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*ISS Progress 24 to Depart, ISS Progress 26 to Launch *
ISS015-E-17052 --- The Great Salt Lake in Utah
Image above: The Great Salt Lake in Utah is featured in this image
photographed by
an Expedition 15 crew member on the International Space Station. Image
credit: NASA
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The Expedition 15 crew spent Monday preparing for the departure of the
ISS Progress 24 (P24) cargo craft and the arrival of the ISS Progress 26.
Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin removed a Local Temperature Sensor Switching
Unit and computer memory from P24. Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov
repressurized the station's atmosphere with oxygen from tanks in the
P24. The cargo craft will undock from the Pirs docking compartment on
Aug. 1, burning up in the Earth’s atmosphere as it deorbits.
P26 is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at
1:34 p.m. EDT Thursday, Aug. 2. It is scheduled to dock with the station
Sunday, Aug. 5, at about 2:38 p.m. The crew trained on the manual TORU
docking system controls Monday in preparation for the docking of P26.
The manual system would be used in the unlikely event the automated Kurs
system should experience difficulty.
Flight Engineer Clay Anderson packed items to be returned to Earth
aboard Endeavour when it completes the STS-118 mission. Endeavour is set
to launch on Aug. 7 and dock with the station on Aug. 9.
+ 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
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John Yembrick
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0602
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George Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
07.30.07
NASA Starts Space Shuttle Endeavour Countdown Aug. 4
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA will start the launch countdown for space
shuttle Endeavour's STS-118 mission at 9 p.m. EDT Saturday, Aug. 4, at
the T-43 hour point. The countdown includes 27 hours, 3 minutes of
built-in hold time leading to a preferred launch time at approximately
7:02 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Aug. 7. The launch window extends an additional
five minutes.
During the 11-day mission to the International Space Station,
Endeavour's crew will add another truss segment to the expanding
station, install a new gyroscope and add a spare parts platform. The
flight will have at least three spacewalks. It also will debut a new
system that enables docked shuttles to draw electrical power from the
station to extend visits to the outpost.
A detailed list of launch countdown milestones and times is available at:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/news/index.html
This mission is the 119th space shuttle flight, the 20th flight for
Endeavour and the 22nd U.S. flight to the International Space Station.
The mission will be Endeavour's first flight in more than four years.
The shuttle has undergone extensive modifications, including the
addition of safety upgrades already added to shuttles Discovery and
Atlantis.
For more information about the STS-118 crew and mission to the space
station, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html>
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*Endeavour Marches Toward Launch*
*Launch Date:* Aug. 7
*Launch Time:* 7:02 p.m. EDT
STS-118 crew members get a close look at the payloads installed in Space
Shuttle Endeavour.
Image above: STS-118 crew members get a close look at the payloads
installed in Space Shuttle Endeavour. Seen in the foreground are Mission
Specialists Dave Williams (center), who represents the Canadian Space
Agency, and Tracy Caldwell (right). Photo credit: NASA/George Shelton
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*07.27.07 - 4:20 p.m. EDT*
Space Shuttle Endeavour is ready to fly, NASA managers concluded July 26
after wrapping up the two-day flight readiness review at Kennedy Space
Center in Florida. Launch of Endeavour on the STS-118 mission is
officially set for Aug. 7.
"On behalf of all the people that work on Endeavour, both here and
really across the country, it's a great, great feeling to have Endeavour
back on the pad," said Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach. "We're
looking forward to a great launch."
Launch preparations continue at Launch Pad 39A. Hypergolic propellant
has been loaded into the solid rocket booster hydraulic power units, as
well as Endeavour's orbital maneuvering system, forward reaction control
system and auxiliary power units. The suits to be worn on the mission's
spacewalks have been stowed, and flight crew equipment and supplies are
being loaded into the crew cabin. Payload closeouts include camera tests
on the shuttle's robotic arm and orbiter boom sensor system.
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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*Spacewalk, Preparations for Endeavour's Arrival Keep Crew Busy*
Image above: Flight Engineer Clay Anderson works with stowage bags.
Image credit: NASA TV
TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
The Expedition 15 crew aboard the International Space Station spent
Friday working with scientific experiments and preparing for the arrival
of a Progress cargo craft and space shuttle Endeavour in August.
Flight Engineer Clay Anderson packed items to be returned to Earth
aboard Endeavour when it completes the STS-118 mission. He also gathered
tools that will be used during that mission's three spacewalks.
Endeavour is set to launch on Aug. 7 and dock with the station on Aug. 9.
Anderson also transferred and stowed the equipment for the Anomalous
Long Term Effects in Astronauts' Central Nervous System payload, an
experiment which measures the effect of the exposure of crew members to
cosmic radiation.
Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov performed maintenance on the station's
exercise treadmill, repairing its roller bearings, and conducted a
repressurizaton of oxygen using the tanks in the docked ISS Progress 24
cargo craft.
Progress 24 will undock from the Pirs docking compartment on Aug. 1,
burning up in the Earth’s atmosphere as it deorbits. Progress 26 is
scheduled for launch on Aug. 2 and will reach the station on Aug. 5.
On Monday, Anderson and Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin conducted a 7-hour,
41 minute spacewalk. Anderson jettisoned a 1,400 pound,
refrigerator-size ammonia reservoir known as the Early Ammonia Servicer
by pushing it opposite of the station's direction of travel. Anderson
and Yurchikhin also installed a television camera support or stanchion,
reconfigured a power supply for an antenna assembly, and performed
several get-ahead tasks.
+ Read more about the spacewalk
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/e15_eva_…>
+ 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>
When and who?
Jul 26, 2007
By Frank Morring, Jr./Aviation Week & Space Technology
A panel reviewing astronaut health issues in the wake of the Lisa Nowak arrest
has found that on at least two occasions astronauts were allowed to fly after
flight surgeons and other astronauts warned they were so intoxicated that they
posed a flight-safety risk.
The panel, also reported "heavy use of alcohol" by astronauts before launch,
within the standard 12-hour "bottle to throttle" rule applied to NASA flight
crew members.
A NASA spokesman declined comment on the findings, which were obtained by
Aviation Week & Space Technology. The spokesman said a press conference has
tentatively been scheduled for Friday afternoon on the issue. At the direction
of Administrator Michael Griffin, NASA Chief Medical Officer Dr. Richard S.
Williams set up the panel to review astronaut medical and psychological
screening after Nowak was arrested in Orlando, Fla., Feb. 5 on charges of
attempted murder and attempted kidnapping for allegedly stalking and
threatening a woman who was dating another astronaut. The attempted murder
charge was subsequently dropped.
The panel is composed of military and civilian government physicians,
psychologists, lawyers, safety experts and astronauts under the chairmanship of
U.S. Air Force Col. Richard Bachmann, dean of the Air Force School of Aerospace
Medicine. Panel members visited Johnson Space Center in April to gather
information from flight surgeons and the astronaut office on astronaut health
screening. A panel member said Wednesday the report was still in draft form,
and probably would be released in August. Separately, Griffin ordered JSC
Director Mike Coats to review intake and on-going psychological screening for
astronaut candidates and astronauts, and to recommend changes if necessary.
Griffin also directed Coats, himself a former astronaut, to "determine whether
there were any areas of concern - any leading indicators we might have picked
up on, based on Lisa Nowak's dealings with other astronauts or NASA employees,"
in the words of Deputy Administrator Shana Dale.
The Bachmann panel report apparently does not deal directly with Nowak or
mention any other astronaut by name. Coats' findings also will be part of the
press conference on Friday, according to the agency spokesman.
The link.
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*Crew Moves Station Robotic Arm*
Space station robotic arm
Image above: Canadarm2, the space station's robotic arm, is maneuvered
into place by Flight Engineer Clay Anderson. Image credit: NASA TV
TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO:
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The Expedition 15 crew aboard the International Space Station continued
preparations Thursday for the arrival of a Progress cargo vehicle and
space shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-118 in August.
Flight Engineer Clay Anderson conducted a "walk off" of the station's
robotic arm, moving it into position in advance of Endeavour's arrival.
During STS-118, the crew will use the robotic arm to install the newly
delivered S5 truss to the S4 solar array truss.
Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov conducted a
test of the TORU manual docking system. TORU serves as a backup for the
Kurs automated docking system, which is the primary docking system for
Progress cargo crafts.
The Progress 24 cargo craft will undock from the Pirs docking
compartment on Aug. 1, burning up in the Earth’s atmosphere as it
deorbits. Progress 26 is scheduled for launch on Aug. 2 and will reach
the station on Aug. 5. Two days later on Aug. 7, space shuttle Endeavour
is targeted for launch with a station rendezvous and docking planned for
Aug. 9.
On Monday, Anderson and Yurchikhin conducted a 7-hour, 41 minute
spacewalk. Anderson jettisoned a 1,400 pound, refrigerator-size ammonia
reservoir known as the Early Ammonia Servicer by pushing it opposite of
the station's direction of travel. Anderson and Yurchikhin also
installed a television camera support or stanchion, reconfigured a power
supply for an antenna assembly, and performed several get-ahead tasks.
+ Read more about the spacewalk
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/e15_eva_…>
+ 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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July 26, 2007
John Yembrick
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0602
George Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
NASA GIVES 'GO' FOR SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR LAUNCH ON AUG. 7
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - On Thursday, NASA managers set Aug. 7 as the
official launch date for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-118 mission to
the International Space Station. Liftoff from NASA's Kennedy Space
Center, Fla., is scheduled for 7:02 p.m. EDT.
Endeavour's launch date was announced following the traditional Flight
Readiness Review at Kennedy. During the two-day meeting, top NASA and
contractor managers assessed any risks associated with the mission
and determined that the shuttle's equipment, support systems and
procedures are ready for flight.
Commander Scott Kelly and his six crewmates are scheduled to arrive at
Kennedy at 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3, for final launch preparations. The
countdown is scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4.
During the 11-day mission, Endeavour's crew will add another truss
segment to the expanding station, install a new gyroscope on the
complex and add an external spare parts platform. The flight will
include at least three spacewalks. The crew will debut a new system
that enables docked shuttles to draw electrical power from the
station to extend visits to the outpost. If this system functions as
expected, three additional days will be added to the STS-118 mission.
Joining Kelly on the flight will be Pilot Charlie Hobaugh and mission
specialists Tracy Caldwell, Rick Mastracchio, Barbara R. Morgan,
Alvin Drew and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Dave Williams.
The mission will be Endeavour's first flight in more than four and a
half years. The spacecraft has undergone extensive modifications,
including the addition of safety upgrades already added to shuttles
Discovery and Atlantis.
For more information about the STS-118 mission, including images and
interviews with the crew, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-07-25 15:30 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Challenger Learning Center of Lucas County, Oregon, Ohio, direct via KB9UPS
Successful Wed 2007-07-25 11:48 UTC 62 deg (***)
21st. World Scout Jamboree, Chelmsford, England, direct via GB100J
Sat 2007-08-04 21:10 UTC 38 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 2007-07-25 15:30 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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