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International Space
Station (ISS) Diary This section of the diary covers the
period from 2001 March - August. Yuri Usachev, James Voss and Susan Helms take over from the Expedition 1 crew. |
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Date and Time (GMT) |
Event |
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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 |
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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 |
- |
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 |
- |
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 |
- |
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 12 |
06:02 |
Leonardo
is firmly connected to Unity's downward-facing Common Berthing Mechanism |
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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 |
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2001
Apr 4 |
- |
The
thrusters of Progress M-44 are fired briefly under control of Zvezda's
computers as a test |
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2001
Apr 16 |
08:48 |
Progress
M-44 undocks from Zarya and moves away from the ISS |
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2001
Apr 16 |
13:23 |
Progress
M-44 fires its rocket engine, re-enters the Earth's atmosphere and burns up
as a result of frictional heating |
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2001
Apr 18 |
12:40 |
Soyuz
TM-31 undocks from the downward-facing port of Zvezda with the Shepherd,
Gidzenko and Krikalev aboard |
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2001
Apr 18 |
13:01 |
Soyuz
TM-31 docks with the aft port on Zarya - this leaves clearance for the
upcoming STS-100 crew to dock the Raffaello logistics module |
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2001
Apr 19 |
18:40 |
Space
Shuttle Endeavour launched from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space
Center on mission STS-100 into orbit of
200 x 317 kilometres at 51.6 degrees inclination with crew consisting
of Capt Kent V Rominger, USN (commander), Capt Jeffrey S Ashby, USN (pilot),
and mission specialists Col Chris Hadfield, Canadian Air Force, Dr John L
Phillips, Dr Scott Parazynski, Dr Umbert Guidoni, ESA, and Lt-Col Yuri V
Lonchakov, Russian Air Force - as passengers |
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2001
Apr 21 |
01:59 |
Endeavour
docks with PMA-2 on the forward-facing end of the Destiny module - orbit is
371 x 381 kilometres |
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2001
Apr 22 |
11:45 |
Parazynski
and Hadfield start a space walk to install a new UHF antenna on the outside of
Destiny and to begin the transfer of the Canadarm-2 robotic arm from
Endeavour to the ISS - after the arm is extended from its mounting point on
Endeavour and clamped to a cradle on the outside of Destiny, they connect
power and control cables to the ISS end of the arm |
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2001
Apr 22 |
18:53 |
On
board the ISS, Voss and Helms conduct the first test of the Station's new
robotic arm by moving it slightly under remote control |
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2001
Apr 22 |
18:55 |
Parazynski
and Hadfield complete their space walk after 7 hrs 10 min |
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2001
Apr 23 |
09:25 |
The
hatches between Endeavour and Unity are opened and the visiting and
residential crews meet for the first time |
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2001
Apr 23 |
11:13 |
One
end of Canadarm-2 is moved from it's pallet aboard Endeavour |
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2001
Apr 23 |
14:16 |
The
free end of Canadarm-2 is attached to a power and data hookup point on Unity |
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2001
Apr 23 |
14:58 |
Using
the Shuttle RMS, Parazynski lifts Raffaello from Discovery's cargo bay |
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2001
Apr 23 |
16:00 |
Raffaello
logistics module is firmly connected to Destiny's downward-facing Common
Berthing Mechanism, having been lifted out of Endeavour's cargo by by the
Shuttle's robot arm |
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2001
Apr 23 |
- |
ISS
orbit is 374 x 391 kilometres - a series of thruster firings by Endeavour
over a one hour period raises it to 377 x 395 kilometres |
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2001
Apr 23 |
19:26 |
The
hatches between Endeavour and Unity are closed to allow the internal pressure
of the Orbiter to be lowered in preparation for a second space walk |
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2001
Apr 24 |
- |
The
crew of the ISS starts moving equipment from Rafaello into Destiny |
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2001
Apr 24 |
12:34 |
Parazynski
and Hadfield start a space walk to complete electrical connections on the Canadarm-2,
remove an aerial from the Early Communications System and move some other
equipment - during the operation a cover from an electrical box is lost when
it drifts away from Hadfield and lodges on the outside of the station
(subsequently retrieved 2001 Dec 10 during the STS-108 mission) |
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2001
Apr 24 |
20:15 |
Parazynski
and Hadfield complete their space walk after 7 hrs 40 min |
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2001
Apr 24 |
- |
Mission
planners decide that a third scheduled space walk on April 26 will not be
needed |
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2001
Apr 24 |
22:15 |
Endeavour's
crew returns to the ISS |
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2001
Apr 24 |
- |
After
he crew has retired for the night, Mission Control detects that one of the
Station's command and control computers has gone offline |
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2001
Apr 25 |
- |
The
ISS crew and Mission Control work on the computer problem - planned work with
the new robot arm is postponed until April 26 |
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2001
Apr 26 |
07:00 |
Soyuz
TM-32 and its launching rocket are transferred from the assembly building to
the launch pad |
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2001
Apr 26 |
08:45 |
The
ISS command and control computer is back on line |
|
2001
Apr 26 |
- |
Mission
planners decide to extend Endeavour's docked time with the ISS by two days to
30 April - Russia refuses a corresponding delay in the upcoming Soyuz TM-32 launch
- NASA aims for a departure on April 29 but Russia agrees that the Soyuz
TM-32 docking can be delayed if necessary |
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2001
Apr 27 |
19:30 |
A
second series of thruster firings by Endeavour results in an orbit of 381 x
404 kilometres - the firing was over a longer period than originally planned
due to postponement of thruster firings on Apr 25 following the computer
problem |
|
2001
Apr 27 |
20:03 |
Using
the Shuttle RMS, Raffaello is detached from Unity |
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2001
Apr 27 |
20:59 |
Raffaello
is locked down in Endeavour's cargo bay |
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2001
Apr 28 |
07:37 |
Soyuz
TM-32 spacecraft launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz-U rocket,
carrying a Soyuz "Taxi" crew consisting of Talbat Musabeyev
(commander), Yuri Baturin (Flight Engineer), and Dennis Tito (private US
citizen) into an orbit of 182 x 231 kilometres at 51.6 degrees inclination |
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2001
Apr 28 |
14:30 |
Soyuz
TM-32 orbit is 254 x 326 kilometres |
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2001
Apr 28 |
20:44 |
The
ISS Canadarm-2 is used in a joint test with the Canadarm installed on
Endeavour - Endeavour's arm lifts a Spacelab pallet out of the cargo bay and
passes it to the arm on the space station |
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2001
Apr 28 |
21:02 |
The
ISS arm passes the Spacelab pallet back to Endeavour's arm which then
re-berths it in the cargo bay |
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2001
Apr 29 |
14:41 |
Hatches
between the ISS and Endeavour are closed for the last time on mission STS-100 |
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2001
Apr 29 |
17:34 |
Endeavour
undocks from the International Space Station and conducts a fly-around
inspection and films the Station using an IMAX camera |
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2001
Apr 29 |
18:28 |
A
short firing of Endeavour's thrusters causes it to move away from the ISS |
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2001
Apr 30 |
07:58 |
Soyuz
TM-32 docks with the downward-facing docking port on Zarya - orbit is 381 x
403 kilometres |
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2001
Apr 30 |
- |
The
Soyuz TM-32 crew switches the contoured couches between their vehicle and Soyuz
TM-31 - Soyuz TM-32 is now the Station's operational emergency return vehicle |
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2001
May 1 |
- |
Two
landing opportunities for Endeavour at the Kennedy Space Center are waved off
due to weather, controllers decide to land at Edwards Air Force Base in
California |
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2001
May 1 |
15:02 |
Endeavour
fires its OMS engines to initiate re-entry |
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2001
May 1 |
16:10 |
Endeavour
lands on the Edward Air Force Base Runway |
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2001
May 1 |
16:11 |
Wheel
stop - Endeavour's mission is over |
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2001
May 6 |
02:21 |
Soyuz
TM-31 undocks from the ISS with Musabeyev, Baturin and Tito aboard - ISS
orbit is 379 x 402 kilometres |
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2001
May 6 |
04:47 |
Soyuz
TM-31 fires its retro rockets to initiate re-entry |
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2001
May 6 |
05:41 |
Soyuz
TM-31 lands in an area north-north-east of Arkalyk in Kazakhstan |
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2001
May 9 |
- |
Endeavour
begins a flight from Edwards Air Force Base to the Kennedy Space Centre
attached to NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) |
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2001
May 10 |
- |
The
ISS crew starts its first weekly check of the operation of Canadarm-2 |
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2001
May 20 |
21:32 |
Progress
M1-6 cargo supply ship launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch Complex 1 by
Soyuz-FG rocket into orbit of 188 x 218 kilometres - it carries 1.3 tonnes of
cargo and 1.2 tonnes of propellant (900 kg of which is for replenishing
Zvezda's tanks) |
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2001
May 21 |
06:30 |
Progress
M1-6 orbit is 270 x 317 kilometres |
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2001
May 23 |
00:23 |
Under
the control of Mission Control Centre - Moscow, Progress M1-6 docks with the
rear-facing port of Zvezda, recently cleared by the departure of Soyuz TM-31
- ISS orbit is 374 x 398 kilometres |
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2001
May 30 |
- |
NASA
announces that the next Shuttle Mission (STS-104) has been potponed from June
14 to July 7 in order to allow trouble-shooting on Canadarm-2 to be completed |
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2001
Jun 8 |
13:21 |
Usachev
and Voss start a space walk "inside" Zvezda's multi-way docking
unit - they remove the flat-faced hatch on the downward facing docking port
and replace it with the conical hatch removed from the forward port after
docking with Zarya - the downward-facing port can now be used for docking the
"Pirs" joint airlock and docking compartment |
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2001
Jun 8 |
14:07 |
Usachev
and Vosss seal Zvezda's external hatch and complete their space walk after 19
minutes (half the planned time) |
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2001
Jul 12 |
- |
Progress
M-SO1 shipped from Moscow to Baikonur ready for launching the
"Pirs" airlock/docking unit to the ISS |
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2001
Jul 12 |
09:03 |
Space
Shuttle Atlantis launched from Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center
on mission STS-104 into orbit of 157
x 235 kilometres at 51.6 degrees inclination with crew consisting of Lt-Col Steven
W Lindsey, USAF (commander), Major Charles O Hobaugh USMC (pilot), and
mission specialists Dr Michael L Gernhardt, Dr Janet L Kavandi and Dr James F
Reilly |
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2001
Jul 13 |
06:00 |
Atlantis
orbit is 237 x 307 kilometres |
|
2001
Jul 14 |
03:08 |
Atlantis
docks with PMA-2 on the forward-facing end of Destiny - orbit is 367 x 389
kilometres |
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2001
Jul 15 |
03:10 |
Gernhardt
and Reilly begin a space walk from Atlantis to remove an insulation cover
from the Quest airlock - berthed in the Atlantis cargo bay - and to attach
external fitting for later location of air tanks |
|
2001
Jul 15 |
05:10 |
Under
the control of Susan Helms aboard the ISS, the Station's remote manipulator
arm is used to lift Quest from the Atlantis cargo bay |
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2004
Jul 15 |
07:40 |
Quest
is attached to Destiny's downward-facing Common Berthing Mechanism -
Gernhardt and Reilly then make power connections for Quest's heating system |
|
2001
Jul 15 |
09:09 |
Gernhardt
and Reilly complete their space walk after 5 hrs 59 min |
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2001
Jul 5 |
- |
Crew
of the ISS enters Quest for the first time, after a ribbon-cutting ceremony,
and starts work on its internal activation |
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2001
Jul 16 |
- |
Hatches
between Atlantis and the ISS are open for a period to allow joint work
between the crews |
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2001
Jul 17 |
- |
A
series of thruster firings by Atlantis over a one hour period raises the
orbit to 372 x 390 kilometres |
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2001
Jul 18 |
03:04 |
After
a half hour delay due to a computer glitch with the ISS command and control
system, Gernhardt and Reilly begin a second space walk from Atlantis to
oversee attachment of oxygen and nitrogen tanks to Quest - two oxygen tanks
and one nitrogen tank were moved using the Station's Canadarm-2 remote
manipulator |
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2001
Jul 18 |
09:33 |
Gernhardt
and Reilly complete their space walk after 6 hrs 29 min |
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2001
Jul 18 |
- |
Mission
managers decide to extend Atlantis's stay with the Iss by one day in order to
catch up some lost time caused by a water leak in Quest |
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2001
Jul 18 |
- |
A
second series of thruster firings by Atlantis raises the orbit to 381 x 397
kilometres |
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2001
Jul 21 |
04:35 |
Gernhardt
and Reilly begin their third space walk, using the Quest airlock for the
first ever direct exit from the ISS, to attach the last of two nitrogen tanks
to quest, assisted by Canadarm-2 - they also checked out a connection on the
Truss holding the solar arrays but failed to find the cause of unusual power
readings |
|
2001
Jul 21 |
08:37 |
Gernhardt
and Reilly complete their space walk after 4 hrs 2 min |
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2001
Jul 22 |
02:00 |
Hatches
between the ISS and Atlantis are closed |
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2001
Jul 22 |
04:54 |
Atlantis
undocks from the ISS and begins a fly-round |
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2001
Jul 22 |
06:14 |
A
short firing of Atlantis's thrusters causes it to move away from the ISS |
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2001
Jul 22 |
- |
The
first in a series of short firings of the Progress M-32 thrusters is used to
make a minor adjustment of the inclination of the ISS orbit |
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2001
Jul 24 |
- |
Two
landing opportunities for Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center are waved off
due to weather |
|
2001
Jul 25 |
02:32 |
Atlantis
fires its OMS engines to initiate re-entry |
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2001
Jul 25 |
03:38 |
Atlantis
lands on the Kennedy Space Center Runway |
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2001
Jul 25 |
03:39 |
Wheel
stop - Atlantis's mission is over |
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2001
Aug 10 |
21:10 |
Space
Shuttle Discovery launched from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space
Center on mission STS-105 into orbit of 155 x 233 kilometres at 51.6 degrees
inclination with crew consisting of Col Scott J Horowitz, USAF (commander),
Lt-Col Frederick W Sturchow, USMC
(pilot), mission specialists Dr Daniel T Barry and Lt-Col Patrick G
Forrester, USN - Discovery also carries the ISS Expedition 3 crew consisting
of Capt Frank L Culbertson USN rt'd (station commander), Lt-Col Vladimir
Dezhurov, Russian Air Force and Mikhail Tyurin of Rosaviakosmos |
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2001
Aug 12 |
18:42 |
Discovery
docks with PMA-2 on the forward-facing end of Destiny while over the Indian
Ocean - orbit is 384 x 399 kilometres |
|
2001
Aug 12 |
19:05 |
After
a short delay due to a problem with the docking mechanism, Discovery is
properly connected to the ISS |
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2001
Aug 12 |
20:41 |
The
hatch between Discovery and the ISS is opened |
|
2001
Aug 13 |
15:55 |
Logistics
module Leonardo is attached to the downward-facing common berthing mechanism
on Destiny after it has been lifted out of the Discovery cargo bay using
Discovery's manipulator arm |
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2001
Aug 13 |
18:47 |
Hatches
between Destiny and Leonardo are opened |
|
2001
Aug 13 |
19:13 |
The
crew completes transfer of the Expedition 3 contoured seats into Soyuz TM-32,
the Station is then officially "handed over" to Expedition 3 |
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2001
Aug 14 |
- |
The
crew works on unloading Leonardo and uploading new software into Zvezda's
computer system |
|
2001
Aug 14 |
- |
A
series of thruster firings by Discovery raises the ISS orbit by 3 kilometres |
|
2001
Aug 15 |
21:52 |
Hatches
between Discovery and the ISS are closed in order to lower the air pressure
inside the Shuttle prior to a space walk |
|
2001
Aug 15 |
12:10 |
The
Expedition 3 crew delivers speeches to commemorate Zarya's 1000th day in
orbit |
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2001
Aug 15 |
13:56 |
Barry
and Forrester start a space walk to attach an ammonium coolant reservoir the
Station's cooling systems to the ISS hull, and to attach an experiment
containing 750 material samples for studying the effects of long exposure to
space |
|
2001
Aug 15 |
20:12 |
Barry
& Forrester complete their space walk after 6 hrs 16 min |
|
2001
Aug 17 |
- |
A
series of thruster firings by Discovery over a one hour period raises the ISS
orbit further - it is now 391 x 402 kilometres |
|
2001
Aug 18 |
13:42 |
Barry
and Forrester start a space walk to lay out heater cables and install
handrails on the outside of Destiny - this in preparation for installation of
a new truss on a later mission |
|
2001
Aug 18 |
19:11 |
Barry
& Forrester complete their space walk after 5 hrs 29 min |
|
2001
Aug 19 |
19:15 |
Leonardo
is returned to Discovery's cargo bay after being lifted away from Destiny
using the Shuttle's remote manipulator arm |
|
2001
Aug 19 |
01:00 |
Progress
M-45 and its launching rocket are rolled-out to the launch pad at Baikonur |
|
2001
Aug 20 |
12:00 |
Hatches
between Discovery and the ISS are closed |
|
2001
Aug 20 |
14:52 |
Discovery
undocks from the ISS and begins a fly-round |
|
2001
Aug 20 |
18:29 |
A
"Getaway Special" payload - Simplesat is deployed from Discovery's
cargo bay - its purpose is to demonstrate Global Positioning System attitude
control and pointing in free flight |
|
2001
Aug 22 |
17:15 |
Discovery
fires its OMS engines to initiate re-entry |
|
2001
Aug 22 |
18:22 |
Discovery
lands on the Kennedy Space Center runway |
|
2001
Aug 22 |
18:23 |
Wheel
stop - Discovery's mission is over and the ISS crew exchange between
Expedition 2 and Expedition 3 has been completed |