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Soyuz TMA-10

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AKA: ISS EO-15;ISS-14S;Pulsar. Launched: 2007-04-07. Returned: 2007-10-21. Number crew: 2 . Duration: 196.71 days.

Main tasks and events of the mission:

• Launch of the two ISS-15 crewmembers and space tourist Simonyi (mission (EP-12) aboard Soyuz TMA-10 on ISS flight 14S;
• Docking of Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft to the Functional Cargo Module (FGB) port of the ISS
• Operational support for loading and undocking of Soyuz TMA-9 (with the EO-14 crew and Simonyi aboard) from the Instrument Compartment of the Service Module (IC-SM);
• Operational support for docking of the Space Shuttle STS-117 in flight 13?; return to earth of NASA crewmember Sunita Williams aboard STS-117; arrival at station of NASA crewmember Clayton aboard STS-117.
• Operational support for docking of Progress M-60 to IC-SM and its unloading;
• Operational support for docking of the Space Shuttle STS-118 in flight 13?.1. Rotation of one ISS-15 NASA crewmember by the Shuttle in flight 13A.1;
• Loading and undocking of Progress M-59 from DC1;
• Operational support for docking of Progress M-61 to DC1 and its unloading;
• Loading and undocking of Progress M-60 from SM IC;
• Operational support for docking of the Space Shuttle STS-120 in flight 10?. Rotation of one ISS-15 NASA crewmember by the Shuttle in flight 10A;
• Loading and undocking of Progress M-61 from DC1;
• Support of the Space Station functionality;
• Performance of extravehicular activity: i.e. one US egress (EVA) on the ISS USOS and two Russian egresses (EVA) on the ISS Russian Segment;
• Performance of the science and application research program and experiments (Crystallizator, Relaksatsia, Uragan, Ekon, Plasma-ISS, Plasma-Progress, Ten'-Mayak, Cardio-ODNT, Profilaktika, Pilot, Dykhanie, Pnevmocard, BIMS, Biorisk, Rastenia, Plasmida, Statokonia, Regeneration, Prognos, Matroshka-R, Diatomeya, Glikoproteid, Mimetik-K, KAF, Vaktsina-K, Biotrek, Konjugatsia, Biodegradatsia, Bioecologia, Bioemulsiya, Interleikin-K, Antigen, Infrazvuk-M, Vector-T, Izgib, Plasma Crystal, Identifikatsiya, Sreda, Infotech, BTN-Neutron), as well as contract-based commercial activities (GTS-2, GCF-JAXA, ALTCRISS, CARDIOCOG, NOA, IMMUNO, SAMPLE);
• Implementation of the utilization program for tourist Charles Simonyi onboard the ISS, as well as performance of ESA life science experiments (SAMPLE, MUSCULE) during the VC-12 time;
• Crew handover to crew ISS EO-16 and return of the two ISS EO-15 crewmembers and the spaceflight participant working under the visiting crew (EP-13) program by transport manned spacecraft Soyuz TMA-10.

• International Space Station Status Report #07-12 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kotov, Lopez-Alegria, Simonyi, Tyurin, Williams, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, Soyuz TMA-10 ISS EP-12, Soyuz TMA-9, STS-117 ISS EO-15. The International Space Station's Expedition 14 crew continued work this week on scientific experiments, station maintenance and clean up following a Feb. 22 Russian spacewalk.. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report #07-15 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kotov, Lopez-Alegria, Simonyi, Tyurin, Williams, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, Soyuz TMA-10 ISS EP-12, Soyuz TMA-9, STS-117 ISS EO-15. The Expedition 14 crew continued work this week on scientific experiments and increased the bandwidth on the International Space Station's computer network.. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report #07-16 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kotov, Lopez-Alegria, Simonyi, Tyurin, Williams, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, Soyuz TMA-10 ISS EP-12, Soyuz TMA-9, STS-117 ISS EO-15. The Expedition 14 crew continued preparations for the April arrival of a new station crew by boarding their Soyuz TMA-9 craft and taking a 24-minute flight from one station docking port to another.. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report #07-17 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kotov, Lopez-Alegria, Simonyi, Tyurin, Williams, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, Soyuz TMA-10 ISS EP-12, Soyuz TMA-9, STS-117 ISS EO-15. The Expedition 14 crew of the International Space Station was busy this week performing fitness evaluations, working on scientific experiments and preparing for the arrival of the Expedition 15 crew.. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report #07-18 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kotov, Lopez-Alegria, Simonyi, Tyurin, Williams, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, Soyuz TMA-10 ISS EP-12, Soyuz TMA-9, STS-117 ISS EO-15. Two cosmonauts and a space flight participant launched aboard a Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 12:31 p.m. CDT Saturday for a two-day flight to the International Space Station.. Additional Details: here....

• Soyuz TMA-10 - . Call Sign: Pulsar. Crew: Kotov, Simonyi, Yurchikhin. Return Crew: Kotov, Muszaphar, Yurchikhin. Payload: Soyuz TMA s/n 220 / ISS-14S. Mass: 7,200 kg (15,800 lb). Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Kotov, Muszaphar, Simonyi, Yurchikhin. Agency: RAKA. Manufacturer: Korolev bureau. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, Soyuz TMA-10 ISS EP-12. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA. Duration: 196.71 days. Decay Date: 2007-10-21 . USAF Sat Cat: 31100 . COSPAR: 2007-008A. Apogee: 341 km (211 mi). Perigee: 330 km (200 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.20 min.

  Carried the Expedition 15 crew and space tourist Charles Simonyi to the International Space Station. Soyuz TMA-10 docked at the Zarya port of the International Space Station at 19:10 GMT on 9 April. It undocked from Zarya at 19:20 GMT on Sep 27 September and docked at the Zvezda port at 19:47 GMT to clear Zarya for Soyuz TMA-10.

  The EO-15 crew and EP-13 space tourist Shukor (brought to the station by Soyuz TMA-11) boarded Soyuz TM-10 and undocked from the Zvezda port at 07:14 GMT on 21 October. The re-entry burn began at 09:47 and was normal. But afterwards, due to failure of an explosive bolt, the Soyuz service module remained connected to the re-entry capsule. The Soyuz tumbled, then began re-entry with the forward hatch taking the re-entry heating, until the connecting strut burned through. The Soyuz the righted itself with the heat shield taking the heating, but defaulted to an 8.6 G ballistic re-entry, landing 340 km short of the aim point at 10:36 GMT. Improved procedures after the ballistic re-entry of Soyuz TMA-1 meant a helicopter recovery crew reached the capsule only 20 minutes after thumpdown. However the true nature of the failure was concealed from the world until the same thing happened on Soyuz TMA-11.

• International Space Station Status Report #07-19 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Kotov, Lopez-Alegria, Simonyi, Tyurin, Williams, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, Soyuz TMA-10 ISS EP-12, Soyuz TMA-9, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-117 ISS EO-15. Two Expedition 15 cosmonauts and a spaceflight participant aboard a Soyuz spacecraft docked with the Earth-facing port on the International Space Station's Zarya module at 2:10 p.m. CDT Monday.. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report #07-20 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kotov, Lopez-Alegria, Simonyi, Tyurin, Williams, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, Soyuz TMA-10 ISS EP-12, Soyuz TMA-9, STS-117 ISS EO-15.

  Two Expedition 15 cosmonauts spent much of the week in handover activities with their Expedition 14 predecessors. Their new crewmate, Sunita Williams who has been aboard the International Space Station for more than three months, also is helping them learn the ropes. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report #07-21 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kotov, Lopez-Alegria, Simonyi, Tyurin, Williams, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, Soyuz TMA-10 ISS EP-12, Soyuz TMA-9, STS-117 ISS EO-15. The crew members aboard the International Space Station spent this week finalizing handover operations, conducting experiments and preparing for the departure of the Expedition 14 crew.. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report #07-22 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kotov, Lopez-Alegria, Simonyi, Tyurin, Williams, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, Soyuz TMA-10 ISS EP-12, Soyuz TMA-9, STS-117 ISS EO-15. The 14th crew of the International Space Station, Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin, along with spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi landed their Soyuz spacecraft in the steppes of Kazakhstan at 7:31 a.m. CDT Saturday.. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report #07-23 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Kotov, Lopez-Alegria, Simonyi, Tyurin, Williams, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, Soyuz TMA-10 ISS EP-12, Soyuz TMA-9, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-117 ISS EO-15. The Expedition 15 crew aboard the International Space Station completed its first week of station orientation as the crew worked with experiments and hardware maintenance.. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report #07-24 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kotov, Williams, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15. Marking the second week working together, the Expedition 15 crew wrapped up various maintenance tasks, science experiments and preparations for the May 15 arrival of the Progress 25 supply ship.. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report #07-25 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kotov, Williams, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15. A new cargo freighter launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at 10:25 p.m. CDT Friday with more than 2.5 tons of fuel, air, water and other supplies and equipment aboard.. Additional Details: here....

• Progress M-60 - . Payload: Progress M s/n 360. Mass: 7,280 kg (16,040 lb). Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Kotov, Williams, Yurchikhin. Agency: RAKA. Manufacturer: Korolev bureau. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned logistics spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Progress M. Duration: 136.65 days. Decay Date: 2007-09-25 . USAF Sat Cat: 31393 . COSPAR: 2007-017A. Apogee: 341 km (211 mi). Perigee: 330 km (200 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.20 min.

  Space station resupply spacecraft which docked with the Zvezda port of the International Space Station at 05:10 GMT on 15 May. It undocked on 19 September was conducted plasma depletion experiments before being deorbited over the Pacific at 19:01 GMT on 25 September..

• International Space Station Status Report #07-26 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kotov, Williams, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15. A spacecraft automatically docked to the International Space Station early Tuesday, delivering 2.5 tons of food, fuel and supplies for the residents on board.. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report #07-27 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kotov, Williams, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15. The Expedition 15 crew this week unpacked supplies and began preparing for the arrival of the next visiting spacecraft and two spacewalks at the International Space Station.. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report #07-28 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Kotov, Williams, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-117 ISS EO-15.

  Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov prepared this week for two spacewalks while Flight Engineer Suni Williams prepared for her return to Earth. In preparation for her successor's arrival, Williams' downlinked a 10-minute video tour for Clayton Anderson, who will travel to the station on the upcoming space shuttle flight. Additional Details: here....

• Soyuz docking port swap on International Space Station. - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kotov, Williams, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15. Progress M-58 undocked from the Zvezda module on 27 March. The EO-14 crew boarded Soyuz TMA-9 on 29 March, undocked from the Zarya port at 22:30 GMT, and redocked at the Zvezda port at 22:54. This freed the Zarya port for the pending Soyuz TMA-10 launch..

• International Space Station Status Report #07-29 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kotov, Williams, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15. Two International Space Station cosmonauts stepped outside Wednesday for a 5-hour, 25-minute spacewalk, installing Service Module Debris Protection panels and rerouting a Global Positioning System antenna cable.. Additional Details: here....

• EVA ISS EO-15-1 - . Crew: Kotov, Yurchikhin. EVA Duration: 0.23 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kotov, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15.

  The spacewalk was made from the Pirs module. The crew attached an extension to the Strela-2 boom, then used it to assist in moving 17 debris panels from PMA-3 to the Zvezda module. After some cabling work to prepare the Zvezda module for future docking operations with the European ATV cargo resupply spacecraft, the crew installed five of the debris shields around the forward exterior of Zvezda. The aluminum shields, designed to protect the Russian segment from space junk, were typically around 60 cm x 1 m each with a thickness of 25 mm and a mass of 8 kg.

• International Space Station Status Report #07-30 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kotov, Williams, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15. The Expedition 15 crew completed the first of three planned spacewalks this week and prepared for the upcoming arrival of space shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station.. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report #07-31 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kotov, Sturckow, Williams, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15. The Expedition 15 crew completed the second spacewalk in eight days and continued preparations for space shuttle Atlantis' arrival at the International Space Station.. Additional Details: here....

• EVA ISS EO-15-2 - . Crew: Kotov, Yurchikhin. EVA Duration: 0.23 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kotov, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15.

  Exiting from the Pirs airlock, the cosmonauts first installed the Biorisk microorganism experiment on the outside of the station. They laid some ethernet cable on the exterior of the Zarya module that completed work to allow the Russian segment to be controlled from the US segment. The crew then completed installation of the final 12 debris panels on the Zvezda module to provide improved protection against micrometeoroids and space junk.

• STS-117 MCC Status Report #01 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Archambault, Forrester, Kotov, Reilly, Sturckow, Swanson, Williams, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-117 ISS EO-15. The Space Shuttle Atlantis rocketed into a Florida twilight sky on time at 6:38 p.m. CDT today, kicking off the first of four shuttle missions scheduled this year.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-117 - . Call Sign: Atlantis. Crew: Anderson, Clayton, Archambault, Forrester, Olivas, Reilly, Sturckow, Swanson. Return Crew: Archambault, Forrester, Olivas, Reilly, Sturckow, Swanson, Williams. Payload: Atlantis F28 / S3, S4. Mass: 122,685 kg (270,474 lb). Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Archambault, Forrester, Olivas, Reilly, Sturckow, Swanson, Williams. Agency: NASA. Manufacturer: Boeing. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-117 ISS EO-15. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Atlantis. Duration: 13.84 days. Decay Date: 2007-06-22 . USAF Sat Cat: 31600 . COSPAR: 2007-024A. Apogee: 341 km (211 mi). Perigee: 330 km (200 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.20 min.

  The shuttle delivered the S3 and S4 truss segments to the starboard side of the International Space Station. The crew made three spacewalks to install these truss segments, conduct other station reconfiguration and installation work, deploy the solar arrays and prepare them for operation. A fourth spacewalk was added to repair loose re-entry insulation on the shuttle and get-ahead installation work on the outside of the station. The shuttle delivered NASA long-term ISS crew member Clayton Anderson to the station; and returned Suni Williams to earth. At the conclusion of this mission the station finally achieved its full-power, dual-boom configuration first conceived for Space Station Freedom in the 1980's.

• STS-117 MCC Status Report #02 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Archambault, Forrester, Kotov, Reilly, Sturckow, Swanson, Williams, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-117 ISS EO-15. The astronauts on board Space Shuttle Atlantis got their first on-orbit wakeup call this morning on their way to a Sunday afternoon rendezvous to deliver a new crewmember and a new set of solar arrays to the International Space Station.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-117 MCC Status Report #03 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Archambault, Forrester, Kotov, Reilly, Sturckow, Swanson, Williams, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-117 ISS EO-15. During its first full day in orbit, the STS-117 crew inspected Space Shuttle Atlantis' heat shield and prepared for tomorrow's docking with the International Space Station scheduled for 2:38 p.m. CDT.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-117 MCC Status Report #04 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Archambault, Forrester, Kotov, Olivas, Reilly, Sturckow, Williams, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-117 ISS EO-15. Space Shuttle Atlantis is only hours away from delivering a new set of solar array wings, and a new crew member, to the International Space Station. Docking of the shuttle to the station is targeted for 2:38 p.m. CDT.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-117 MCC Status Report #05 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Archambault, Forrester, Kotov, Olivas, Reilly, Sturckow, Williams, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-117 ISS EO-15. The crew of Space Shuttle Atlantis officially was welcomed by the International Space Station crew this afternoon at 4:20 CDT with handshakes and hugs.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-117 MCC Status Report #06 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Forrester, Kotov, Reilly, Swanson, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-117 ISS EO-15. A spacewalk to install and activate a new set of solar array wings highlights the first full day of docked operations of space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-117 MCC Status Report #07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Archambault, Forrester, Kotov, Olivas, Reilly. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15. The International Space Station grew in size and capability today when the S3/S4 Truss became a permanent addition as crewmembers worked inside and outside the complex to complete the final hookups.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-117 MCC Status Report #08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Archambault, Forrester, Kotov, Olivas, Reilly, Sturckow, Swanson, Williams, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15. The International Space Station's new solar array wings are spreading today while the 10 astronauts and cosmonauts get ready for the second spacewalk during this flight of space shuttle Atlantis.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-117 MCC Status Report #09 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Forrester, Swanson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15. The International Space Station today spread its wings again with the activation of a new pair of solar arrays that will generate enough power to supply about eight homes.. Additional Details: here....

• EVA STS-117-1 - . Crew: Olivas, Reilly. EVA Duration: 0.26 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Olivas, Reilly. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15.

  The crew connected power, data and cooling cables between the S1 and S3 trusses; deployed the four solar array blanket boxes on S4; released the photovoltaic radiator on S4; rotated the keel pin on S3; modified the Solar Alpha Rotary Joint; and removed SARJ launch locks.

• STS-117 MCC Status Report #11 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Forrester, Olivas, Swanson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15. Just a few launch restraint bolts stand between the International Space Station's new solar arrays and rotation, following a seven hour and 16 minute spacewalk by Mission Specialists Patrick Forrester and Steve Swanson.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-117 MCC Status Report #10 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Archambault, Forrester, Kotov, Olivas, Reilly, Sturckow, Swanson, Williams, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-117 ISS EO-15. A pair of spacewalking astronauts is getting ready for a 6½-hour excursion this afternoon to help retract an old solar array wing and get two new ones ready to go to work.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-117 MCC Status Report #12 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Archambault, Forrester, Olivas, Reilly, Sturckow, Swanson, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-117 ISS EO-15. Solar array retraction and spacewalk preparation are the focus of the crews on board space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station today.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-117 MCC Status Report #13 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Archambault, Olivas, Reilly, Sturckow, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15.

  The space shuttle Atlantis and International Space Station crews inside the station today partially retracted a solar array and prepared for the third spacewalk that will focus on repair of a damaged thermal blanket on the shuttle and assisting “on the scene” with additional retraction of the array. Additional Details: here....

• EVA STS-117-2 - . Crew: Forrester, Swanson. EVA Duration: 0.30 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Forrester, Swanson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15.

  The crew removed all of the launch locks on the Solar Alpha Rotary Joint in place. The spacewalkers had planned to remove the joint's launch restraints as well, but problems with the wiring of a drive-lock assembly installed on the previous spacewalk led to that task being deferred to the next EVA.

• STS-117 MCC Status Report #14 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Olivas, Reilly, Swanson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15. Astronauts on space shuttle Atlantis are only hours from the week's third spacewalk out of the International Space Station, a 6½-hour excursion to repair a thermal blanket on the orbiter and assist in folding up a solar array on the station.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-117 MCC Status Report #15 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Forrester, Kotov, Olivas, Reilly, Swanson, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15.

  The situation aboard space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station improved greatly today following repair of a protruding thermal blanket, restoring power to problematic Russian navigation computers, and completing retraction of a finicky solar array. Additional Details: here....

• STS-117 MCC Status Report #17 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Archambault, Forrester, Kotov, Olivas, Reilly, Sturckow, Swanson, Williams, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15. In a continuing improvement of the onboard Russian computer system, all six channels are now operating in the two Russian command-and-control and the guidance-and-navigation computers that stopped operating three days ago.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-117 MCC Status Report #16 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Forrester, Olivas, Swanson, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15. A new spaceflight endurance record was set this morning as 10 astronauts and cosmonauts slept on the docked space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station.. Additional Details: here....

• EVA STS-117-3 - . Crew: Olivas, Reilly. EVA Duration: 0.33 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Olivas, Reilly. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15.

  Olivas spent the first two hours stapling down loose re-entry thermal insulation on Atlantis' orbital maneuvering system pod. Reilly meanwhile installed the hydrogen vent valve of a new oxygen generation system on the Destiny laboratory. They then worked together on the wearisome task of folding an old solar array on the station in preparation for its move to another location on the station later in the year.

• STS-117 MCC Status Report #19 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Forrester, Kotov, Reilly, Swanson, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-117 ISS EO-15. Astronauts Patrick Forrester and Steve Swanson completed the fourth and final spacewalk of Atlantis' mission at 5:54 p.m. CDT, wrapping up all the tasks planned for the mission and finishing some jobs that will reduce the workload for future spacewalkers.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-117 MCC Status Report #18 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Forrester, Kotov, Reilly, Swanson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15. For the fourth time in less than a week, the astronauts on Space Shuttle Atlantis are about to venture outside their spacecraft to press ahead with assembly of the International Space Station.. Additional Details: here....

• EVA STS-117-4 - . Crew: Forrester, Swanson. EVA Duration: 0.26 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Forrester, Swanson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15.

  The crew moved a video camera from the Quest module to the S3 truss. They verified the connections on the Solar Alpha Rotary Joint and removed its launch restraints. They then removed hardware along the S3 truss, clearing it for use by the tracked Mobile Base System. They then installed a computer network cable on the Unity node; opened the hydrogen vent valve on the Destiny laboratory installed on the previous EVA; and tethered two orbital debris shield panels on the station's service module.

• STS-117 MCC Status Report #20 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Forrester. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15. The astronauts on space shuttle Atlantis got up this morning looking ahead to time off duty and awaiting word on when they'll undock from the International Space Station.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-117 MCC Status Report #21 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15. Crews aboard the space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station bid farewell to one another and closed the hatches between their spacecraft at 5:51 p.m. today in preparation for the shuttle's departure Tuesday morning at 9:42 a.m.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-117 MCC Status Report #22 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Archambault, Forrester, Kotov, Reilly, Swanson, Williams, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-117 ISS EO-15. The astronauts on space shuttle Atlantis woke up this morning with the hatch to the International Space Station closed and only hours left before undocking for the two-day trip back to Earth.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-117 MCC Status Report #23 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Archambault, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-117 ISS EO-15. Space shuttle Atlantis wrapped up an eight-day visit to the International Space Station, undocking at 9:42 a.m. today.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-117 MCC Status Report #24 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Archambault, Kotov, Reilly, Sturckow, Swanson, Williams, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-117 ISS EO-15. Seven astronauts on space shuttle Atlantis are preparing themselves and their orbiter for a planned Thursday landing to wrap up the year's first International Space Station assembly mission.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-117 MCC Status Report #25 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Archambault, Olivas, Sturckow, Swanson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15. Space shuttle Atlantis' astronauts spent – weather permitting – their last full day on orbit today getting their ship ready to return home tomorrow with two landing opportunities available at Florida's Kennedy Space Center at 12:55 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-117 MCC Status Report #27 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Archambault, Sturckow, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15. Poor weather prevented Atlantis' astronauts from landing today at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-117 MCC Status Report #28 - . Nation: USA. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15. The exact times of Friday landing opportunities for the Space Shuttle Atlantis and its crew changed slightly following a brief engine firing that adjusted the spacecraft's orbit.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-117 MCC Status Report #26 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Sturckow, Williams, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15. The astronauts on space shuttle Atlantis are just hours away from an anticipated landing in Florida to conclude a nearly 13-day mission to deliver new electrical generation capacity for expansion of the International Space Station.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-117 MCC Status Report #29 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Sturckow, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15. The astronauts on space shuttle Atlantis are getting ready for a second day of landing attempts with a chance to conclude the mission, in Florida or California.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-117 MCC Status Report #30 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Archambault, Forrester, Reilly, Sturckow, Swanson, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117, STS-117 ISS EO-15. Space shuttle Atlantis returned home safely to the Mojave Desert following a 14-day, 5.8-million-mile mission to the International Space Station.. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report #07-32 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Kotov, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15.

  After the departure of the space shuttle Atlantis, Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov returned to their daily operations aboard the International Space Station this week, while newly arrived Flight Engineer Clay Anderson began conducting scientific experiments. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report #07-33 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Kotov, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15.

  Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Clay Anderson this week finished preparing their spacesuits for a planned July 23 spacewalk. Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov also continued evaluating the computers on the Russian segment of the International Space Station. Additional Details: here....

• ISS EO-15: Station Crew Winds Up Ammonia Reservoir Jettison Spacewalk - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Kotov, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15. Two International Space Station crew members Monday successfully wrapped up a 7-hour, 41-minute spacewalk that saw the removal and jettison of a refrigerator-size ammonia reservoir.. Additional Details: here....

• EVA ISS EO-15-3 - . Crew: Anderson, Clayton, Yurchikhin. EVA Duration: 0.32 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15.

  The crew emerged from the Quest airlock at 10:24 GMT. A video stanchion was removed from the ESP-2 external spares cache and installed on an external truss of the station. 736 kg of redundant storage structures and equipment were removed and pushed by the astronauts away from the station, into orbits that would eventually decay and reenter the atmosphere.

• Progress M-61 - . Payload: Progress M s/n 361. Mass: 7,200 kg (15,800 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: RAKA. Manufacturer: Korolev bureau. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned logistics spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Progress M. Duration: 173.00 days. Decay Date: 2008-01-22 . USAF Sat Cat: 32001 . COSPAR: 2007-033A. Apogee: 346 km (214 mi). Perigee: 334 km (207 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.30 min.

  International space station resupply; docked with the Pirs module at 18:40 GMT on 5 August. Undocked at 03:59 GMT on 22 December to clear port for Progress M-62 launched the next day. Deorbited over the Pacific on 22 January 2008 after a month of free flight carrying out the Plazma-Progress experiment.

• ISS EO-15: Progress Docks to Space Station - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kotov, Yurchikhin. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15. A new Progress cargo carrier docked to the International Space Station's Pirs docking compartment at 2:40 p.m. EDT Sunday with more than 2.5 tons of fuel, air, water and other supplies and equipment aboard.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-118 - . Call Sign: Endeavour. Crew: Caldwell, Drew, Hobaugh, Kelly, Scott, Mastracchio, Morgan, Williams, Dave. Payload: Endeavour F20 / S5, Spacehab. Mass: 121,823 kg (268,573 lb). Nation: USA. Related Persons: Caldwell, Drew, Hobaugh, Kelly, Scott, Mastracchio, Morgan, Williams, Dave. Agency: NASA. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-118. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Endeavour. Duration: 12.75 days. Decay Date: 2007-08-21 . USAF Sat Cat: 32008 . COSPAR: 2007-035A. Apogee: 348 km (216 mi). Perigee: 337 km (209 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.40 min.

  Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched on Aug 8 at 2236 UTC. The STS-118 stack comprised Orbiter OV-105, solid rockets RSRM-97 and external tank ET-117. The solid boosters separated 2 min after launch. At 2245 UTC the orbiter main engines cut off and ET-117 separated into an approximately 57 x 225 km x 51.6 deg orbit. The OMS-2 burn at 2313 UTC put Endeavour in a higher 229 x 317 km orbit as the ET fell back to reentry around 2346 UTC.

  During ascent a large chunk of external tank foam was observed to hit the underside of the orbiter. Examination in orbit using the robotic arm showed a hole in a heat shield tile that went down to the felt mounting pad. There was considerable press discussion of the danger, but as the mission drew to a close NASA decided that no lasting damage would be incurred during reentry to the orbiter structure, and called off a potential extra spacewalk to repair the tile.

  Endeavour docked at the PMA-2 adapter on the Station at 18:02 GMT on 10 August; the hatches were opened at 20:04.

  The 14036 kg of cargo broke down as follows:

  • Bay 1-2: Orbiter Docking System, 1800 kg
  • Bay 1-2: EMU 3010, 130 kg
  • Bay 1-2: EMU 3017, 130 kg
  • Bay 3: Tunnel Adapter, 112 kg
  • Bay 5-7: Spacehab-SM Single Module, 5480 kg: Loaded with research experimental equipment and consumables to be left at the station.
  • Bay 8P: SPDU: Station Power Distribution Unit, will be left at the ISS and allow the Orbiter to draw electricity from the station while docked, allowing longer missions
  • Bay 8-10: S5 Truss, 1584 kg: a short spacer truss installed at the end of the ISS S4 truss during the mission, to eliminate interference with the S6 solar panels when they would be added later
  • Bay 11-12: ESP-3, 3400 kg: External Stowage Platform 3, left at the ISS, provided external storage for spare parts, and was delivered with a spare nitrogen tank for the truss cooling system, a spare truss battery charge/discharge unit (BCDU), a spare Canadarm-2 robot arm pitch roll joint, and a replacement Control Moment Gyro for the Z1 truss
  • Bay 11-12: CMG-3R ORU, 540 kg
  • Sill: OBSS, 450 kg
  • Sill: RMS 201, 410 kg
  The shuttle's RMS 201 robotic arm moved the S5 truss from the payload bay at 20:50 on 10 August. It was handed over to the station's Canadarm-2 robotic arm, which then attached it to the S4 truss at 17:30 on 11 August, with astronauts assisting on the first of four spacewalks of the mission. On 14 August, ESP-3 was unberthed from Endeavour's payload bay and attached to the P3 truss on the Station, where its spare parts can be reached if needed.

  Following successful completion of all cargo delivery and station assembly tasks, the crew returned to Endeavour on 18 August, undocking the next day at 11:56 GMT. Landing was moved up a day ahead of schedule because of concern a hurricane might force evacuation of the Houston Control Center on the originally-planned return date. Endeavour began its deorbit burn at 15:25 GMT on August 21 and lowered its orbit from 336 x 347 km to -28 x 342 km. It landed on runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center at 16:32 GMT. Landing mass was 100,878 kg.

• EVA STS-118-1 - . Crew: Mastracchio, Williams, Dave. EVA Duration: 0.26 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Mastracchio, Williams, Dave. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-118. The crew opened the hatch at 16:28 GMT. They assisted the station's robotic arm in attaching the S5 truss to the station and then the retraction of the P6 thermal radiator..

• EVA STS-118-2 - . Crew: Mastracchio, Williams, Dave. EVA Duration: 0.27 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Mastracchio, Williams, Dave. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-118. The hatch was opened at 15:29 GMT. The crew replaced the faulty CMG-3 gyroscope on the Z1 truss and replaced it with a new CMG from the ESP-3 platform in shuttle payload bay..

• EVA STS-118-3 - . Crew: Anderson, Clayton, Mastracchio. EVA Duration: 0.23 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Mastracchio. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-118.

  The crew exited into free space at 14:36 GMT. The SASA antenna was relocated from the P6 to the P1 truss, and two CETA carts were moved from S1 to P1. As a precautionary measure Mastracchio retreated to the airlock when he found minor damage to his glove, but Anderson continued working outside for another hour.

• EVA STS-118-4 - . Crew: Anderson, Clayton, Williams, Dave. EVA Duration: 0.21 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Williams, Dave. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-118. The astronauts began work outside at 13:16 GMT. They removed two external exposure experiments for return to earth, installed a communications antenna on the Destiny module, and mounting brackets for the Orbiter Boom Sensor Syste) on the S1 truss..

• ISS EO-15: PMA-3 Relocation - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Kotov, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15. International Space Station crew members moved Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 from the left side of the Unity node to the bottom in process that prepares the station for future growth.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS EO-15: ISS 'Mates' SWAB Deck - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15. There is no five second rule on the space station! Cleanliness is not just the dirt one can see. It's also a matter of bacteria and parasites. That's why -- even though there is no floor -- there is no five second rule on the space station.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS EO-15: Station Crew Moves Soyuz - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Kotov, Malenchenko, Muszaphar, Whitson, Yurchikhin. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15. International Space Station crew members docked their Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft to the aft port of the Zvezda service module at 3:47 p.m. EDT Thursday, completing a move of 80 feet.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS EO-15: Space Station Crew Back on Earth - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Kotov, Malenchenko, Muszaphar, Tani, Whitson, Yurchikhin. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, Soyuz TMA-12 ISS EP-14, STS-117 ISS EO-15. Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov, the 15th crew of the International Space Station, landed safely in their Soyuz spacecraft at 6:36 a.m. EDT Sunday in the steppes of Kazakhstan.. Additional Details: here....

• Landing of Soyuz TMA-10 - . Return Crew: Kotov, Muszaphar, Yurchikhin. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Kotov, Muszaphar, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, Soyuz TMA-11 ISS EP-13.

• STS-120 MCC Status Report #02 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Melroy, Nespoli, Parazynski, Tani, Wheelock, Wilson, Zamka. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. The Space Shuttle Discovery is headed to the International Space Station, carrying the Harmony module, destined to become the first expansion of the orbiting complex's living and working space since 2001.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-120 MCC Status Report #01 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Melroy, Nespoli, Parazynski, Tani, Wheelock, Whitson, Wilson, Zamka. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120.

  The Space Shuttle Discovery raced into space this morning with an on-time launch at 10:38 CDT. Onboard are seven crewmembers led by veteran astronaut Pam Melroy. Discovery's crew will join the International Space Station's Expedition 16 crew Thursday morning. Additional Details: here....

• STS-120 - . Call Sign: Discovery. Crew: Melroy, Nespoli, Parazynski, Tani, Wheelock, Wilson, Zamka. Return Crew: Anderson, Clayton, Melroy, Nespoli, Parazynski, Wheelock, Wilson, Zamka. Payload: Discovery F33 / Harmony / ISS-10A. Mass: 123,400 kg (272,000 lb). Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Melroy, Nespoli, Parazynski, Tani, Wheelock, Wilson, Zamka. Agency: NASA. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, Soyuz TMA-11, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120, STS-120 ISS EO-16. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Discovery. Duration: 15.10 days. Decay Date: 2007-11-07 . USAF Sat Cat: 32272 . COSPAR: 2007-050A. Apogee: 344 km (213 mi). Perigee: 340 km (210 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.40 min.

  Main mission objectives were delivery of the Harmony module to the station, and external work to move the P6 truss to its final location and put the ISS into its full-power configuration for the first time. Discovery docked with the ISS at the Destiny module at 12:40 GMT on 25 October. The cargo of 17,390 kg was as follows:

  • Orbiter Docking System - Bay 1-2 - 1800 kg
  • Spacesuit EMU 3004 - 130 kg
  • Spacesuit EMU 3003 - 130 kg
  • Station Power Distribution Unit SPDU - Bay 3P - 100 kg
  • Fixture for return of S-band Antenna - SASA FSE - Bay 3P - 4S - 100 kg
  • Power/Data Grapple Fixture for Node-2 - PDGF - Bay 5P - 50 kg
  • Main Bus Switching Unit - MBSU - Bay 6S - 238 kg
  • MBSU adapter - Bay 6S - 122 kg
  • Station Power Distribution Unit - SPDU - Bay 6S - 7P - 100 kg
  • Node-2 Harmony module - Bays 8-12 - 14,300 kg
  • OBSS 203 - Sill 450 kg
  • RMS 301 - Sill 410 kg

• STS-120 MCC Status Report #03 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Malenchenko, Melroy, Nespoli, Parazynski, Tani, Wheelock, Whitson, Wilson, Zamka. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. The astronauts on board Space Shuttle Discovery have begun their first full day in space on a two-week mission to set the stage for delivery of new laboratory modules from two more of the International Space Station's partner agencies.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-120 MCC Status Report #04 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Malenchenko, Melroy, Nespoli, Parazynski, Tani, Wheelock, Whitson, Wilson, Zamka. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. The seven-member crew of STS-120 on board Space Shuttle Discovery is ready for tomorrow's rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station, planned for 7:33 a.m. CDT.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-120 MCC Status Report #5 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Malenchenko, Melroy, Parazynski, Tani, Wheelock. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. A new crew member and a new module are only hours away from arriving at the International Space Station. Space Shuttle Discovery is due to dock to the station at 7:33 a.m. CDT to begin 10 days of docked operations.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-120 MCC Status Report #6 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Malenchenko, Melroy, Parazynski, Tani, Wheelock, Whitson, Wilson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. Two female commanders made space history today as they greeted one another with smiles and hugs in the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory after a flawless rendezvous and docking.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-120 MCC Status Report #7 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Parazynski, Wheelock. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-120. Delivery of Harmony highlights the day as the crews of Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station prepare for the first of a record five spacewalks planned for a single shuttle assembly mission.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-120 MCC Status Report #8 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Nespoli, Parazynski, Tani, Wheelock, Whitson, Wilson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120.

  It proved to be a perfect day for a spacewalk. In just over six hours, STS-120 Mission Specialists Scott Parazynski and Doug Wheelock installed the Harmony module in its temporary location on the International Space Station, readied the P6 truss for its relocation on Sunday, retrieved a failed radio communications antenna and snapped shut a window cover on Harmony that opened during launch on the space shuttle. Additional Details: here....

• STS-120 MCC Status Report #10 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Melroy, Nespoli, Parazynski, Tani, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. Astronauts at the International Space Station now have a little more room to float around in – 2,666 cubic feet more, to be exact.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-120 MCC Status Report #09 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Malenchenko, Melroy, Nespoli, Parazynski, Tani, Wheelock, Whitson, Wilson, Zamka. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. Today is the grand opening of the International Space Station's newest module, a connecting node that will host new laboratory complexes from around the world.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-120 MCC Status Report #11 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Parazynski, Tani, Wheelock, Wilson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. The second of a record five spacewalks on one space shuttle visit to the International Space Station begins this morning, and it will end with a major station element en route to a new location.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-120 MCC Status Report #12 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Melroy, Parazynski, Tani, Wheelock, Wilson, Zamka. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. Astronauts Scott Parazynski and Dan Tani successfully completed all major tasks during STS-120's second spacewalk, the 17th this year and the 94th dedicated to the International Space Station's assembly and maintenance.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-120 MCC Status Report #13 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Malenchenko, Melroy, Nespoli, Parazynski, Tani, Wheelock, Whitson, Wilson, Zamka. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. With two successful spacewalks completed in three days, the crews on Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station have some time to relax today while also completing a big handoff and getting prepared for another EVA on Tuesday.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-120 MCC Status Report #14 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Parazynski, Wheelock. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. As crew members aboard the International Space Station and space shuttle Discovery prepared for the third spacewalk, they learned that the shuttle will spend an extra day in space, with landing now scheduled for just after 4 a.m. Nov. 7.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 10/30/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Malenchenko, Parazynski, Tani, Wheelock, Whitson. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. Day 145 for Clayton Anderson. Flight Day 8 for STS-120/10A; Day 6 of Joint Ops.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-120 MCC Status Report #15 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Parazynski, Tani, Wheelock, Wilson, Zamka. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120.

  Astronauts Scott Parazynski and Doug Wheelock today install the International Space Station's P6 truss in its final location. A new task was also added to this third spacewalk of the mission to provide comparison data of the station's two solar array rotary joints. The spacewalk is set to begin at 3:53 a.m. CDT. Additional Details: here....

• STS-120 MCC Status Report #16 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Parazynski, Wheelock. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. The crew of space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station executed a flawless spacewalk today, but ran into some unexpected issues afterward.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 10/31/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Malenchenko, Nespoli, Tani, Whitson. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. Day 146 for Clayton Anderson. Flight Day 9 for STS-120/10A; Day 7 of Joint Ops.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-120 MCC Status Report #17 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Nespoli. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. Crew members on space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station will spend today preparing for a spacewalk designed to learn more about the joint that rotates the starboard side solar arrays.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-120 MCC Status Report #18 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Parazynski, Wheelock. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. Space shuttle Discovery astronauts will have an extra day to prepare for their mission's fourth spacewalk, as the International Space Station Program has changed its priority from inspection of a rotary joint to repair of a solar array.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-120 MCC Status Report #20 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Parazynski, Tani, Wheelock, Wilson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. The space shuttle Discovery and International Space Station crews spent the day putting together tools and making preparations for Saturday's spacewalk to repair a torn solar array.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-120 MCC Status Report #19 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Parazynski, Wheelock. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. Space Shuttle Discovery's astronauts today will assemble and configure tools to repair a torn solar array blanket on the International Space Station's port truss during the mission's fourth spacewalk, now scheduled for Saturday.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 11/01/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Malenchenko, Parazynski, Tani, Wheelock, Whitson. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. Day 147 for Clayton Anderson. Flight Day 10 for STS-120/10A; Day 8 of Joint Ops.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-120 MCC Status Report #21 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Parazynski, Tani, Wheelock, Whitson, Wilson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. The space shuttle Discovery and International Space Station crews today will focus on reviewing spacewalk procedures and unberthing the shuttle's Orbiter Boom Sensor System for Saturday's spacewalk to repair a torn solar array.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-120 MCC Status Report #22 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Parazynski, Wheelock. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. Space shuttle Discovery and International Space Station crew members today finished preparations for Saturday's spacewalk to repair a torn solar array. The mission's fourth spacewalk is set to begin about 5:30 a.m.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 11/02/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Malenchenko, Parazynski, Wheelock, Whitson. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. Day 148 for Clayton Anderson. Flight Day 11 for STS-120/10A; Day 9 of Joint Ops.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-120 MCC Status Report #23 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Parazynski, Wheelock. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. Mission Specialists Scott Parazynski and Doug Wheelock today will work to repair a torn solar array on the farthest end of the International Space Station's port truss in the fourth spacewalk of the STS-120 mission.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-120 MCC Status Report #24 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Parazynski, Wheelock. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. With a few pieces of aluminum and a little bit of wire, Mission Specialist Scott Parazynski today repaired a damaged solar array during a spacewalk that lasted 7 hours, 19 minutes.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 11/03/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Malenchenko, Parazynski, Tani, Wheelock, Whitson, Wilson, Zamka. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. Day 149 for Clayton Anderson. Flight Day 12 for STS-120/10A; Day 10 of Joint Ops.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 11/04/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Malenchenko, Parazynski, Tani, Wheelock, Whitson. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. Day 150 for Clayton Anderson. Flight Day 13 for STS-120/10A; Day 11 of Joint Ops. Sunday - Farewell Day.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-120 MCC Status Report #26 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Malenchenko, Melroy, Nespoli, Parazynski, Tani, Wheelock, Whitson, Wilson, Zamka. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. Spacefarers aboard Discovery and the International Space Station congratulated one another on a successful docked mission, shared hugs and farewells and closed the hatches 210 miles above the Pacific Northwest at 2:03 p.m. CST.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-120 MCC Status Report #25 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Parazynski, Tani, Wheelock, Wilson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. The astronauts on space shuttle Discovery got up this morning prepared to complete the final cargo transfers between the two vehicles and bid farewell to the Expedition 16 crew.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 11/05/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Malenchenko, Tani, Whitson. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. Flight Day 14 for STS-120/10A. Underway: Week 3 of Increment 16. STS-120/Discovery and ISS are flying in separate orbits again.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-120 MCC Status Report #27 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Melroy, Nespoli, Parazynski, Wilson, Zamka. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120.

  All systems are go for this morning's undocking of space shuttle Discovery from the International Space Station, completing 11 days of joint docked operations that saw the successful delivery of a new pressurized module and the repair of a damaged solar array wing. Additional Details: here....

• STS-120 MCC Status Report #28 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Zamka. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120.

  Space shuttle Discovery's crew left the International Space Station this morning after almost 11 days of joint operations with the Expedition 16 crew. After inspecting the orbiter's heat shield for any micrometeoroid damage, the astronauts turned their attention to returning home on Wednesday. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 11/06/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Malenchenko, Tani, Whitson. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. Crew rest day.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-120 MCC Status Report #29 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Malenchenko, Melroy, Parazynski, Wheelock, Whitson, Wilson, Zamka. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. Landing preparations are the order of the day for the seven astronauts on space shuttle Discovery, who are planning to conclude a two-week mission with a Wednesday landing at the Kennedy Space Center.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-120 MCC Status Report #30 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Malenchenko, Tani, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. The seven astronauts on board space shuttle Discovery completed final preparations today for their return home with landing planned for the first of two opportunities to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, at 12:02 p.m. Wednesday.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 11/07/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Malenchenko, Tani, Whitson. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. After 12d 17h 57min in space,STS-120/Discovery today returned to Earth, touching down at KSC on the first landing opportunity at 1:02pm EDT, after 238 orbits, 6,250,000 st. mi.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-120 MCC Status Report #32 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Malenchenko, Melroy, Nespoli, Parazynski, Tani, Wheelock, Whitson, Wilson, Zamka. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. After 6.25 million miles and 15 days, space shuttle Discovery landed safely in Florida completing its 34th mission and circling the Earth 238 times.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-120 MCC Status Report #31 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Malenchenko, Melroy, Tani, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. The astronauts on space shuttle Discovery are only hours away from a landing in Florida that will conclude a successful 15-day mission that delivered a new module and repaired a damaged solar array on the International Space Station.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 11/08/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Malenchenko, Tani, Whitson. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. In preparation for tomorrow's EVA-5, CDR Whitson and FE-1 Malenchenko, before breakfast, took the standard pre-EVA session with the Russian crew health-monitoring program's medical assessment MO-9/Biochemical Urinalysis.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS EO-16: Station Spacewalk Prepares for PMA, Harmony Moves - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Malenchenko, Tani, Whitson. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. A successful 6-hour, 55-minute spacewalk to prepare for the relocation of Pressurized Mating Adapter 2 and the subsequent move of the new Harmony node to its permanent International Space Station home ended at 10:49 a.m. EST Friday.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 11/09/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Malenchenko, Tani, Whitson. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. EVA-5 was completed fully successfully in 6 hrs 55 min, accomplishing all objectives.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 11/10/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Malenchenko, Tani, Whitson. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. Crew off duty.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 11/11/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Malenchenko, Tani, Whitson. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. Sunday - Crew off duty.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS EO-16: PMA-2 Move Readies Station for Harmony Relocation - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Tani, Whitson. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. International Space Station crew members moved Pressurized Mating Adapter-2 from the front of the U.S. laboratory Destiny to the Harmony node early Monday, clearing the way for Harmony's relocation to its permanent home.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 11/12/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kotov, Malenchenko, Tani, Whitson. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. Underway: Week 4 of Increment 16.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 11/13/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Malenchenko, Tani, Whitson. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. Station sleep cycle: 1:00am - 4:30pm EST.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS EO-16: Harmony Moved to Front of Space Station - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Tani, Whitson. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. The new Harmony node of the International Space Station is now in position to receive the European and Japanese modules to be added to the International Space Station.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 11/14/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Malenchenko, Tani, Whitson. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. ...and I'm sooo happy it was all nominal!" (CDR Whitson, early this morning).. Additional Details: here....

• ISS EO-16: Spacewalkers to Hook Up Harmony at its New Location - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Malenchenko, Tani, Whitson. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. A 6-hour, 40-minute spacewalk by International Space Station Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Dan Tani will begin the external outfitting of the Harmony node in its new position in front of the U.S laboratory Destiny.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 11/30/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kotov, Malenchenko, Tani, Whitson, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-122, STS-123. As is standard for new Expeditions, the two Flight Engineers, Malenchenko and Tani, performed the periodic 3-hr. routine health checkout on the RS (Russian segment)'s STTS telephone/telegraph subsystem.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 12/01/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kotov, Love, Malenchenko, Tani, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-122. Saturday. FE-1 Malenchenko continued preparations for operating the Russian/German TEKh-20 Plasma Crystal-3 Plus (PK-3+) experiment payload.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 12/04/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Drew, Kotov, Malenchenko, Tani, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122. FE-1 Malenchenko supported the Russian TEKh-20 Plazmennyi-Kristall/PK-3+ (Plasma Crystal-3+) experiment on its fifth day.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 12/14/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Love, Malenchenko, Tani, Whitson, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, Soyuz TMA-11. The CDR and FE-2 conducted a one-hour review of an uplinked procedures briefing package for the US EVA-13 next week (12/18), covering topics like egress plan, timeline ordering of tasks, translation/fairleads/tether plan, hazards, and ingress plan.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 02/06/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kotov, Love, Malenchenko, Tani, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122. Progress M-63/28P is continuing its 3-day flight to the ISS for docking tomorrow morning (2/7) at ~9:38am EST at the DC1 nadir port.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 04/15/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Kotov, Love, Malenchenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey, Whitson, Yi Soyeon. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, Soyuz TMA-11, Soyuz TMA-12, Soyuz TMA-12 ISS EP-14, STS-122, STS-123 ISS EO-16. Day 6 of joint E16/E17 operations by CDR-16 Peggy Whitson, FE-1-16 Yuri Malenchenko, FE-2-17 Garrett Reisman, CDR-17 Sergei Volkov, FE-1-17 Oleg Kononenko and SFP/VC14 So-Yeon Yi.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 04/23/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10.

  Before breakfast, CDR Volkov, FE-1 Kononenko and FE-2 Reisman began their workday with the periodic session of the Russian biomedical routine assessments PZEh-MO-7/Calf Volume Measurement and PZEh-MO-8/Body Mass Measurement (first for CDR and FE-1, second for FE-2), using the IM mass measurement device which Oleg Kononenko afterwards broke down for stowage. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 05/14/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Kotov, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-123 ISS EO-16.

  For the US Sleep study, currently on his voluntary 'job jar' task list, FE-2 Garrett Reisman downloaded the SLEEP (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy and Light Exposure during Spaceflight) experiment data after wakeup and before breakfast from his Actiwatch to the HRF-1 (Human Research Facility 1) laptop. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 05/28/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Kotov, Malenchenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, Soyuz TMA-11, Soyuz TMA-12, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124.

  For the long-term Russian sleep study, FE-1 Oleg Kononenko terminated his third MBI-12 SONOKARD experiment session upon wake-up by taking the recording device from his SONOKARD sports shirt pocket and later copying the measurements to the RSE-MED laptop for subsequent downlink to the ground. Additional Details: here....

• STS-124 MCC Status Report #01 - . Nation: USA. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120. Space shuttle Discovery initiated delivery of a Japanese laboratory to the International Space Station this afternoon, lifting off at 4:02 p.m. CDT from Kennedy Space Center, Fla.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 06/04/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Fossum, Garan, Ham, Hoshide, Kelly, Mark, Kononenko, Kotov, Nyberg, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-124. Flight Day 5 (FD5) of STS-124/1J.. Additional Details: here....