smooth landing at the Kennedy Space Center, wrapping up their eight-day mission to refurbish and repair the Hubble Space Telescope. After waving off the first landing opportunity of the day because of a concern with ...more... 12 February 2000 - STS-99 Mission Status Report #03. Flight: STS-99. Endeavour astronauts began mapping operations on the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, which will provide maps of the Earth unprecedented in accuracy and uniformity. The first swath was begun as the orbiter crossed over southern Asia and continued until Endeavour flew over the continent's eastern coast and moved over the northern Pacific Ocean. The mapping will continue through the mission until the antenna mast is retracted before landing. Because of the 24-hour-a-day activity aboard Endeavour, the six crewmembers are ...more... 20 February 2000 - STS-99 Mission Status Report #19. Flight: STS-99. Endeavour's astronauts are looking forward to using one more small bonus in mapping operations time. They were given an additional 10 minutes, bringing the total to nine days, 18 hours and 10 minutes. The additional minutes have been added to allow one more mapping pass across Australia, rather than turning off the radar just as the spacecraft approaches the nation's coastline. So far, the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission has imaged 44.7 million square miles, ...more... 21 February 2000 - STS-99 Mission Status Report #22. Flight: STS-99. With mapping operations complete and Endeavour's radar mapping hardware stowed, astronauts today conducted checks of various flight control surfaces and thruster jets in preparation for tomorrow's return to Earth. After wrapping up mapping operations at 5:54 a.m. Central time today with a final ...more... 21 February 2000 - STS-99 Mission Status Report #21. Flight: STS-99. Endeavour's astronauts finished their successful Shuttle Radar Topography Mission mapping operations early Monday, then retracted the system's 200-foot mast into its payload bay canister. The mast, the longest rigid structure ever deployed in space, supported the external antenna structure during more than 222 hours of data gathering that mapped almost 100 percent of all planned sites around the world. The mast folded smoothly into its nine-foot-long canister in Endeavour's payload ...more... 22 February 2000 - STS-99 Mission Status Report #24. Flight: STS-99. The six astronauts aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour glided to a smooth landing at the Kennedy Space Center at sunset today, wrapping up their 11-day radar mapping mission, the first human space flight of the 21st century. With Commander Kevin Kregel at the controls, Endeavour touched down at 5:22 p.m ...more... 27 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #18. Flight: STS-101. With all major mission objectives successfully completed, Atlantis' crew turned its attention to a planned return trip home, with a landing scheduled for 1:20 a.m. Central time on Monday at the Kennedy Space Center. Shortly after 7 p.m. today, Commander Jim Halsell, Pilot Scott Horowitz and Flight ...more... 29 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #21. Flight: STS-101. Atlantis' astronauts glided to a ghostly pre-dawn landing this morning at the Kennedy Space Center to wrap up a successful refurbishment and resupply mission to the International Space Station. Commander Jim Halsell flew Atlantis to a nighttime touchdown at the Florida spaceport ...more... 13 July 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-28. The Zvezda service module is in excellent shape a day after its launch aboard a Proton rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Zvezda was launched at 12:56 a.m. EDT Wednesday and was on its own 10 minutes later after the Proton's third stage separated and fell away from the module. After launch, Russian ground controllers monitored the module's systems through ...more... 31 July 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-35. The night sky's third brightest object - the International Space Station - now is under computer control from its newest addition, the Zvezda service module, following a 'handover' of that responsibility this weekend from the Zarya control module. Zvezda now is handling all attitude maneuvers of the 60-ton complex through its ...more... 17 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #20. Flight: STS-106. Following a successful week of docked operations, the seven astronauts aboard Shuttle Atlantis will depart the International Space Station later this evening, leaving behind the more than three tons (6,600 pounds) of supplies and equipment that was transferred to the orbiting facility. Commander Terry Wilcutt, Pilot Scott Altman along with Mission Specialists Ed Lu, ...more... 22 October 2000 - STS-92 Mission Status Report #22. Flight: STS-92. The STS-92 astronauts aboard Space Shuttle Discovery are preparing for their return to Earth with a planned touchdown on the 3-mile long Shuttle Landing Facility runway at the Kennedy Space Center at 1:14 p.m. CDT, weather permitting. A high pressure system sitting over the eastern seaboard is expected to produce ...more... 22 October 2000 - STS-92 Mission Status Report #24. Flight: STS-92. Discovery's astronauts prepared for a Monday landing after high crosswinds at Kennedy Space Center caused a delay of at least one day in their return to Earth and the end of their successful mission to expand the International Space Station and ready it for its first crew. Discovery has two landing opportunities Monday at KSC, where the weather is expected ...more... 22 October 2000 - STS-92 Mission Status Report #23. Flight: STS-92. Discovery's astronauts will remain in space at least one more day as high winds at the landing site forestalled today's return to the Kennedy Space Center. After carefully watching cross winds at the Shuttle Landing Facility and receiving ...more... 24 October 2000 - STS-92 Mission Status Report #28. Flight: STS-92. Discovery glided to a textbook landing under sunny skies at Edwards Air Force Base in California on Tuesday, completing a successful mission to the International Space Station. The crew spent more than two extra days in space because of unfavorable weather at Kennedy Space Center in Florida and at Edwards. Discovery touched down at 4 p.m. CDT and rolled to a stop on Edward's concrete runway ...more... 24 October 2000 - STS-92 Mission Status Report #27. Flight: STS-92. Awakened to the sounds of "Déjà vu" by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Commander Brian Duffy advised Mission Control that he and his crew knew what they'd be doing today and hoped to see everyone on the ground soon. Discovery is targeting a landing later today, after poor weather conditions in Florida ...more... 4 December 2000 - STS-97 Mission Status Report #09. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-97. Endeavour astronauts deployed the second of two huge solar wings on the International Space Station Monday in a slow and deliberate, almost two-hour-plus process that began at 6:52 p.m. The other solar wing, the starboard wing, was deployed nonstop Sunday in about 13 minutes. Deployment of the port wing was delayed while ground controllers studied an apparent ...more... 18 February 2001 - STS-98 Mission Status Report #23. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-98. Atlantis' homecoming was delayed today until Monday as gusty winds at the Kennedy Space Center forced a waveoff of the Shuttle's landing at the Florida spaceport. Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Mark Polansky and Mission Specialists Bob Curbeam, ...more... 19 February 2001 - STS-98 Mission Status Report #25. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-98. For the second day in a row, Atlantis' astronauts were foiled in their attempt to land at the Kennedy Space Center by high winds which caused another 24-hour delay in their homecoming until Tuesday. As was the case on Sunday, flight controllers tried to bring Commander Ken Cockrell, ...more... 20 February 2001 - STS-98 Mission Status Report #26. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-98. Atlantis' astronauts are hoping that the third time will be the charm today as an improving weather forecast at the Kennedy Space Center holds hope for the Shuttle's return to the Florida spaceport following two consecutive days of weather related wave-offs. The Kennedy Space Center remains the primary target for today's landing, with two ...more... 15 March 2001 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #16. Flight: ISS EO-1, ISS EO-2, STS-102. The 10 astronauts and cosmonauts aboard Discovery and the International Space Station will spend another day docked to the orbiting science outpost to pack for the trip home. Discovery's STS-102 mission now will end with a landing back in Florida about 1 a.m. Wednesday. The crew was awakened to the song "She Blinded Me With Science" performed by Thomas ...more... 20 March 2001 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #25. Flight: ISS EO-1, ISS EO-2, STS-102. All of Discovery's systems are checked out for landing, with Commander Jim Wetherbee and his team ready to escort home the first International Space Station expedition crew late Tuesday. Landing is scheduled for 11:56 p.m. CST Tuesday (12:56 a.m. EST Wednesday), but ...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... 15 July 2001 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #08. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-104. The five-member crew of Atlantis will spend its fifth day in space working with the Expedition Two crew aboard the International Space Station to continue the activation of the station's new airlock, named Quest. Today's work will include testing nitrogen and oxygen lines that will be used during ...more... 13 August 2001 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #06. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EO-3, STS-105. The crewmembers aboard the Discovery / International Space Station complex were awakened shortly before 4:30 a.m. Central time today to the sounds of the overture from "The Barber of Seville" by Rossini, a tribute to Expedition Three Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin, who along with Commander Frank Culbertson and Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov, will move over to the ISS today to take up residency. Once they swap out their custom-made Soyuz capsule seat liners with those belonging ...more... 22 August 2001 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #24. Flight: ISS EO-2, ISS EO-3, STS-105. With crewmembers aboard Discovery ready for their return to Earth, the new Expedition Three crew aboard the International Space Station prepared for the arrival of a Progress resupply vehicle early tomorrow morning. Discovery is about 1,300 statute miles ahead of the space station and widening the ...more... 5 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #01. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. Endeavour lifted off this afternoon on the final space shuttle mission of 2001, and, after a flawless climb to orbit, it is now on its way to deliver a fresh crew to the International Space Station and return home a crew that has spent four months in space. The station was about 250 statute miles above the central Indian Ocean as Endeavour ...more... 6 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #02. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. The seven crewmembers aboard the space shuttle Endeavour were awakened at 7:19 a.m. CST today to begin their first full day in space. The crew, Commander Dom Gorie, Pilot Mark Kelly, Mission Specialists Linda Godwin ...more... 11 December 2001 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #13. Flight: ISS EO-3, ISS EO-4, STS-108. The United States astronauts and Russian cosmonauts aboard the shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station paused this morning to remember and honor the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks, as did many Americans across the country and citizens of nations around the world. Joined by flight controllers in Mission Control, the crews observed the playing ...more... 1 February 2002 - ISS Status Report: ISS 02-06. Flight: ISS EO-4. Finishing up a month which saw the crew conduct two spacewalks, Expedition Four Commander Yury Onufrienko and Astronauts Dan Bursch and Carl Walz spent a quiet week aboard the complex this week, completing a host of maintenance tasks, physical exercise and evaluations, and science experiments. The crewmembers took a few breaks from their schedule during the week to field questions ...more... 12 March 2002 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #23. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-109. The space shuttle Columbia landed at Kennedy Space Center early Tuesday after a 10-day, 22-hour and 10-minute mission to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. Columbia astronauts conducted five successful spacewalks during their STS-109 mission to improve the orbiting observatory. Columbia's main landing gear touched down at 3:32 a.m. CST, completing a mission ...more... 8 April 2002 - STS-110. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-110. Launch delayed from March 22, April 4. Space Shuttle Atlantis entered an orbit of approximately 59 x 229 km x 51.6 deg at 2052 UTC, and separated from the External Tank, ET-114. ET-114 reached apogee around 2122 UTC and reentered over the Pacific about 2150 UTC at the end of its first orbit. Atlantis fired its OMS engines at apogee to raise its perigee to 155 km. Further orbit changes will lead to a rendezvous with the Space Station on Station mission 8A. STS-110 carried the S0 truss segment to the Station. The truss was the first segment of the main backbone of the Station which was to grow to carry the large solar panel wings and radiators. Cargo manifest:
8 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #01. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. With the International Space Station and the Expedition Four crew orbiting high overhead, the shuttle Atlantis lifted off this afternoon on a complex mission to install a 43-foot long truss structure as the backbone for future expansion of the orbital outpost. Commander Mike Bloomfield, Pilot Steve Frick, Flight Engineer Ellen Ochoa and spacewalkers ...more... 9 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #03. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Working quietly but efficiently, Atlantis' astronauts completed preparations today for Wednesday's scheduled docking to the International Space Station, testing spacesuits, rendezvous tools and the shuttle's robotic arm. With docking scheduled at 11:06 a.m. Central time (1606 GMT) tomorrow, Commander ...more... 9 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #02. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Gaining on the International Space Station by more than 1,000 statute miles each orbit, Atlantis' crew is preparing for a Wednesday docking with the orbiting laboratory. The crew will spend today testing and preparing shuttle equipment that will be used ...more... 10 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #04. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Atlantis has closed the distance between it and the International Space Station to less than 1,800 statute miles, and is continuing its approach in anticipation of docking with the station at 11:06 a.m. central time today. The linkup should occur as the two spacecraft fly over south-central China, to the southwest of Shanghai. The Atlantis crew, Commander Mike Bloomfield, Pilot Steve Frick and mission specialists Rex Walheim, Ellen Ochoa, Lee Morin, Jerry Ross and Steve Smith, was awakened at 3:44 a.m. by "Rapunzel Got a Mohawk," performed by Joe Scruggs. The song was played for Ochoa, at the request of her family. On board the station, the Expedition 4 crew, Commander Yury Onufrienko and flight ...more... 10 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #05. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Atlantis gently docked with the International Space Station this morning over southern China, setting the stage for the installation of a 13 1/2 ton truss structure to the complex tomorrow and the ultimate expansion of the ISS to the length of a football field. Commander Mike Bloomfield guided Atlantis to a linkup with the forward docking port ...more... 11 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #06. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Construction of a framework for expanded research begins today as the S-Zero (S0) truss segment is installed on the International Space Station. The truss will provide support for the cooling and power systems necessary to attach additional laboratories to the complex. The Atlantis crew - Commander Mike Bloomfield, Pilot Steve Frick and mission specialists ...more... 11 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #07. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. The expansion of the International Space Station continued today with the installation of the 13 1/2 ton S0 (S-Zero) truss segment on the orbital outpost. Assisted by Expedition Four Flight Engineer Dan Bursch, Atlantis Mission Specialist Ellen Ochoa gently lifted the truss out of the shuttle's payload bay at 5:30 a.m. Central time through the use of the station's robotic arm and maneuvered it onto a clamp at the top of the station's Destiny Laboratory. It took just under four hours to complete the delicate procedure. During the S-Zero installation, Atlantis Commander Mike Bloomfield and Pilot Steve ...more... 12 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #08. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. After successful installation of the S-Zero (S0) Truss and a spacewalk on Thursday, the focus of today's activities will shift from external construction of the International Space Station to the transfer of equipment, supplies and experiments between the space shuttle Atlantis and the orbiting laboratory. The Atlantis crew - Commander Mike Bloomfield, Pilot Steve Frick, and mission specialists ...more... 12 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #09. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. The ten crewmembers of the Atlantis / International Space Station complex transferred experiments and supplies into their respective vehicles today as the latest addition to the station, the S-Zero (S0) Truss, continued to pass its initial checkouts with flying colors. Atlantis Commander Mike Bloomfield, Pilot Steve Frick, and Mission Specialists Ellen ...more... 13 April 2002 - EVA STS-110-2. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: STS-110. The spacewalk was from 1405 to 2139 UTC. The astronauts attached the aft MTS struts and deployed the second trailing umbilical. 13 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #10. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Construction of the International Space Station continues today with the second of four scheduled spacewalks to install the S-Zero (S0) Truss segment. Shuttle astronauts Jerry Ross and Lee Morin will float out of the station's Quest Airlock about 9:34 a.m. The Atlantis crew - Commander Mike Bloomfield, Pilot Steve Frick, and mission specialists ...more... 13 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #11. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Two grandfathers completed the structural attachment of the newest component of the International Space Station today, mating two large tripod legs of a 13 ½ ton truss to the station's main laboratory during a 7 hour, 30 minute spacewalk. Dubbed the "Silver Team" by their colleagues because of their age, 54-year old Jerry ...more... 14 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #13. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Two astronauts rewired the robotic arm on the International Space Station today and released locking bolts on the first space railcar during a 6 hour, 27 minute spacewalk, the third of Atlantis' assembly flight to the international complex. The stage is now set for the inaugural run Monday of the so-called Mobile Transporter, ...more... 14 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #12. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Outfitting of the newest component of the International Space Station continues today with the mission's third spacewalk. Shuttle astronauts Steve Smith and Rex Walheim will continue installation work on the S-Zero (S0) Truss, now permanently attached to the station's U.S. laboratory Destiny. They are scheduled to step out of the station's Quest airlock at 9:34 a.m. Their ...more... 15 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #14. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. The first space railroad car will get a trial run today, highballing along 26 feet of the track atop the International Space Station's new S-Zero (S0) Truss at a maximum speed of one inch per second, or 100 yards an hour. The 1,900-pound Mobile Transporter begins its run about 6:30 a.m. Ground controllers in mission control will command the Mobile Transporter to move ...more... 15 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #15. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. The first railcar in space crept down the track of a newly installed truss structure at the International Space Station today, paving the way for the future use of the system on which the station's robotic arm will be mounted to travel the full length of the complex. Expedition Four Flight Engineer Carl Walz sent commands from a laptop computer to ...more... 16 April 2002 - EVA STS-110-4. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: STS-110. From about 1426 UTC to 2106 UTC the astronauts deployed the Airlock Spur, a small ladder from S0 to Quest, as well as installing some floodlights. 16 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #17. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Atlantis astronauts Jerry Ross and Lee Morin completed the outfitting of the new S-Zero (S0) truss on the International Space Station today during a 6 hour, 37 minute spacewalk, installing a ladder, testing electrical switches for upcoming truss expansion and attaching external lights and equipment to be used in future assembly work. Ross and Morin began the fourth and final spacewalk of the STS-110 mission and the ...more... 16 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #16. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Shuttle astronauts Jerry Ross and Lee Morin will make the fourth and final spacewalk of the STS-110 mission of Atlantis today, stepping out of the International Space Station's Quest airlock at 9:34 a.m. Many of their tasks focus on helping future spacewalkers. Work during the 6½-hour spacewalk includes installation a 14-foot beam extending ...more... 17 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #18. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Atlantis will leave the International Space Station today after a successful mission to bring the centerpiece of the station's main truss to the orbiting laboratory and four successful spacewalks to connect and outfit it. Farewells and closing of the hatches between the spacecraft is set to begin about ...more... 17 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #19. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station this afternoon, pulling away from the complex at 1:31 p.m. Central time as the two craft sailed over the north Atlantic Ocean at an altitude of 247 statute miles. After more than a week of joint operations between the shuttle and station crews, ...more... 18 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #20. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Now separated from the International Space Station by about 85 statute miles and moving away at about 12 miles with each orbit of the Earth, Atlantis crewmembers turn their attention today to preparing for a return trip home. The crew - Commander Mike Bloomfield, Pilot Steve Frick, Mission Specialists Ellen ...more... 18 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #21. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Atlantis' astronauts tested out their ship's systems today and packed their gear, aiming for an early afternoon landing at the Kennedy Space Center Friday to wrap up a 4 ½ million mile mission to deliver a huge backbone truss structure to the International Space Station. Commander Mike Bloomfield, Pilot Steve Frick and Flight Engineer Ellen Ochoa activated ...more... 19 April 2002 - Landing of STS-110. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-110. Atlantis had undocked from ISS at 1831 UTC on April 17. It returned to Earth on April 19, with a deorbit burn at 1518:59 UTC and landing on Runway 33 at KSC at 1626:57 UTC. 19 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #22. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. After traveling more than 4½ million miles on a successful International Space Station assembly mission that saw four spacewalks during installation of the first segment of the station's main truss, Atlantis is scheduled to land at the Kennedy Space Center today. Atlantis has two landing opportunities at KSC today. The first begins with the firing ...more... 19 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #23. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Atlantis glided to a smooth touchdown today at the Kennedy Space Center, wrapping up a 4 and a half million mile mission to deliver a backbone truss structure to the International Space Station. Commander Mike Bloomfield eased Atlantis to a textbook landing on runway 3-3 at ...more... 5 June 2002 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #01. Flight: ISS EO-4, ISS EO-5, STS-111. With improved weather conditions at the Kennedy Space Center, Endeavour lifted off at 4:23 p.m. CDT today, beginning a complex mission to continue the assembly and maintenance of the International Space Station and bring a new trio of residents to the orbital outpost. Aboard Endeavour are Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart, Mission Specialists ...more... 6 June 2002 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #02. Flight: ISS EO-4, ISS EO-5, STS-111. As Endeavour closes in for its linkup to the International Space Station tomorrow, the Expedition Four crew aboard the complex will spend the day preparing for the arrival of its replacements. Aboard Endeavour, Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart, Mission Specialists ...more... 26 August 2002 - International Space Station Status Report #02-38. Flight: ISS EO-5. Expedition Five Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineer Sergei Treschev stepped outside the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station today to swap out Japanese space exposure experiments and a Russian experiment measuring jet thruster residue on the exterior of the Zvezda Service Module in a 5 hour, 21 minute spacewalk. It was the second of two spacewalks for the Expedition Five crew, the fourth of ...more... 17 October 2002 - STS-112 MCC Status Report #20. Flight: ISS EO-5, STS-112. On its own again following yesterday's undocking from the International Space Station, Space Shuttle Atlantis and its crew today focuses on readying the orbiter for the return to Earth tomorrow at 10:44 a.m. Weather forecasts indicate pristine conditions across the southeastern U.S. tomorrow with clear skies and light winds. The first steps in changing Atlantis from a spaceship to an airplane are to test ...more... 18 October 2002 - STS-112 MCC Status Report #23. Flight: ISS EO-5, STS-112. Space Shuttle Atlantis glided to a noontime landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida completing a 4.5 million mile journey to outfit the International Space Station with a new section of truss and supplies for the Expedition crew onboard. With weather of little concern today, Commander Jeff Ashby piloted the shuttle to ...more... 15 November 2002 - International Space Station Status Report #02-52. Flight: ISS EO-5. The Expedition 5 crewmembers - Commander Valery Korzun, NASA ISS Science Officer Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Sergei Treschev - spent their 23rd week in space continuing preparations for the arrival of their replacements, the Expedition 6 crew. During the week, Expedition 5 packed, checked and labeled experiment racks, and ...more... 3 January 2003 - International Space Station Status Report #03-1 . Flight: ISS EO-6. The Year 2003 began quietly for the International Space Station Expedition 6 crew. Commander Ken Bowersox, Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin, and NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit crossed the international date line 15 times during the last day of 2002, officially greeting the new year at midnight Greenwich Mean Time during their sleep shift. The first day of the new year involved only a few routine maintenance tasks, exercise and time off for the crew. Work aboard the orbiting outpost resumed on Jan. 2, highlighted by a practice fire ...more... 19 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #05. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. Columbia's astronauts studied combustion properties and the response of their own bodies in weightlessness and the behavior of soot in space one-quarter of the way through their marathon scientific research mission. Red Team members Commander Rick Husband, Mission Specialists Kalpana Chawla and ...more... 20 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #06. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. Columbia's astronauts conducted scientific studies ranging from the behavior of granular materials in weightlessness to the effects of microgravity on fungi, and filmed the sprites associated with thunderstorms across the globe as their scientific research flight continued in its fifth day. Red team members Commander Rick Husband, Mission Specialists Kalpana Chawla and ...more... 14 February 2003 - International Space Station Status Report #03-7. Flight: ISS EO-6. Approaching three months into their stay in space aboard the International Space Station, the Expedition 6 crewmembers continued unpacking newly arrived supplies this week, watched their home's altitude rise, held a news conference and operated the station's robotic arm. A Russian Progress resupply ship arrived at the station last week delivering a ton ...more... 3 October 2003 - International Space Station Status Report #03-49. Flight: ISS EO-7. The week for Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA International Space Station Science Officer Ed Lu was filled with work on various science experiments and routine maintenance aboard the orbiting laboratory. Lu spent much of his time inside the U.S. Destiny laboratory setting up and performing ...more... Bibliography and Further Reading
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