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International Space
Station (ISS) Diary This section of the diary covers the period between 2001 December and 2002 June. Yuri Onufrienko, Carl Walz and Dan Bursch continue work aboard the Station and receive Mark Shuttleworth of South Africa. |
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Date
and Time (GMT) |
Event |
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2001
Dec 5 |
22:19 |
Space
Shuttle Endeavour launched from Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center
on mission STS-108 into orbit of 225 x 230 kilometres at 51.6 degrees
inclination with crew consisting of Capt Dominic L Gorie, USN (commander),
Lt-Cdr Mark E Kelly, USN (pilot),
mission specialists Dr Linda M Godwin and Daniel M Tani - Endeavour also
carries the ISS Expedition 4 crew consisting of Col Yuri I Onufrienko,
Russian Air Force (station commander), Col Carl E Walz, USAF and Capt Daniel
W Bursch, USN |
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2001
Dec 6 |
02:00 |
Endeavour's
orbit is 234 x 384 kilometres |
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2001
Dec 7 |
20:03 |
Endeavour
docks with the PMA-2 Adaptor at the forward-facing end of Destiny but the
vehicles do not latch because of a slight misalignment in the docking units |
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2001
Dec 7 |
20:51 |
Endeavour's
docking with the ISS is completed - orbit is 370 x 383 kilometres |
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2001
Dec 7 |
22:43 |
Hatches
are opened between Endeavour and the ISS - Endeavour's cargo include 6,000 US
flags for distribution to heroes and families involved in the 2001 Sep 11
attack on the World Trade Center |
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2001
Dec 8 |
17:01 |
Logistics
module Rafaello is unberthed from Endeavour's cargo bay using the Shuttle's
remote manipulator system |
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2001
Dec 8 |
17:55 |
Rafaello
is docked with the Common Berthing Mechanism on the underside of Destiny |
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2001
Dec 8 |
22:11 |
The
crew completes transfer of the Expedition 4 contoured seats into Soyuz TM-33,
the Station is then officially "handed over" to Expedition 4 |
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2001
Dec 9 |
01:30 |
The
hatch between Destiny and Rafaello is opened and the crew begins transferring
equipment |
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2001
Dec 9 |
- |
A
series of thruster firings by Endeavour over a one hour period raises the ISS
orbit - it is now 374 x 385 kilometres |
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2001
Dec 10 |
00:43 |
Hatches
between the ISS and Endeavour are sealed in order to allow the shuttle's air
pressure to be reduced prior to a space walk |
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2001
Dec 10 |
17:52 |
Godwin
& Tani start a space walk to install insulation around the top of the ISS
truss structure, they also made an attempt to secure one of four legs that
brace the starboard station array but were unable to close the latch (open
since the array was installed) - they retrieved an errant electrical cover
(lost during 2001 Apr 24 during the STS-100 mission), and positioned two
switches to be retrieved and installed during the upcoming STS-110 mission |
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2001
Dec 10 |
22:04 |
Godwin
and Tani complete their space walk after 4 hr 12 min |
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2001
Dec 10 |
23:55 |
Hatches
between the ISS and Endeavour are re-opened after the space walk |
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2001
Dec 11 |
- |
Mission
managers inform the crew of Endeavour that their mission has been extended by
one day in order to assist with additional maintenance tasks on the station,
including work on a treadmill and air compressor in Zvezda |
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2001
Dec 11 |
15:25 |
A
second hour-long series of thruster firings by Endeavour raises the ISS orbit
- it is now 378 x 386 kilometres |
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2001
Dec 12 |
15:20 |
A
third series of thruster firings by Endeavour raises the ISS orbit - it is
now 388 x 390 kilometres |
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2002
Dec 14 |
15:00 |
A
handover ceremony is held between the Expedition 3 and Expedition 4 crews |
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2002
Dec 14 |
16:00 |
Approximate
time - hatches between Destiny and Rafaello are sealed |
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2002
Dec 14 |
20:00 |
Approximate
time - Rafaello is undocked from Destiny using Endeavour's Remote Manipulator
System |
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2001
Dec 14 |
22:44 |
Rafaello
is re-berthed in Endeavour's cargo bay |
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2001
Dec 15 |
- |
A
fourth, minor engine firing by endeavour increases the miss distance from an
orbiting Russian rocket stage that was predicted to pass with 4.8 kilometres
of the Station |
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2001
Dec 15 |
13:16 |
Hatches
between the ISS and Endeavour are closed prior to the shuttle's departure |
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2001
Dec 15 |
14:55 |
A
20 minute firing sequence using Endeavour's thrusters raises the ISS orbit by
1 kilometre and ensures that a thirty year old spent Russian rocket increases
its predicted miss distance from 5 kilometres to 40 kilometres |
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2001
Dec 15 |
17:28 |
Endeavour
undocks from the ISS and begins a fly-round - Endeavour then fires its
thrusters and moves away |
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2001
Dec 16 |
15:02 |
Endeavour
deploys a "Getaway Special" satellite Starshine 2 from its cargo
bay |
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2001
Dec 17 |
16:50 |
Endeavour
fires its OMS engines to initiate re-entry |
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2001
Dec 17 |
17:55 |
Endeavour
lands on the Kennedy Space Center runway |
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2001
Dec 17 |
17:56 |
Wheel
stop - Endeavour's mission is over and the ISS crew exchange between
Expedition 3 and Expedition 4 has been completed |
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2002
Jan 8 |
19:45 |
Approximate
time - Progress M1-7's rocket engines are tested briefly prior to an orbit re-boost
planned for the following day - orbit is 378 x 381 kilometres |
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2002
Jan 10 |
01:35 |
Mission
Control, Moscow fire Progress M1-7's rocket engines in the first stage of a
two-part re-boost of the ISS orbit |
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2002
Jan 10 |
03:43 |
Mission
Control, Moscow fire Progress M1-7's rocket engines in the second stage of a
two-part re-boost of the ISS orbit - it is now 392 x 401 kilometres, nearly
two kilometres lower than expected - when calculating parameters of the burn,
Russian engineers did not allow sufficiently for the pressure drop in the 30
metre long internal fuel line from Zvezda to Progress |
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2002
Jan 14 |
20:59 |
Using
the Pirs module airlock, Onufrienko and Walz start a space walk to install
the Strela-2 crane on the outside of Pirs, and to mount an amateur radio
antenna on the outside of Zvezda |
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2002
Jan 15 |
03:02 |
Onufrienk
and Walz complete their space walk after 6 hr 12 min |
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2002
Jan 25 |
15:19 |
Using
the Pirs module airlock, Onufrienko and Walz start a space walk to retrieve
equipment left outside for long-duration space exposure studies, complete the
mounting of an amateur radio antenna on the outside of Zvezda, and to install
shields on Zvezda's thrusters to reduce gas contamination of the station's
surface |
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2002
Jan 25 |
21:18 |
Onufrienk
and Walz complete their space walk after 5 hr 59 min, taking 15 minutes
longer than anticipated |
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2002
Jan 26 |
- |
ISS
passes close to a piece of debris from an exploded Pegasus rocket stage
(launched the STEP-2 satellite in 1994) - it is not considered a serious
threat |
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2002
Jan 29 |
21:02 |
ISS
passes 14.8 kilometres from a piece of debris from a Scout rocket (launched a
pair of store-forward comsats in 1990) - it is not considered a serious
threat |
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2002
Jan 30 |
07:41 |
ISS
again passes close to the piece of debris from an exploded Pegasus rocket
stage (launched the STEP-2 satellite in 1994) - again it is not considered a
serious threat |
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2002
Feb 1 |
- |
The
crew remove the electronics pack from the Progress M1-7 Kurs rendezvous
system - it will be stored and later returned to Earth for re-use |
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2002
Feb 4 |
- |
A
software problem causes Zvezda's computers to have to be re-booted - the
Station goes into free drift while this is happening |
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2002
Feb 20 |
11:38 |
Half
an hour earlier than planned, Walz and Bursch begin a space walk from the
Quest airlock (the first time it has been used without a Shuttle Orbiter
attached to the station) - they connected cables on the outside of the
station and retrieved tools from a previous work area as well as removing
various covers from external apparatus |
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2002
Feb 20 |
14:05 |
Walz
and Bursch stop work momentarily to mark the 40th anniversary of John Glenn's
first US orbital space mission |
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2002
Feb 20 |
16:25 |
Walz
and Bursch complete their space walk after 4 hr 47 min - they were originally
planned to be outside for 5½ hours |
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2002
Feb 21 |
- |
By
way of testing Progress M1-7's thrusters, ISS orbit is raised from 378 x 385
kilometres to 378 x 393 kilometres |
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2002
Feb 21 |
- |
The
ISS crew retreats into the Russian segment of the station due to an odour in the
US segment, emanating from Quest - the PMA-1 hatch is partially closed |
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2002
Feb 22 |
- |
The
crew re-opens the US station segment after the atmosphere has been purged -
the odour is put down to a contaminated carbon dioxide scrubber releasing
gases when it was being re-charged |
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2002
Feb 27 |
- |
Computers
in the US segment of the station suffer a temporary breakdown |
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2002
Mar 1 |
- |
Approximate
time - the ISS crew photographs the vapour trail left by Shuttle Columbia as it
sets of on the STS-109 Hubble Telescope repair mission |
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2002
Mar 1 |
- |
The
crew begins preparing the Kolibri micro-satellite for launch from Progress
M1-7 when it departs |
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2002
Mar 3 |
03:02 |
Planned
time for an avoidance manoeuvre to take the ISS away from an item of orbiting
space debris - it does not take place as the miss-distance is deemed to be
safe |
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2002
Mar 8 |
- |
During
a test with the station's remote manipulator arm, it is confirmed that one of
it's 'wrist' joints has failed |
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2002
Mar 9 |
13:30 |
ISS
and Shuttle Columbia, on its HST Repair mission, exchange messages by direct
radio link |
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2002
Mar 13 |
00:06 |
ISS
orbit is raised using the engines of Progress M1-7 - the purpose is two-fold
- as well as raising the orbit, it puts the ISS in the right position for the
upcoming Progress M1-8 launch |
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2002
Mar 13 |
00:52 |
A
second firing of Progress M1-7's engine completes the orbit re-bost - orbit
is now 392 x 397 kilometres |
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2002
Mar 19 |
- |
Progress
M1-8 and its launching rocket are rolled out to the launch pad at Baikonur
Cosmodrome |
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2002
Mar 19 |
17:43 |
Progress
M1-7 undocks from the International Space Station |
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2002
Mar 19 |
17:46 |
Progress
M1-7 fires its thrusters to begin moving away from the ISS |
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2002
Mar 19 |
21:40 |
A
second firing of Progress M1-7's engines speeds up the rate of separation |
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2002
Mar 19 |
22:28 |
Kolibri',
a small Russian/Australian satellite is released, using springs, from
Progress M1-7 into an orbit of x kilometres at 51.6 degrees inclination - it
is intended for use in comparative studies of near-Earth space over Europe
and Australia, as well as for investigation of processes in Earth's radiation
belts and Earth's magnetosphere during solar flares |
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2002
Mar 20 |
01:27 |
Progress
M1-7 fires its onboard engine and re-enters the Earth's atmosphere to burn up
over the Pacific Ocean |
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2002
Mar 21 |
20:13 |
Progress
M1-8 cargo supply ship launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome Soyuz-U rocket into
an orbit of 189 x 233 kilometres at 51.6 degrees inclination - it carries 2.4
tonnes of supplies, including propellant for replenishing Zvezda's tanks and
will take one day loner than usual to reach the ISS - this is due to tests
being carried out accelerometers for the new Soyuz TMA vehicle - first launch
due 2002 October |
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2002
Mar 22 |
05:10 |
Progress
M1-8 orbit is 284 x 313 kilometers |
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2002
Mar 22 |
- |
Onufrienko
and Walz are given a course of instruction by Mission Control-Moscow in
operating the TORU remote control system for use with Progress |
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2002
Mar 24 |
20:57 |
Under
the control of Mission Control Centre - Moscow, Progress M1-8 docks with the
rear-facing port of Zvezda, recently cleared by the departure of Progress
M-45 - the docking does not produce a seal between the two spacecraft - ISS
orbit is 389 x 394 kilometres |
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2002
Mar 25 |
00:00 |
The
hatch between Progress M1-8 and the ISS is opened for the first time |
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2002
Mar 27 |
11:55 |
ISS
passes within 3 kilometres of a piece of debris from the 2002 launch of
India's PSLV rocket - avoiding action is not necessary |
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2002
Mar 27 |
13:15 |
Russian
mission controllers begin a series of tests that finish with test firings of
Progress M1-8's attitude control thrusters |
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2002
Jun 4 |
14:27 |
A
problem with a liquid hydrogen vent pipe on the launch support structure causes
NASA to delay the day's planned launch of Endeavour until April 8 |
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2002
Apr 8 |
18:44 |
After
a brief hold in the final moments of countdown, the crew of thge ISS observes
Space Shuttle Atlantis being launched from Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center on mission
STS-110 into orbit of 155 x 230
kilometres at 51.6 degrees inclination, with a crew consisting of Lt-Col
Michael Bloomfield USAF (commander) Cdr Stephen Frick USN (pilot), and
Mission Specialists Lt-Col Rex Walheim USAF, Ellen Ochoa, Lee Morin, Jerry
Ross and Stephen Smith |
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2002
Apr 9 |
- |
Unufrienko
and Bursch remove the electronics pack from the Soyuz TM-33 Kurs rendezvous
system - it will be stored and later returned to Earth for re-use |
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2001
Apr 10 |
16:05 |
Atlantis
docks with the PMA-2 Adaptor at the forward-facing end of Destiny - orbit is
384 x 388 kilometres |
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2001
Apr 10 |
18:07 |
The
hatches between Atlantis and the ISS are opened |
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2002
Apr 11 |
10:45 |
Ochoa
uses the ISS Remote Manipulator System to unberth the S-0 Truss from
Atlantis's cargo bay |
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2002
Apr 11 |
14:30 |
The
S-0 Truss is berthed in its cradle on the ISS |
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2002
Apr 11 |
14:35 |
Smith
and Walheim begin a space walk to install struts for the S-0 Truss, install
electronic equipment and connect cables, and to inspect an area of thermal
insulation around the Station's GPS antenna (they confirm that part of the
insulation is blocking one of the antennae |
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2002
Apr 11 |
22:24 |
Smith
and Walheim complete their space walk after 7 hr 48 min, having taken about
one hour longer than planned and having to postpone some of their work |
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2002
Apr 12 |
- |
Cosmonautics
Day in Russia - celebrating 41 years since Gagarin's flight, also the 21st
anniversary of Columbia's launch on the first space shuttle mission |
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2002
Apr 13 |
14:09 |
Ross
and Morin begin a space walk to add further struts to support the S-0 Truss,
and connect more cables |
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2002
Apr 13 |
21:39 |
Ross
and Morin complete their space walk after 7 hr 30 min |
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2002
Apr 13 |
22:39 |
A
series of firings by Atlantis's Reaction Control System over a one hour
period raises the ISS orbit slightly - it is now 385 x 389 kilometres
kilometres |
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2002
Apr 14 |
13:48 |
Smith
and Walheim begin a space walk to release the temporary clamp holding the S-0
Truss in place until the struts were installed, to remove clamps holding
Truss cables in place during the launch, and to fit additional handrails to the
outside of the station |
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2002
Apr 14 |
20:15 |
Smith
and Walheim complete their space walk after 6 hr 27 min |
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2002
Apr 14 |
21:52 |
A
second series of firings by Atlantis's Reaction Control System over a one hour
period raises the ISS orbit slightly - it is now 385 x 391 kilometres
kilometres |
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2002
Apr 15 |
12:22 |
Walz
starts a seven minute test of the mobile section of the S-0 Truss, running it
along it tracks - the test is not completed |
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2002
Apr 15 |
21:40 |
Walz
completes the test of the S-0 Truss 'railcar' |
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2002
Apr 16 |
14:29 |
Ross
and Morin begin a space walk to add a connecting handrail between the S-0
Truss and the Quest airlock, to continue connecting cables and releasing safety
clamps, to install floodlights on the outside of the station, and to adjust
the position of a thermal blanket that is blocking one of the GPS antennae |
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2002
Apr 16 |
21:06 |
Ross
and Morin complete their space walk after 6 hr 37 min |
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2002
Apr 17 |
12:20 |
A
third series of firings by Atlantis's thrusters over a one hour period raises
the ISS orbit to 388 x 400 kilometres |
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2002
Apr 17 |
16:00 |
Approximate
time - hatches between the ISS and Atlantis are closed |
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2002
Apr 17 |
18:30 |
Atlantis
undocks from the ISS and begins a fly-round - Atlantis then fires its
thrusters and moves away |
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2002
Apr 18 |
09:53 |
A
six minute test is conducted on the Soyuz TM-33 thrusters prior to it being
re-positioned on April 20 |
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2002
Apr 19 |
15:20 |
Atlantis
fires its OMS engines to initiate re-entry |
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2002
Aug 19 |
16:26 |
Atlantis
lands on the Kennedy Space Center runway |
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2002
Aug 19 |
16:27 |
Wheel
stop - Atlantis's mission is over |
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2002
Apr 20 |
03:15 |
Soyuz
TM-33's sytems are activated prior to it being re-positioned, and the crew
begins to de-activate the Station |
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2002
Apr 20 |
05:00 |
Hatches
between the Iss and Soyuz TM-33 are closed |
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2002
Apr 20 |
09:16 |
Soyuz
TM-33 undocks from Zvezda and moves along the hull of the station |
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2002
Apr 20 |
09:37 |
Soyuz
TM-33 re-docks at the Station's Pirs module |
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2002
Apr 20 |
11:30 |
The
ISS crew re-enters the station from Soyuz TM-33 |
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2002
Apr 23 |
01:00 |
Soyuz
TM-34 and its launching rocket are rolled out to the launch pad at Baikonur
Cosmodrome |
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2002
Apr 25 |
06:26 |
Soyuz
TM-34 spacecraft launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz rocket into an orbit
at approximately 185 x 210 kilometres at 51.6 degrees inclination, carrying a
Soyuz "Taxi" crew consisting of Yuri Gidzenko (commander), Roberto
Vittori of Italy and working for ESA (Flight Engineer no 1), and Mark
Shuttleworth - a private citizen of South Africa |
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2002
Apr 25 |
10:10 |
Soyuz
TM-34 completes its first orbital correction |
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2002
Apr 25 |
11:00 |
Soyuz
TM-34 completes its second orbital correction - orbit is now 242 x 270
kilometres |
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2002
Apr 26 |
07:22 |
Soyuz
TM-34 completes its third orbital correction - orbit is lowered slightly to
244 x 266 kilometres |
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2002
Apr 27 |
07:55 |
Soyuz
TM-34 docks with the downward facing port of Zarya - ISS orbit is 388 x 398
kilometres |
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2002
Apr 27 |
- |
The
crew seats are switched between Soyuz TM-34 and Soyuz TM-33 |
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2002
Apr 28 |
- |
Shuttlewoth
takes a telephone call from President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa |
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2002
May 2 |
- |
Mission
control - Moscow conducts a firing test of Soyuz TM-33's thrusters |
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2002
May 4 |
20:15 |
The
Taxi crew re-activates Soyuz TM-34 prior to departure |
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2002
May 4 |
21:15 |
Hatches
between Pirs and Soyuz TM-34 are closed |
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2002
May 5 |
00:31 |
Soyuz
TM-33 undocks from the Pirs module carrying the Taxi crew of Gidzenko,
Vittori and Shuttleworth |
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2002
May 5 |
03:52 |
Soyuz
TM-32 lands 26 kilometres south-east of Arkalyk in Kazakhstan |
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2002
May 15 |
- |
Mission
managers determine that the ISS is to pass 3.3 kilometres from the spent
rocket stage from the Cosmos 2292 launch |
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2002
May 15 |
22:30 |
The
thrusters of Progress M1-8 are used to raise the Station's orbit slightly in
order to increase the miss distance from the Cosmos 2292 rocket stage |
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2002
May 20 |
18:21 |
The
Station passes near a spent Indian-launched rocket stage - no avoidance
manoeuvre is necessary |
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2002
May 22 |
- |
The
thrusters of Progress M1-8 are fired to make a minor orbital correction -
orbit is 384 x 395 kilometres |
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2002
May 26 |
19:48 |
The
SS passes 4.6 kilometres from the spent rocket stage from the Cosmos 185
launch |
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2002
May 29 |
03:12 |
The
SS passes 4.5 kilometres from a spent Delta rocket stage from a GPS launch of 1993 |
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2002
May 30 |
- |
Onufrienko conducts voice and telemetry tests with
the tracking ship 'Cosmonaut Viktor Patsayev' which is tied up in the harbour
of Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea |
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2002
May 30 |
23:44 |
Planned
launch time for Endeavour on the STS-111 mission - the launch is delayed |
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2002
Jun 5 |
21:22 |
After
several delays due to weather, Space Shuttle Endeavour launched from Launch
Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-111 into orbit of 155
x 235 kilometres at 51.6 degrees inclination with crew consisting of Kenneth
Cockrell (commander), Lt-Col Paul S Lockhart USAF (pilot), mission
specialists Franklin Chang-Diaz PhD and Col Phillipe Perrin of the French Air
Force (CNES) - Endeavour also carries the ISS Expedition 5 crew consisting of
Col Valeriy G Korzun of the Russian Air Force (station commander), Peggy
Whitson PhD and Sergei Y Treschev |
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2002
Jun 6 |
03:00 |
Endeavour's
orbit is 233 x 333 kilometres |
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2002
Jun 7 |
16:25 |
Endeavour
docks with the PMA-2 Adaptor at the forward-facing end of Destiny - orbit is
381 x 389 kilometres |
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2002
Jun 7 |
19:08 |
The
hatches between Endeavour and the ISS are opened |
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2002
Jun 7 |
22:55 |
The
Expedition 5 crew formally takes command of the ISS |
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2002
Jun 8 |
11:00 |
Approximate
time - the bearing in a Control Moment Gyro on the Z-1 truss fails |
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2002
Jun 8 |
13:29 |
Endeavour's
commander Ken Cockrell attaches the Shuttle's remote manipulator arm to the
logistics module Leonardo |
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2002
Jun 8 |
13:45 |
Logistics
module Leonardo is unberthed from Endeavour's cargo bay |
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2002
Jun 8 |
14:28 |
Leonardo
is attached to the Common Berthing Mechanism on the underside of Destiny |
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2002
Jun 9 |
15:27 |
Chang-Diaz
and Perrin begin a space walk to attach equipment to the outside of the Station,
examine the thermal covering over the failed gyro, and to remove unnecessary
thermal blanket from another are on the outside of the station |
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2002
Jun 9 |
22:41 |
Chang-Diaz
and Perrin complete their space walk after 7 hr 14 min |
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2002
Jun 10 |
09:03 |
Whitson
and Walz use the Station's remote manipulator system to attach the Base Unit
on the S0 truss's Mobile Transporter |
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2002
Jun 10 |
20:53 |
A
series of thruster firings by Endeavour over a one hour period raises the ISS
orbit - it is now 382 x 391 kilometres |
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2002
Jun 11 |
15:20 |
Chang-Diaz
and Perrin begin a second space walk to attach video, data and power cables
to the Mobile Base Unit, use a torque wrench to complete the Unit's
installation and to re-locate an external TV camera |
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2002
Jun 12 |
00:19 |
Walz
and Bursch pass the previous US long duration mission record of 184 days 4
hrs set by Shannon Lucid aboard Mir |
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2002
Jun 12 |
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