Whitson, Malenchenko 10 October 2007 13:22 GMT. Landing Date: 2008-04-19. Flight Time: 191.00 days. Other Name: ISS-15S. Flight Up: Soyuz TMA-11. Flight Back: Soyuz TMA-11. Crew: Whitson, Malenchenko. Backup Crew: Sharipov, Fincke. Program: ISS. Of note: First female space station commander. Six-month, long-term, resident crew of the International Space Station. The EO-16 ISS long duration crew consisted of two persons. NASA astronaut Clayton Anderson remained aboard the ISS after the return of the EO-15 crew and worked with the EO-16 crew. Clayton Anderson was replaced Daniel Tani (USA) via Space Shuttle flight STS-120/10A. During the course of the EO-16 mission, plans were to replace Daniel Tani with Leopold Eyharts (ESA, France) via Space Shuttle flight STS-122 / 1E and finally to replace Leopold Eyharts with Garrett Reisman (USA) via Space Shuttle flight STS-123 / 1J/A.
Originally planned EO-16 launch date was 10 October 2007; return date was 19 April 2008; and total mission duration 191 days. The program for ISS long duration crew EO-16 was as follows:
- Launch of two EO-16 crewmembers and one space tourist (EP-13 - Malaysia) aboard Soyuz ???-11 in flight 15S
- Docking of Soyuz ???-11 to the ISS docking port of the Functional Cargo Module (FGB) Zarya
- Operational support for loading and undocking of Soyuz ???-10 from the Instrument Compartment of the ISS Service Module Zvezda (IC-SM). Soyuz TMA-10 would return the EP-13 tourist and EO-15 crew to earth. Aboard the station would remain the EO-16 crew and a NASA astronaut who would work with both the EO-15 and EO-16 crews.
- Operational support for docking of the Space Shuttle STS-120 in flight 10A. Rotation of one EO-16 NASA crewmember by the Shuttle in flight 10A
- Operational support for docking of the Space Shuttle in flight STS-122 / 1E. Rotation of one ISS-16 NASA crewmember via this Shuttle in flight 1E
- Operational support for docking of Progress M-62 to Docking Compartment DC1 Pirs and its unloading;
- Operational support for docking of the Space Shuttle in flight STS-123 / 1J/A. Rotation of one ISS-16 NASA crewmember by the Shuttle in flight 1J/A
- Operational support for docking of Progress M-63 to DC1 and its unloading;
- Loading and undocking of Progress M-61 and Progress M-62 from DC1
- Support of the Space Station functionality
- Performance of extravehicular activities to support station assembly and maintenance: three US EVA's from the ISS USOS and one Russian EVA from the ISS Russian Segment
- Performance of Russian science and application research program and experiments (SVS, Crystallizator, Relaksatsia, Uragan, Bar, Ekon, Plasma-MKS, Ten'-Mayak, Cardio-ODNT, Profilaktika, Sonocard, Pilot, Dykhanie, Pnevmocard, BIMS, Biorisk, Akvarium, Rastenia, Plasmida, Prognos, Matroshka-R, Diatomeya, Glikoproteid, Mimetik-K, KAF, Vaktsina-K, Lactolen, ARIL, OChB, Biotrek, Conjugatsia, Biodegradatsia, Bioecologia, Bioemulsiya, Interleikin-K, Astrovakcina, Zhenshen-2, Antigen, Vector-T, Izgib, Plasma Crystal, Identifikatsiya, Sreda, BTN-Neutron, MATI-75) as well as contract-based commercial activities (GTS-2, GCF-JAXA, JAXA 3DPC-2);
- Implementation of the Malaysian experimental program under the ANGKASA MSM Project (ETD-M, MOP-M, MUSCLE-M, FIS, CIS, MIS, PCS, TOP) onboard the ISS during the EP-13 mission
- Operational support of docking of Soyuz TMA-12 with the EO-17 crew and one space tourist (EP-14) aboard
- Crew handover to EO-17 and return of the two EO-16 crewmembers and one space tourist (EP-14) aboard Soyuz TMA-11
ISS EO-16 Chronology - 2007 Oct 23 - STS-120 Crew: Melroy, Zamka, Parazynski, Wheelock, Wilson, Nespoli, Tani. Spacecraft: Discovery. Payload: ISS-10A Harmony. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Shuttle. Duration: 15.10 days. Perigee: 340 km (210 mi). Apogee: 344 km (213 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.40 min.
Main mission objectives were delivery of the Harmony module to the station, and external work to move the P6 truss to its final location and put the ISS into its full-power configuration for the first time. Discovery docked with the ISS at the Destiny module at 12:40 GMT on 25 October. The cargo of 17,390 kg was as follows:
- Orbiter Docking System - Bay 1-2 - 1800 kg
- Spacesuit EMU 3004 - 130 kg
- Spacesuit EMU 3003 - 130 kg
- Station Power Distribution Unit SPDU - Bay 3P - 100 kg
- Fixture for return of S-band Antenna - SASA FSE - Bay 3P - 4S - 100 kg
- Power/Data Grapple Fixture for Node-2 - PDGF - Bay 5P - 50 kg
- Main Bus Switching Unit - MBSU - Bay 6S - 238 kg
- MBSU adapter - Bay 6S - 122 kg
- Station Power Distribution Unit - SPDU - Bay 6S - 7P - 100 kg
- Node-2 Harmony module - Bays 8-12 - 14,300 kg
- OBSS 203 - Sill 450 kg
- RMS 301 - Sill 410 kg
- 2007 Oct 26 - EVA STS-120-1 Crew: Parazynski, Wheelock. EVA Type: EVA. EVA Duration: 0.25 days.
The astronauts emerged from the Quest hatch at 10:01 GMT. They moved an antenna from
the Z1 truss and stowed it in the payload bay, prepared the P6 truss for separation from Z1, and assisted in installation of the Harmony module, which was unberthed from the shuttle bay by the ISS Canadarm-2 and docked to the Unity module.
- 2007 Nov 9 - EVA ISS EO-16-1 Crew: Whitson, Malenchenko. EVA Type: EVA. EVA Duration: 0.29 days.
The astronauts conducted exterior work in preparation for the move of the Pressurized Mating Adapter 2 (PMA-2) from the Destiny lab and to the Harmony module. They disconnected and stowed cables, removed a light on one of the station’s transport carts and took the cover off Harmony's Common Berthing Mechanism. They also removed a base-band signal processor for later refurbishment; removed a remote power controller module that was to be replaced; and transferred tools in preparation for upcoming spacewalks.
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