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Bursch Onufrienko Walz

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ISS EO-4

5 December 2001 22:19 GMT. Landing Date: 2002-06-15 17:58:00. Flight Time: 195.82 days. Alternate Name: STS-108 (Bursch, Onufrienko, Walz). Flight Up: STS-108. Flight Back: STS-111. Call Sign: Endeavour. Crew: Bursch, Onufrienko, Walz. Program: ISS. Three-person crew to operate the station and provide support during station replenishment and assembly missions Progress M1-7, Progress M1-8 and Space Shuttle missions 8A, UF2

The flight program consisted of the following main activities:

• Launch of ISS EO-4 crew on Space Shuttle mission UF1;
• Operational support for docking/undocking of Progress M1-7, Progress M1-8 and Space Shuttle missions 8A, UF2;
• Unloading Progress M1-8 and Space Shuttle;
• Continuing work on the Space Station deployment and maintaining it in good working order;
• Extravehicular activites - performing two EVAs on the ISS RS from Docking Compartment DC1 Pirs and four EVAs from Quest airlock on the USOS (Unity);
• Carrying out a program of scientific and engineering research and experiments for Rosaviakosmos, Japanese space agency NASDA and European Space Agency ESA - experiments Relaksatsia, Uragan, Molniya-SM, Diurez, Parodont, Farma, Cardio-ODNT, Biotest, Profilaktika, Prognos, Brados, Diatomeya, Meteoroid, Tenzor, Vektor-T, Izgib, Privyazka, Iskazheniye, Identifikatsia, Skorpion, Kromka, Platan, contract-based commercial activities GTS, MPAC&SEED, HDTV, Vzglyad, as well as humanitarian educational project such as Konstruktor, Kolibry.
• Carrying out work under the EP-3 space tourist mission;
• Handover to the ISS EO-5 crew and return of the ISS EO-4 crew to Earth on Space Shuttle mission UF2.

• 2001 Dec 5 - STS-108  Crew: Gorie, Kelly Mark, Godwin, Tani, Onufrienko, Bursch, Walz. Spacecraft: Endeavour. Payload: Endeavour F17 / Raffaello. Mass: 105,000 kg (231,000 lb). Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Shuttle. Duration: 11.82 days. Perigee: 353 km (219 mi). Apogee: 377 km (234 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.80 min.

  ISS Logistics flight, launch delayed from November 30 and December 4. Gorie, Kelley, Godwin, Tani, Onufrikeno, Bursch, Walz STS-108 flew the UF-1 Utilization Flight mission to the International Space Station. The UF designation distinguished this from earlier Station flights which were considered assembly flights. The shuttle would deliver the Expedition-4 crew of Onufrikeno, Bursch, and Walz to the station and return the Expedition-3 crew to earth. In addition to the crew swap, UF-1 brought supplies to the Station aboard the Raffaello module, and Godwin and Tani conducted a spacewalk to add thermal blankets to the gimbals on the Station's solar arrays. Endeavour reached an orbit of approximately 58 x 230 km (according to the NASA PAO) at 2228 GMT. At 2259 GMT it fired its OMS engines to raise perigee to 225 km. Mass after OMS-2 was 114,692 kg. Endeavour soft docked with the International Space Station at 2003 GMT on December 7. Problems with aligning the vehicles delayed hard dock until 20:51 GMT, and the hatch was opened at 22:43 GMT. The Raffaello module was unberthed from Endeavour at 1701 GMT on December 8 and berthed to the Unity module of the station at 1755 UTC.

  STS-108 cargo bay payload was dominated by the Raffaello (MPLM-2) logistics module with 4 RSP and 8 RSR resupply racks. Also in the cargo bay were the MACH-1 and LMC experiment trusses flown under the Goddard small payloads program. MACH-1 was an MPESS-type Hitchhiker bridge carrying the CAPL-3 capillary thermal control experiment on top. On its forward side was the Starshine-2 launch canister, the CAPL-3 avionics plate, the Hitchhiker avionics plate, and the SEM-15 canister. On the aft side was the G-761 canister containing experiments from Argentina, the PSRD synchrotron detector (a prototype for the AMS antimatter experiment which will fly on Station later), and the COLLIDE-2 and SEM-11 canisters. The SEM (Space Experiment Modules) are collections of high school experiments. LMC, the Lightweight MPESS Carrier carried four canisters with materials science and technology experiments: SEM-12, G-785, G-064 and G-730. In addition, an adapter beam on the starboard sidewall carried G-221 and G-775, with materials science and biology experiments.

  Raffaello was transferred back to the Shuttle payload bay on December 14. Endeavour undocked from the Station at 17:28 UTC on December 15 and made a half loop around the station before making a small separation burn at 1822 UTC. The Starshine-2 reflector satellite was ejected from the MACH-1 bridge in Endeavour's payload bay at 1502 UTC on December 16. Endeavour landed on runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center at 1755 UTC on December 17. The Expedition 3 crew of Culbertson, Dezhurov and Tyurin returned to Earth aboard Endeavour, leaving the Expedition 4 crew of Onufrienko, Bursch and Walz in charge of the Station.

• 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 21 - ISS Status Report: ISS 01-50 

  Expedition Four Commander Yury Onufrienko and Flight Engineers Carl Walz and Dan Bursch have completed their first week of independent operations aboard the International Space Station.

  Last Saturday, the three new station crewmembers bid farewell to their predecessors, ...more...

• 2002 Jan 4 - ISS Status Report: ISS 02-01 

  The International Space Station's Expedition Four crew began a new year in space this week conducting a variety of experiments, testing new techniques with the station's robotic arm and beginning to prepare for a spacewalk planned later this month.

  Commander Yury Onufrienko and Flight Engineers Carl Walz and Dan Bursch observed ...more...

• 2002 Jan 11 - ISS Status Report: ISS 02-02 

  The Expedition Four crew is completing its fifth week in space aboard the International Space Station, continuing preparations for the first spacewalk of the five-month mission. The six-hour spacewalk by Commander Yury Onufrienko and Flight Engineer Carl Walz is scheduled to begin at 2:56 p.m. CST, Monday, Jan. 14. This week, with the assistance of their crewmate, Flight Engineer Dan Bursch, the two spacewalkers outfitted and tested their Russian Orlan spacesuits and prepared the tools and equipment they will use on Monday.

  After exiting the station from the Russian Pirs docking compartment, Onufrienko ...more...

• 2002 Jan 14 - EVA ISS EO-4-1  Crew: Walz, Onufrienko. EVA Type: Extra-Vehicular Activity. EVA Duration: 0.26 days.

  The spacewalk was made from the Pirs module. Depress was around 2050 UTC, with hatch open at 2059 UTC and egress around 2110 UTC. The astronauts moved the Strela-2 crane from PMA-1 to Pirs and installed it there; the Strela-1 crane was already functional on Pirs. They also installed an amateur radio antenna on Zvezda. On Jan 15 at about 0254 UTC the crew jettisoned two pairs of Orlan spacesuit gloves and a pair of towels used to wipe the spaceuits down, because of concerns about contamination from Zvezda thrusters. They reentered Pirs at 0255 UTC, with hatch close at 0302 UTC and repressurization above 50 mbar at about 0304 UTC.

• 2002 Jan 14 - ISS Status Report: ISS 02-03 

  Commander Yury Onufrienko and Flight Engineer Carl Walz floated outside the International Space Station on the first spacewalk of their expedition and finished installing a second Russian cargo boom, part of which had been delivered to the station two and a half years ago. With coordination help from inside the station by Flight Engineer Dan Bursch, the two space walkers also installed an amateur radio antenna on the Zvezda Service Module.

  The first space walk Expedition Four crew's five-month tour of duty began at 2:59 ...more...

• 2002 Jan 18 - ISS Status Report: ISS 02-04 

  The Expedition Four crew of the International Space Station wrapped up a busy week Friday, installing a new, more robust computer storage device and preparing for the second spacewalk of its duty tour a little more than a week after the first.

  Flight Engineer Carl Walz worked with computer experts on the ground to install ...more...

• 2002 Jan 25 - EVA ISS EO-4-2  Crew: Bursch , Onufrienko. EVA Type: Extra-Vehicular Activity. EVA Duration: 0.26 days.

  The astronauts installed plume deflectors around the Zvezda thrusters and set up some exposure experiments. The Pirs airlock was depressurized probably about 1510 UTC, with hatch open at 1519 UTC; hatch close was at 2118 UTC and repressurization began at 2120 UTC.

• 2002 Jan 25 - ISS Status Report: ISS 02-05 

  Expedition Four Commander Yury Onufrienko and Astronaut Dan Bursch completed a five-hour, 59-minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station today, installing six thruster deflectors at the rear of the Zvezda Service Module, retrieving and replacing a device to measure material from the thrusters and installing a ham radio antenna and its cabling. They also installed three materials experiments on Zvezda's exterior and a physics experiment.

  With Onufrienko and Bursch working outside, Astronaut Carl Walz served as intravehicular ...more...

• 2002 Feb 1 - ISS Status Report: ISS 02-06 

  Finishing up a month which saw the crew conduct two spacewalks, Expedition Four Commander Yury Onufrienko and Astronauts Dan Bursch and Carl Walz spent a quiet week aboard the complex this week, completing a host of maintenance tasks, physical exercise and evaluations, and science experiments.

  The crewmembers took a few breaks from their schedule during the week to field questions ...more...

• 2002 Feb 4 - ISS goes out of control. 

  The International Space Station lost attitude control on for several hours. After Zvezda computers developed communications problems and failed to transfer data to the US gyros on the Z1 module, the GNC MDM computer on the US side stopped stabilizing the station. The computer problems also prevented Z1 from handing over control to the backup thruster system on Zvezda.. At 1318 UTC the Station tumbled, in danger of losing electrical power, and experiments were shut down as systems were put in emergency mode. The crew were able to manually point the US solar arrays, preventing any loss of power. The station was restored to operation later in the day, with attitude control resuming at 1843 UTC on thrusters and 1920 UTC on gyros.

• 2002 Feb 4 - ISS Status Report: ISS 02-07 

  The Expedition Four crew's normal work was interrupted this morning when a main computer in the International Space Station's Russian Zvezda living quarters module unexpectedly went off-line, disrupting the system which controls the spacecraft's orientation for a few hours. The computer is now back on-line and all station systems are operating normally.

  The crew -- Commander Yury Onufrienko and Flight Engineers Dan Bursch and Carl Walz ...more...

• 2002 Feb 8 - ISS Status Report: ISS 02-08 

  This week the Expedition Four crew - Commander Yury Onufrienko and Flight Engineers Carl Walz and Dan Bursch - worked with several of the science experiments aboard the International Space Station. They tested the ultrasound instrument in the Human Research Facility rack, activated the EarthKam experiment and the seventh sample cylinder in the Protein Crystal Growth - Single-locker Thermal Enclosure System, and tested the Zeolite Crystal Growth Furnace, which will be used to grow crystals beginning in April. The crew also completed their periodic physical fitness tests.

  In addition, Walz and Bursh prepared a set of three dosimeters each that will be ...more...

• 2002 Feb 15 - ISS Status Report: ISS 02-09 

  Activity on board the International Space Station this week focused on preparations for next week's spacewalk - the first to be conducted from the U.S. Quest airlock without a space shuttle docked.

  Expedition Four Commander Yury Onufrienko and Flight Engineers Carl Walz and Dan ...more...

• 2002 Feb 20 - EVA ISS EO-4-3  Crew: Walz, Bursch. EVA Type: Extra-Vehicular Activity. EVA Duration: 0.24 days.

  The spacewalk was made from the Station's Quest airlock. Depressurization was at around 1134 UTC and repressurization was at 1725 UTC. The spacewalk involved some preparatory work with cables and thermal covers in advance of the EVA's planned for STS-110 and the installation of the S0 truss. It was also intended to check out proper functioning of the Quest airlock, which had some minor problems on its first use in July 2001.

• 2002 Feb 20 - ISS Status Report: ISS 02-10 

  Expedition 4 astronauts Carl Walz and Dan Bursch completed a successful 5-hour, 47-minute spacewalk Wednesday, testing equipment and procedures for the Airlock Quest and performing other tasks to prepare for Space Shuttle Atlantis' STS-110 mission to the International Space Station in April. The spacewalk, which began at 5:38 a.m. CST and ended at 11:25 a.m., notched some firsts.

  It was the first spacewalk from Quest without the presence of a space shuttle at ...more...

• 2002 Feb 20 - ISS Status Report: ISS 02-11 

  The International Space Station Expedition 4 crew was kept awake about two hours later than planned today after reporting a strong, unpleasant odor apparently originating from a system that cleanses spacesuit air scrubbers in the complex's Quest airlock.

  The crew was immediately given approval to shut the suspect system down. About thirty ...more...

• 2002 Feb 22 - ISS Status Report: ISS 02-12 

  The International Space Station Expedition 4 crew returned to normal activities today after Wednesday's successful spacewalk and what largely was a day of rest on Thursday. Commander Yury Onufrienko and astronauts Carl Walz and Dan Bursch participated in a number of medical tests, including post-spacewalk checkouts for Walz and Bursch.

  Also today, Houston's Mission Control Center and the crew began a transition to ...more...

• 2002 Mar 1 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #01 

  With the Hubble Space Telescope orbiting high overhead, the shuttle Columbia lifted off this morning on a complex mission to replace and upgrade key telescope systems through five challenging spacewalks.

  Commander Scott Altman, Pilot Duane Carey, Flight Engineer Nancy Currie and spacewalkers ...more...

• 2002 Mar 1 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #02 

  Following Columbia's on-time launch from the Kennedy Space Center this morning, flight controllers in Mission Control noticed a degraded flow rate in one of two freon cooling loops that help to dissipate heat from the orbiter.

  There are two freon cooling loops that are part of the shuttle's active thermal ...more...

• 2002 Mar 1 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #03 

  The crew of Columbia was awakened for its first full day in space at 8:22 p.m. CST with the song "Blue Telescope" by John Hiatt. In its morning mail, the crew received news that mission managers are optimistic the full mission will go forward as planned in spite of low flow in a shuttle cooling line.

  Commander Scott Altman, Pilot Duane Carey, Flight Engineer Nancy Currie and spacewalkers ...more...

• 2002 Mar 2 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #04 

  As Columbia's crew completed preparations today for the capture of the Hubble Space Telescope, mission managers confirmed that a degraded shuttle cooling system will pose no problems for Columbia's flight.

  Following an extensive analysis, managers determined that, although operating at ...more...

• 2002 Mar 2 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #05 

  To the theme of "Mission Impossible," Columbia's astronauts awakened this morning to the news that all systems are go for their mission, a week characterized as the most challenging flight ever to maintain and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.

  Columbia's capture of the telescope is planned for 3:13 a.m. Sunday. The shuttle's ...more...

• 2002 Mar 3 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #06 

  The Hubble Space Telescope is secure in Columbia's payload bay following its capture at 3:31 a.m. central time today, as the two spacecraft soared 350 miles above the Pacific Ocean southwest of the Mexican Coast.

  Columbia's chase of the telescope ended with Commander Scott Altman and Pilot Duane ...more...

• 2002 Mar 3 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #07 

  The crew of the space shuttle Columbia awoke for its first spacewalking day in orbit to "Five Variations on Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star," performed by Jeno Jando. It was played for John Grunsfeld. Spacewalkers Grunsfeld and Rick Linnehan will step out into space for the first time during this mission at about 12:30 a.m. tomorrow morning.

  Within hours of awakening Grunsfeld and Linnehan, with the assistance of crewmates ...more...

• 2002 Mar 4 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #08 

  The Hubble Space Telescope has a new starboard solar array after a seven hour-one minute long spacewalk by Columbia astronauts John Grunsfeld and Rick Linnehan.

  During the space walk, which began at 12:37 a.m. CST, Grunsfeld and Linnehan removed ...more...

• 2002 Mar 4 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #09 

  Rested and ready for another day of spacewalking, the crew of the space shuttle Columbia was awakened at 7:53 p.m. by the children's song "Floating in the Bathtub," by Tonya Evetts Weimer. It was played for Jim Newman who is to step out into space for the second spacewalk of this mission at about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday.

  Newman, making his fifth spacewalk, will work closely with crewmate, Mike Massimino, ...more...

• 2002 Mar 5 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #10 

  The crew of Columbia completed the second of five planned spacewalks this morning with the successful installation of a new port solar array and a new Reaction Wheel Assembly (RWA) on the Hubble Space Telescope.

  Spacewalkers Jim Newman and Mike Massimino spent seven hours 16 minutes installing ...more...

• 2002 Mar 5 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #11 

  Columbia's crew is preparing tonight for the third space walk of the mission, a complex, seven-hour excursion that will include the unprecedented step of turning off the Hubble Space Telescope to replace the heart of its power system.

  Controllers at the Space Telescope Operations Control Center in Greenbelt, MD, will ...more...

• 2002 Mar 6 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #12 

  The Hubble Space Telescope received a new "heart" today during a 6 hour, 48 minute spacewalk by astronauts John Grunsfeld and Rick Linnehan. The two installed a new Power Control Unit (PCU), replacing the original unit launched with the telescope in April 1990. The PCU serves as Hubble's central power switching station by distributing electricity to all systems, scientific instruments and the Nickel Hydrogen batteries.

  In addition to eliminating an intermittent problem with the old PCU, the new unit ...more...

• 2002 Mar 6 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #13 

  With a new heart beating strong and new power generating arrays ready to convert sunlight into energy, the Hubble Space Telescope is poised for Columbia's astronauts to improve its vision.

  Spacewalkers Jim Newman and Mike Massimino are ready to begin the first science ...more...

• 2002 Mar 7 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #14 

  Following today's successful installation of the new Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on the Hubble Space Telescope, scientists will be able to see farther into our universe and with greater clarity and speed than ever before.

  Columbia's spacewalkers, Jim Newman and Mike Massimino, began the first science ...more...

• 2002 Mar 7 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #15 

  The crew of the space shuttle Columbia will give Hubble a way to open one of its slumbering eyes during the fifth and final scheduled spacewalk of this mission. An experimental cooling system will be installed on a camera that has been dormant since 1999 in hopes of bringing it back to life.

  The crew onboard Columbia was awakened at 9:52 p.m. CST by the Mission Impossible: ...more...

• 2002 Mar 8 - ISS Status Report: ISS 02-13 

  Science experiments and robotic arm operations were the focus for Expedition Four Commander Yury Onufrienko and Flight Engineers Dan Bursch and Carl Walz aboard the International Space Station this week.

  The crew began the week by bringing the Active Rack Isolation System back to life ...more...

• 2002 Mar 8 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #16 

  TThe crew of the space shuttle Columbia completed the last of its five ambitious spacewalks this morning with the successful installation of an experimental cooling system for Hubble's Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS). The NICMOS has been dormant since January 1999 when its original coolant ran out.

  Astronauts John Grunsfeld and Rick Linnehan began their third spacewalk of the mission ...more...

• 2002 Mar 8 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #17 

  Columbia's crew is preparing to bid a rejuvenated Hubble Space Telescope farewell following five days of spacewalks that have updated and enhanced the world's greatest observatory.

  The crew completed five spacewalks on consecutive days, installing equipment that ...more...

• 2002 Mar 9 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #18 

  "Good luck Mr. Hubble," was the call from on board Columbia this morning as the newly rejuvenated telescope was released from the grasp of the shuttle's robotic arm at 4:04 a.m. central time today.

  From the flight deck, spacewalker John Grunsfeld expressed the sentiments of the ...more...

• 2002 Mar 9 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #19 

  After five days of successful spacewalks to rejuvenate the Hubble Space Telescope, the crew of Columbia will enjoy a Sunday off. The crew was awakened at 8:50 p.m. CST Saturday by "Fly Me to the Moon" by Frank Sinatra. The song was played for Commander Scott "Scooter" Altman.

  The crewmembers onboard Columbia - Altman, Pilot Duane Carey and Mission Specialists ...more...

• 2002 Mar 10 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #20 

  Leaving behind a better-than-new Hubble Space Telescope, the crew of Columbia had a well-deserved break today after a week spent overhauling and enhancing the orbiting observatory.

  Although it will be at least several weeks before all of the scientific equipment ...more...

• 2002 Mar 10 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #21 

  After a day off and a good night's rest, the seven-member crew of Columbia will focus on the end of a mission featuring five successful spacewalks to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.

  Landing is scheduled for 3:32 a.m. CST Tuesday at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The ...more...

• 2002 Mar 11 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #22 

  Columbia's crew packed up gear today and checked out the equipment needed for the shuttle's return to Earth, finding all systems ready for a landing at the Kennedy Space Center scheduled for 3:32 a.m. CST Tuesday.

  Columbia is planned to fire its engines at 2:22 a.m. CST Tuesday to begin its descent ...more...

• 2002 Mar 12 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #23 

  The space shuttle Columbia landed at Kennedy Space Center early Tuesday after a 10-day, 22-hour and 10-minute mission to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. Columbia astronauts conducted five successful spacewalks during their STS-109 mission to improve the orbiting observatory.

  Columbia's main landing gear touched down at 3:32 a.m. CST, completing a mission ...more...

• 2002 Mar 15 - ISS Status Report: ISS 02-14 

  Expedition Four Commander Yury Onufrienko and Flight Engineers Dan Bursch and Carl Walz aboard the International Space Station continued science experiments and prepared for two spacecraft that will soon visit the outpost.

  The first plant tissue samples were taken from the Advanced Astroculture experiment ...more...

• 2002 Mar 19 - ISS Status Report: ISS 02-15 

  An unpiloted Russian Progress resupply craft undocked from the International Space Station today to set the stage for this weekend's arrival of a new Progress cargo vehicle.

  On command from Russian flight controllers, the Progress 6 vehicle undocked from ...more...

• 2002 Mar 19 - Progress M1-7 leaves ISS. 

  The Expedition 4 crew finished loading the Progress M1-7 craft, 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.

• 2002 Mar 21 - ISS Status Report: ISS 02-16 

  An unpiloted Russian Progress resupply craft was successfully launched today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to bring food, fuel and supplies to the residents on board the International Space Station.

  The Progress 7 spacecraft lifted off on a Soyuz booster rocket at 2:13 p.m. CST ...more...

• 2002 Mar 21 - Progress M1-8  Spacecraft: Progress M1. Payload: Progress M1 s/n 257. Mass: 7,250 kg (15,980 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 11A511U. Duration: 95.67 days. Perigee: 379 km (235 mi). Apogee: 398 km (247 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 92.30 min.

  ISS Servicing mission. Launch delayed from February 15 and 28. The Progress M1-8 resupply spacecraft was flown on ISS mission 7P. It docked with the Zvezda module on the Station at 2058 UTC on March 24. Progress M1-8 undocked from the Zvezda module at 0826 UTC on June 25. The deorbit burn was at 1135 UTC, lowering its orbit from 379 x 398 km x 51.6 deg to 50 x 398 km. The spacecraft reentered over the Pacific at 1213 UTC with debris impact near 46 S 144 W.

• 2002 Mar 24 - ISS Status Report: ISS 02-17 

  An unpiloted Russian Progress resupply craft successfully docked to the International Space Station today, three days after its launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to bring food, fuel and supplies to the residents on board.

  The Progress 7 spacecraft gently linked up to the aft docking port of the station's ...more...

• 2002 Mar 29 - ISS Status Report: ISS 02-18 

  Expedition 4 astronauts Carl Walz and Dan Bursch successfully completed an exercise of the International Space Station's robotic arm today, using six of its joints and a software patch to mask the seventh, the failed wrist roll joint. The exercise consisted of the same activities that the Canadarm2 will use in installation of the S-Zero (S0) Truss on the ISS during Atlantis' STS-110 mission.

  While engineers on the ground will continue to study results of the exercise, it ...more...

• 2002 Apr 8 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #01 

  With the International Space Station and the Expedition Four crew orbiting high overhead, the shuttle Atlantis lifted off this afternoon on a complex mission to install a 43-foot long truss structure as the backbone for future expansion of the orbital outpost.

  Commander Mike Bloomfield, Pilot Steve Frick, Flight Engineer Ellen Ochoa and spacewalkers ...more...

• 2002 Apr 9 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #02 

  Gaining on the International Space Station by more than 1,000 statute miles each orbit, Atlantis' crew is preparing for a Wednesday docking with the orbiting laboratory.

  The crew will spend today testing and preparing shuttle equipment that will be used ...more...

• 2002 Apr 9 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #03 

  Working quietly but efficiently, Atlantis' astronauts completed preparations today for Wednesday's scheduled docking to the International Space Station, testing spacesuits, rendezvous tools and the shuttle's robotic arm.

  With docking scheduled at 11:06 a.m. Central time (1606 GMT) tomorrow, Commander ...more...

• 2002 Apr 10 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #04 

  Atlantis has closed the distance between it and the International Space Station to less than 1,800 statute miles, and is continuing its approach in anticipation of docking with the station at 11:06 a.m. central time today. The linkup should occur as the two spacecraft fly over south-central China, to the southwest of Shanghai. The Atlantis crew, Commander Mike Bloomfield, Pilot Steve Frick and mission specialists Rex Walheim, Ellen Ochoa, Lee Morin, Jerry Ross and Steve Smith, was awakened at 3:44 a.m. by "Rapunzel Got a Mohawk," performed by Joe Scruggs. The song was played for Ochoa, at the request of her family.

  On board the station, the Expedition 4 crew, Commander Yury Onufrienko and flight ...more...

• 2002 Apr 10 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #05 

  Atlantis gently docked with the International Space Station this morning over southern China, setting the stage for the installation of a 13 1/2 ton truss structure to the complex tomorrow and the ultimate expansion of the ISS to the length of a football field.

  Commander Mike Bloomfield guided Atlantis to a linkup with the forward docking port ...more...

• 2002 Apr 11 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #06 

  Construction of a framework for expanded research begins today as the S-Zero (S0) truss segment is installed on the International Space Station. The truss will provide support for the cooling and power systems necessary to attach additional laboratories to the complex.

  The Atlantis crew - Commander Mike Bloomfield, Pilot Steve Frick and mission specialists ...more...

• 2002 Apr 11 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #07 

  The expansion of the International Space Station continued today with the installation of the 13 1/2 ton S0 (S-Zero) truss segment on the orbital outpost. Assisted by Expedition Four Flight Engineer Dan Bursch, Atlantis Mission Specialist Ellen Ochoa gently lifted the truss out of the shuttle's payload bay at 5:30 a.m. Central time through the use of the station's robotic arm and maneuvered it onto a clamp at the top of the station's Destiny Laboratory. It took just under four hours to complete the delicate procedure.

  During the S-Zero installation, Atlantis Commander Mike Bloomfield and Pilot Steve ...more...

• 2002 Apr 12 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #08 

  After successful installation of the S-Zero (S0) Truss and a spacewalk on Thursday, the focus of today's activities will shift from external construction of the International Space Station to the transfer of equipment, supplies and experiments between the space shuttle Atlantis and the orbiting laboratory.

  The Atlantis crew - Commander Mike Bloomfield, Pilot Steve Frick, and mission specialists ...more...

• 2002 Apr 12 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #09 

  The ten crewmembers of the Atlantis / International Space Station complex transferred experiments and supplies into their respective vehicles today as the latest addition to the station, the S-Zero (S0) Truss, continued to pass its initial checkouts with flying colors.

  Atlantis Commander Mike Bloomfield, Pilot Steve Frick, and Mission Specialists Ellen ...more...

• 2002 Apr 13 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #10 

  Construction of the International Space Station continues today with the second of four scheduled spacewalks to install the S-Zero (S0) Truss segment. Shuttle astronauts Jerry Ross and Lee Morin will float out of the station's Quest Airlock about 9:34 a.m.

  The Atlantis crew - Commander Mike Bloomfield, Pilot Steve Frick, and mission specialists ...more...

• 2002 Apr 13 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #11 

  Two grandfathers completed the structural attachment of the newest component of the International Space Station today, mating two large tripod legs of a 13 ½ ton truss to the station's main laboratory during a 7 hour, 30 minute spacewalk.

  Dubbed the "Silver Team" by their colleagues because of their age, 54-year old Jerry ...more...

• 2002 Apr 14 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #12 

  Outfitting of the newest component of the International Space Station continues today with the mission's third spacewalk. Shuttle astronauts Steve Smith and Rex Walheim will continue installation work on the S-Zero (S0) Truss, now permanently attached to the station's U.S. laboratory Destiny.

  They are scheduled to step out of the station's Quest airlock at 9:34 a.m. Their ...more...

• 2002 Apr 14 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #13 

  Two astronauts rewired the robotic arm on the International Space Station today and released locking bolts on the first space railcar during a 6 hour, 27 minute spacewalk, the third of Atlantis' assembly flight to the international complex.

  The stage is now set for the inaugural run Monday of the so-called Mobile Transporter, ...more...

• 2002 Apr 15 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #14 

  The first space railroad car will get a trial run today, highballing along 26 feet of the track atop the International Space Station's new S-Zero (S0) Truss at a maximum speed of one inch per second, or 100 yards an hour. The 1,900-pound Mobile Transporter begins its run about 6:30 a.m.

  Ground controllers in mission control will command the Mobile Transporter to move ...more...

• 2002 Apr 15 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #15 

  The first railcar in space crept down the track of a newly installed truss structure at the International Space Station today, paving the way for the future use of the system on which the station's robotic arm will be mounted to travel the full length of the complex.

  Expedition Four Flight Engineer Carl Walz sent commands from a laptop computer to ...more...

• 2002 Apr 16 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #16 

  Shuttle astronauts Jerry Ross and Lee Morin will make the fourth and final spacewalk of the STS-110 mission of Atlantis today, stepping out of the International Space Station's Quest airlock at 9:34 a.m. Many of their tasks focus on helping future spacewalkers.

  Work during the 6½-hour spacewalk includes installation a 14-foot beam extending ...more...

• 2002 Apr 16 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #17 

  Atlantis astronauts Jerry Ross and Lee Morin completed the outfitting of the new S-Zero (S0) truss on the International Space Station today during a 6 hour, 37 minute spacewalk, installing a ladder, testing electrical switches for upcoming truss expansion and attaching external lights and equipment to be used in future assembly work.

  Ross and Morin began the fourth and final spacewalk of the STS-110 mission and the ...more...

• 2002 Apr 17 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #18 

  Atlantis will leave the International Space Station today after a successful mission to bring the centerpiece of the station's main truss to the orbiting laboratory and four successful spacewalks to connect and outfit it.

  Farewells and closing of the hatches between the spacecraft is set to begin about ...more...

• 2002 Apr 17 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #19 

  Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station this afternoon, pulling away from the complex at 1:31 p.m. Central time as the two craft sailed over the north Atlantic Ocean at an altitude of 247 statute miles.

  After more than a week of joint operations between the shuttle and station crews, ...more...

• 2002 Apr 18 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #20 

  Now separated from the International Space Station by about 85 statute miles and moving away at about 12 miles with each orbit of the Earth, Atlantis crewmembers turn their attention today to preparing for a return trip home.

  The crew - Commander Mike Bloomfield, Pilot Steve Frick, Mission Specialists Ellen ...more...

• 2002 Apr 18 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #21 

  Atlantis' astronauts tested out their ship's systems today and packed their gear, aiming for an early afternoon landing at the Kennedy Space Center Friday to wrap up a 4 ½ million mile mission to deliver a huge backbone truss structure to the International Space Station.

  Commander Mike Bloomfield, Pilot Steve Frick and Flight Engineer Ellen Ochoa activated ...more...

• 2002 Apr 19 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #22 

  After traveling more than 4½ million miles on a successful International Space Station assembly mission that saw four spacewalks during installation of the first segment of the station's main truss, Atlantis is scheduled to land at the Kennedy Space Center today.

  Atlantis has two landing opportunities at KSC today. The first begins with the firing ...more...

• 2002 Apr 19 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #23 

  Atlantis glided to a smooth touchdown today at the Kennedy Space Center, wrapping up a 4 and a half million mile mission to deliver a backbone truss structure to the International Space Station.

  Commander Mike Bloomfield eased Atlantis to a textbook landing on runway 3-3 at ...more...

• 2002 Apr 20 - ISS Status Report: ISS 02-19 

  The resident crew aboard the International Space Station took a short ride in their Russian Soyuz capsule this morning, relocating the rescue craft from one docking port to another to clear the way for the arrival of a fresh return vehicle in one week.

  Expedition Four Commander Yury Onufrienko and Flight Engineers Carl Walz and Dan ...more...

• 2002 Apr 25 - ISS Status Report: ISS 02-20 

  A Soyuz rocket blasted off today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying a multinational "taxi" crew to the International Space Station to deliver a fresh return vehicle to the orbital outpost.

  Russian Commander Yuri Gidzenko, Flight Engineer Roberto Vittori of the European ...more...

• 2002 Apr 27 - ISS Status Report: ISS 02-21 

  A multinational "taxi" crew arrived at the International Space Station today, delivering a new Soyuz return vehicle at the start of eight days of joint activities with the residents on board the complex.

  Two days after their launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Russian ...more...

• 2002 May 4 - ISS Status Report: ISS 02-22 

  A multinational "taxi" crew departed the International Space Station this evening, having delivered a new Soyuz return vehicle to the residents of the orbital outpost.

  Russian Commander Yuri Gidzenko, Flight Engineer Roberto Vittori of the European ...more...

• 2002 May 10 - ISS Status Report: ISS 02-23 

  Expedition 4 Commander Yury Onufrienko and Flight Engineers Carl Walz and Dan Bursch spent most of their time this week packing for the arrival of the Expedition 5 crew aboard STS-111. Endeavour will be carrying the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module filled with supplies and equipment for the Expedition 5 crew. The Expedition 4 crew is working to make room for those supplies, as well as prepare any equipment and scientific results that will be brought home with them aboard Leonardo.

  The Expedition 4 crew began their week by having Sunday, Monday and half of Tuesday ...more...

• 2002 May 17 - ISS Status Report: ISS 02-24 

  As Expedition 4 entered its 24th week aboard the International Space Station this week, the crew split time between preparations for the trip home early next month, continuing science experiments and recovering the use of an onboard oxygen generator.

  Commander Yury Onufrienko and Flight Engineers Carl Walz and Dan Bursch continued ...more...

• 2002 May 24 - ISS Status Report: ISS 02-25 

  The Expedition 4 crew of the International Space Station spent much of this week preparing for the arrival of Endeavour on STS-111 and their return home. They packed equipment and supplies for return to Earth aboard Endeavour. They also reconfigured and checked out spacesuits and the station's joint airlock in preparation for three spacewalks at the station by Endeavour mission specialists Franklin Chang-Diaz and Philippe Perrin.

  Expedition 4 Commander Yury Onufrienko and astronauts Carl Walz and Dan Bursch were ...more...

• 2002 Jun 5 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #01 

  With improved weather conditions at the Kennedy Space Center, Endeavour lifted off at 4:23 p.m. CDT today, beginning a complex mission to continue the assembly and maintenance of the International Space Station and bring a new trio of residents to the orbital outpost.

  Aboard Endeavour are Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart, Mission Specialists ...more...

• 2002 Jun 6 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #02 

  As Endeavour closes in for its linkup to the International Space Station tomorrow, the Expedition Four crew aboard the complex will spend the day preparing for the arrival of its replacements.

  Aboard Endeavour, Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart, Mission Specialists ...more...

• 2002 Jun 6 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #03 

  Gaining on the International Space Station by 580 statute miles with each 90-minute orbit, Endeavour's crew spent today completing preparations for Friday's scheduled docking with the complex.

  With docking scheduled at 11:17 a.m. CDT tomorrow, STS-111 Commander Ken Cockrell, ...more...

• 2002 Jun 7 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #04 

  Heading for a docking to the International Space Station later today, Endeavour's astronauts continue to close in on the orbital outpost as a new trio of residents prepares to take over command of the complex.

  Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart and Mission Specialists Philippe Perrin ...more...

• 2002 Jun 7 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #05 

  Endeavour gently docked with the International Space Station this morning 240 miles over the South Pacific, setting the stage for eight days of docked operations highlighted by three scheduled spacewalks and the exchange of resident crews aboard the outpost. Commander Ken Cockrell guided Endeavour to a linkup with the forward docking port of the station's Destiny Laboratory at 11:25 a.m. Central time. The docking culminated a textbook rendezvous executed by Cockrell and Pilot Paul Lockhart. After waiting for about one hour to allow post-contact oscillations to subside, the two vehicles were joined firmly together at 12:27 p.m.

  At 2:08 p.m. central time, hatches between Endeavour and the station swung open, ...more...

• 2002 Jun 8 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #06 

  The newly arrived crewmembers of Expedition Five aboard the International Space Station - Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Sergei Treschev - will continue settling into their new home today as they work with Endeavour's astronauts to move the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module from the shuttle's cargo bay to the Unity module of the complex in advance of the start of the transfer of almost 3 tons of equipment and supplies.

  Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart and Mission Specialists Philippe Perrin ...more...

• 2002 Jun 8 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #07 

  (CORRECTS DURATION OF EXPEDITION FOUR TO 181 DAYS)

  The newly arrived crewmembers of Expedition Five aboard the International Space ...more...

• 2002 Jun 8 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #08 

  The 10-member multinational crew aboard the International Space Station and shuttle complex worked today to move the Leonardo transfer van from the shuttle's payload bay to the station, begin equipment and supply transfers to the station and prepare for Sunday's space walk.

  The Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) was unberthed from the payload ...more...

• 2002 Jun 9 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #09 

  Endeavour Astronauts Philippe Perrin and Franklin Chang-Díaz are set to step out into the vacuum of space this morning for the first of three spacewalks to help install a platform for the transport of the International Space Station's robotic arm and to replace a faulty joint in the arm itself.

  With the help of Endeavour Pilot Paul Lockhart, who will help coordinate the spacewalk ...more...

• 2002 Jun 9 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #10 

  Endeavour Astronauts Franklin Chang-Díaz and Philippe Perrin completed all scheduled International Space Station assembly tasks today during a 7-hour, 14-minute spacewalk, the first ever for the duo.

  Chang-Díaz and Perrin ventured outside the station's Quest airlock at 10:27 a.m. ...more...

• 2002 Jun 10 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #11 

  A critical device for International Space Station assembly will receive an additional component today. An operations platform, to be installed on a railcar on the station's S0 (S-Zero) Truss, will allow the space station's robotic arm to travel the length of the station for future construction tasks.

  The Mobile Base System (MBS), parked overnight on the station's robotic arm about ...more...

• 2002 Jun 10 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #12 

  The 10 astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station today continued the expansion of the orbiting laboratory by installing the Mobile Remote Servicer Base System (MBS).

  The MBS was attached to the Mobile Transporter on the Destiny Lab at 8:03 a.m. Central ...more...

• 2002 Jun 11 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #13 

  Endeavour spacewalkers Philippe Perrin and Franklin Chang-Díaz will venture outside the shuttle today to complete the installation of the second component of Canada's Remote Servicing System to the International Space Station.

  The first contribution to the station by Canada was the space station's robotic ...more...

• 2002 Jun 11 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #14 

  In a 5-hour spacewalk today, Endeavour astronauts Franklin Chang-Díaz and Philippe Perrin completed installation of the Mobile Remote Servicer Base System, or MBS, on the International Space Station's railcar, the Mobile Transporter. With those tasks completed, they established a moveable base for future use by the station's robotic arm, Canadarm2.

  Chang-Díaz and Perrin ventured outside the station's Quest airlock at 10:20 a.m. ...more...

• 2002 Jun 12 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #15 

  Endeavour's astronauts - Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart, Franklin Chang-Díaz, Philippe Perrin, Yury Onufrienko, Carl Walz and Dan Bursch - were awakened about 4:30 Central time this morning to the sound of "Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds," by Peter Greenaway, selected for Perrin by his family. The wakeup call began the eighth day of Endeavour's supply, assembly and maintenance mission to the International Space Station.

  At 1:55 a.m. Central time, Walz set a new U.S. record for most aggregate days spent ...more...

• 2002 Jun 12 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #16 

  The crews of Endeavour and the International Space Station spent today stowing unneeded supplies and hardware in the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module and the shuttle middeck for return to Earth.

  Working side by side, the Endeavour crew - Ken Cockrell, Paul Lockhart, Franklin ...more...

• 2002 Jun 13 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #17 

  Endeavour spacewalkers Philippe Perrin and Franklin Chang-Díaz will perform surgery on the International Space Station's robotic arm today, attempting to restore full functionality to the space crane through the replacement of ailing wrist joint.

  Canadarm2 experienced an electrical problem in March in one of two redundant power ...more...

• 2002 Jun 13 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #18 

  In a 7-hour, 17-minute spacewalk today, Endeavour astronauts Franklin Chang-Díaz and Philippe Perrin successfully replaced a wrist roll joint on the International Space Station's robotic arm, restoring the arm to full functionality.

  With Endeavour Pilot Paul Lockhart choreographing the spacewalk from inside Endeavour, ...more...

• 2002 Jun 14 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #19 

  Endeavour's astronauts - Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart, Franklin Chang-Díaz, Philippe Perrin, Dan Bursch, Yury Onufrienko and Carl Walz - were awakened just before 4:30 Central time this morning to the National Anthem, in honor of Flag Day today.

  Working with the International Space Station's Expedition Five crew, Commander Valery ...more...

• 2002 Jun 14 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #20 

  Endeavour's astronauts - Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart, Franklin Chang-Díaz, Philippe Perrin, Dan Bursch, Yury Onufrienko and Carl Walz - were awakened just before 4:30 Central time this morning to the National Anthem, in honor of Flag Day today.

  Endeavour astronaut Philippe Perrin completed the last major task of the STS-111 ...more...

• 2002 Jun 15 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #21 

  With all the major objectives of the STS-111 mission accomplished, Endeavour's astronauts will bid farewell to the new Expedition Five crew and undock from the International Space Station today, leaving ISS Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Sergei Treschev to begin their 4 1/2 month stay on board the complex.

  After final farewells and the closing of the hatches between the two vehicles, Endeavour ...more...

• 2002 Jun 15 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #22 

  The Expedition Five crew - Commander Valery Korzun, and Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Sergei Treschev - are alone aboard the International Space Station today following this morning's departure of Endeavour.

  After final farewells among the STS-111 and Expedition Four and Five crews, the ...more...

• 2002 Jun 16 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #23 

  Now separated from the International Space Station by about 1,600 statute miles and moving away by about 155 miles with each orbit of the Earth, Endeavour crewmembers turn their attention today to preparing for a return trip home.

  Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart, Mission Specialists Franklin Chang-Diaz ...more...

• 2002 Jun 16 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #24 

  Activities aboard Endeavour today focused on preparations for Monday's planned landing at the Kennedy Space Center, concluding a voyage of 4.9 million miles.

  Today, Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart and Flight Engineer Franklin ...more...

• 2002 Jun 19 - Landing of STS-111 

  The hatches between Shuttle and Station were closed at 1223 UTC, with the Expedition 4 crew on the Shuttle for the trip home. Expedition 5 crew members Valeriy Korzun, Peggy Whitson and Sergei Treshchev remain aboard the Station. Endeavour undocked at 1432 UTC, leaving the Station in a 389 x 399 km x 51.6 deg orbit following three reboost burns. After two days of bad weather, Endeavour was diverted to Edwards AFB in California, with a deorbit burn at 1650 UTC on Jun 19 lowering its orbit from 347 x 387 km to 34 x 386 km. The Shuttle nominally entered the atmosphere around 1726 UTC and landed on Runway 22 at Edwards at 17:57:41 UTC.

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