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Soyuz TMA-9

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AKA: ISS EO-14;Vostok. Launched: 2006-09-18. Returned: 2007-04-21. Number crew: 2 . Duration: 215.35 days.

The flight program consisted of a six-month program from September 18, 2006 to March 19, 2006 with the following activities:

• Launch of the two EO-14 crew and one EP-11 space tourist (Ansari) aboard Soyuz TMA-9 (ISS flight 13S)
• Docking of Soyuz TMA-9 to the Zvezda port of the ISS
• Support of loading and preparation of Soyuz TMA-8 for departure from the ISS. Support of undocking and departure of Soyuz TMA-8, with the EO-13 crew and Ansari aboard, from the Zarya port of the ISS. ESA Astrolab crewmember Reiter will stay aboard the ISS, forming part of the EO-14 crew.
• Relocation of Soyuz TMA-9 vehicle from Zarya to the Zvezda port
• Operational support for docking of the Space Shuttle STS-116 in ISS Flight 12A.1. Support in the space station assembly tasks of the STS-116 crew, including assembly of the ISS third port truss segment (ITS P5); transfer of cargo from the Spacehab single cargo module and the Integrated Cargo Carrier (ICC). Loading of the shuttle with return payload. Reiter was to return to earth aboard STS-116 and NASA astronaut Williams, flown on STS-116, would stay aboard the station as part of the EO-14 crew.
• Operational support for docking of Progress M-58 to the Zarya port and its unloading;
• Operational support for docking of the Space Shuttle STS-117 in ISS Flight 13A. Support for STS-117 station assembly operations including attachment of the second starboard truss segment (ITS S3/S4) with the Photovoltaic Radiator (PVR); and a third set of solar arrays and batteries.
• Loading and undocking of Progress M-57 from the Pirs port of the space station
• Operational support for docking of Progress M-59 to the Pirs port and its unloading;
• Loading and undocking of Progress M-59 from the Pirs port
• Operational support for docking of Progress M-60 to the Pirs port and its unloading
• Loading and undocking of Progress M-58 from the Zarya port
• Repair and maintenance tasks to keep the station operating
• Performance of five spacewalks: three US egresses (EVA) on the ISS USOS and two Russian egresses (EVA) on the ISS RS
• Performance of the following science and application research programs and experiments: SVS, Crystallizator, Relaksatsia, Uragan, Vsplesk, Ekon, Plasma-ISS, Cardio-ODNT, Profilaktika, Pulse, Pilot, Pnevmocard, Biorisk, Akvarium, Rastenia-2, Statokonia, Regeneration, Prognos, Matroshka-R, Diatomeya, Glikoproteid, Mimetik-K, KAF, Vaktsina-K, Biotrek, Konjugatsia, Biodegradatsia, Bioecologia, Bioemulsiya, Interleikin-K, Antigen, Vector-T, Izgib, Plasma Crystal, Identifikatsiya, Sreda, BTN-Neutron), as well as contract-based commercial activities (GTS, GCF-JAXA, Rokviss, Golf);
• Crew handover to long-duration crew EO-15
• Return to earth of the EO-14 two crewmembers and space tourist EP-12 aboard the Soyuz TMA-9 transport manned vehicle.

• International Space Station Status Report: SS06-035 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Reiter, Vinogradov, Williams, Jeffrey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-8, Soyuz TMA-9, STS-121, STS-121 Astrolab. The International Space Station's Expedition 13 crew members are a week away from their first U.S. spacewalk.. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report: SS06-039 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Reiter, Vinogradov, Williams, Jeffrey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-8, Soyuz TMA-9, STS-115, STS-121, STS-121 Astrolab. With the countdown clock ticking toward the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-115 mission, the International Space Station crew continues to prepare for visitors.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-115 - . Call Sign: Atlantis. Crew: Burbank, Ferguson, Jett, MacLean, Stefanyshyn-Piper, Tanner. Payload: Atlantis F27 / P3, P4. Mass: 122,400 kg (269,800 lb). Nation: USA. Related Persons: Burbank, Ferguson, Jett, MacLean, Stefanyshyn-Piper, Tanner. Agency: NASA. Manufacturer: Boeing. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Flight: Soyuz TMA-8, Soyuz TMA-9, STS-115. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Atlantis. Duration: 11.80 days. Decay Date: 2006-09-21 . USAF Sat Cat: 29391 . COSPAR: 2006-036A. Apogee: 350 km (210 mi). Perigee: 335 km (208 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.40 min.

  Atlantis docked with the International Space Station at the PMA-2 port at 10:48 GMT on 11 September. At the Shuttle RMS robot arm connected to the enormous P3/P4 truss in the payload pay and handed it off to the Station's robot arm between 14:52 and 15:03 GMT the same day. The station arm then connected to the P3/P4 truss to the station's P1 truss at 07:27 on 12 September. Three EVA's were made by the shuttle crew over the next three days to complete installation of the truss and deply its solar panels. The Shuttle undocked from the station at 12:50 GMT on 20 September. There was a one-day delay in landing due to weather at the Cape and some concern about several small objects seen floating near the spacecraft. These were believed to be plastic shims that had worked loose from between the tiles and were not a concern. Atlantis landed at Kennedy Space Center at 10:21 GMT on 21 September.

• STS-115 MCC Status Report #08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Burbank, Ferguson, Jett, Lopez-Alegria, MacLean, Reiter, Stefanyshyn-Piper, Tanner, Tyurin, Vinogradov, Williams, Jeffrey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-8, Soyuz TMA-9, STS-115, STS-121 Astrolab. The Atlantis and Expedition 13 crews are getting ready for the second spacewalk of the STS-115 mission to the International Space Station.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-115 MCC Status Report #16 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Ansari, Burbank, Ferguson, Jett, Lopez-Alegria, MacLean, Reiter, Stefanyshyn-Piper, Tanner, Tyurin, Vinogradov, Williams, Jeffrey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-8, Soyuz TMA-9, STS-115, STS-121 Astrolab. It's undocking day. The Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to begin moving away from the International Space Station at 7:50 a.m. CDT.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-115 MCC Status Report #17 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Ansari, Burbank, Ferguson, Jett, Lopez-Alegria, MacLean, Reiter, Stefanyshyn-Piper, Tanner, Tyurin, Vinogradov, Williams, Jeffrey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-8, Soyuz TMA-9, STS-115, STS-121 Astrolab. The Space Shuttle Atlantis left a space station today markedly different than the one to which it docked less than a week ago.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-115 MCC Status Report #18 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Ansari, Burbank, Ferguson, Jett, Lopez-Alegria, MacLean, Reiter, Stefanyshyn-Piper, Tanner, Tyurin, Vinogradov, Williams, Jeffrey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-8, Soyuz TMA-9, STS-115, STS-121 Astrolab.

  The International Space Station is a busy place these days. Sunday saw the departure of the space shuttle visitors who had been working from the orbiting complex the past six days with a 7:50 a.m. CDT undocking of Atlantis. Hours later, three more explorers launched toward the station in a Soyuz spacecraft. Additional Details: here....

• STS-115 MCC Status Report #19 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Ansari, Burbank, Ferguson, Jett, Lopez-Alegria, MacLean, Reiter, Stefanyshyn-Piper, Tanner, Tyurin, Vinogradov, Williams, Jeffrey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-8, Soyuz TMA-9, STS-115, STS-121 Astrolab. The crew of the International Space Station worked through an emergency procedure this morning after an oxygen generation unit apparently overheated.. Additional Details: here....

• Soyuz TMA-9 - . Call Sign: Vostok. Crew: Ansari, Lopez-Alegria, Tyurin. Return Crew: Lopez-Alegria, Simonyi, Tyurin. Payload: Soyuz TMA s/n 219. Mass: 7,250 kg (15,980 lb). Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Ansari, Lopez-Alegria, Simonyi, Tyurin. Agency: RAKA. Manufacturer: Korolev bureau. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TMA-8, Soyuz TMA-9. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA. Duration: 215.35 days. Decay Date: 2007-04-21 . USAF Sat Cat: 29400 . COSPAR: 2006-040A. Apogee: 348 km (216 mi). Perigee: 330 km (200 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.30 min.

  Carried the Expedition 14 crew and space tourist Anousheh Ansari to the International Space Station. Ansari replaced tourist Daisuke Enomoto, who was removed from flight status by the Russians just 28 days before the flight. Docked at the Zvezda port of the station at 05:21 GMT on September 20. On 21 April 2007, Lopez-Alegria, Tyurin and space tourist Charles Simonyi (who was taken to the station aboard Soyuz TMA-10) boarded Soyuz TMA-9, separated from the ISS, conducted retrofire, and landed in Kazakhstan at 12:31 GMT.

• STS-115 MCC Status Report #20 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Ansari, Burbank, Ferguson, Jett, Lopez-Alegria, MacLean, Reiter, Stefanyshyn-Piper, Tanner, Tyurin, Vinogradov, Williams, Jeffrey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-8, Soyuz TMA-9, STS-115, STS-121 Astrolab. A space-age conference call linked three orbiting crews early Tuesday.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-115 MCC Status Report #21 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Ansari, Burbank, Ferguson, Jett, Lopez-Alegria, MacLean, Reiter, Stefanyshyn-Piper, Tanner, Tyurin, Vinogradov, Williams, Jeffrey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-8, Soyuz TMA-9, STS-115, STS-121 Astrolab. Space Shuttle managers today decided to extend Atlantis' stay in space to allow for additional inspections of the spacecraft to be performed.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-115 MCC Status Report #23 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Ansari, Lopez-Alegria, Reiter, Tyurin, Vinogradov, Williams, Jeffrey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-8, Soyuz TMA-9, STS-115, STS-121 Astrolab. Managers today cleared the Space Shuttle Atlantis for a return to Earth on Thursday following a day of inspections of the spacecraft's exterior.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-115 MCC Status Report #22 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Ansari, Burbank, Ferguson, Jett, Lopez-Alegria, MacLean, Reiter, Stefanyshyn-Piper, Tanner, Tyurin, Vinogradov, Williams, Jeffrey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-8, Soyuz TMA-9, STS-115, STS-121 Astrolab. The Space Shuttle Atlantis crew began another survey of the spacecraft's heat shield late Tuesday after mission managers decided the orbiter would spend another day in space.. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report: SS06-041 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Ansari, Lopez-Alegria, Reiter, Tyurin, Vinogradov, Williams, Jeffrey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-8, Soyuz TMA-9, STS-121 Astrolab. A handover continues aboard the International Space Station, with the 13th crew ending six months aboard and the 14th crew starting six months in orbit.. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report: SS06-042 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Ansari, Lopez-Alegria, Reiter, Tyurin, Vinogradov, Williams, Jeffrey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-8, Soyuz TMA-9, STS-115, STS-121, STS-121 Astrolab.

  After six months aboard the International Space Station that included arrival of two space shuttle missions, resumption of construction of the orbiting laboratory and the restoration of a three-member crew, Expedition 13 landed at 9:13 p.m. EDT in the steppes of Kazakhstan. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report: SS06-043 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Lopez-Alegria, Reiter, Tyurin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-121 Astrolab. Expedition 14 completed its first full week solo on the International Space Station performing standard early mission checks, drills and some equipment troubleshooting.. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report: SS06-044 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Lopez-Alegria, Reiter, Tyurin, Williams, Jeffrey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-8, Soyuz TMA-9, STS-121 Astrolab. The International Space Station's Expedition 14 crew went for a short ride this week, performed maintenance and experiments aboard the growing outpost and celebrated one crew member's 100th day in space.. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report: SS06-045 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Lopez-Alegria, Reiter, Tyurin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-121 Astrolab. The three residents of the International Space Station spent a busy week with varied science and technical tasks as they began their second month in orbit.. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report: SS06-046 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Lopez-Alegria, Reiter, Tyurin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-121 Astrolab. A shipment of supplies began its journey to the International Space Station Monday as the ISS Progress 23 cargo ship was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report: SS06-047 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Lopez-Alegria, Reiter, Tyurin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-121 Astrolab. New supplies arrived at the International Space Station Thursday as an unpiloted Russian cargo spacecraft docked to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module.. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report: SS06-048 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Lopez-Alegria, Reiter, Tyurin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-121 Astrolab. Repair of an oxygen generator, robotic arm operations and cargo unpacking were the top priorities aboard the International Space Station this week.. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report: SS06-049 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Lopez-Alegria, Reiter, Tyurin, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-8, Soyuz TMA-9, STS-121 Astrolab. The International Space Station crewmembers spent this week getting ready for an upcoming spacewalk, performing scientific research and voting in the U.S. elections back on Earth.. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report: SS06-050 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Lopez-Alegria, Reiter, Tyurin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-121 Astrolab. Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and flight engineers Mikhail Tyurin and Thomas Reiter continue to prepare for a spacewalk Wednesday, Nov. 22, out of the International Space Station's Russian Pirs Docking Compartment airlock.. Additional Details: here....

• EVA ISS EO-14 -1 - . Crew: Lopez-Alegria, Tyurin. EVA Duration: 0.26 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Lopez-Alegria, Tyurin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9.

  The crew exited into space from the Pirs airlock wearing Orlan suits. Tyurin hit a golf ball away from the station in a paid exhibition. Attempts to free a jammed docking antenna on Progress M-58 failed. They relocated a docking antenna on the Zvezda module which would be used in future dockings of the ATV logistics spacecraft. Before reentering the station they installed a neutron flux experiment on Zvezda.

• International Space Station Status Report: SS06-051 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Lopez-Alegria, Reiter, Tyurin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-121 Astrolab. Two residents of the International Space Station ventured outside the complex Wednesday for a 5 hour, 38 minute spacewalk to reposition, deploy and relocate equipment, and to take a swing at a commercially sponsored activity.. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report: SS06-052 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Lopez-Alegria, Reiter, Tyurin, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-116, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-121 Astrolab. The International Space Station crew have been preparing for the planned arrival next week of the Space Shuttle Discovery on a complex mission to rewire the station's electrical system.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-116 MCC Status Report 01 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Curbeam, Fuglesang, Higginbotham, Lopez-Alegria, Oefelein, Patrick, Polansky, Reiter, Tyurin, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-116, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-121 Astrolab. The Space Shuttle Discovery rocketed into a dark Florida sky at 7:47 p.m. CST today, the third shuttle launch in five months, but the first night launch in more than four years.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-116 MCC Status Report 03 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Curbeam, Fuglesang, Higginbotham, Oefelein, Patrick, Polansky, Reiter, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-116, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-121 Astrolab. The Space Shuttle Discovery crew spent much of its first full day in space using the shuttle's robotic arm and an extension boom-mounted sensor system to inspect heat shielding on Discovery's wing leading edges and nose.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-116 MCC Status Report 02 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Curbeam, Fuglesang, Lopez-Alegria, Polansky, Reiter, Tyurin, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-116, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-121 Astrolab. The Space Shuttle Discovery crew, Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot Bill Oefelein, and Mission Specialists Nicholas Patrick, Joan Higginbotham, Bob Curbeam, Sunita Williams and Christer Fuglesang, are beginning a busy first full day in space.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-116 - . Call Sign: Discovery. Crew: Curbeam, Fuglesang, Higginbotham, Oefelein, Patrick, Polansky, Williams. Return Crew: Curbeam, Fuglesang, Higginbotham, Oefelein, Patrick, Polansky, Reiter. Payload: Discovery F32 / P5. Mass: 120,420 kg (265,480 lb). Nation: USA. Related Persons: Curbeam, Fuglesang, Higginbotham, Oefelein, Patrick, Polansky, Reiter, Williams. Agency: NASA. Manufacturer: Boeing. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-116, STS-121 Astrolab. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Discovery. Duration: 12.86 days. Decay Date: 2006-12-10 . USAF Sat Cat: 29647 . COSPAR: 2006-055A. Apogee: 358 km (222 mi). Perigee: 326 km (202 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.40 min.

  The mission used solid rocket booster pair RSRM-95 and external tank ET-123. At SSME burnout Discovery was in a 58 km x 220 km x 51.6 deg preliminary burn. The OMS-2 burn at 02:25 GMT placed the shuttle in a stable 225 x 250 km orbit from which rendezvous maneuvers began. Discovery docked with the ISS at 22:12 GMT on December 11. In the most demanding ISS assembly mission ever, the crew would require an additional spacewalk to complete installation of the P5 truss, retraction of the recalcitrant port P6 solar array wing, and activation of the truss electrical and cooling system. Sunita Williams rode the shuttle to the station, and remained behind with the EO-14 crew; ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter, already aboard the station, was returned to earth. Due to weather problems a landing at White Sands was considered; but in the end Discovery landed safely at Kennedy Space Center, after which it was to enter a year-long overhaul cycle.

• STS-116 MCC Status Report 05 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Curbeam, Fuglesang, Higginbotham, Lopez-Alegria, Oefelein, Patrick, Polansky, Reiter, Tyurin, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-116, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-121 Astrolab. Astronauts on the Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station were united today, and the joint crew immediately began the complex work associated with installing a new truss section and rewiring the station's power grid.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-116 MCC Status Report 04 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Curbeam, Fuglesang, Higginbotham, Lopez-Alegria, Oefelein, Patrick, Polansky, Reiter, Tyurin, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-116, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-121 Astrolab. The Space Shuttle Discovery continues its pursuit of the International Space Station, a chase that should culminate in the docking of the two spacecraft at 4:05 p.m. CST today.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-116 MCC Status Report 07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Curbeam, Fuglesang. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-116. The International Space Station is now two tons heavier, with the installation today of its newest truss segment during the flight's first spacewalk.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-116 MCC Status Report 06 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Curbeam, Fuglesang, Higginbotham, Lopez-Alegria, Oefelein, Patrick, Polansky, Reiter, Tyurin, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-116, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-121 Astrolab. The first spacewalk by Discovery's crew members, an excursion that will install a new, two-ton segment on the port side of the International Space Station's girder-like truss, will highlight today's work on mission STS-116.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-116 MCC Status Report 09 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Curbeam, Fuglesang, Lopez-Alegria, Polansky. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-116.

  The first phase of the electrical and thermal makeover of the International Space Station was completed tonight as the outpost's newest solar arrays began rotating to follow the sun and ammonia flowed into the station's permanent cooling system for the first time. Additional Details: here....

• STS-116 MCC Status Report 08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Curbeam, Fuglesang, Higginbotham, Lopez-Alegria, Oefelein, Patrick, Polansky, Reiter, Tyurin, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-116, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-121 Astrolab. Retracting a solar array wing that has been extended in space for six years will highlight the activities aboard the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle Discovery today.. Additional Details: here....

• EVA STS-116-1 - . Crew: Curbeam, Fuglesang. EVA Duration: 0.28 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Curbeam, Fuglesang. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-116. The crew aligned and connected the P5 truss segment to P4. However problems were experienced in retraction of the P6 solar array. It could not be fully retracted, although enough was folded up to allow the P4 arrays to rotate freely when relocated..

• STS-116 MCC Status Report 10 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Curbeam, Fuglesang, Higginbotham, Lopez-Alegria, Tyurin, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-116, STS-117 ISS EO-15. The second spacewalk for Discovery's crew members is scheduled for this afternoon. During the spacewalk, set to start about 2:12 p.m. CST, Bob Curbeam and Christer Fuglesang will begin to rewire the station's power system. Additional Details: here....

• STS-116 MCC Status Report 11 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Curbeam, Fuglesang, Higginbotham, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-116. Two spacewalking electricians completed half of STS-116's rewiring today, and when flight controllers threw the switch, the lights inside the International Space Station turned on again without a hitch.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-116 MCC Status Report 12 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Curbeam, Fuglesang, Higginbotham, Lopez-Alegria, Oefelein, Patrick, Polansky, Reiter, Tyurin, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-116, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-121 Astrolab. With half the International Space Station's electrical system rewired, the crew of Space Shuttle Discovery gets half a day off today before they finish the job during a third spacewalk set for Saturday.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-116 MCC Status Report 13 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Curbeam, Fuglesang, Higginbotham, Lopez-Alegria, Oefelein, Patrick, Polansky, Reiter, Tyurin, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-116, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-121 Astrolab. The crews of Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station tried again to refold an accordion-like solar array with help from engineers and flight controllers on the ground, but none of the techniques succeeded in clearing the jam.. Additional Details: here....

• EVA STS-116-2 - . Crew: Curbeam, Fuglesang. EVA Duration: 0.21 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Curbeam, Fuglesang. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-116. The crew reconfigured power on channels 2 and 3 of the station's electrical system. The feared partial shutdown of the ISS power systems and power-up from the new P4 solar array was conducted without a hitch..

• STS-116 MCC Status Report 14 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Curbeam, Fuglesang, Higginbotham, Lopez-Alegria, Oefelein, Patrick, Polansky, Reiter, Tyurin, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-116, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-121 Astrolab. The third spacewalk of Discovery's mission to the International Space Station is scheduled to begin at 1:37 p.m. CST to complete the rewiring of the orbiting laboratory's power system.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-116 MCC Status Report 15 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Curbeam, Fuglesang, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-116.

  During a spacewalk partially choreographed as it happened, STS-116 Astronauts Bob Curbeam and Sunita Williams finished rewiring the International Space Station and shook loose a balky solar array so their crewmates inside could retract it almost two-thirds of the way. Additional Details: here....

• STS-116 MCC Status Report 17 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Curbeam, Fuglesang, Higginbotham, Oefelein, Patrick, Polansky, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-116.

  Flight controllers today put the finishing touches on plans for the fourth spacewalk recently added to the mission. On board the Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station astronauts finished transferring the bulk of supplies between the two spacecraft. Additional Details: here....

• STS-116 MCC Status Report 16 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Curbeam, Fuglesang, Higginbotham, Oefelein, Patrick, Polansky, Reiter, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-116, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-121 Astrolab. Astronauts will spend much of today getting ready for a fourth spacewalk during Discovery's mission to the International Space Station.. Additional Details: here....

• EVA STS-116-3 - . Crew: Curbeam, Williams. EVA Duration: 0.31 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Curbeam, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-116.

  The crew reconfigured power on channels 1 and 4 of the station's electrical system. The partial shutdown of the ISS power systems and power-up from the new P4 solar array was conducted without a hitch. They also moved Zvezda module debris protection panels to a storage location on the station exterior and performed other small tasks.

• STS-116 MCC Status Report 19 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Curbeam, Fuglesang, Higginbotham, Oefelein, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-116. Space Shuttle Discovery Astronauts Bob Curbeam and Christer Fuglesang guided the port overhead solar array wing neatly inside its blanket box during a 6-hour, 38-minute spacewalk.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-116 MCC Status Report 18 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Curbeam, Fuglesang, Higginbotham, Oefelein, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-116. Discovery and International Space Station crew members will conduct their fourth spacewalk of the week today, an excursion aimed at freeing a snagged, partially retracted station solar array so it will fully fold properly.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-116 MCC Status Report 21 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Curbeam, Fuglesang, Higginbotham, Lopez-Alegria, Oefelein, Patrick, Polansky, Reiter, Tyurin, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-116, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-121 Astrolab. Crews aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station bid one another farewell at 4:10 p.m. CST today, wrapping up eight days of docked operations.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-116 MCC Status Report 20 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Curbeam, Fuglesang, Higginbotham, Lopez-Alegria, Oefelein, Patrick, Polansky, Reiter, Tyurin, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-116, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-121 Astrolab. Space Shuttle Discovery astronauts will leave the orbiting laboratory today after four successful spacewalks, delivery and installation of a new segment of the International Space Station's main truss and reconfiguring the station's power system.. Additional Details: here....

• EVA STS-116-4 - . Crew: Curbeam, Fuglesang. EVA Duration: 0.28 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Curbeam, Fuglesang. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-116. The crew conducted an unscheduled spacewalk, and successfully managed to fully retract the P6 solar array..

• STS-116 MCC Status Report 22 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Curbeam, Fuglesang, Higginbotham, Lopez-Alegria, Oefelein, Patrick, Polansky, Reiter, Tyurin, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-116, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-121 Astrolab. Discovery crew members will make a final check of the shuttle's heat shields today, using a sensor-equipped 50-foot extension of the shuttle's robotic arm.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-116 MCC Status Report 23 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Curbeam, Fuglesang, Higginbotham, Lopez-Alegria, Oefelein, Patrick, Polansky, Reiter, Tyurin, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-116, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-121 Astrolab. Inspection of Discovery's heat shield was conducted today as the seven crewmembers began the task of preparing their ship for their high-speed return to Earth on Friday.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-116 MCC Status Report 25 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Curbeam, Fuglesang, Higginbotham, Lopez-Alegria, Oefelein, Patrick, Polansky, Tyurin, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-116, STS-117 ISS EO-15. Discovery's astronauts completed preparations for a planned return to Earth on Friday and received word from Mission Control that their final inspection showed the shuttle's heat shield is in good shape.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-116 MCC Status Report 24 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Curbeam, Fuglesang, Higginbotham, Lopez-Alegria, Oefelein, Patrick, Polansky, Reiter, Tyurin, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-116, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-121 Astrolab. Discovery's astronauts will spend today preparing to return to Earth. They will test flight control surfaces, steering jets and other entry and landing systems while they stow equipment in Discovery's cabin.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-116 MCC Status Report 27 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Curbeam, Fuglesang, Higginbotham, Oefelein, Patrick, Polansky, Reiter. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-116, STS-121 Astrolab. The crew of Space Shuttle Discovery made it home in time for Christmas, gliding to a perfect landing as the sun set over NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-116 MCC Status Report 26 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Curbeam, Fuglesang, Higginbotham, Lopez-Alegria, Oefelein, Patrick, Polansky, Reiter, Tyurin, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-116, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-121 Astrolab. Discovery's wakeup call said it all. The song was "Home for the Holidays," sung by Perry Como for the crew, requested by the Mission Control Center.. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report #07-01 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Lopez-Alegria, Tyurin, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-117 ISS EO-15.

  New gear helped the astronauts on the International Space Station kick off a new year as they prepared a second oxygen-generating system, upgraded soundproofing in the living quarters and unpacked supplies delivered just before Christmas by the space shuttle. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report #07-02 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Lopez-Alegria, Tyurin, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-117 ISS EO-15.

  After a three-day holiday to celebrate the Russian Orthodox Christmas, astronauts on the International Space Station spent the week packing trash into the ISS Progress 22 cargo craft and unpacking items delivered by ISS Progress 23 as they prepared for the arrival of new supplies. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report #07-03 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Lopez-Alegria, Tyurin, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-117 ISS EO-15. A shipment of supplies began its journey to the International Space Station today as the ISS Progress 24 cargo ship was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.. Additional Details: here....

• Progress M-59 - . Payload: Progress M s/n 359. Mass: 7,250 kg (15,980 lb). Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Lopez-Alegria, Tyurin, Williams. Agency: RAKA. Manufacturer: Korolev bureau. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned logistics spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-117 ISS EO-15. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Progress M. Duration: 195.00 days. Decay Date: 2007-08-01 . USAF Sat Cat: 29714 . COSPAR: 2007-002A. Apogee: 351 km (218 mi). Perigee: 321 km (199 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.30 min. Progress docked to the Pirs port of the ISS at 01:59 GMT on 20 January. The cargo craft brought up 780 kg of propellant for the Russian thrusters, 50 kg of oxygen and 1500 kg of spare parts, experiment hardware and life support components..

• International Space Station Status Report #07-04 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Lopez-Alegria, Tyurin, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-117 ISS EO-15. New supplies arrived at the International Space Station Friday night as an unpiloted Russian cargo spacecraft docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment.. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report #07-05 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Lopez-Alegria, Tyurin, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-117 ISS EO-15. The crew aboard the International Space Station focused this week on preparing for an unprecedented series of spacewalks set to begin in a few days.. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report #07-06 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Lopez-Alegria, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-117 ISS EO-15.

  Two residents of the International Space Station stepped outside their orbital home Wednesday for a 7-hour, 55-minute spacewalk to begin the connection of recently activated cooling systems from their temporary to their permanent locations and to conduct other station assembly work. Additional Details: here....

• EVA ISS EO-14-2 - . Crew: Lopez-Alegria, Williams. EVA Duration: 0.32 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Lopez-Alegria, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-117 ISS EO-15. The crew exited from the Quest airlock and conducted work to reconfigure the station's ammonia cooling system..

• International Space Station Status Report #07-07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Lopez-Alegria, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-117 ISS EO-15. For the second time in four days, two residents of the International Space Station stepped outside for a spacewalk to complete connecting cooling loops from a temporary to a permanent system. This time the excursion lasted just over seven hours.. Additional Details: here....

• EVA ISS EO-14-3 - . Crew: Lopez-Alegria, Williams. EVA Duration: 0.29 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Lopez-Alegria, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-117 ISS EO-15.

  The crew exited from the Quest airlock. They completed reconfiguration of the ammonia cooling system, retracted the aft radiator on the P6 truss, and began installation of cables that allowed a docked Shuttle to get electrical power from the ISS solar arrays.

• International Space Station Status Report #07-08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Lopez-Alegria, Tyurin, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-117 ISS EO-15. With all scheduled tasks accomplished, International Space Station Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Sunita Williams wound up a 6-hour, 40-minute spacewalk at 2:06 p.m. CST Thursday.. Additional Details: here....

• EVA ISS EO-14-4 - . Crew: Lopez-Alegria, Williams. EVA Duration: 0.28 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Lopez-Alegria, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-117 ISS EO-15.

  The crew exited from the Quest airlock. They moved CETA carts to the P3 truss, and removed two large thermal covers, which were bagged and jettisoned. They then deployed cargo attachment adapters on P3. This was followed by work to prepare the P5 truss later connection to P6. They then went to the PMA-2 docking port at the Destiny module to complete installation of cables that allowed a docked Shuttle to get electrical power from the ISS solar arrays.

• International Space Station Status Report #07-09 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Lopez-Alegria, Tyurin, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-117 ISS EO-15.

  An unexpected circuit breaker trip early Sunday caused a power outage on the International Space Station, but the safety of the Expedition 14 crew and the complex was never an issue. All systems were back up by Monday morning with no impact to operations on board. Additional Details: here....

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

  Following Sunday's unexpected circuit breaker trip and subsequent reset and repowering of affected equipment, the International Space Station had no further incidents. The Expedition 14 crew continued to focus on preparation for its final planned spacewalk ahead of Space Shuttle Atlantis' arrival in March. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report #07-11 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Lopez-Alegria, Tyurin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-117 ISS EO-15. Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin retracted a stuck antenna on a cargo spacecraft during a 6-hour, 18-minute spacewalk that ended at 10:45 a.m. CST Thursday.. Additional Details: here....

• EVA ISS EO-14-5 - . Crew: Lopez-Alegria, Tyurin. EVA Duration: 0.26 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Lopez-Alegria, Tyurin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9. The crew exited from the Pirs module in Russain Orlan suits. They freed a jammed Progress docking antenna using cutting tools; jettisoned two cleaning towels; and conducted other minor inspection and hardware installation tasks..

• 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 #07-13 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Lopez-Alegria, Tyurin, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-9, STS-117 ISS EO-15.

  Science and setup for assembly highlighted the week on board the International Space Station, where the Expedition 14 crew members performed experiments related to human adaptation to space and made preparations for upcoming additions to the orbiting outpost. Additional Details: here....

• International Space Station Status Report #07-14 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Lopez-Alegria, Simonyi, Tyurin, Williams. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10 ISS EP-12, Soyuz TMA-9, STS-117 ISS EO-15. The Expedition 14 crew was busy this week moving trash into the ISS Progress 23, installing a new window and preparing for upcoming missions to the station.. 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....

• 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....

• Landing of Soyuz TMA-9 - . Return Crew: Lopez-Alegria, Simonyi, Tyurin. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Lopez-Alegria, Simonyi, Tyurin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10 ISS EP-12, Soyuz TMA-9.

• 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....