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*ISS Progress 26 Soars to Station*
Progress 26 launches on August 2, 2007Image above: The ISS Progress 26
cargo craft lifts off from the pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in
Kazakhstan on August 2, 2007. Image credit: NASA/Mark Bowman
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TO:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
The ISS Progress 26 (P26) is on course to arrive at the International
Space Station just about on time, but the space shuttle Endeavour is
going to be a little later than planned.
The station crew members, Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight
Engineers Oleg Kotov and Clay Anderson, got an early start to their
weekend with a light-duty day on Friday. It was scheduled because Sunday
will be a busy day, with the arrival of the new Progress scheduled for
about 2 40 p.m. EDT.
Meanwhile, Endeavour's launch was pushed back from Tuesday to Wednesday
at 6:36 p.m. That was done to give workers additional time to complete
routine prelaunch activities. Station crew members held a conference by
radio Friday morning with their future visitors of the Endeavour crew.
Progress 26 launched Thursday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan
at 1:34 p.m. It is loaded with 5,111 pounds of food, fuel, air, water
and supplies. The P26 will dock to the Pirs docking compartment. NASA TV
coverage will begin at 2:00 p.m.
+ Watch NASA TV <http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html>
On Friday, station crew members configured and tested the television
system and video equipment. The cameras will show the station as the P26
approaches and provide the P26 cameras views of the station during its
approach for docking. Yurchikhin and Kotov held a one-hour, detailed
conference with specialists on the ground to discuss the specifics of
the rendezvous.
+ Read more about the ISS Progress 26 Launch
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/exp15_pr…>
+ 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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> Aug. 3, 2007
>
> Allard Beutel
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> MEDIA ADVISORY: 07-099
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> NASA ANNOUNCES WEB COVERAGE OF NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION
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> CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A prelaunch webcast, live blogs, podcasts,
> pictures and videos highlight NASA's Web coverage of space shuttle
> Endeavour's STS-118 mission to the International Space Station. NASA
> will provide ongoing updates online at:
>
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> A live webcast featuring astronaut Joan Higginbotham, who flew aboard
> space shuttle Discovery in December 2006, will start the in-depth
> coverage of the mission at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Aug. 7.
>
> A blog will update the countdown continuously, beginning about six
> hours before Endeavour is scheduled to lift off on Aug. 8 at 6:36
> p.m. Originating from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the
> blog is the definitive Internet source for information leading up to
> launch.
>
> During the 11-day mission, Endeavour's crew of seven astronauts will
> conduct at least three spacewalks. They will install new station
> components, replace one of the outpost's attitude control gyroscopes,
> deliver 5,000 pounds of supplies and add a segment to the right side
> of the station's backbone, or truss. Visitors to NASA's shuttle Web
> site can read about the crew's progress and watch the spacewalks,
> which will be broadcast live from the space station. The NASA blog
> also will detail Endeavour's landing at the conclusion of the
> mission.
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> Aug. 3, 2007
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> Katherine Trinidad
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> George Diller
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> NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION POSTPONED 24 HOURS
>
> CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The launch of space shuttle Endeavour on
> mission STS-118 has been postponed 24 hours to allow the shuttle
> processing team additional time to complete routine work before
> liftoff. The launch now is targeted for Wednesday, Aug. 8, at 6:36
> p.m. EDT from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
>
> The additional day will provide time to complete the processing and
> allow the countdown to begin at 8 p.m. Sunday. As originally planned,
> the STS-118 crew will arrive at Kennedy at 5 p.m. Friday. NASA
> Television will air live coverage of the arrival. On launch day, live
> coverage starts at 8:30 a.m.
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*ISS Progress 26 Launches to Station*
Illustration of the space station with Progress 26, Progress 25 and
SoyuzImage above: Artist's rendering of the International Space Station
showing the ISS Progress 26, the ISS Progress 25 and a Soyuz spacecraft
docked to the station. Image credit: NASA TV
TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
The ISS Progress 26 (P26) craft launched Thursday from the Baikonur
Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 1:34 p.m. EDT. The P26 vehicle is loaded
with 5,111 pounds of food, fuel, air, water and supplies. P26 is
scheduled to dock with the station on Aug. 5.
On the station, Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Olog
Kotov reconfigured the Kurs automated rendezvous system in the Zvezda
Service Module in preparation for the P26 docking.
Wednesday’s undocking of the ISS Progress 24 (P24) was successfully
completed at 10:07 a.m. Configuration issues resulted in the Progress
not doing the separation burn, but the deorbit burn occurred on time.
P24 was about four miles from the station when the deorbit burn began a
little after 2:40 p.m. Wednesday, sending the Progress and its load of
trash to destruction in the Earth's atmosphere.
Flight Engineer Clay Anderson conducted routine periodic inspections of
the station's smoke detectors Thursday and Kotov did routine air
sampling in the station. Yurchikhin and Anderson continued to pack items
no longer needed on the station for return aboard space shuttle
Endeavour during its STS-118 mission. Anderson also held a conference
with the STS-118 crew to discuss spacewalk preparations.
+ Read more about the ISS Progress 26 Launch
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/exp15_pr…>
+ 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>
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-08-02 21:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
21st. World Scout Jamboree, Chelmsford, England, direct via GB100J
Sat 2007-08-04 21:10 UTC 38 deg
National Agriculture Museum (formerly City of Ottawa Central Experimental
Farm) - 7yrs to 18yrs old, Telebridge via WH6PN (***)
Tue 2007-08-07 13:25 UTC 88 deg (***)
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 306.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 1.
QSL information may be found at:
http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.htmlhttp://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's
ISS callsigns: DP0ISS, NA1SS, RS0ISS
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The schedule page has been updated as of 2007-08-02 21:00 UTC.
Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and
questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions
for any contact that may be streamed live.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt
The successful school list has been updated as of 2007-07-25 15:30 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing
Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correctio…
tf
Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf
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There have been rumors in the past indicating that the ISS was having direct
contacts on the 40 meter band. There is no HF radio equipment on board and
available yet. The HF antenna is mounted. Sometimes WA3NAN will retransmit
shuttle audio.
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Expedition 15 on orbit:
Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI
Dr. Oleg Kotov
Clayton Anderson KD5PLA
Expedition 15 future:
Daniel Tani KD5DXE
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73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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*08.01.07 - 5:43 p.m. EDT*
At Launch Pad 39A, preparations continue for the launch of Endeavour on
STS-118, currently targeted for launch at 7:02 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Aug. 7.
Engineers are working to resolve an abnormal leak rate in Endeavour's
crew cabin. The problem has been traced to one of two positive
pressure-relief valves which ensure that the crew cabin does not become
over-pressurized. Workers plan to remove and replace the suspect valve
using a valve from Atlantis. This work will begin tonight and be
completed on Thursday.
The 22nd flight to the International Space Station, STS-118 will be the
first flight for Endeavour since 2002, and the first mission for Mission
Specialist Barbara Morgan, the teacher-turned-astronaut whose
association with NASA began more than 20 years ago.
*Mission Information*
+ STS-118 Mission Overview
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts118/index.html>
+ STS-118 Fact Sheet (900 Kb PDF)
<http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/182903main_STS118%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf>
+ STS-118 Briefing Animations
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts118/multimedia…>
+ STS-117 Mission Archive
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts117/main/index…>
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The ISS Progress 26 (P26) craft is scheduled to launch Thursday from the
Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at about 1:33 p.m EDT(1733 UTC). The
P26 vehicle rolled to its launch pad Tuesday loaded with 5,111 pounds of
food, fuel, air, water and supplies.
The cargo craft also contains new Russian computers, cables, connectors
and a commanding unit. The commanding unit will replace an identical
unit on the station when the upcoming STS-118 mission visits. The unit
is suspected of causing the computer failure during the STS-117 mission
in June. P26 is scheduled to dock with the station on Aug. 5.
Wednesday’s undocking of the ISS Progress 24 (P24) was successfully
completed at 10:07 a.m. Configuration issues resulted in the Progress
not doing the separation burn, but the deorbit burn occurred on time.
P24 was about four miles from the station when the deorbit burn began a
little after 2:40 p.m., sending the Progress and its load of trash to
destruction in the Earth's atmosphere.
On the station, Flight Engineers Oleg Kotov and Clay Anderson took turns
doing robotics proficiency training with ground controllers Wednesday in
preparation for the STS-118 mission.
Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Kotov practiced rendezvous pitch
maneuver (RPM) photography. They used digital cameras with 400mm and
800mm lenses to mimic their work during Endeavour's approach to the
station on the STS-118 mission. The RPM is a 360-degree back flip by the
shuttle, which is done so images of its heat shield may be taken.
+ Read more about the ISS Progress 26 Launch
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/exp15_pr…>
+ Read more about Expedition 15
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/index.ht…>
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A week before Endeavour's planned liftoff, NASA
was analyzing a cabin leak in the space shuttle today.
FOR THE REST OF THE STORY GO TO:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/space/5014960.html
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*ISS Progress 26 Prepares for Liftoff*
ISS Progress 26 on the launch pad in Baikonur
Image above: The ISS Progress 26 on the launch pad at the Baikonur
Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Image credit: NASA/Mark Bowman
TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
The ISS Progress 26 vehicle rolled to its launch pad Tuesday loaded with
5,111 pounds of food, fuel, air, water and supplies. The cargo craft
also contains new Russian computers, cables, connectors and a commanding
unit. The commanding unit will replace an identical unit on the station
when the upcoming STS-118 mission visits in August. The unit is
suspected of causing the computer failure during the STS-117 mission in
June.
On the eve of the undocking of the Progress 24 cargo ship from the Pirs
docking compartment, the crew members completed the stowage of discarded
items no longer needed on the station. They closed the hatch, conducted
leak checks and activated the ship's systems for Wednesday’s undocking
scheduled for 10:05 a.m. EDT. The Progress engines will be fired at
about 2:40 p.m. to begin the descent to Earth's atmosphere, where it
will burn up 30 minutes later.
The crew members also did a timeline review with flight controllers
Tuesday as they prepare for the launch of Endeavour on the STS-118
mission Aug. 7.
+ Read more about the ISS Progress 26 Launch
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/exp15_pr…>
+ 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>
