August 2007 - Sarex (INACTIVE)

Prepares for Next Spacewalk
by Arthur Rowe 12 Aug '07

12 Aug '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Crew Concludes Heat Shield Inspection, Prepares for Next Spacewalk* 12 AUGUST 2007 The STS-118 crew completed today’s focused inspection of Space Shuttle Endeavour’s heat shield and has turned its attention to Monday’s spacewalk. Using the shuttle robotic arm and 50-foot-long Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS), the crew collected imagery of five areas on Endeavour’s underside that may have been damaged during the climb to orbit on Aug. 8. STS-118 Mission Specialists Tracy Caldwell and Barbara Morgan and Commander Scott Kelly operated the shuttle’s robotic arm. STS-118 Pilot Charles Hobaugh and Expedition 15 Flight Engineer Clay Anderson were at the controls of the International Space Station’s robotic arm. The data collected during the inspection will be analyzed by experts and engineers at the Mission Control Center in Houston. Mission Specialists Dave Williams and Rick Mastracchio are preparing for their second spacewalk. The preparations include spacesuit and tool checkouts. Later today, the crew members will review the excursion’s timeline before the spacewalkers begin the overnight campout in the station’s Quest Airlock. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin at 11:31 a.m. EDT(1531 UTC) Monday. The primary task is the replacement of a faulty control moment gyro in the station’s Z1 truss. The station has four gyros that are used to control the station’s attitude. Later today, mission managers are expected to make a decision about a possible mission extension to 14 days for STS-118. The decision will be based upon the performance of the Station-to-Shuttle Power Transfer System, which is designed to allow shuttles to receive power from the station during docked operations.

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Heat Shield Inspection Continues
by Arthur Rowe 12 Aug '07

12 Aug '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C 331468 *Heat Shield Inspection Continues* 12 AUGUST 2007 The STS-118 crew continues to conduct a focused inspection of Space Shuttle Endeavour’s heat shield. Using the shuttle’s robotic arm and 50-foot-long Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS), the crew is taking a look at five areas on the underside that may have been damaged during the climb to orbit on Aug. 8. STS-118 Mission Specialists Tracy Caldwell and Barbara Morgan and Commander Scott Kelly are the shuttle robotic arm operators for the inspection. STS-118 Pilot Charles Hobaugh and Expedition 15 Flight Engineer Clay Anderson are operating the International Space Station’s robotic arm, which was used to lift the OBSS out of Endeavour’s payload bay and hand it off to the shuttle arm. The data collected by the inspection will be sent to the Mission Control Center in Houston for analysis by engineers and flight controllers. In other activities, cargo transfers continue between Endeavour and the station. Also on tap today are preparations for STS-118’s second spacewalk, slated to begin at 11:31 a.m. EDT Monday and be conducted by Mission Specialists Dave Williams and Rick Mastracchio. Later today, managers are expected to make a decision about a possible mission extension to 14 days for STS-118. The decision will be based upon the performance of the Station-to-Shuttle Power Transfer System, which is designed to allow shuttles to receive power from the station during docked operations.

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Space Station Grows With Addition of Truss Segment
by Arthur Rowe 12 Aug '07

12 Aug '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Command and Control Computer Shuts Down, Backup Takes Over; No Impact to STS-118 Spacewalk* The main command and control computer in the International Space Station’s Destiny Laboratory shut down about 3:52 p.m. EDT Saturday. The primary backup computer immediately took control and assumed the backup duties. There was no impact to the spacewalk being conducted by the STS-118 crew. Flight controllers are working to resolve the issue. *Space Station Grows With Addition of Truss Segment* ISS's robotic arm, Orbital Boom Sensor System and Endeavour's robotic armImage above: The International Space Station's robotic arm prepares to hand off the Orbital Boom Sensor System (OBSS) to shuttle Endeavour's robotic arm. Image credit: NASA TV TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html Already the largest human-made object orbiting the Earth, the International Space Station continued its on-orbit growth spurt with the addition of the Starboard 5 (S5) truss segment. The S5 was attached Saturday during STS-118’s first spacewalk. The S5 will serve as a spacer segment between the Starboard 4 and 6 (S6) segments. The S6 and its solar arrays will be attached during a future shuttle mission. The S5 is the newest piece of the station’s backbone, called the Integrated Truss Structure, which will eventually span the length of a football field and contain four sets of solar arrays. At least two more spacewalks will take place during STS-118’s stay at the station. One of the tasks during the upcoming spacewalks is the replacement of a faulty attitude control gyro. The two crews are also transferring cargo between Space Shuttle Endeavour and the station. Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineers Oleg Kotov and Clay Anderson welcomed the seven-member STS-118 crew aboard the station Friday at 4:04 p.m. EDT. The STS-118 crew arrived at the station a couple of hours earlier when Space Shuttle Endeavour docked at 2:02 p.m. A decision is expected Sunday about a possible three-day extension of Endeavour’s stay at the station. A fourth spacewalk could also be added. + Read more about Expedition 15 <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/index.ht…> + View crew daily timelines <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/timelines/index.html>

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ISS KEPS - DAY 224
by Arthur Rowe 12 Aug '07

12 Aug '07

ISS (ZARYA) 1 25544U 98067A 07224.37943946 .00010987 00000-0 72407-4 0 7649 2 25544 51.6328 173.7167 0008196 233.3339 266.7720 15.76228623499643

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Crew to Perform Focused Inspection Today
by Arthur Rowe 12 Aug '07

12 Aug '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Crew to Perform Focused Inspection Today* Clay Anderson and Charlie HobaughImage above: Pilot Charlie Hobaugh (foreground) and Flight Engineer Clay Anderson prepare to operate the International Space Station's robotic arm. Image: NASA TV TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html Space Shuttle Endeavour crew members will take a close look at areas of apparent damage to the orbiter’s thermal protection system in a focused inspection today. The International Space Station’s Canadarm2 will unberth the Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS) and hand it off to the shuttle’s robotic arm a little after 9:45 a.m. EDT. The OBSS is an extension of the shuttle’s arm and has sophisticated electronic and visual sensors at its end. Commander Scott Kelly and Mission Specialists Tracy Caldwell and Barbara Morgan will do most of the focused inspection, with Pilot Charlie Hobaugh and station Flight Engineer Clay Anderson at the controls of the station arm. Other crew members will work to transfer equipment and supplies between the two spacecraft. On Saturday, Mission Specialists Rick Mastracchio and Dave Williams wrapped up STS-118’s first spacewalk at 6:45 p.m. During the 6-hour, 17-minute excursion, they successfully installed the Starboard 5 (S5) truss segment onto the International Space Station and continued preparations to relocate the Port 6 (P6) truss. Animations: + S5 Truss Overview <javascript:watchNASAOnDemandTV('http://mfile.akamai.com/18566/wmv/etouchsyst2.download.akamai.com/18355/wm.…')> | + S5 Truss Installation <javascript:watchNASAOnDemandTV('http://mfile.akamai.com/18566/wmv/etouchsyst2.download.akamai.com/18355/wm.…')>

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FALMOUTH, MASS. ROAD RACE
by Arthur Rowe 12 Aug '07

12 Aug '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUT N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 Sunni William will be running today 12 August 2007 in the following road race. The Falmouth Road Race begins its 35th running this Sunday morning in Woods Hole. Like last year, race organizers are expecting around 10,000 runners to participate in the Woods Hole-to-Falmouth Heights run.

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Astronaut Ed Lu Leaves NASA
by Arthur Rowe 12 Aug '07

12 Aug '07

> SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 > >> Aug. 10, 2007 >> >> Allard Beutel >> Headquarters, Washington >> 202-358-4769 >> allard.beutel(a)nasa.gov >> >> Kylie Clem >> Johnson Space Center, Houston >> 281-483-5111 >> kylie.s.clem(a)nasa.gov >> >> >> >> ASTRONAUT ED LU LEAVES NASA >> >> HOUSTON - Veteran International Space Station astronaut and space >> shuttle flyer Ed Lu has left NASA to accept a position in the private >> sector. Lu flew on two shuttle missions and lived six months aboard >> the station as a member of the orbiting laboratory's seventh crew. >> "Ed has done an exceptional job as an astronaut during his twelve >> years of service," said Chief of the Astronaut Office Steve Lindsey. >> "He contributed greatly to the construction and operations on the >> International Space Station, particularly in the very difficult >> period after the Columbia tragedy. Additionally, his involvement in >> development of the Crew Exploration Vehicle will help NASA >> tremendously as we look forward to exploring our solar system. He >> will be missed by the Astronaut Office and NASA. We wish him the very >> best in his future endeavors." >> >> Lu's experience includes more than six hours spacewalking. He was the >> first American to launch as flight engineer of a Russian Soyuz >> spacecraft as well as the first American to both launch and land on a >> Soyuz. He has visited two space stations on his missions. >> >> Selected as an astronaut in 1994, Lu first flew in May 1997 aboard >> Atlantis for the STS-84 mission, the sixth shuttle mission to visit >> the Russian space station Mir. He next flew in 2000 on mission >> STS-106, also aboard Atlantis, performing a spacewalk during that >> flight to help outfit the Zvezda module of the International Space >> Station, the outpost's living quarters. Launching on the Soyuz, Lu >> returned to the International Space Station in 2003 as flight >> engineer and NASA science officer of Expedition 7, the first >> two-person resident crew. >> >> For more biographical information about Lu, visit: >> http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/lu.html >> >> For information about NASA and agency programs, visit: >> >> http://www.nasa.gov >> >> >> -end- >> >> >> >> >> >> >

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SPACE WALK COMPLETED
by Arthur Rowe 11 Aug '07

11 Aug '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C#31468 Mission Specialist Rick Mastracchio and Dave Williams wrapped up STS-118’s first spacewalk at 6:45 p.m. During the 6-hour, 17-minute excursion, they successfully installed the Starboard 5 (S5) truss segment onto the International Space Station and continued preparations to relocate the Port 6 (P6) truss. With Mastracchio and Williams assisting, Pilot Charles Hobaugh used the station’s robotic arm to attach the S5 about 1:35 p.m. The spacewalker then went to work to permanently bolting the S5 in place on the end of the Starboard 4 truss segment and then performed some scheduled and get-ahead tasks to prepare the S5 for the arrival of the Starboard 6 truss next year. The final major objective of the spacewalk was the retraction of a radiator on the Port 6 (P6) truss. After the radiator was folded, Mastracchio and Williams secured it. The P6 will be relocated from atop the station to the end of the Port 5 truss during a future shuttle mission. The spacewalk began at 12:28 p.m. and was the first conducted for Williams and Mastracchio. STS-118 Mission Specialist Tracy Caldwell coordinated spacewalk activities, and Expedition 15 Flight Engineer Clay Anderson assisted Hobaugh at the controls of the station’s Canadian-built robotic arm. Two more spacewalks are currently scheduled for STS-118. The Station-to-Shuttle Power Transfer System, which was activated after Friday’s docking, was shut down as a precaution during the spacewalk. It will be brought back online later today. The transfer system may allow Space Shuttle Endeavour and the STS-118 crew to stay at the station longer. A decision on a possible mission extension to 14 days is expected to be made Sunday. Animations: + S5 Truss Overview <javascript:watchNASAOnDemandTV('http://mfile.akamai.com/18566/wmv/etouchsyst2.download.akamai.com/18355/wm.…')> | + S5 Truss Installation <javascript:watchNASAOnDemandTV('http://mfile.akamai.com/18566/wmv/etouchsyst2.download.akamai.com/18355/wm.…')>

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ISS STATUS 11 AUGUST 2007
by Arthur Rowe 11 Aug '07

11 Aug '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Command and Control Computer Shuts Down, Backup Takes Over; No Impact to STS-118 Spacewalk* The main command and control computer in the International Space Station’s Destiny Laboratory shut down about 3:52 p.m. EDT today. The primary backup computer immediately took control and assumed the backup duties. There is no impact to the spacewalk being conducted by the STS-118 crew. Flight controllers are working to resolve the issue. *Space Station Grows With Addition of Truss Segment* International Space Station Already the largest human-made object orbiting the Earth, the International Space Station continued its on-orbit growth spurt with the addition of the Starboard 5 (S5) truss segment. The S5 was attached at about 1:35 p.m. EDT during STS-118’s first spacewalk. The S5 will serve as a spacer segment between the Starboard 4 and 6 (S6) segments. The S6 and its solar arrays will be attached during a future shuttle mission. The S5 is the newest piece of the station’s backbone, called the Integrated Truss Structure, which will eventually span the length of a football field and contain four sets of solar arrays. At least two more spacewalks will take place during STS-118’s stay at the station. One of the tasks during the upcoming spacewalks is the replacement of a faulty attitude control gyro. The two crews are also transferring cargo between Space Shuttle Endeavour and the station. Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineers Oleg Kotov and Clay Anderson welcomed the seven-member STS-118 crew aboard the station Friday at 4:04 p.m. EDT. The STS-118 crew arrived at the station a couple of hours earlier when Space Shuttle Endeavour docked at 2:02 p.m. A decision is expected Sunday about a possible three-day extension of Endeavour’s stay at the station. A fourth spacewalk could also be added. + Read more about Expedition 15 <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/index.ht…>

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Spacewalkers Install S5 Truss,
by Arthur Rowe 11 Aug '07

11 Aug '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C#31468 *Spacewalkers Install S5 Truss, Work Ahead of Schedule* STS-118 spacewalk TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html Image above: Mission Specialist Rick Mastracchio participates in the first spacewalk of the STS-118 mission. Image: NASA TV STS-118's first spacewalk continues to run smoothly and ahead of schedule. The crew quickly went to work after starting the excursion at 12:28 p.m. EDT. With spacewalkers Rick Mastracchio and Dave Williams assisting, Pilot Charles Hobaugh used the station’s robotic arm to attach the S5 about 1:35 p.m. The spacewalkers then completed the task of permanently bolting the S5 in place on the end of the Starboard 4 truss segment. Mastracchio and Williams are performing some scheduled and get-ahead tasks to prepare the S5 for the arrival of the Starboard 6 truss next year. The next major task of the spacewalk is the retraction of a radiator on the Port 6 (P6) truss. After the radiator is folded, Mastracchio and Williams will secure it. The P6 will be relocated from atop the station to the end of the Port 5 truss during a future shuttle mission. Mastracchio and Williams are scheduled to wrap up at about 6:58 p.m.(2258 UTC) STS-118 Mission Specialist Tracy Caldwell is the spacewalk coordinator, and Expedition 15 Flight Engineer Clay Anderson is assisting Hobaugh at the controls of the station’s Canadian-built robotic arm. The Station-to-Shuttle Power Transfer System, which was activated after Friday’s docking, has been shut down as a precaution during the spacewalk. It will be brought back online after the conclusion of the excursion. The transfer system may allow Space Shuttle Endeavour and the STS-118 crew to stay at the station longer. A decision on a possible mission extension to 14 days is expected to be made Sunday. Animations: + S5 Truss Overview <javascript:watchNASAOnDemandTV('http://mfile.akamai.com/18566/wmv/etouchsyst2.download.akamai.com/18355/wm.…')> | + S5 Truss Installation <javascript:watchNASAOnDemandTV('http://mfile.akamai.com/18566/wmv/etouchsyst2.download.akamai.com/18355/wm.…')>

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