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10 August 2001 21:10 GMT. Landing Date: 2001-12-17 17:55:00. Flight Time: 128.86 days. Alternate Name: STS-105 (Culbertson, Dezhurov, Tyurin). Flight Up: STS-105. Flight Back: STS-108. Call Sign: Discovery. Crew: Culbertson, Dezhurov, Tyurin. Program: ISS. Three-person crew to operate the station and provide support during station replenishment and assembly missions Progress M-45, Progress M-DC1, Progress M1-7, Soyuz TM-33, Soyuz TM-32 vehicles and Space Shuttles during flights 7A.1, UF1. The flight program consisted of the following main activities:
- Insertion of ISS EO-3 crew by Space Shuttle during Flight 7A.1;
- Support of the docking/undocking operations relative to the Progress M-45, Progress M-DC1, Progress M1-7, Soyuz TM-33, Soyuz TM-32 vehicles and Space Shuttles during flights 7A.1, UF1;
- Progress, Soyuz and Shuttle unloading;
- Station assembly operations and maintenance;
- Perform EVA's - three space walks to the ISS Russian segment from the Pirs Docking Compartment DC1;
- Implementation of the by Rosaviakosmos, NASDA and ESA Research and Experimental Program experiments: Paradont, Kardio-ODNT, Prognoz, Bradoz, Sprut-MBI, Farma, Diatomeya, Uragan, Identifikatsia, Izgib, Tenzor, Iskazheniye, Priviazka, Plazmenniy Kristall, Meteoroid, Vektor-T, Skorpion, Kromka, Diurez, Profilaktika, Glikoproteid, Mimetik-K, as well as the contracted commercial activities Vzglyad, GTS, MPAC&SEED, HDTV;
- Conduct of the activities under the Visiting Crew Program EP-2 mission:
- Conduct experiments under the Russian Program: Uragan,, Diatomeya Plazmenniy Kristall,;
- Conduct experiments under the Andromeda scientific program of CNES France (CNES);
- Contracted work for the Globus Space company (Vzglyad program).
- Support the second Russian visiting expedition crew of three crew, including ESA French astronaut Claudie Haignere;
- Crew handover to the ISS EO-4 crew and return of the ISS EO-3 crew aboard Space Shuttle Flight UF1.
ISS EO-3 Chronology - 2001 Aug 10 - STS-105 Crew: Horowitz, Sturckow, Barry, Forrester, Culbertson, Dezhurov, Tyurin. Spacecraft: Discovery. Payload: Discovery F30 / Leonardo. Mass: 116,914 kg (257,751 lb). Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Shuttle. Duration: 11.88 days. Perigee: 373 km (231 mi). Apogee: 402 km (249 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg.
STS 105 was an American shuttle that carried a crew of ten (including three crew for the ISS - one American and two Russian), five tonnes of supplies, hardware, and a bedroom suite to accommodate a third astronaut in the Destiny module. The crew installed in the station two new science experiment racks that were carried in the Leonardo container which was first lifted out of the shuttle and bolted to the Unity module. Leonardo then carried back all the trash from the ISS back to the shuttle. They crew installed the MISSE (Materials International Space Station Experiment) container outside the ISS to test the effect of radiation on materials and some low-cost science experiments such as microgravity cell growth studies inside the station. The 15,107 kg payload consisted of: - Bay 1-2: Orbiter Docking System/External Airlock and 3 EMU spacesuits - 2160 kg
- Bay 4P: Adapter beam with G-780 (Mayo High School, Rochester, Minnesota experiment to study germination of faba beans) and PSP-1 (NASA-GSFC canister with passive experiments and ballast) - 200 kg
- Bay 5: Integrated Cargo Carrier/KYD - 1280 kg, with the Early Ammonia Servicer for the station's P6 truss- 640 kg and two small exposure experiments PEC-1 and PEC-2, to be installed on the be installed on the ISS Quest module as part of the MISSE materials exposure program
- Bay 7-12: MPLM FM1 (Leonardo) module - 9800 kg total including 3300 kg of payload to be transferred to the Station
- Bay 13P: Adapter beam with G-774 (Microgravity Smoldering Combustion (MSC) experiment) and SEM-10 (canister with 11 school experiments) - 410 kg
- Bay 13S: Adapter beam with Simplesat and ACE avionics - 355 kg
- Sill: RMS arm - 410 kg
STS-105 main engine cutoff was at 2118 GMT placed Discovery and external tank ET-110 into a 58 x 234 km x 51.6 deg orbit. At 2148 GMT Discovery reached apogee and fired its OMS engines to enter a 155 x 233 km x 51.6 deg orbit; another burn at 0100 GMT raised the orbit to 198 x 277 km. Discovery docked at the Station's PMA-2 port at 1842 GMT on August 12. After some problems aligning the docking system, the docking ring was retracted and latched at 1905 GMT and the hatch was opened to ISS at 2042 GMT. Expedition 3 began on August 13 at 1915 GMT when the new crew's seat liners were installed on the Soyuz transport ship. The formal EX-2/EX-3 change-of-command ceremony was held on August 17 in Destiny. The Leonardo MPLM module was lifted out of Discovery's payload bay at 1326 GMT on August 13 and docked to Unity's nadir at 1554 GMT. 3300 kg of cargo from Leonardo was transferred to the Station. Then 1700 kg of station garbage and materials were loaded into Leonardo. It was unberthed from Unity at 1816 GMT on August 19 and returned to the payload bay for the return to Earth at 1917 GMT. Discovery undocked at 1452 GMT on August 20 with the Expedition 2 crew aboard, leaving Expedition 3 at the Station. At 1830 GMT on August 20 the Simplesat test satellite was ejected from a GAS canister in the cargo bay. Discovery landed at Kennedy Space Center at 1822:58 GMT on August 22 on runway 15, after a deorbit burn at 1715 GMT. The Expedition Two crew of Usachyov, Voss and Helms had been in space for 167 days. Discovery was taken out of service after the flight for structural inspections. Its last maintenance down period was in 1995-1996.
- 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 - Progress M-45 Spacecraft: Progress M. Payload: Progress M s/n 245. Mass: 7,250 kg (15,980 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 11A511U. Duration: 93.50 days. Perigee: 193 km (119 mi). Apogee: 245 km (152 mi). Inclination: 51.70 deg.
ISS Servicing Mission. Launch delayed from July 4 and 24. Progress M-45, 7K-TGM No. 245 (of the older generation series of Progress) docked with the ISS at 0951 GMT on August 23 at the aft Zvezda port vacated by Progress M6-1 a day earlier. It and delivered 2.5 tonnes of fuel, water, oxygen, equipment and spare parts. Progress M-45 undocked on November 22 and was deorbited over the Pacific later the same day.
- 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 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...
- 2001 Aug 29 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-26
Well into their four-month stay on board the International Space Station (ISS), the Expedition Three crew continues to unpack and stow equipment from the Russian Progress cargo ship that arrived at the outpost nearly a week ago. Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin have almost completely emptied the Progress 5 craft, stowing new supplies inside the ISS. The arrival of the Progress vehicle at the Station sets the stage for the launch ...more...
- 2001 Sep 5 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-27
After completing a three-day holiday weekend of light activities that provided time to settle into their new home, members of the International Space Station crew this week began a busy slate of scientific work, performed some minor repairs and maintenance, and prepared for the continued expansion of the orbiting complex with the upcoming launch of a new Russian module. Expedition Three Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight ...more...
- 2001 Sep 13 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-28
On board the International Space Station, the Expedition Three crew, Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin continue their work aboard the orbiting laboratory. The Expedition Three crew is in its fifth week of a four-month stay aboard the space ...more...
- 2001 Sep 14 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-29
On its way to provide additional capabilities to the International Space Station, the Russian Docking Compartment lifted off from the Baikonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan today. Pirs, the Russian word for pier, was successfully launched atop a Russian Soyuz rocket at 6:35 p.m. CDT. Expedition Three Commander Frank Culbertson reported that he was able to see the ...more...
- 2001 Sep 14 - Progress M-SO1 Spacecraft: Progress M-SO. Payload: Progress M-SO1 s/n 301. Mass: 6,900 kg (15,200 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 11A511U. Duration: 12.00 days. Perigee: 388 km (241 mi). Apogee: 394 km (245 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg.
Progress M-SO1 was the designation given to the service module section of a Progress M; the 3900 kg Pirs docking and airlock module for the ISS replaced the standard cargo and fuel sections. It also carried an astronaut chair, a space suit, a small crane, and some equipment for the Zvezda module of the ISS. Progress-M No. 301 was launched into an initial 180 km circular orbit. By September 16 it had maneuvered into a 238 x 264 km orbit; by 0038 GMT on September 17, a 385 x 395 km x 51.6 deg orbit upon rendezvous with the ISS. The Progress began a fly around of the station and lined up with the nadir port on Zvezda. Docking of Pirs with Zvezda came at 0105 GMT on September 17. The Progress M-SO1 later undocked from the Pirs nadir port to leave it free for future dockings. Pirs gave extra clearance from the Station for ships docking underneath Zvezda, and was also used as an airlock for spacewalks using the Russian Orlan EVA suits. Progress M-SO1 service module undocked from the Pirs module at 1536 GMT on September 26 and was deorbited over the Pacific at 2330 GMT the same day.
- 2001 Sep 16 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-30
The International Space Station gained another entryway tonight when Pirs, the new Russian docking compartment, docked automatically to a port on the Zvezda service module at 8:05 p.m. CDT as the station orbited 250 miles above Mongolia. As Pirs linked up to the Zvezda module, Expedition Three Commander Frank Culbertson ...more...
- 2001 Sep 20 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-31
The International Space Station's Expedition Three crew - Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin - spent this week outfitting and activating the station's latest addition, a four-ton Russian airlock and docking port named Pirs that arrived at the orbiting complex Sunday. The 16-foot long Pirs, with a 20-foot instrumentation and propulsion segment still ...more...
- 2001 Sep 26 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-32
The International Space Station's Expedition Three crew - Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin - is poised for the first of three planned space walks following today's successful jettison of a segment of a new docking port and airlock now attached to the orbiting complex. Mission controllers in Moscow fired pyrotechnic devices that activated spring pushrods ...more...
- 2001 Oct 3 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-33
The International Space Station's Expedition Three crew - Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin - is spending the week preparing for the first of three spacewalks next Monday to outfit the new Pirs Docking Compartment and to attach scientific experiments to the outside of the Zvezda Service Module. The first spacewalk by Dezhurov and Tyurin is scheduled to begin around 10 a.m. ...more...
- 2001 Oct 8 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-34
The assembly of the International Space Station (ISS) passed another major milestone today as two Russian cosmonauts executed a 4 hour, 58 minute spacewalk outside the complex to begin to outfit the Station's newest module. With Expedition Three Commander Frank Culbertson coordinating activities from inside ...more...
- 2001 Oct 10 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-35
After completing one successful spacewalk, the Expedition Three crew of the International Space Station (ISS) is preparing for another, to be conducted on Monday, Oct. 15. Russian cosmonauts Vladimir Dezhurov and Mikhail Tyurin will perform this one, like the one conducted last Monday, while Commander Frank Culbertson remains inside to coordinate activities. It will be the 28th spacewalk in support of the assembly of the ISS. Meanwhile, in Moscow's Mission Control Center, flight controllers were preparing ...more...
- 2001 Oct 15 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-36
Scientific research moved outside the International Space Station today as two Russian cosmonauts mounted a variety of instruments outside the Zvezda service module in a 5 hour, 52 minute space walk. Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin opened the hatch on the ...more...
- 2001 Oct 17 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-37
Expedition Three crewmembers are preparing to board their Soyuz return vehicle at the International Space Station (ISS) early Friday to move it from the Earth-facing port of the Zarya module for the first-ever linkup to the new Pirs Docking Compartment. The short procedure will begin with undocking of the Soyuz at 5:48 a.m. CDT, and will conclude with the redocking at 6:06 a.m. CDT. The crew, Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer ...more...
- 2001 Oct 21 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-39
Two Russian cosmonauts and a French researcher blasted off this morning from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a two-day flight to bring a fresh Soyuz return vehicle to the International Space Station (ISS). Russian "taxi" crew Commander Victor Afanasyev, rookie Flight Engineer Konstantin ...more...
- 2001 Oct 23 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-40
Two Russian cosmonauts and a French researcher arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) this morning, delivering a fresh Soyuz return vehicle for the residents on board to begin eight days of joint operations and research. Russian "taxi" crew Commander Victor Afanasyev, rookie Flight Engineer Konstantin ...more...
- 2001 Oct 30 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-41
Two Russian cosmonauts and a French researcher left the International Space Station (ISS) this evening, wrapping up almost eight days of experiments and joint activities with the Station's residents while delivering a fresh Soyuz return vehicle for the orbital outpost. Russian "taxi" crew Commander Victor Afanasyev, Flight Engineer Konstantin Kozeev ...more...
- 2001 Nov 12 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-43
Expedition Three Commander Frank Culbertson and Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov completed the external outfitting of the Pirs Docking Compartment on the International Space Station (ISS) this evening, conducting a 5 hour, 4 minute spacewalk outside the orbital outpost. Culbertson, making his first spacewalk, and Dezhurov, completing his third spacewalk ...more...
- 2001 Nov 15 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-44
After completing the final space walk planned for Expedition Three, the crew of the International Space Station this week begins to get ready for the arrival of a cargo vessel, a space shuttle and a replacement crew later this month. Engineers at the Mission Control Center outside of Moscow conducted a series of ...more...
- 2001 Nov 21 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-45
During their 103rd day aboard the International Space Station, Expedition Three Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin Wednesday began activation of the Progress unpiloted supply vehicle in preparation for its undocking. The Progress, attached to the docking port at the rear of the Zvezda service module, ...more...
- 2001 Nov 26 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-46
During their 107th day aboard the International Space Station, Expedition Three Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin continued their preparations for the arrival of the Space Shuttle Endeavour and the Expedition Four crew. Endeavour is targeted for launch from Kennedy Space Center on Thursday at 6:41 p.m. CST on the STS-108 mission. At 12:24 p.m. CST (1824 GMT) today, the Progress 6 resupply craft, filled with fresh ...more...
- 2001 Nov 26 - Progress M1-7 Spacecraft: Progress M1. Payload: Progress M1 s/n 256. Mass: 7,250 kg (15,980 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz FG. Duration: 113.29 days. Perigee: 230 km (140 mi). Apogee: 244 km (151 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg.
ISS Servicing flight. Launch delayed from November 14. The Progress M1-7 Russian automatic cargo carrier soft docked with the International Space Station Zvezda module at 1943 GMT on Nov 28. The docking probe retracted, but the eight peripheral latches would not engage. It turned out that a rubber seal had been left on the docking ring by Progress M-45. Cosmonauts from aboard the station cleared the debris in a spacewalk on December 3. As they watched from a few meters away Progress M1-7 was commanded to a hard dock with the station. NASA referred to this flight as `Progress 6'. It delivered 2.5 tonnes of food, fuel and equipment to the station, as well as a microsatellite named Kolibri. The Expedition 4 crew finished loading trash into Progress M1-7 on 19 March 2002, and it undocked from Zvezda's aft port at 1743 UTC. The Kolibri-2000 microsatellite was ejected from the Progress cargo compartment at 2228 UTC; Progress fired its engines to deorbit over the Pacific at about 0127 UTC on Mar 20.
- 2001 Nov 28 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-47
An unmanned Russian Progress resupply vehicle successfully docked to the International Space Station this afternoon, carrying food, fuel and supplies for the next residents of the orbital outpost. The Progress 6 craft, which launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan ...more...
- 2001 Nov 28 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-48
The International Space Station resumed its normal orientation control about three hours later than planned this afternoon to allow Russian flight controllers time to evaluate a potential technical problem seen following the docking of a Progress resupply craft today. The station remained in free drift, with attitude control turned off, the normal ...more...
- 2001 Dec 3 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-49
Expedition Three Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin cleared the way for the launch of the shuttle Endeavour tomorrow afternoon by removing debris in the form of a rubberized seal from the docking interface between a Russian Progress resupply craft and the Zvezda Service Module at the International Space Station. With Commander Frank Culbertson watching from inside, Dezhurov and Tyurin worked ...more...
- 2001 Dec 5 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #01
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...
- 2001 Dec 6 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #02
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...
- 2001 Dec 6 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #03
Endeavour's crew spent its first full day in space today preparing for the major events to come: docking with the International Space Station on Friday; latching a cargo module to the station on Saturday; and conducting a space walk on Monday. Endeavour Commander Dom Gorie and Pilot Mark Kelly fired the shuttle's steering ...more...
- 2001 Dec 7 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #04
As Endeavour continues its pursuit of the International Space Station, the seven astronauts and cosmonauts on board were awakened at 6:21 a.m. today to prepare for a busy day as they close the final 765 miles between the two vehicles in anticipation of a docking just before 2 p.m. CST today. Endeavour and the ISS are to link up off the British coast, southwest of Cardiff, Wales. Endeavour's crew - Commander Dom Gorie, Pilot Mark Kelly, Mission Specialists Linda ...more...
- 2001 Dec 7 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #05
A new trio of residents arrived at the International Space Station this afternoon as the shuttle Endeavour docked to the orbital outpost. With the new Expedition Four station crew of Commander Yury Onufrienko and Flight ...more...
- 2001 Dec 8 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #06
The crews aboard Endeavour and International Space Station awoke this morning to begin their first full day of joint operations following yesterday's docking between the two vehicles. Pilot Mark Kelly and Mission Specialist Linda Godwin will work together to remove ...more...
- 2001 Dec 8 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #07
The Expedition Three crew - Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin - officially ended their 117-day residency on board the International Space Station today as their custom Soyuz seatliners were transferred to Endeavour for the return trip home. The transfer of the Expedition Four seatliners to the Soyuz return vehicle attached ...more...
- 2001 Dec 9 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #08
Waking up to the patriotic tune of "It's A Grand Ole' Flag" performed by the Fire Department of New York Emerald Society Pipes & Drums, Endeavour's crew was awakened at 6:14 a.m. CST today. The Expedition Four crew on board the International Space Station was awakened about a half hour later by a wake-up tone on board. A New York firefighter presented Pilot Mark Kelly with today's wake-up music when ...more...
- 2001 Dec 9 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #09
The 10 astronauts and cosmonauts in orbit took a break from the transfer of supplies, experiments and equipment to and from the Space Shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station today to pay tribute to the heroes of the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and the Pentagon. Aboard Endeavour are 6,000 small United States flags that will be distributed to ...more...
- 2001 Dec 10 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #10
The crew aboard the space shuttle Endeavour was awakened at 6:12 a.m. CST this morning to the sound of "Jumpin' at the Woodside," performed by Mission Specialist Linda Godwin's own band, Brass, Rhythm and Reeds. Godwin plays tenor sax in this 18-piece big band recording. The focus of activities aboard Endeavour today will be on the planned four-hour ...more...
- 2001 Dec 10 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #11
Endeavour astronauts Linda Godwin and Dan Tani completed a four-hour, 12-minute space walk today to install insulation on mechanisms that rotate the International Space Station's main solar arrays. The space walk went smoothly as Godwin and Tani installed insulation around the ...more...
- 2001 Dec 11 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #12
The song "Let There Be Peace on Earth," performed by Vince and Jenny Gill, awakened Endeavour's crew this morning at 6:19 a.m. CST. The song was played for Expedition Three Commander Frank Culbertson from his wife for his years of dedicated pursuit of peace on Earth through service to his country, and in tribute to a special anniversary today. Shortly after the crews onboard Endeavour and the International Space Station were ...more...
- 2001 Dec 11 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #13
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...
- 2001 Dec 12 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #14
Activities on board Endeavour and the International Space Station today will focus on continuing transfer of hardware, equipment and supplies between the two spacecraft as well as hardware maintenance and continuing handover briefings between the Expedition Three and Four crews. Flight Day 8 for Endeavour's crew began with a wake-up call from Mission Control ...more...
- 2001 Dec 12 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #15
Having almost completed unpacking three tons of supplies brought from Earth aboard Endeavour and the Raffaello cargo module, the station and shuttle crews today turned their focus to packing up the cargo carrier and shuttle for the trip home. When the day began, the crews had already completed unloading more than 4,600 pounds ...more...
- 2001 Dec 13 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #16
The crew onboard Endeavour was awakened at 7:17 a.m. CST this morning by the song "Here Comes the Sun", in memory of former Beatle George Harrison, who recently died of cancer. The instrumental was from the IMAX movie, "Everest". The song was played for the Expedition Three Crewmembers, Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin. The crew was allowed to sleep in for an extra hour with a relatively light day of activities in store. Today's agenda for the shuttle crew - Commander Dom Gorie, Pilot Mark Kelly, and ...more...
- 2001 Dec 13 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #17
The crews of Endeavour and the International Space Station continued packing the Italian-built Raffaello cargo module and the shuttle for the trip home today as the new station crew began to settle in aboard the complex for a five and a half-month stay. The crew has already unloaded almost three tons of station food, clothes, experiments ...more...
- 2001 Dec 14 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #18
In space today, the 10 astronauts and cosmonauts on board Endeavour and the International Space Station, will focus their efforts on final transfer activities and this morning's unberthing of the Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module to be placed back in Endeavour's payload bay for a return trip home. Raffaello has been loaded with unneeded equipment, as well as gear from the returning ...more...
- 2001 Dec 14 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #19
The crews of Endeavour and the International Space Station will spend a final night together tonight, preparing for Endeavour's departure from the complex Saturday. Endeavour will leave the station with a new crew and almost three tons of new food, ...more...
- 2001 Dec 15 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #20
The 10 crewmembers of the Space Shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station will bid farewell to each other this morning shortly before the hatches are closed between the two vehicles about 7:30 a.m. CST prior to Endeavour's departure from the complex. Endeavour is bringing home the Expedition Three crew - Commander Frank Culbertson, ...more...
- 2001 Dec 15 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #21
After eight days together, Endeavour and the International Space Station parted ways today, the shuttle leaving behind a new station crew and ferrying home a veteran station crew. Endeavour undocked from the station at 11:28 a.m. CST as the spacecraft flew 240 ...more...
- 2001 Dec 16 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #22
On board Endeavour today, the crew will focus its efforts on checking out the systems and equipment that will be used during Endeavour's planned reentry and landing Monday. Endeavour is scheduled to return to the Kennedy Space Center about 11:55 a.m. CST ...more...
- 2001 Dec 16 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #23
On board Endeavour today, the crew focused its efforts on checking out the systems and equipment that will be used during Endeavour's planned reentry and landing Monday. Endeavour is scheduled to return to the Kennedy Space Center, FL, about 11:55 a.m. ...more...
- 2001 Dec 17 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #24
Endeavour's crew began a journey home today, waking up at 3:19 a.m. CST to "Please Come Home For Christmas" sung by Jon Bon Jovi. Weather permitting, Endeavour is scheduled to return to Earth just before noon today. On board Endeavour, Commander Dom Gorie, Pilot Mark Kelly and Mission Specialists Linda Godwin and Dan Tani, along with the returning Expedition Three crew of Frank Culbertson, Vladimir Dezhurov and Mikhail Tyurin, are preparing for a scheduled landing at the Kennedy Space Center. Preliminary weather forecasts predict generally acceptable conditions at the landing site, with a possibility of rain showers in the vicinity. The Entry flight team, led by Flight Director LeRoy Cain, will receive its first weather briefing of the day at 6:30 a.m. The first KSC landing opportunity today would begin with a deorbit burn of Endeavour's ...more...
- 2001 Dec 17 - STS-108 Mission Status Report #25
Endeavour touched down at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida today at 11:55 a.m. central time, returning the third resident space station crew to Earth after 129 days in space. Concluding a successful mission to the International Space Station, today's landing ...more...
- 2001 Dec 17 - Landing of STS-108
STS-108 landed at 17:55 GMT with the crew of Gorie, Kelly Mark, Godwin, Tani, Culbertson, Dezhurov and Tyurin aboard.
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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