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Personal: Male, Married, One child. Born in Redwood City, California, USA. US Air Force US Air Force Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: NASA Group 16 - 1996. Active Entered space service: 1 May 1996. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 10.82 days. Number of EVAs: 2.00. Total EVA Time: 0.60 days.
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Walheim Spaceflight Log
Walheim Chronology 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 #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... 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... 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... 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... 11 April 2002 - EVA STS-110-1. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: STS-110. At 1030 UTC the S0 truss was unberthed from Atlantis, and berthed to the Destiny module's Lab Cradle Assembly at 1346 UTC. At 1433 the Quest airlock was depressurized and the astronauts emerged to bolt in place the two forward MTS struts and deploy a trailing umbilical for the mobile transporter. The airlock was repressurized at 2224 UTC. 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... 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... 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... 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... 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 - EVA STS-110-3. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: STS-110. From 1344 to 2015 UTC the astronauts rewired the SSRMS station robot arm to get power via the S0. They also removed launch restraint bolts from the Mobile Transporter. The Mobile Transporter was tested in a small move on April 15. 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... 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... 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 - 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 #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... 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... 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... 30 June 2004 - International Space Station Status Report #04-36. Flight: ISS EO-9. The second time was the charm for two International Space Station spacewalkers tonight as they moved with ease to restore power to a key control system, completed a series of bonus jobs to get ahead on future work, and finished up ahead of schedule. The spacewalk went smoothly from the moment NASA ISS Science Officer Mike Fincke ...more... Bibliography and Further Reading
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