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8 March 2001 11:42 GMT. Landing Date: 2001-08-22 18:23:00. Flight Time: 167.28 days. Alternate Name: STS-102 (Helms, Usachyov, Voss). Flight Up: STS-102. Flight Back: STS-105. Call Sign: Discovery. Crew: Helms, Usachyov, Voss. Program: ISS. Three-person crew to operate the station and provide support during station replenishment and assembly missions Progress M-44, Progress M1-6, Soyuz TM-31, Soyuz TM-32 vehicles and Space Shuttles flights 5A.1, 6A, 7A, 7A.1. The flight program consisted of the following main activities:
- Orbital insertion of ISS EO-2 crew by Space Shuttle during Flight 5A.1;
- ISS maintenance and operation;
- Support of the docking/undocking operations relative to the Progress M-44, Progress M1-6, Soyuz TM-31, Soyuz TM-32 vehicles and Space Shuttles during flights 5A.1, 6A, 7A, 7A.1;
- Progress, Soyuz and Shuttle unloading;
- Supporting Station assembly operations;
- Implementation of a Research and Experimental Program consisting of the experiments Paradont, Kardio-ODNT, Prognoz, Bradoz, Massoperenoss, Farma, Poligen, Diatomeya, Uragan, Identifikatsia, Izgib, Tenzor, Iskazheniye, Priviazka, Plazmenniy Kristall, Infrazvuk-M, Meteoroid, Vektor-T, Skorpion, CPCF-2), as well as the contracted commercial activities (GTS; Biosferea, Vzglyad, LEGO, Popular Mechanics);
- Conduct of the activities under the space tourist EP-1mission;
- Conduct of experiments under the Russian Program (Plazmenniy Kristall, Poligen, Diatomeya); Experimental Program of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
- Contracted activities with space tourist Tito (photographing and video shooting) and with SPACEHAB (LEGO and Popular Mechanics Projects);
- Crew handover to the ISS EO-3 crew and return of the ISS EO-2 crew aboard Space Shuttle Flight 7A.1
ISS EO-2 Chronology - 2001 Mar 8 - STS-102 Crew: Wetherbee, Kelly, Voss, Helms, Thomas Andrew, Richards Paul, Usachyov. Spacecraft: Discovery. Payload: Discovery F29. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Shuttle. Duration: 12.83 days. Perigee: 370 km (220 mi). Apogee: 381 km (236 mi). Inclination: 51.50 deg. Period: 92.06 min.
STS 102 was an American shuttle spacecraft that carried a crew of seven astronauts (six American and one Russian). The primary mission was to deliver a multi-rack Italian container (Leonardo MultiPurpose Logistics Module, LMPLM) to the Destiny Module of the International Space Station, ISS. It docked with the ISS at 05:34 UT on 9 March. The 6.4 m x 4.6 m cylindrical LMPLM delivered new equipment to Destiny, and retrieved used/unwanted equipment, and trash back to the shuttle. The crew did a few spacewalks to install a platform on the ISS to support a Canadian robot arm when it arrives next month. The STS 102 left behind three of the astronauts (two American and one Russian) and brought back the three astronauts (one American and two Russian) who had been inhabiting the ISS for about four and a half months. It landed at Cape Canaveral at 07:31 UT on 21 March. Discovery was launched on mission STS-102 (Space Station flight 5A.1) into an initial 60 x 222 km x 51.6 deg orbit. The mission was delivery of supplies and equipment, and changeout of the Expedition One and Expedition Two station crews. STS-102 carried the Leonardo Multi Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM), built by Alenia Spazio (Torino), to the International Space Station. The 6.4 m x 4.6 m cylindrical MPLM was a descendant of the Spacelab long modules. Also carried was a Spacehab/Energia unpressurized Integrated Cargo Carrier with LCA/MTSAS-A, RU, and PFCS. A sidewall adapter beam with two GAS canisters (G-783 and WSVFM) was also on board. WSVFM measured vibration during launch. Another adapter beam, probably at the rear of the payload bay, carried SEM-9. SEM-9 and G-783 contained high school microgravity experiments.
Leonardo carried 16 'racks' of equipment, including the Human Research Facility Rack (Rack 13) which allowed the astronauts to do extensive medical experiments, the CHeCS Rack (28), the DDCU-1 and DDCU-2 racks (7 and 9), the Avionics-3 (Rack 6), and the MSS Avionics/Lab (Rack 11) and
Avionics/Cupola (Rack 12) racks for a total of 7 equipment racks to be installed on Destiny. Three Resupply Stowage Racks (50, 51, 52) and four Resupply Stowage Platforms (180, 181, 182 and 188) remained installed on Leonardo, with their equipment bags being individually transferred to the Station. System Racks 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8 were already on Destiny together with stowage racks 110 through 117. Each rack had a mass of 150-300 kg.
The orbiter fired its OMS engines at 1221 GMT to raise the orbit to 185 x 219 km. Discovery docked with the PMA-2 port on the Station at 0639 GMT on March 10. The LCA (Lab Cradle Assembly) was attached to Destiny's +Z side during an EVA. It was to be used on the next mission to temporarily place a Spacelab pallet on Destiny during installation of the Station's robot arm. Later, it would be the site for the main Station truss, beginning with segment S0.
The PMA-3, on Unity at the -Z nadir position, had to be moved to the port position to make room for Leonardo. An external stowage platform was attached to Destiny and the External Stowage Platform and the PFCS Pump Flow Control System were added to the port aft trunnion on Destiny. A rigid umbilical (RU) was connected to the PDGF grapple fixture on Destiny to support the Station's future robot arm. Leonardo was docked to Unity at -Z for a while so that its cargo could be transferred to the station easily; it was then be returned to the payload bay and brought back to earth.
At 0232 GMT on March 19 command of ISS was transferred to Expedition 2 and the hatches were closed. Discovery undocked at 0432 GMT and flew once around the station before departing at 0548 GMT. ISS mass after undocking was 115527 kg. The OMS engines fired for the deorbit burn at 0625 GMT on March 21, and Discovery touched down on runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center at 0731 GMT.
- 2001 Mar 8 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #01
Shuttle Discovery blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center at sunrise this morning to deliver a new resident crew to the International Space Station (ISS) as the third shuttle mission in less than four months began in flawless fashion. Commander Jim Wetherbee, Pilot Jim Kelly and Mission Specialists Andy Thomas, Paul ...more...
- 2001 Mar 8 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #02
Space Shuttle Discovery continues to close in on the International Space Station following Thursday morning's flawless launch from the Kennedy Space Center. Docking is scheduled for 11:36 Friday night. In preparation for that rendezvous and docking, Discovery's crew was awakened at ...more...
- 2001 Mar 9 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #03
Discovery continues its pursuit of the International Space Station, currently trailing the outpost by 3,520 miles and closing that distance at the rate of about 660 miles with every orbit of the Earth. All systems aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery are ready for tonight's docking, scheduled for 11:34 p.m. as the two spacecraft fly just off the east coast of Brazil. Overnight, the STS-102 astronauts Jim Wetherbee, Jim Kelly, Paul Richards and Andy ...more...
- 2001 Mar 9 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #04
With the International Space Station 300 miles ahead, the crew of the Space Shuttle Discovery awoke this afternoon to begin a third day in space, a day that will bring a new crew to the growing International Space Station. The shuttle crew was awakened with the Russian song "Vashe Blagorodiye," a song ...more...
- 2001 Mar 10 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #05
Commander Jim Wetherbee waited patiently as International Space Station controllers locked solar arrays in place before he steered the Space Shuttle Discovery to a 12:38 a.m. CST Saturday docking. "You have a great looking ship there, Captain Shepherd," Wetherbee radioed to the ...more...
- 2001 Mar 10 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #06
With an exchange of space station crew members already under way, Discovery's crew turns its attention to continuing assembly of the orbital outpost, conducting a space walk set to begin just before 11 p.m., or earlier, to reposition a docking port and installing gear in preparation for the arrival of the station's Canadian-built robotic arm next month. While their Commander Yury Usachev begins a handover of duties from Expedition One ...more...
- 2001 Mar 11 - EVA ISS EO-2-1 Crew: Voss, Helms. EVA Type: Extra-Vehicular Activity. EVA Duration: 0.37 days. Spacecraft: International Space Station.
On March 11 Jim Voss and Susan Helms made a spacewalk from Discovery's airlock. A PAD device used to attach equipment to the RMS arm floated free and Voss retrieved a spare one from Unity, putting the walk behind schedule. The astronauts installed the Lab Cradle Assembly and the Rigid Umbilical on Destiny and disconnected the umbilicals connecting the PMA-3 docking port to Unity. The astronauts then spent two-and-a-half hours back in the depressurized airlock in case their help was needed during the move of PMA-3. Thomas used the RMS arm to unberth PMA-3 from the nadir port on Unity and relocated it to the port port location, freeing up the nadir for the MPLM. The airlock was depressurized at 0508 GMT and repressurized at 1408 GMT.
- 2001 Mar 11 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #07
STS-102 Mission Specialists Susan Helms and Jim Voss donned space suits and stepped outside Discovery late last night to prepare one of the International Space Station's berthing ports for the Leonardo transfer module. The pair, destined to become members of the Expedition Two crew aboard the station ...more...
- 2001 Mar 11 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #08
The crews of Discovery and the International Space Station will join forces again today as hatches between the spacecraft are reopened, a change of shift aboard the science outpost continues, and a cargo carrier is attached to the complex. Discovery's crew was awakened today by the song "Blast Off" from the animated feature ...more...
- 2001 Mar 12 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #09
Leonardo, the first of three logistics modules developed and built by the Italian Space Agency, was affixed to a berthing port on Unity overnight as mission specialist Andy Thomas carefully maneuvered it into place at 12:02 CST a.m. today. Operating Discovery's robotic arm, Thomas grappled the "crate" full of equipment ...more...
- 2001 Mar 12 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #10
Aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station tonight, crews are preparing for a day of unloading and installing equipment both inside and outside the two spacecraft. The song "From a Distance" performed by Nanci Griffith awakened Discovery's crew, ...more...
- 2001 Mar 13 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #11
Astronauts Paul Richards and Andy Thomas spent six and a half hours outside the International Space Station this morning, continuing work to outfit the station and prepare for delivery of its own robotic arm next month. With help from shuttle robotic arm operator Jim Kelly and space walk choreographer ...more...
- 2001 Mar 13 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #12
Ahead of schedule in their work and with a growing record of success, the astronauts and cosmonauts of Discovery and the International Space Station will spend today finalizing the swap of crew members aboard the orbiting science complex and continuing to unload supplies. Discovery's crew was awakened this evening for the seventh day of the mission with ...more...
- 2001 Mar 14 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #13
The first crew exchange aboard the International Space Station is complete now that Susan Helms has moved her custom-fitted Soyuz seat liner into the Russian return vehicle about midnight CST today. Helms was the third and final Expedition Two crew member to make the move, following ...more...
- 2001 Mar 14 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #14
The crew of Discovery and the International Space Station will begin packing for the trip home today, having virtually completed unloading almost five tons of equipment and experiments brought by the shuttle. The crews will spend today packing trash and unneeded equipment as well as luggage ...more...
- 2001 Mar 15 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #15
Aboard the International Space Station today, astronauts and cosmonauts assembled and partially activated a key piece of construction equipment - the control station for a 58-foot-long robot arm that will be delivered to the station next month. Expedition Two Flight Engineers Jim Voss and Susan Helms spent most of their workday ...more...
- 2001 Mar 15 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #16
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...
- 2001 Mar 16 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #17
The crews of Discovery and the International Space Station welcomed the addition of another day orbiting the Earth in tandem as they continued to pack for the trip home. Discovery's return will mark the homecoming of the first resident space station crew. Lead Flight Director John Shannon said shuttle and station managers decided to extend ...more...
- 2001 Mar 16 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #18
The crews of Discovery and the International Space Station will spend a final full day today packing the Leonardo cargo module on the station before they detach Leonardo from the complex Saturday night and secure it in the Shuttle payload bay for the trip home. The crew was awakened to the Irish song "The Rising of the Moon" performed by The ...more...
- 2001 Mar 17 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #19
The crews of Discovery and the International Space Station spent their day carefully packing the Leonardo cargo transfer module and reboosting the station's orbit. Mission Specialist Andy Thomas coordinated the loading of about a ton of materials ...more...
- 2001 Mar 17 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #20
With their time together drawing to a close, the crews of Discovery and the International Space Station today plan to detach the Leonardo cargo module from the station and latch it back aboard the shuttle for return to Earth. Almost five tons of equipment and experiments were unloaded from Leonardo during ...more...
- 2001 Mar 18 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #21
Carrying nearly one ton of trash and excess equipment, along with personal items belonging to the returning Expedition One crew, the Leonardo cargo carrier was detached from its port on the International Space Station early this morning and gently placed back in Discovery's payload bay by Mission Specialist Andy Thomas. After crewmate Paul Richards released the 16 bolts and associated latches holding ...more...
- 2001 Mar 18 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #22
Discovery's crew - including the first crew of the International Space Station now returning home after four and a half months in orbit - bids farewell to the second station crew tonight, undocking the shuttle from the outpost and preparing for a return to Earth Tuesday. The hatches between the shuttle and station were to be closed for a final time at ...more...
- 2001 Mar 19 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #23
The Space Shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station at 10:32 p.m. CST Sunday, leaving the second station crew to get settled in and begin in earnest the research planned aboard the orbiting laboratory. The hatches between the shuttle and station were closed for a final time at 8:32 ...more...
- 2001 Mar 19 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #24
Moving ever further from the International Space Station, Discovery's crew is now focused on a return home with a landing at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, late Tuesday. The crew was awakened to the song "Just What I Needed," performed by The Cars and ...more...
- 2001 Mar 20 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #25
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...
- 2001 Mar 20 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #26
Discovery's astronauts were awakened at 3:42 p.m. Central time today to begin preparing for a landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Fla. later this evening. There are two landing opportunities available this evening for Discovery's return ...more...
- 2001 Mar 21 - STS-102 Mission Status Report #27
After a surprising turnaround in the Florida weather, Discovery's astronauts -- and the first International Space Station residents -- returned home to Kennedy Space Center at 1:31 a.m. CST Wednesday. STS-102 Commander Jim Wetherbee fired Space Shuttle Discovery's engines at 12:26 ...more...
- 2001 Mar 28 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-08
The International Space Station has become home to its new residents - the Expedition Two crew of Commander Yury Usachev and Flight Engineers Jim Voss and Susan Helms - who are settling in for a four-month stay after assuming command of the complex 10 days ago. Minor issues being worked by the crew and flight control teams in Houston and Moscow ...more...
- 2001 Apr 4 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-09
The resident crew of the International Space Station - Commander Yury Usachev and Flight Engineers Jim Voss and Susan Helms - spent the last week conducting experiments and performing routine housekeeping chores and some maintenance work. The activation of the station's Ku-Band antenna remains on hold until a software ...more...
- 2001 Apr 11 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-10
The International Space Station's Expedition Two Crew spent this week loading the Progress supply craft with trash and unneeded items in preparation for its undocking next week to clear the aft port on the Zvezda module for the relocation of the Soyuz capsule. This air traffic control activity clears the way for the arrival next week of Space Shuttle Endeavour and the STS-100 crew delivering the Canadian built station robot arm and another high tech moving van full of supplies. Remaining fuel and oxidizer from the Progress vehicle was transferred into tanks ...more...
- 2001 Apr 19 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #01
The Shuttle Endeavour lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center this afternoon, carrying a multi-national crew and a complex Canadian-built robotic arm to the International Space Station (ISS). Commander Kent Rominger, Pilot Jeff Ashby and Mission Specialists Chris Hadfield ...more...
- 2001 Apr 20 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #02
The crew of the shuttle Endeavour worked this morning to prepare for its Saturday docking with the International Space Station and for the two planned spacewalks while there. The chase to catch up with the waiting station and its Expedition Two crew continues with another in the series of rendezvous maneuvers scheduled for about 5:30 this morning. Endeavour is scheduled to dock with the station at 8:36 Saturday morning to deliver ...more...
- 2001 Apr 20 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #03
The day on orbit was one of preparations as Endeavour's seven astronauts got ready for tomorrow morning's scheduled arrival at the International Space Station, and Sunday's planned space walk by Mission Specialists Chris Hadfield and Scott Parazynski. Endeavour is scheduled to dock with the station at 8:32 a.m. Saturday although the ...more...
- 2001 Apr 21 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #04
Space Shuttle Endeavour and its seven crewmembers began rendezvous preparations shortly after 3 a.m. today, which should culminate in an 8:32 a.m. docking to the International Space Station, which will be northeast of Hong Kong at an altitude of 240 miles. The shuttle is bringing an advanced robotic arm, experiments and supplies to the ever-growing science outpost. Before the undocking a week later, two space walks will have been conducted and ...more...
- 2001 Apr 21 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #05
With Commander Kent Rominger at the controls, Endeavour gently docked with the International Space Station this morning as the two spacecraft flew 243 miles over the southern Pacific Ocean, just southeast of New Zealand. Docking occurred at 8:59 a.m. central time. Rominger, Pilot Jeff Ashby and Mission Specialists John Phillips, Chris Hadfield, ...more...
- 2001 Apr 22 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #06
Now docked to the International Space Station, Endeavour and its seven-member crew are preparing for the first of two planned space walks set to begin about 6:20 this morning to install the orbiting outpost's Canadian built robotic arm. Called Canadarm2, the high-tech robotic arm is the most versatile ever flown in space. Shortly after crew wakeup, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield and Scott ...more...
- 2001 Apr 22 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #07
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...
- 2001 Apr 23 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #08
The 10 astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station and the docked shuttle Endeavour are beginning a day that will see the first opening of hatches linking the two spacecraft. Highlights will include an impressive first step by the station's new Canadarm2 and the berthing to the station of Raffaello, the Italian-built logistics module. Hatch opening was set for 4 a.m. following a wakeup call from Mission Control earlier ...more...
- 2001 Apr 23 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #09
Two elements built by two countries adorn the International Space Station (ISS) tonight after Endeavour's astronauts and the Station's Expedition Two crew worked throughout the day to bring the complex one step closer to an independent robotic capability. The new 57-foot long Canadian-built Canadarm2 robot arm took its first step this ...more...
- 2001 Apr 24 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #10
Unpacking a space-based moving van and taking a second walk in space is the order of business today for astronauts and cosmonauts orbiting in the International Space Station and aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour. The Raffaello logistics module, now open for business following yesterday's berthing ...more...
- 2001 Apr 24 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #11
Endeavour's two space walkers -- Canadian Chris Hadfield and American Scott Parazynski-- worked as space-age electricians today, completing connections that allowed the new International Space Station robotic arm to operate from a new base on the outside of the Destiny science lab. Expedition 2 Flight Engineers Jim Voss and Susan Helms steered Canadarm2 as it lifted ...more...
- 2001 Apr 25 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #12
The Station's new robotic arm truly will extend the reach of humans in space today when it hands the 3,000-pound pallet delivering it to space to the shuttle's robotic arm for transport back to Earth. The three-hour task is set to begin about 6 a.m. While robotic arm operations are underway by Expedition Two crewmembers Susan Helms ...more...
- 2001 Apr 25 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #13
Troubleshooting efforts designed to restore full capability to the International Space Station's three redundant command and control computers continue in Mission Control, even as the 10 astronauts and cosmonauts on board the outpost worked together today to install new experiments in the Destiny laboratory. Shortly after the ISS crew went to bed last night, the ISS flight controllers reported ...more...
- 2001 Apr 26 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #14
Good news greeted space station flight controllers this morning when, shortly after awakening, Expedition Two flight engineer Susan Helms reported that the International Space Station computer systems may be returning to normal. Working at a laptop computer aboard the station that serves as the crew's primary interface with the station's United States command and control computer system, Helms reported the good news at about 3:45 a.m. Shortly afterward, Helms performed a series of troubleshooting steps that restored the ground's ability to monitor and send commands to the station's U.S. systems. Space station flight controllers then sent commands that have put the station's ...more...
- 2001 Apr 26 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #15
Good news greeted space station flight controllers this morning when, shortly after awakening, Expedition Two flight engineer Susan Helms reported that the International Space Station computer systems may be returning to normal. Working at a laptop computer aboard the station that serves as the crew's primary ...more...
- 2001 Apr 26 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #16
As flight controllers continued to troubleshoot computer systems on board the International Space Station (ISS), the ten crewmembers were told late today they would spend some bonus time together, after mission managers requested an additional two days of docked operations to allow ground teams to recover the use of command computers in the Destiny laboratory and to complete joint activities. Final confirmation of the two-day extension is pending Russian concurrence of NASA's ...more...
- 2001 Apr 27 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #17
Flight controllers worked successfully overnight troubleshooting computer problems on board the International Space Station and plan to continue a recovery of full computer operations on the complex today. The station and shuttle crews awoke this morning to find most of the station's computers operating well and on line, although efforts are continuing to bring up the orbiting outpost's backup computers. The crew today will assist with bringing the remaining station computers on line, ...more...
- 2001 Apr 27 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #18
The Italian Space Agency-provided Raffaello logistics module, loaded with 1,600 pounds of material to be returned to Earth, was tucked securely in Endeavour's payload bay at 3:58 p.m. Central time today as the International Space Station and shuttle flew high over the Pacific Ocean, north of Indonesia. Mission Specialist Scott Parazynski, at the controls of the shuttle's robotic arm ...more...
- 2001 Apr 28 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #19
The primary computer aboard the International Space Station continued to work well through the night, but flight controllers continued to encounter difficulties recovering the station's backup computers. The station's two backup command and control computers remain off line. Attempts ...more...
- 2001 Apr 28 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #20
A Canadian "handshake in space" occurred at 4:02 p.m Central time today, as the Canadian-built space station robotic arm - operated by Expedition Two crew member Susan Helms - transferred its launch cradle over to Endeavour's robotic arm, with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield at the controls. The exchange of the pallet from station arm to shuttle arm marked the first ever robotic-to-robotic transfer in space. The successful exchange of the pallet was the last remaining major objective of ...more...
- 2001 Apr 29 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #21
Endeavour's crew and the crew of the International Space Station will say farewell today, ending an eight-day visit by the shuttle that saw delivery a new robotic arm and more than six tons of supplies and equipment to the complex, including two scientific experiment racks for the U.S. laboratory Destiny. The crews are plan to close the hatches between the two spacecraft at 9:41 a.m.. ...more...
- 2001 Apr 29 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #22
With a gentle push from springs in the docking module, Endeavour backed slowly away from the International Space Station at 12:34 p.m. Central time today, as the two spacecraft soared 240 miles over the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia. As Pilot Jeff Ashby slowly backed Endeavour away, Commander Kent Rominger and Expedition ...more...
- 2001 Apr 30 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #23
A replacement Soyuz spacecraft successfully docked to the International Space Station early Monday, providing the station crew with a new "lifeboat" should an unexpected return to Earth become necessary. The docking occurred at 2:58 a.m. as the station orbited over south-central Russia near the Mongolian border. The Soyuz has a lifetime on orbit of about six months. The crew of the Soyuz which ...more...
- 2001 Apr 30 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #24
Weather permitting, Endeavour and its crew of seven will return to the Kennedy Space Center tomorrow morning, concluding a successful mission to install a new-generation robotic arm on the International Space Station, and a journey of more than 4.8 million miles. In preparation for tomorrow's landing opportunities, Commander Kent Rominger, Pilot Jeff Ashby and Flight Engineer John Phillips verified the performance of Endeavour's flight control systems and surfaces and steering jets. Mission Specialists Chris Hadfield, Scott Parazynski, Yuri Lonchakov and Umberto ...more...
- 2001 May 1 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #25
With the Kennedy Space Center reporting cloud cover, showers and gusty winds and with forecasters calling for more of the same today and tomorrow, flight controllers began focusing on bringing Endeavour home to a landing at Edwards Air Force Base later today. The first opportunity of the day to land Endeavour at the Florida spaceport has ...more...
- 2001 May 1 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #26
With the Kennedy Space Center reporting cloud cover, showers and gusty winds and with forecasters calling for more of the same for the rest of the week, flight controllers decided to bring Endeavour home to a landing at Edwards Air Force Base later today. Two opportunities to land at Edwards are available today. For the first, the deorbit ...more...
- 2001 May 1 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #27
Endeavour and its crew of seven glided to a landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California today, touching down at 11:11 a.m. central time, concluding a successful mission to install a new-generation robotic arm on the International Space Station, and a journey of more than 4.9 million miles. With continuing cloud cover, rain showers and gusty winds at the Kennedy Space Center, ...more...
- 2001 May 2 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-11
With the landing of Endeavour following the STS-100 mission and the arrival at the International Space Station of the Soyuz Taxi Crew with a new vehicle, the Expedition Two crew now is settling in to begin the process of unpacking and stowing nearly two tons of new supplies and hardware. The three command and control computers onboard have been recovered, for the most ...more...
- 2001 May 6 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-12
The Soyuz 2 crew successfully undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) late Saturday night U.S. time, and landed safely on the Central steppes of Kazakhstan Sunday morning to complete its mission to deliver a fresh Soyuz return capsule to the Expedition Two crew. The Soyuz capsule, which first brought the Expedition One crew to the ISS last November, ...more...
- 2001 May 9 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-13
The International Space Station's Expedition Two crew has turned its attention to the initial checkout of the new robotic arm now that the outpost's command and control computers are working properly. Beginning at about 9 a.m. central time tomorrow (Thursday) and continuing each Thursday ...more...
- 2001 May 16 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-14
Expedition Two crew activities aboard the International Space Station this week are focusing on the arrival of two spacecraft - the next Russian Progress supply vehicle early next week and Space Shuttle Atlantis in a month. The fourth Progress vehicle dedicated to station resupply is set to launch atop ...more...
- 2001 May 20 - Progress M1-6 Spacecraft: Progress M1. Payload: Progress M1 s/n 255. Mass: 7,250 kg (15,980 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz FG. Duration: 93.44 days. Perigee: 270 km (160 mi). Apogee: 316 km (196 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg.
ISS Servicing flight. Launch delayed from april 12. This Progress resupply mission to the ISS was launched by the first Soyuz-FG rocket - a modified Soyuz-U with 5 percent improved perfomance using new fuel utilisation systems. Progress M1-6 after launch was also designated as ISS supply mission 4P. It carried 2.5 tonnes of food, fuel, water, life-support material, and equipment, including spare computer equipment for the ISS Destiny module. Nearly one tonne of the fuel was for raising the altitude of the ISS. Progress M1-6 docked with Zvezda's aft (-Y) port at 0024 GMT on May 23. It undocked at 0601 GMT on August 22 and deorbited at around 0900 GMT the same day.
- 2001 May 22 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-15
Following two days of free flight since its launch Sunday, an unmanned Russian Progress spacecraft automatically docked to the back end of the International Space Station's Zvezda module at 7:24 p.m. Central time today. It is the fourth Progress dedicated to the resupply of the orbiting outpost. The Progress is carrying 3,100 pounds of supplies, including food, spare computer parts, and other logistical items which Expedition Two Commander Yury Usachev and Flight Engineers Jim Voss and Susan Helms will begin to unload on Wednesday. The Progress joins a Russian Soyuz craft that is linked to the earthward facing ...more...
- 2001 May 30 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-16
International Space Station engineers are continuing to troubleshoot problems with the Canadarm2 robotic arm on the complex after an unsuccessful attempt earlier today to solve a communications glitch with one of the crane's joints through a software modification. With more time now needed to complete an analysis of the communications problems ...more...
- 2001 Jun 6 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-17
The Expedition Two crew this week busily prepared for the first station-based spacewalk planned for Friday and continues to assist the ground with troubleshooting of the complex's robotic arm in the backup mode. Commander Yury Usachev and Flight Engineer Jim Voss will open hatches in the Zvezda ...more...
- 2001 Jun 8 - EVA ISS EO-2-2 Crew: Usachyov, Voss. EVA Type: Extra-Vehicular Activity. EVA Duration: 0.0271 days.
Depressurized work was undertaken in the Zvezda transfer section, using Orlan-M spacesuits, while Susan Helms remained in the pressurized Zarya module. The 1-meter diameter flat hatch cover was removed from the nadir docking port, opening the transfer compartment to vacuum. The Zvezda docking cone, removed from the axial port after docking with Zarya a year before, was then installed in the open hatch and sealed in place. No external spacewalk was performed.
- 2001 Jun 8 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-18
Expedition Two Commander Yury Usachev and astronaut Jim Voss performed their first spacewalk on the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, completing all of their scheduled tasks smoothly and ahead of schedule. Usachev and Voss entered the small, spherical transfer compartment at the forward ...more...
- 2001 Jun 13 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-19
As the Expedition Two crew approaches 100 days in space, work to gain confidence in the operation of the station's robotic arm to support the installation of the Joint Airlock continues. Friday marks 100 days in space for the three crewmembers, Commander Yury Usachev, ...more...
- 2001 Jun 20 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-20
After an extensive engineering analysis, International Space Station Program managers Tuesday gave the green light to proceed with the launch of Atlantis no earlier than July 12 to deliver the 6.5-ton Joint Airlock to the orbiting complex. The decision to launch Atlantis in July came after several reviews in which teams ...more...
- 2001 Jun 27 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-21
As Shuttle and International Space Station Program managers prepare to meet to select an official target launch date for Atlantis' STS-104 mission to the complex, the Expedition Two crew continues to test the station's robotic arm in preparation for its first official task of permanently installing the Airlock onto the Unity module. The face-to-face Flight Readiness Review at the Kennedy Space Center Thursday is ...more...
- 2001 Jul 5 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-22
Another week of testing the International Space Station's robotic arm and cataloging onboard inventory has been the focus for the Expedition Two crew as the launch of Atlantis delivering the Airlock approaches. The checkout of the Space Station Remote Manipulator System - Canadarm2 - continued ...more...
- 2001 Jul 12 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #01
The Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off on time this morning at 4:04 a.m. Central from the Kennedy Space Center, FL, and, after a smooth climb to orbit, is now en route to deliver a new doorway to space to the International Space Station later this week. Atlantis Commander Steve Lindsey, Pilot Charlie Hobaugh and Mission Specialists ...more...
- 2001 Jul 12 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #02
The five-member crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis awoke to its first full day in space at 5:38 p.m. The crew was awakened by the song "Wallace Courts Murron" from the movie "Braveheart." The song, by James Horner, was played for Atlantis Pilot Charlie Hobaugh. The shuttle is en route to the International Space Station to deliver the station's new airlock, Quest, and is scheduled to dock with the station at 9:53 p.m. CDT Friday. Atlantis Commander Steve Lindsey, Pilot Charlie Hobaugh and Mission Specialists ...more...
- 2001 Jul 13 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #03
The crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis spent its first full day in space closing in on the International Space Station and testing the space suits and other equipment that will be used later in the mission to install a new station airlock. Commander Steve Lindsey and Pilot Charlie Hobaugh fired Atlantis' steering jets ...more...
- 2001 Jul 13 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #04
The crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis was awakened at 3:04 p.m. CDT to the song "God of Wonders" by the group Caedmon's Call. On this, its third day in space, the five-member crew of Atlantis is focusing on a rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station around 9:53 p.m. The day's rendezvous operations began at 4:34 p.m. with Atlantis trailing the station ...more...
- 2001 Jul 14 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #05
Atlantis Commander Steve Lindsey smoothly docked the space shuttle with the International Space Station late Friday about 240 statute miles above the northeastern coast of South America. With both spacecraft moving at about 17,500 mph, Lindsey moved Atlantis to the station at a relative speed of about a tenth of a foot per second. Docking occurred at 10:08 p.m. CDT. Atlantis brings a new airlock to the station. It will enable station crewmembers ...more...
- 2001 Jul 14 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #06
The five-member crew of Atlantis will spend today working in concert with the Expedition Two crew aboard the International Space Station to install the station's new airlock - Quest. The installation of that airlock will take place as part of a seven-hour space walk by Mission Specialists Mike Gernhardt and Jim Reilly, scheduled to begin at 9:09 p.m. Central. The Shuttle crew's day began at 4:04 p.m. with a wake-up call from Mission Control, ...more...
- 2001 Jul 15 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #07
The International Space Station received a new airlock early Sunday, an addition that will permit spacewalks without a space shuttle docked to the station. The airlock, named Quest, can accommodate either Russian or U.S. spacesuits and brings the mass of the space station to about 130 tons. Station Expedition Two crewmember Susan Helms lifted the airlock from the cargo ...more...
- 2001 Jul 15 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #08
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...
- 2001 Jul 16 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #09
Utilities for the International Space Station's newest addition were hooked up today as the Expedition Two and Atlantis crews prepared the station's new airlock, named Quest, for its first use later in the week. After cleaning up about half a liter of water that spilled from a coolant line and ...more...
- 2001 Jul 16 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #10
The shuttle and station crews will spend today continuing to set up and test the newly attached Quest station airlock, troubleshooting a suspected leaky ventilation valve, and preparing for the mission's second and third space walks, planned for Tuesday and Thursday evening. Mission Specialist Janet Kavandi will assist Expedition Two Flight Engineer Jim ...more...
- 2001 Jul 17 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #11
Shuttle and station crews set aside work on a leaky ventilation valve and pressed forward with activation of the new Quest airlock and a dry run of the steps they'll use for the first space walk using the new station doorway to space. The practice run included a successful lowering of the airlock's pressure to 10.2 ...more...
- 2001 Jul 17 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #12
The combined crews of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station will focus their efforts tonight on the mission's second spacewalk. During the 5½-hour spacewalk, scheduled to begin around 9:30 p.m., Atlantis Mission Specialists Mike Gernhardt and Jim Reilly will work with the Expedition Two crew in the installation of two high-pressure gas tanks on the station's new Quest airlock. Early this morning, mission managers decided to add an additional docked day to ...more...
- 2001 Jul 18 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #13
Six arms worked together outside the International Space Station again today to install supply tanks for the new joint airlock, accomplishing a bonus oxygen tank installation during a 6 hour, 29 minute space walk. Four of the arms belonged to space walkers Mike Gernhardt and Jim Reilly. Two robotic ...more...
- 2001 Jul 18 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #14
Atlantis and International Space Station crews will continue the activation of the station's new Quest airlock this evening. They also will replace a leaky valve in an Intermodule Ventilation (IMV) Assembly in the station's Unity node. That valve, which is now capped, will be replaced by another valve from the U.S. laboratory Destiny. The Destiny valve will not be needed until the station's second node arrives no earlier than November 2003. Atlantis Commander Steve Lindsey and Expedition Two Flight Engineer Jim Voss will ...more...
- 2001 Jul 19 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #15
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station complex successfully replaced a leaky air circulation valve and moved a hatch into position for the first space walk out of the new Quest airlock. That space walk is scheduled to begin about 10:30 p.m. Friday, pending a successful ...more...
- 2001 Jul 19 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #16
The eight Atlantis and International Space Station crewmembers will start their day with a dry run of a spacewalk from the station's new Quest airlock, completing their testing and activation of the airlock. Atlantis spacewalkers Mike Gernhardt and Jim Reilly, assisted by Pilot Charlie Hobaugh and Expedition Two Flight Engineer Jim Voss, will simulate spacewalk preparations beginning around 7 p.m. Atlantis Commander Steve Lindsey and Mission Specialist Janet Kavandi will assist ...more...
- 2001 Jul 20 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #17
The two crews on board the International Space Station today completed checkout and activation of the new Quest airlock and conducted a dry run of the steps they will take before christening the newest station component. STS-104 Commander Steve Lindsey, Pilot Charlie Hobaugh and Mission Specialists Mike ...more...
- 2001 Jul 20 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #18
Atlantis and International Space Station crewmembers will mark the 32nd anniversary of the first human steps on the moon tonight by completing another phase of station construction. Atlantis spacewalkers Mike Gernhardt and Jim Reilly will float out of the station's new Quest airlock around 11 p.m., completing airlock activation and marking the beginning of independent operations aboard the space station. During the mission's third spacewalk, Gernhardt and Reilly will install a second ...more...
- 2001 Jul 21 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #19
The first space walk to originate from the International Space Station's new airlock, Quest, lasted 4 hours, 2 minutes, and established a higher degree of station independence in its own construction and maintenance. The space walk also was the first to be supported primarily from the space station ...more...
- 2001 Jul 21 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #20
The crews of Atlantis and the International Space Station will bid one another farewell and close the hatches between the vehicles at about 9 p.m. on Saturday. Undocking is scheduled for 11:54 p.m., to be followed by an hour-long fly around of the station by Pilot Charlie Hobaugh. The final separation burn that will move Atlantis away from the station to begin its journey home is scheduled for 1:14 a.m. Sunday. The Atlantis crew, Commander Steve Lindsey, Hobaugh and Mission Specialists Janet ...more...
- 2001 Jul 22 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #21
The crew of Atlantis took a spin around the International Space Station this morning after undocking on time at 11:54 p.m. CDT Saturday, some 240 miles above the coast of Newfoundland. Pilot Charlie Hobaugh was at the shuttle's aft flight deck controls for the fly-around, ...more...
- 2001 Jul 22 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #22
Atlantis crewmembers, Commander Steve Lindsey, Pilot Charlie Hobaugh and Mission Specialists Janet Kavandi, Mike Gernhardt and Jim Reilly, will spend their day preparing the spacecraft for its return to Earth Monday night. Lindsey and Hobaugh will do a test firing of the reaction control system jets that ...more...
- 2001 Jul 23 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #23
With the equipment used during the 10th International Space Station assembly mission securely stowed and all systems needed for landing checked out and ready to go, Atlantis' crew went to bed at 7:04 a.m. CDT today. Atlantis Commander Steve Lindsey, Pilot Charlie Hobaugh and Mission Specialists ...more...
- 2001 Jul 23 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #24
Atlantis Commander Steve Lindsey, Pilot Charlie Hobaugh and Mission Specialists Janet Kavandi, Mike Gernhardt and Jim Reilly were awakened at 3:04 p.m. CDT to begin preparations for a return trip to Earth with a planned landing tonight at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The wakeup song was "Honey, I'm Home" by Shania Twain, played for Kavandi. Preliminary weather forecasts show generally favorable conditions at the Shuttle ...more...
- 2001 Jul 24 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #25
Atlantis and its crew of five will spend at least one more day in orbit, after the weather in Florida refused to permit landing Monday night on either of two opportunities to Kennedy Space Center. Atlantis will try again Tuesday night. The first of two opportunities for KSC would ...more...
- 2001 Jul 24 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #26
"Hold Back the Rain" by Duran Duran was the wakeup song for Atlantis crewmembers about 2:30 p.m. CDT Tuesday. Houston's Mission Control Center told the astronauts that the weather appears to be excellent for a landing late tonight to wrap up their 13-day mission. The forecast for Kennedy Space Center calls for a few scattered clouds and no rain ...more...
- 2001 Jul 24 - STS-104 Mission Status Report #27
Atlantis and its crew of five glided to a landing at Kennedy Space Center late Tuesday, ending a 5.3-million-mile mission that saw successful installation of the International Space Station's new airlock Quest. The Atlantis crew, Commander Steve Lindsey, Pilot Charlie Hobaugh and Mission Specialists ...more...
- 2001 Aug 1 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-23
A week and a half removed from the most recent shuttle visit to the International Space Station, the Expedition Two crew continues preparations for ending its mission aboard the complex as Discovery is readied for the STS-105 launch a week from tomorrow at 4:38 p.m. Central time to deliver supplies, logistics and the next crew to live aboard the orbiting outpost. Almost immediately after Atlantis departed following its mission to install an addition ...more...
- 2001 Aug 8 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-24
With Discovery poised on Launch Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center for liftoff tomorrow to the International Space Station, Expedition Two Commander Yury Usachev and Flight Engineers Jim Voss and Susan Helms completed the packing of personal items and hardware for their return to Earth after more than five months in orbit and awaited the arrival of their replacements. The STS-105 mission to deliver the third resident crew to the ISS is scheduled to ...more...
- 2001 Aug 10 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #01
After a one-day delay because of weather, Space Shuttle Discovery blasted off this afternoon, carrying a crew of four and three new residents to the International Space Station. As the station sailed over the Pacific Ocean southwest of the border between Mexico ...more...
- 2001 Aug 11 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #02
The seven crewmembers aboard Discovery were awakened shortly after 7 a.m. Saturday for their first full day in space, a day of pursuit and preparation for a Sunday rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station (ISS). Discovery's astronauts and cosmonauts, Commander Scott Horowitz, Pilot Rick Sturckow ...more...
- 2001 Aug 11 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #03
The seven crewmembers aboard Discovery, including the future residents of the International Space Station (ISS), spent their first full day in orbit today preparing for their arrival tomorrow at the orbital outpost. Commander Scott Horowitz, Pilot Rick Sturckow and Mission Specialists Pat Forrester ...more...
- 2001 Aug 12 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #04
The crew of Discovery, trailing the International Space Station by less than 2,000 statute miles, was awakened at 5:10 a.m. Central time to the sounds of "The White Eagle," a traditional Russian folk song played for Expedition Three Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov. Dezhurov and his crewmates, Expedition Three Commander Frank Culbertson and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin are just hours from reaching their new home aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Discovery Commander Scott Horowitz, Pilot Rick Sturckow and Mission Specialists ...more...
- 2001 Aug 12 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #05
Discovery Commander Scott Horowitz, with the assistance of Pilot Rick Sturckow and Mission Specialists Pat Forrester and Dan Barry, carefully guided the Shuttle to a linkup with the ISS at 1:42 p.m. Central time as the two craft sailed 240 miles above northwestern Australia. On board Discovery were the new Station Commander Frank Culbertson, and his Expedition Three crewmates, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin. Expedition Two Commander Yury Usachev and Flight Engineers Jim Voss and Susan Helms ...more...
- 2001 Aug 13 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #06
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...
- 2001 Aug 13 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #07
The International Space Station's third resident crew officially took control of the complex at 2:15 p.m. CDT today, when confirmation was given by the new station commander that all transfer activities associated with the custom-made Soyuz capsule seat liners had been completed and leak checks on their Russian Sokol space suits was verified. That marked the end of the Expedition Two crew's stay on the station at 148 days ...more...
- 2001 Aug 14 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #08
Discovery's crewmembers, including their new Expedition Two crewmates from the International Space Station, were awakened at 4:10 a.m. Central time to the theme from the movie, "Arthur", to begin a day highlighted by the transfer of equipment and supplies to the station from Discovery and from the pressurized cargo carrier the shuttle brought into space. The wakeup music was for Discovery Commander Scott Horowitz from his wife. The ...more...
- 2001 Aug 14 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #09
By mid afternoon, the entire contents of the Leonardo logistics module had been temporarily stowed aboard the International Space Station as the Expedition Three crew continued to learn about life on the orbiting complex. During the day, the shuttle's thrusters were fired 240 times to subtly boost the ...more...
- 2001 Aug 15 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #10
Discovery's astronauts were awakened shortly after 4 a.m. Central time to the sounds of "Big Boy Toys", a country and western tune by Aaron Tippin, selected for Pilot Rick Sturckow by his wife. The wakeup call began a day that will focus on preparations for the first of two ...more...
- 2001 Aug 15 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #11
The hatches swung closed between Discovery and the International Space Station at 4:52 this afternoon Central time so that the shuttle's cabin pressure could be lowered in preparation for a space walk Thursday by Dan Barry and Pat Forrester. In preparation for that Extravehicular Activity (EVA), the crew spent part of the ...more...
- 2001 Aug 16 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #12
On the 1000th day since the launch of the first module of the International Space Station, Discovery's astronauts were awakened shortly after 4 a.m. Central time to the sounds of "The Marvelous Toy" by Tom Paxton for Mission Specialist Dan Barry from his wife. Barry and crewmate Pat Forrester will conduct the first space walk of Discovery's ...more...
- 2001 Aug 16 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #13
Astronauts Dan Barry and Pat Forrester completed the first of two planned space walks during Discovery's voyage to the International Space Station. The excursion lasted 6 hours, 16 minutes and involved installing the Early Ammonia Servicer and the first external experiment on the station's hull. The servicer contains spare ammonia that can be used in the space station's cooling systems if needed. The Materials ISS Experiment (pronounced 'missy' by its acronym) will expose 750 material samples to the space environment for about 18 months before being returned home late next year. During the space walk, Discovery's Commander Scott Horowitz operated the shuttle robot arm, and Pilot Rick Sturckow choreographed the space walk from the orbiter's flight deck. This was the 25th space walk devoted to the construction of the space station and the 12th this year. Barry and Forrester will perform the mission's second space walk on Saturday to hook up heater cables for another truss structure to be delivered to the station next year. Mission managers Friday will evaluate the consumables onboard Discovery and assess the progress made by the crews in transferring items into the Leonardo logistics module from the station before making a determination as to whether the docked phase of the flight should be extended by one day. Earlier today, the computers inside the Zvezda module once again assumed control ...more...
- 2001 Aug 17 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #14
The ten astronauts and cosmonauts aboard Discovery and the International Space Station will focus on transfer activities today, continuing to place equipment, discarded items and belongings of the Expedition Two crew aboard the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo for return to Earth. Expedition Two Commander Yury Usachev and Flight Engineers Jim Voss and Susan Helms ...more...
- 2001 Aug 17 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #15
While Discovery's astronauts looked on, the Expedition Two crew ceremoniously handed command of the International Space Station to its Expedition Three replacements. The ceremony occurred just prior to closing the hatches between the two spacecraft in preparation for the final planned space walk of the STS-105 mission. Expedition Two Commander Yury Usachev and Flight Engineers Jim Voss and Susan Helms ...more...
- 2001 Aug 18 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #16
Discovery astronauts Dan Barry and Pat Forrester will perform the second space walk of the STS-105 mission today, hooking up heating cables and installing handrails on the International Space Station's Destiny Laboratory in advance of the arrival of a large truss structure at the complex next year. Meanwhile, the new Expedition Three crew aboard the station will continue packing the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo for its return to Earth Discovery's astronauts, including the returning Expedition Two crew, were awakened ...more...
- 2001 Aug 18 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #17
Astronauts Dan Barry and Pat Forrester successfully strung two 45-foot heater cables and installed handrails down both sides of the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station today during a 5 hour, 29 minute spacewalk, setting the stage for the delivery of a large truss structure to the complex next year. The cables would provide backup power to the S0 truss, if needed, in the unlikely ...more...
- 2001 Aug 19 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #18
The ten astronauts and cosmonauts aboard Discovery and the International Space Station have started a day that will see the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo removed from the Unity node of the station and reberthed in the shuttle's cargo bay for the trip home. Discovery's crew, including the returning Expedition Two crewmembers, were awakened ...more...
- 2001 Aug 19 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #19
With its job completed for the mission, the Leonardo cargo module packed with more than 3,000 pounds of return hardware was safely tucked back aboard Discovery this afternoon. The operation sets the stage for the shuttle's departure from the International Space Station scheduled for 9:52 a.m. CDT Monday. The ten crewmembers aboard Discovery and the station are spending their final day ...more...
- 2001 Aug 20 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #20
Crewmembers aboard Discovery and the International Space Station are spending their final hours together on a day that will see them bid farewell to one another, close hatches between the spacecraft, undock and separate to enable the new resident Expedition Three crew to begin a stay of about four months aboard the station. The final farewells and hatch closing are scheduled for just before 7 a.m. Central ...more...
- 2001 Aug 20 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #21
Discovery's astronauts, now consisting of the Expedition Two crew, bid farewell to the International Space Station and the Expedition Three crew and undocked from the complex at 9:52 a.m. CDT Monday after more than a week of joint operations. Frank Culbertson, Vladimir Dezhurov and Mikhail Tyurin now will settle in to oversee activities on the station for the next four months. The final farewells and hatch closing occurred at 7 a.m. Central Monday just prior ...more...
- 2001 Aug 21 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #22
With Discovery 500 miles ahead of the International Space Station, and increasing that distance by more than 50 miles with each orbit of the Earth, the STS-105 and returning Expedition Two crewmembers are preparing for a Wednesday landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Discovery Commander Scott Horowitz, Pilot Rick Sturckow, and Mission Specialists ...more...
- 2001 Aug 21 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #23
With its systems checked out in excellent shape, Space Shuttle Discovery with its seven-person crew that includes the Expedition Two crew, is set to return home at 11:46 a.m. Central time to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, wrapping up a five and a half month stay on the International Space Station. A second landing opportunity is available an hour and a half later at 1:23 p.m. CDT. Leading the station now by more than a thousand miles, Discovery's aero surfaces ...more...
- 2001 Aug 22 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #24
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...
- 2001 Aug 22 - STS-105 Mission Status Report #25
Discovery touched down at the Kennedy Space Center today at 1:23 p.m. concluding a successful mission to carry new residents to the International Space Station and return the Expedition Two crew following 167 days in space. Following a one-orbit wave-off due to a rain shower that popped up off the end of ...more...
- 2001 Aug 22 - Landing of STS-105
STS-105 landed at 18:23 GMT with the crew of Horowitz, Sturckow, Barry, Forrester, Usachyov, Voss and Helms aboard.
- 2001 Aug 23 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-25
Just hours after the return of the Expedition Two crew to the Kennedy Space Center, the Expedition Three crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) received new supplies and fuel this morning following the flawless docking of a Progress resupply freighter. The unmanned Progress 5 craft linked up to the aft docking port of the Zvezda Service ...more...
Bibliography and Further Reading
- McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Report (Internet Newsletter), Harvard University, Weekly, 1989 to Present. Essential internet newsletter recording worldwide weekly space events. Accessed at: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
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