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*Endeavour Arrives at Launch Pad 39A*
Space Shuttle Endeavour at Launch Pad 39A.
Image above: Space Shuttle Endeavour stands at Kennedy Space Center's
Launch Pad 39A. Photo credit: NASA/Ken Thornsley
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*07.11.07 - 1:45 p.m. EDT*
Space Shuttle Endeavour is in place at Launch Pad 39A after an overnight
journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building. Moving at less than one mile
an hour atop the crawler-transporter, the shuttle assembly began the
3.4-mile trip at 8:10 p.m. EDT June 10 and arrived at the pad at 2:30
a.m. July 11. Endeavour was "hard down" -- or secured in place -- on the
pad at 3:02 a.m.
During the STS-118 mission, Endeavour will carry into orbit the S5
truss, SPACEHAB module and external stowage platform 3. The payload was
delivered July 8 to the launch pad's payload changeout room.
NASA is quickly gearing up for the shuttle's next visit to the
International Space Station, targeted for launch Aug. 7 at 7:02 p.m. The
mission will mark the first flight of Mission Specialist Barbara Morgan,
the teacher-turned-astronaut whose association with NASA began more than
20 years ago.
STS-118 will be the first flight for Endeavour since 2002.
*Mission Information*
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> July 11, 2007
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> SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR MOVES TO LAUNCH PAD
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> CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Endeavour completed a 3.4-mile
> journey to launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on
> Wednesday shortly after 3 a.m. EDT.
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> After a one-day weather delay, Endeavour left Kennedy's Vehicle
> Assembly Building at 8:10 p.m., Tuesday, traveling at less than 1 mph
> atop a massive crawler-transporter. While at the pad, the shuttle
> will undergo final testing, payload installation and a "hot fire"
> test of auxiliary power units. After final testing, the rotating
> service structure will be moved around the vehicle to protect it from
> the elements.
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> Endeavour is targeted to lift off Aug. 7 on an 11-day STS-118 mission
> to the International Space Station. Endeavour's crew includes
> Commander Scott Kelly, Pilot Charlie Hobaugh and mission specialists
> Tracy Caldwell, Rick Mastracchio, Barbara Morgan, Alvin Drew and
> Canadian Space Agency astronaut Dave Williams.
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> The crew is due to arrive at Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility at
> approximately 7 p.m. on July 16 to participate in the Terminal
> Countdown Demonstration Test, a launch dress rehearsal. Media
> interested in attending should arrive at Kennedy's press site by 5:30
> p.m. for transportation to the facility.
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*Expedition 15 Conducts Emergency Exit Drill* - jJULY 10TH, 2007
Image above: The profile of the atmosphere and a setting sun are
featured in this
image photographed by an Expedition 15 crew member
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The Expedition 15 crew members conducted a mandatory emergency exit
drill Tuesday to simulate their response to a rapid depressurization of
the station. Russian and U.S. specialists were standing by at both
control centers for questions and comments. During the drill, the group
proceeded through a series of checkpoints, determining and verifying
various settings, measurements and configurations. They stepped through
the process of preparing the ISS Progress 24 cargo ship for undocking
and moved along the emergency exit path toward the docked Soyuz TMA-10
spacecraft.
Flight Engineer Clay Anderson conducted his first seven-day Sleep-Wake
Actigraphy and Light Exposure during Spaceflight experiment session by
completing a questionnaire.
Anderson also completed his first session with a cognitive assessment
experiment by performing a psychological evaluation exercise. The
exercise is a timed questionnaire test of cognitive abilities routinely
performed by astronauts onboard the station.
The crew also continued to monitor the loading of new software into the
Russian segment system computers.
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> July 10, 2007
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> CANADIAN ASTRONAUT TO DISCUSS ROLE ON NEXT SHUTTLE FLIGHT
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> HOUSTON - Canadian Space Agency astronaut and physician Dave Williams,
> who is set to launch in August aboard NASA's space shuttle Endeavour,
> will be available for satellite interviews from 3 to 5 p.m. EDT(1900 TO 2100 UTC)on Friday, July 13TH, 2007
> Williams, a former emergency room physician, will be making his second
> spaceflight. He first flew as a mission specialist aboard space
> shuttle Columbia on the STS-90 mission in April 1998. During the
> Endeavour mission, designated STS-118, he will conduct at least two
> spacewalks to continue assembly of the International Space Station.
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> The Canadian Space Agency selected Williams, a native of Saskatoon,
> Saskatchewan, Canada, as an astronaut in 1992. He began training with
> NASA three years later. His career includes participating in two
> missions as a crew member in the Aquarius Underwater Research
> Facility off the Florida coast.
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*Endeavour to Depart Tonight for Launch Pad 39A*
The payload canister containing the S5 truss is lifted into the payload
changeout room at Launch Pad 39A.
Image above: The payload canister is lifted off its transporter up to
the payload changeout room. Inside the canister are the S5 truss,
SPACEHAB module and external stowage platform 3, the payload for mission
STS-118. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
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*07.10.07 - 8:30 a.m. EDT*
The rollout of Space Shuttle Endeavour to Launch Pad 39A is expected to
begin tonight. Originally planned for this morning, the move was
canceled by NASA managers because unfavorable weather was predicted to
arrive in the launch area before the vehicle would be secured at the pad.
The crawler-transporter will carry the space shuttle assembly on the
3.4-mile journey to the launch pad, a trip that typically takes six to
seven hours. NASA TV will provide highlights of the rollout.
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During the STS-118 mission, Endeavour will carry into orbit the S5
truss, SPACEHAB module and external stowage platform 3. The payload was
delivered Sunday to the launch pad's payload changeout room.
NASA is quickly gearing up for the shuttle's next visit to the
International Space Station, targeted for an Aug. 7 launch. The mission
will mark the first flight of Mission Specialist Barbara Morgan, the
teacher-turned-astronaut whose association with NASA began more than 20
years ago.
STS-118 will be the first flight for Endeavour since 2002.
*Mission Information*
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LATEST NEWS
*Crew Continues to Resolve Software Problems*
ISS015-E-13630 --- Fyodor Yurchikhin performs maintenance on telemetry
hardwareImage above: Fyodor Yurchikhin wears communication headgear as
he does maintenance on telemetry hardware in the Zvezda Service Module.
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Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov continued to
monitor the upload of new software into the Russian segment computers.
Meanwhile Flight Engineer Clay Anderson helped them stow items no longer
needed on the station in the ISS Progress 24 cargo craft. The Progress
craft is scheduled to undock on Aug. 1.
Kotov and Anderson each completed mandatory computer-based Crew Medical
Officer proficiency training. The training session is done once a month.
Late Friday, Anderson delayed his sleep period to handle a file-server
crash. Flight controllers and Anderson worked hard for several hours to
repair the Station Support Computer File Server. The server was reloaded
with Expedition 15 software and all functions were restored with no
impact to station operations.
Anderson also set up and activated the EarthKAM hardware for a new
session. The camera is at the Lab science window and takes pictures by
remote operation from the ground, without crew interaction. EarthKAM is
an education program that enables thousands of students to photograph
Earth from space. The student requests are uplinked to a laptop, which
then activates the camera at specified times and receives the digital
images from the camera for subsequent downlink.
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-07-08 00:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Challenger Learning Center of Alaska, Kenai, Alaska, direct via KL7XJ
Successful Sat 2007-07-07 19:47:44 UTC 13 deg (***)
Maples Collegiate, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, direct via VE4NSA
Thu 2007-07-12 16:45 UTC 79 deg
Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando, Florida, telebridge via W6SRJ
Tue 2007-07-17 18:20 UTC 73 deg via W6SRJ
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 303. (***)
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 2007-07-08 00:00 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 2007-07-08 00:00 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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July 6, 2007
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John Ira Petty
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STATUS REPORT: SS07-33
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS07-33
HOUSTON - Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight
Engineer Clay Anderson this week finished preparing their spacesuits
for a planned July 23 spacewalk. Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg
Kotov also continued evaluating the computers on the Russian segment
of the International Space Station.
During the U.S. spacewalk, Yurchikhin and Anderson will jettison a
support post for an exterior video camera and a 1,400-pound,
refrigerator-sized tank that is no longer needed. The tank, known as
the Early Ammonia Servicer, was designed to replenish ammonia to the
temporary cooling system on the station in the event of a coolant
leak.
The spacewalkers also will replace a faulty Remote Power Control
Module to restore backup power to the station's Mobile Transporter
railcar, which is needed for the space shuttle STS-118 mission. Other
tasks include cleaning the Unity node's nadir Common Berthing
Mechanism seals for the relocation of Pressurized Mating Adapter-3.
PMA-3 must be moved before the station's Harmony node arrives on
shuttle mission STS-120, which is targeted for late October.
Yurchikhin and Kotov worked on the Russian computers during the past
week, visually inspecting and photographing cables and connectors on
the command processing unit. Although there is no conclusive evidence
of what caused the problems during shuttle Atlantis' visit last
month, the inspections did yield some valuable information. The
voltage readings on cables and connectors for the secondary power
system appeared normal with the exception of one relay. Also, some
corrosion was found on a second connector and a third was discolored.
Troubleshooting continues.
In addition, the crew and flight controllers completed software
upgrades this week for computers on the U.S. and Russian segments.
The upgrades to the U.S. computers will allow the addition of the
Harmony node, the European Space Agency's Columbus module and the
Japanese Kibo Experiment Module during upcoming shuttle flights.
Plans are proceeding for the launch of the next Russian cargo ship,
the ISS Progress 26, which will deliver to the station new computers,
equipment, food, fuel, water and other supplies. Launch is scheduled
for Aug. 2, with docking planned on Aug. 5.
Also this week, Anderson discussed the progress of his mission and
life aboard the station during an educational in-flight event with
students at the Clay Center for Arts and Sciences in Charleston,
W.Va.
For more about the crew's activities and station sighting
opportunities, visit:
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June 29, 2007
STATUS REPORT: SS07-32
International Space Station Status Report: SS07-32
HOUSTON -- After the departure of the space shuttle Atlantis, Expedition
15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov returned
to their daily operations aboard the International Space Station this
week, while newly arrived Flight Engineer Clay Anderson began conducting
scientific experiments.
Atlantis landed in California June 22 after delivering a new starboard
truss segment and a set of solar arrays to the station. Returning on the
shuttle was Sunita Williams, who lived and worked aboard the orbiting
complex for six months. Anderson succeeded Williams on the station and
arrived with the Atlantis crew on June 10.
Anderson performed his first Saturday Science activity on June 23,
showing younger television viewers how Newton's laws apply to sports
activities, even in the microgravity of space.
On Monday, Anderson began work with a nutrition experiment. He collected
blood and urine samples and began logging all of the food and drinks he
consumed. The experiment tracks many vitamins and minerals essential for
good health. It is the most comprehensive in-flight study to date of
human physiological changes during long-duration spaceflight. Also,
Anderson and Kotov did a medical emergency exercise, and Yurchikhin
replaced one of three transmitters on the Russian Regul communications
system.
The crew inspected the lights and power systems and performed a routine
examination of the windows on the Russian Zvezda service module on Tuesday.
Wednesday was filled with science. Each crew member completed medical
tests and periodic fitness evaluations, and worked with a variety of
Russian experiments. Kotov spent about two hours using a multimeter to
do resistance checks on the computer system in the Zvezda service
module. The two major computer systems there continue to function well,
with two of three "lanes," or data paths, of each system operating.
Anderson wore an acoustic dosimeter on Thursday to check station noise
levels. He also worked with the Microgravity Science Glovebox in an
unsuccessful effort to complete a leak check. Troubleshooting continues.
Yurchikhin and Kotov spent more than two hours with the Russian
Profilaktika experiment, which looks at measures to counteract the
long-term effects of microgravity. Yurchikhin also worked with the
Matryoshka radiation detection experiment and Kotov inventoried medical
equipment inventory.
On Friday, Anderson did a routine cleaning of spacesuit cooling loops.
Yurchikhin and Kotov worked in the Russian segment, replacing current
converter units in the Zarya module.
For more about the crew's activities and station sighting opportunities,
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*Crew Talks to Students, Conducts Experiments*
ISS015-E-13632 : Fyodor Yurchikhin with telemetry hardwareImage above:
Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin performs in-flight
maintenance on telemetry hardware in the Zvezda Service Module
of the International Space Station. Image credit: NASA
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After enjoying a light-duty day on July 4, the Expedition 15 crew
members resumed work this week with science experiments and station
maintenance aboard the International Space Station.
Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin performed analysis on air samples collected
inside the orbiting complex on Tuesday to check the station's atmosphere
for microbial contamination.
Flight Engineer Clay Anderson worked with the European Modular
Cultivation System (EMCS), installing tubes on the water pumps for two
modules. The EMCS is combination centrifuge and growth chamber
experiment that studies methods of growing plants in space for future
long-duration missions to the moon or Mars.
In preparation for an upcoming spacewalk, Anderson completed recharging
the first set of spacesuit batteries and began recharging the second set.
Later Anderson took a break from his work and spoke with math and
science students at the Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences in Charleston.
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