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International Space
Station (ISS) Diary This section of the diary covers the
period from 2002 March onwards. Expedition 5 takes over the Station. |
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Date and Time (GMT) |
Event |
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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 11 |
20:20 |
Chang-Diaz
and Perrin complete their space walk after 5 hr - 90 minutes sooner than
planned |
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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 |
13:08 |
A
second, one hour, series of thruster firings by Endeavour raises the ISS
orbit - it is now 384 x 392 kilometres |
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2002
Jun 13 |
15:16 |
After
a thirty minute delay, Chang-Diaz and Perrin begin a third space walk to
replace a joint on the Station's remote manipulator arm |
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2002
Jun 13 |
22:33 |
Chang-Diaz
and Perrin complete their space walk after 7 hr 17 min |
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2002
Jun 14 |
- |
A
third series of thruster firings by Endeavour raises the ISS orbit - it is
now 390 x 399 kilometres |
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2002
Jun 14 |
14:30 |
Hatches
between Destiny and Leonardo are closed |
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2002
Jun 14 |
18:11 |
Leonardo
is re-berthed in Endeavour's cargo bay |
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2002
Jun 15 |
12:23 |
Hatches
between the ISS and Endeavour are closed |
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2002
Jun 15 |
14:32 |
Endeavour
undocks from the ISS and begins a fly-round |
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2002
Jun 15 |
16:53 |
Endeavour
fires its thrusters and moves away from the ISS |
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2002
Jun 17 |
- |
Two
possible landing opportunities for Endeavour at the Kennedy Space Center are
waved off because of rain and thunderstorms |
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2002
Jun 18 |
- |
Two
further landing opportunities for Endeavour at the Kennedy Space Center are
waved off because of rain and thunderstorms |
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2002
Jun 18 |
- |
Landing
opprtunities for Endeavour at the Kennedy Space Center are again waved off
because of rain and thunderstorms |
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2002
Jun 18 |
16:50 |
Endeavour
fires its OMS engines to initiate re-entry |
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2002
Jun 18 |
17:26 |
Endeavour
lands on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base |
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2002
Jun 18 |
17:27 |
Wheel
stop - Endeavour's mission is over and the ISS crew exchange between
Expedition 4 and Expedition 5 has been completed |
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2002
Jun 22 |
10:00 |
Korzun
and Treschev undertake thirty minutes of "refresher" training on
the use of Zvezda's TORU remote control system in case it has to be used for
the upcoming Progress M-46 docking (problems have been experienced with
spurious signals being received by the automatic 'Jurs' system during recent
automatic dockings) |
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2002
Jun 24 |
06:30 |
Approximate
time - Progress M1-8 is re-activated and preparations begin for its departure
from the ISS |
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2002
Jun 24 |
- |
Progress
M-46 and its launching rocket are rolled out to the launch pad at Baikonur
Cosmodrome |
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2002
Jun 25 |
08:26 |
Progress
M1-8 undocks from the International Space station - the event is ninety
minutes later than planned due to a minor problem with the vehicle |
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2002
Jun 25 |
11:35 |
Progress
M1-8 fires its onboard engine and begins to descend |
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2002
Jun 25 |
12:13 |
Progress
M1-8 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere to burn up over the Pacific Ocean |
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2002
Jun 26 |
05:36 |
Progress
M-46 cargo supply ship launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome Soyuz-U rocket into
an orbit of approximately 183 x 215 kilometres at 51.6 degrees inclination -
it carries 2.58 tonnes of supplies, including propellant for replenishing
Zvezda's tanks |
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2002
Jun 26 |
16:00 |
Progress
M-46 orbit is 267 x 277 kilometres |
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2002
Jun 28 |
07:20 |
Korzun
and Treschev conduct a two hour test of the Kurs system using Progress M-46
which is trailing the Station by 30 kilometres - both vehicles are in an
orbit of 387 x 397 kilometres |
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2002
Jun 28 |
09:55 |
Progress
M-46 fires its thrusters to adjust its orbit in order to move it further away
from the ISS - it is now 389 x 399 kilometres |
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2002
Jun 29 |
06:23 |
Under
the control of Mission Control Centre - Moscow, and after a fly-round of the
ISS to test the radio reception by the 'Kurs' automated rendezvous system,
Progress M-46 docks with the rear-facing port of Zvezda - ISS orbit is 387 x
397 kilometres |
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2002
Jun 29 |
09:30 |
Approximate
time - hatches between Progress M-46 and Zvezda are opened |
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2002
Jul 10 |
- |
Treschev
and Korzum make a call via the Station's IP telephone to congratulate Russian
Air Force Colonel-General Pyotr Klimuk, former cosmonaut and head of the Yuri
Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre, on his 60th birthday |