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International Space
Station (ISS) Diary This section of the diary covers the period between 2000 October and 2001 March. Bill Shepherd, Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev go aboard the International Space Station to become its first long-stay crew while Shuttle visits add further modules to the ISS including the Destiny laboratory. |
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Date and Time (GMT) |
Event |
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2000 Oct 31 |
07:52 |
Soyuz TM-31 spacecraft launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch Complex 1 by Soyuz rocket, carrying the ISS Expedition 1 crew, consisting of Capt William M Shepherd, USN (Expedition 1 commander), Lt-Col Yuri Gidzenko, Russian Air Force (Soyuz commander) and Sergei Krikalev (mission flight engineer) |
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2000 Oct 31 |
08:02 |
Soyuz TM-31 separates from its rocket and enters orbit of 185 x 231 kilometres at 51.6 degrees inclination |
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2000 Oct 31 |
12:00 |
Approximate time - Space Shuttle Endeavour begins roll-out to Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center |
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2000 Oct 31 |
14:00 |
Soyuz TM-31 in 246 x 270 kilometre orbit |
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2000 Oct 31 |
22:00 |
Approximate time - Space Shuttle Endeavour installed on Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center |
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2000 Nov 1 |
04:02 |
Progress M1-3 undocks from the International Space Station to leave the Zvezda docking port clear for the arrival of Soyuz TM-31 |
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2000 Nov 1 |
07:05 |
While passing near the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Progress M1-3 fires its manoeuvring engine to initiate re-entry |
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2000 Nov 1 |
07:40 |
Progress M1-3 enters the Earth's atmosphere and burns up as a result of frictional heating while over the southern Pacific Ocean near Tahiti and the Cook Islands |
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2000 Nov 2 |
09:21 |
Soyuz TM-31 docks with the Zvezda module of the International Space Station - orbit is 379 x 388 kilometres at 51.7 degrees inclination |
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2000 Nov 2 |
10:23 |
The Expedition 1 crew opens the hatch between Soyuz TM-31 and Zvezda, and enters the International Space Station - initial operation will involve only the Zvezda and Zarya modules as Unity remains unpowered until the next shuttle mission which will install its solar arrays |
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2000 Nov 6 |
- |
Expedition 1 crew instals components of the TORU manual control system for use in remote control of approaching Russian spacecraft (eg Progress) |
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2000 Nov 15 |
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Expedition 1 crew tests operation of the TORU manual control system |
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2000 Nov 16 |
01:32 |
Progress M1-4 cargo supply ship launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch Complex 1 by Soyuz-U rocket |
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2000 Nov 16 |
01:42 |
Progress M1-4 separates from its rocket and enters an approximately 195 x 225 kilometre orbit at 51.6 degrees inclination |
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2000 Nov 16 |
07:16 |
Progress M1-4 in 260 x 270 kilometre transfer orbit |
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2000 Nov 18 |
03:06 |
Originally planned docking time for Progress M1-4 but a communications problem in the automatic docking system caused Progress M1-4 to halt when 100 metres from the docking port |
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2000 Nov 18 |
03:48 |
Progress M1-4 docks with Zarya's lower forward docking port under manual control from the ISS, the crew has waited until the station enters the Earth's shadow to avoid glare through the TV camera lens aboard Progress - orbit is 377 x 384 kilometres |
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2000 Dec 1 |
03:06 |
Space Shuttle Endeavour launched from Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-97 into orbit of 197 x 323 kilometres at 51.6 degrees inclination with crew consisting of Cdr Brent Jett, USN (commander), Lt-Col Michael Bloomfield, USAF (pilot), and mission specialists Joseph Tanner, Lt-Col Carlos Noriega, USMC, and Marc Garneau (Canadian Space Agency) |
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2000 Dec 1 |
16:23 |
Progress M1-4 undocks from Zarya and moves away from the ISS into a 371 x 380 kilometre orbit from where it can return to he ISS if required after Endeavour's departure |
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2000 Dec 2 |
19:59 |
Endeavour docks with the PMA-2 docking adaptor on the Unity Module of the International Space Station while passing over Kazakhstan - orbit is 374 x 380 kilometres |
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2000 Dec 2 |
20:17 |
Controlled by Marc Garneau, the Remote Manipulator System is used to lift the P6 Solar Array Truss out of its berth in Endeavour's payload bay to begin several hours of acclimatisation to space |
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2000 Dec 2 |
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The crew of Endeavour transfers a quantity of supplies (including coffee) and some replacement computer hardware to the PMA-3 Adaptor for the ISS crew (the two crews will not meet until all space walks are completed because of the need to maintain a lower air pressure inside Endeavour) |
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2000 Dec 3 |
09:38 |
Gidzenko and Krikalev enter Unity and PMA-3 to collect the items left for them by the STS-97 crew |
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2000 Dec 3 |
18:35 |
Tanner and Noriega begin a space walk to attach the P6 Solar Array Truss to the Z1 Truss on Unity |
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2000 Dec 3 |
19:32 |
The P6 Solar Array Truss is latched in place on the Z-1 Truss after being lifted into position using the RMS, controlled by Marc Garneau aboard Discovery |
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2000 Dec 4 |
01:23 |
The crew aboard Endeavour unfurls the first panel of the ISS's new solar array - the operation takes 13 minutes but mission managers are unhappy with the tension in the panel (possibly caused by a cable jumping off its pulley) and postpone deployment of the second array |
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2000 Dec 4 |
02:08 |
Tanner and Noriega complete their first space walk from Endeavour |
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2000 Dec 5 |
00:52 |
The crew of Endeavour unfurls the second panel of the ISS's new solar array - the operation takes 114 minutes through use of a more-cautious, stop-start, approach than with the first panel |
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2000 Dec 5 |
10:30 |
The Expedition 1 crew begins internal work in the Unity module of the ISS to allow power from the new solar panels to be used |
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2000 Dec 5 |
17:21 |
Tanner and Noriega begin a space walk to connect cables and cooling lines from the new solar array structure, check out why the starboard panel is not properly tensioned, move an S-band antenna from the Z-1 Truss to the P-6 Tower, and prepare the PMA-2 docking adaptor to be moved during the next Shuttle mission that will deliver the Destiny laboratory module |
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2000 Dec 5 |
23:58 |
Tanner and Noriega complete their second space walk from Endeavour |
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2000 Dec 7 |
16:13 |
Tanner and Noriga begin a space walk to tension the starboard panel of the solar array and instal a probe to measure electrical potential in the new structure |
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2000 Dec 7 |
21:23 |
Tanner and Noriega complete their third space walk from Endeavour |
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2000 Dec 8 |
14:36 |
The hatch between Endeavour and the PMA-3 docking adaptor is opened and the STS-97 crew joins the Expedition 1 crew aboard the ISS |
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2000 Dec 9 |
15:51 |
The hatch between Endeavour and the PMA-3 docking adaptor is closed and the STS-97 crew prepares to undock from the ISS - orbit is 368 x 378 kilometres |
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2000 Dec 9 |
19:13 |
Endeavour undocks from the International Space Station |
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2000 Dec 11 |
21:57 |
Endeavour fires its OMS engines to initiate re-entry |
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2000 Dec 11 |
23:03 |
Endeavour lands on the Kennedy Space Center runway |
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2000 Dec 11 |
23:04 |
Wheel stop - Endeavour's mission is completed |
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2000 Dec 20 |
15:00 |
Approximate time - by virtue of its lower orbit, Progress M1-4 has reached a point about 2300 kilometres ahead of the ISS - firings of its manoeuvring engine raise the orbit from 367 x 384 kilometres to 372 x 382 kilometres which begins to reduce the separation distance between the two craft |
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2000 Dec 23 |
21:42 |
ISS passes Progress M1-4 at about 5 kilometres distance and the freighter begins to fall behind the space station in order to set up the right conditions for an approach prior to re-docking |
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2000 Dec 26 |
05:30 |
Approximate time - Progress M1-4 adjusts its orbit slightly and keeps station about 180 kilometres behind the ISS |
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2000 Dec 26 |
08:33 |
Progress M1-4 aligns itself for the approach and begins then begins to move towards the ISS |
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2000 Dec 26 |
10:54 |
Following an automatic approach followed by a period of manual control by Gidzenko using the TORU control system, Progress M1-4 re-docks with Zarya's lower docking port - orbit is 364 x 375 kilometres |
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2001 Jan 2 |
13:30 |
Approximate time - Space Shuttle Atlantis begins roll-out at the Kennedy Space Center - unfortunately a computer problem with the transporter system means that it has to be rolled back into the Vehicle Assembly Building |
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2001 Jan 3 |
13:21 |
Space Shuttle Atlantis begins its second roll-out to Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center |
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2001 Jan 3 |
20:45 |
Approximate time - Space Shuttle Atlantis installed on Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center |
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2001 Jan 16 |
- |
Inspections are needed of the wiring systems of all Space Shuttle solid rocket boosters - Atlantis's originally planned launch on 2000 January 19 is postponed |
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2001 Jan 19 |
13:18 |
Space Shuttle Atlantis begins its roll-back to the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center |
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2001 Jan 19 |
19:25 |
Space Shuttle Atlantis completes its roll-back the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center |
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2001 Jan 26 |
11:48 |
Space Shuttle Atlantis begins its third roll-out to Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center |
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2001 Jan 26 |
17:44 |
Space Shuttle Atlantis installed on Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center |
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2001 Feb 7 |
23:13 |
Space Shuttle Atlantis launched from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-98 into orbit of 205 x 322 kilometres at 51.6 degrees inclination with crew consisting of Kenneth D Cockrell (commander), Mark Polansky (pilot), and mission specialists Cdr Robert L Curbeam (USN), Thomas D Jones and Marsha S Ivins |
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2001 Feb 8 |
11:26 |
Progress M1-4 undocks from Zarya and moves away from the ISS |
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2001 Feb 8 |
14:00 |
Atlantis in 306 x 361 kilometre orbit |
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2001 Feb 8 |
18:30 |
Estimated time - Progress M1-4 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere to the east of New Zealand and burns up as a result of frictional heating |
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2001 Feb 9 |
16:51 |
Atlantis docks with the PMA-3 docking adaptor on the Unity Module of the International Space Station while passing over the Pacific Ocean near New Guinea - orbit is 350x 363 kilometres |
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2001 Feb 9 |
19:03 |
The hatches between Atlantis and the ISS are opened so that the joint crews can unload supplies and technical hardware from the Shuttle to the Station |
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2001 Feb 10 |
01:00 |
Approximate time - the Shuttle crew leaves the ISS and the hatches are closed in order that the Orbiter's cabin pressure can be lowered from 750 to 500 mm ready for the some of the Shuttle crew to undertake space walks |
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2001 Feb 10 |
11:48 |
A minor adjustment, adding approximately 1 kilometre to the orbital altitude, ensures that the ISS will avoid the possibility of colliding with a piece of space debris which has been detected on a path which might bring it close to the Station |
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2001 Feb 10 |
15:00 |
Using the Remote Manipulator System, Ivins removes the PMA-2 docking adaptor from Unity and stows it on a temporary fixture attached to the station's Z-1 Truss |
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2001 Feb 10 |
15:50 |
Jones and Curbeam begin a space walk from Atlantis to supervise attachment of the Destiny module to the forward end of Unity - Ivins uses the Shuttle RMS to move the module into place then Jones and Curbeam connect power and data cables and coolant lines |
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2001 Feb 10 |
23:24 |
Jones and Curbeam complete their space walk from Atlantis one hour later than planned owing to de-contamination procedures needed when Curbeam's space suit was exposed to frozen Ammonia leaking from a coolant line |
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2001 Feb 11 |
01:50 |
Approximate time - the hatches between Atlantis and the Space Station are opened so that Shuttle commander Cockrell and Station commander Shepherd can begin a remote control power-up of Destiny's systems - at this point the hatches between Unity and Destiny are still closed |
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2001 Feb 11 |
14:38 |
Joint crew of STS-98 and the ISS enters Destiny for the first time to begin work on activating internal equipment and installing a rack of equipment to augment the Station's existing air purification system |
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2001 Feb 11 |
- |
ISS orbit is 350 x 363 kilometres - a series of thruster firings by Atlantis raises the orbit to 356 x 370 kilometres |
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2001 Feb 12 |
12:10 |
Space Shuttle Discovery begins roll-out to Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center |
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2001 Feb 12 |
15:59 |
Jones and Curbeam begin a second space walk from Atlantis to supervise attachment of the PMA-2 docking adaptor to the forward end of the Destiny module (Ivins uses the RMS to move the adaptor from its temporary location on the Z-1 Truss) and to install the mounting unit for the ISS manipulator arm to be delivered on the STS-100 mission |
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2001 Feb 12 |
18:35 |
Space Shuttle Discovery installed on Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center |
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2001 Feb 12 |
22:49 |
Jones and Curbeam complete their second space walk from Atlantis having finished their scheduled tasks ahead of time, as a result of the time gained. They bring forward the installation of shutters over the Window in Destiny together with an electric motor to operate them |
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2001 Feb 13 |
- |
During two further sessions of pulsed firing of Atlantis's thrusters, the orbit of the ISS is raised further to 365 x 378 kilometres |
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2001 Feb 14 |
14:48 |
Jones and Curbeam begin a third space walk from Atlantis to attach a spare antenna to the Z-1 Truss, check and complete the earlier connections made between Unity and Destiny, and practice a technique for getting an injured astronaut back inside the Shuttle |
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2001 Feb 14 |
20:13 |
Jones and Curbeam complete their third space walk from Atlantis |
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2001 Feb 15 |
- |
The joint crews of Atlantis and the ISS spend the day moving nearly 1,400 kilogrammes of equipment into the space station and removing about 400 kilogrammes of accumulated rubbish |
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2001 Feb 15 |
- |
During a fourth, and final, session of pulsed firing of Atlantis's thrusters, the orbit of the ISS is raised further to 376 x 389 kilometres |
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2001 Feb 16 |
13:14 |
The hatch between Atlantis and the PMA-3 docking adaptor is closed and the STS-98 crew prepares to undock from the ISS |
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2001 Feb 16 |
14:06 |
Atlantis undocks from the International Space Station and conducts a fly-around inspection before moving away |
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2001 Feb 18 |
17:53 |
Planned landing time for Atlantis - the Shuttle is waved-off on this and the next orbit due to high crosswinds on the Kennedy Space Center runway |
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2001 Feb 19 |
18:27 |
Possible landing time for Atlantis but, for a second day, the Shuttle is waved-off on this and the next orbit due to unfavourable weather at the Kennedy Space Center |
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2001 Feb 20 |
19:27 |
After controllers decide that the weather is still unfavourable at the Kennedy Space Centre, Atlantis fires its OMS engines for 163 seconds to initiate re-entry |
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2001 Feb 20 |
20:33 |
Atlantis lands on the Edwards Air Force Base concrete runway |
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2001 Feb 20 |
20:34 |
Wheel stop - Atlantis's mission is completed |
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2001 Feb 24 |
10:06 |
Soyuz TM-31 undocks from the aft port of Zvezda with the Shepherd, Gidzenko and Krikalev aboard |
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2001 Feb 24 |
10:35 |
Soyuz TM-31 docks with the downward-facing port on Zarya - the Zvezda docking port is now ready for use by Progress M-44 |
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2001 Feb 26 |
08:09 |
Progress M-44 cargo supply ship launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch Complex 1 by Soyuz-U rocket |
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2001 Feb 26 |
08:19 |
Progress M-44 separates from its rocket and enters a 191 x 223 kilometre orbit at 51.6 degrees inclination |
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2001 Feb 26 |
19:00 |
Progress M-44 is in an orbit of 265 x 282 kilometres |
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2001 Feb 28 |
09:49 |
Progress M-44 docks with the rear port of Zvezda - orbit is 373 x 385 kilometres |
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2001 Mar 8 |
11:42 |
Space Shuttle Discovery launched from Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-102 into orbit of 159 x 235 kilometres at 51.6 degrees inclination with crew consisting of Capt James D Wetherbee, USN (commander), Lt-Col James M Kelly, USAF (pilot), and mission specialists Andy Thomas and Paul Richards - as passengers, Discovery carries the ISS Expedition 2 crew consisting of Yuri Usachev (station commander), Col James S Voss, USA (ret'd) and Col Susan Helms, USAF - as payload it carries the Leonardo logisitics module containing equipment racks for installation inside Destiny |
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2001 Mar 8 |
16:00 |
Discovery's orbit is 233 x 273 kilometres |
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2001 Mar 10 |
05:34 |
Originally planned time for docking of Discovery with the ISS - it is delayed by difficulty with one of the main solar panels which were turned edge-on to Discovery on its approach to minimise contamination from exhaust plumes - it will not latch in place as planned so the panel is rotated slightly in order that an alternative latch can be used |
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2001 Mar 10 |
06:38 |
Discovery docks with PMA-2 on the forward-facing end of the Destiny module while over the southern Pacific Ocean near New Zealand - orbit is 371 x 381 kilometres |
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2001 Mar 11 |
05:12 |
Helms and Voss begin a space walk to prepare for removing PMA-3 in order that the Leonardo module may be attached to Destiny - they also move a cradle assembly from Discovery's cargo bay to the outside of Destiny which will be used later to mount the Station's own RMS, and fit a cable tray to the outside of Destiny - they spend the last hour of the space walk waiting inside the airlock while the PMA-3 adaptor is moved |
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2001 Mar 11 |
- |
Yuri Usachev's contoured seat is fitted inside Soyuz TM-31 and he exchanges places aboard the ISS with yuri Gidzenko - he begins the handover routines with Bill Shepherd as relieving commander |
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2001 Feb 11 |
13:43 |
PMA-3 is locked onto Unity after being moved by Thomas using Discovery's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) from the lower side of Unity to the left hand side (when facing forward) |
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2001 Mar 11 |
14:08 |
Helms and Voss complete their space walk after 8 hrs 56 minutes - the longest space walk in Shuttle history |
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2001 Mar 12 |
03:37 |
Thomas attaches the RMS to Italy's Leonardo logistics module in Discovery's cargo bay |
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2001 Mar 12 |
04:10 |
Using the RMS, Thomas lifts Leonardo from Discovery's cargo bay |
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2001 Mar 12 |
06:02 |
Leonardo is firmly connected to Unity's downward-facing Common Berthing Mechanism |
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2001 Mar 12 |
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James Voss's contoured seat is fitted inside Soyuz TM-31 and he exchanges places aboard the ISS with Sergei Krikalev |
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2001 Mar 13 |
05:23 |
Richards and Thomas start a space walk to add various items of equipment to the outside of the ISS including power cables for the upcoming RMS - they also move to the top of the tower on the Z-1 Truss in order to activate a latch on one of the solar panels |
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2001 Mar 13 |
- |
The ISS crew begins moving the five tonnes of equipment racks from inside Leonardo for re-fitting into the Destiny laboratory module |
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2001 Mar 13 |
11:44 |
Richards and Thomas complete their space walk after 6 hrs 21 mins - they then remain inside the airlock while it is depressurised for a short period as part of a Shuttle systems test |
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2001 Mar 14 |
06:00 |
Susan Helms' contoured seat is fitted inside Soyuz TM-31 and she exchanges places with Bill Shepherd - the crew exchange is complete but Shepherd remains commander of the ISS for the time being |
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2001 Mar 15 |
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Discovery's manoeuvring engines are fired repeatedly over a period of fifty minutes in order to raise the ISS orbit to 372 x 389 kilometres - this re-boost is 24 hours earlier than planned due to a need to move the ISS away from the orbit taken up by a 5 kg foot restraint which floated out of the cargo bay during the space walk 2000 March 11 |
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2001 Mar 16 |
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For a second time, Discovery's manoeuvring engines are fired repeatedly over a period of one hour - this raises the ISS orbit to 377 x 390 kilometres |
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2001 Mar 18 |
10:40 |
Using the RMS, Thomas detaches Leonardo from Unity - the event has been delayed four hours due to the crew having to check for air leaks around Unity's hatch |
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2001 Mar 18 |
12:08 |
Leonardo is locked down in Discovery's cargo bay |
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2001 Mar 19 |
02:32 |
The hatches between Discovery and the ISS are closed - Yuri Usachev, Expedition 2 commander is now in charge of the ISS |
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2001 Mar 19 |
04:32 |
Discovery undocks from the International Space Station and conducts a fly-around inspection before moving away - Yuri Usachev, Expedition 2 commander is now in charge of the ISS |
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2001 Mar 21 |
06:26 |
Discovery fires its OMS engines to initiate re-entry |
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2001 Mar 21 |
07:31 |
Discovery lands on the Edward Air Force Base Runway |
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2001 Mar 21 |
07:32 |
Wheel stop - Discovery's mission is over and the ISS crew exchange between Expedition 1 and Expedition 2 has been completed |