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Target: January 16, 2003, 10:39 a.m. EST
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STS-107
- Endeavour |
The 80-plus experiments aboard
Space Shuttle mission STS-107 represent the latest application
of
microgravity as a fundamental, versatile tool to gain insights
in space and improve life on Earth as well as
enable future space exploration. |
NASA TV coverage of
the launch and mission events will be available for the 5.0 or the G2
STS
- 107
The FREESTAR payload is a Hitchhiker payload
through the GSFC Code 870 Shuttle Small Payloads Project. FREESTAR
consists of separate experiments and the Hitchhiker (HH) Carrier
(HHC) avionics mounted on a cross-bay HH Multipurpose Equipment
Support Structure (MPESS). The carrier avionics provides the interface
to the electrical systems, the payload power control, and command
and telemetry capabilities. Examples of some of the experiments
that FREESTAR can carry are MEIDEX, SOLSE-2, CVX-2, SOLCON-3, LPT,
SEM, and PSRD.
Launch will be no earlier than January 16, 2003.
Watch the
Launch and mission
coverage on NASA TV
Read press releases
about the mission..
An accurate countdown
clock is also available.
STS-113 will be the 16th shuttle
flight to visit the station and will continue the outward expansion
of the orbital outpost with the delivery of the P1 (P-One) Truss.
Also, STS-113 will deliver the Expedition Six crew to the station
and return the Expedition Five crew to Earth.
Launch: November 23, 2002 7:49:47 pm EST
Landing: KSC December 7, 2002 2:37:12 p.m. EST
STS-112
will deliver the S1
(S-One) Truss to the International Space Station. STS-112 will
set the stage for the outward expansion of the International Space
Station with the delivery of the S1 (S-One) Truss. The STS-112 crew
will perform three spacewalks to install, activate and outfit the
S1, which will be attached to the starboard end of the S0 (S-Zero)
Truss.
Launch was October 7, 2002, 3:46 p.m. EDT.
Landing: 11:44 a.m. EDT, October 18, 2002
STS
- 111 (ISS 14th)
STS-111 to Deliver Expedition Five, Install
Mobile Base System STS-111 will be the 14th shuttle mission to visit
the International Space Station, continuing the assembly of the
outpost and delivering a new crew. During STS-111's stay, the crew
will perform three spacewalks to install the Mobile Base System
onto the station's Mobile Transporter and to replace the wrist roll
joint on the station's robot arm, Canadarm2.
STS
- 110 (ISS 12th, UF-1)
The STS-110 mission begins the third and final
phase of construction for the International Space Station (ISS)
by delivering and installing the S¯ truss segment that will be carried
into orbit in the payload bay of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. For
more information see the official
HEDS site.
STS
- 109 (ISS 12th, UF-1)
During the eleven-day mission, the crew of Columbia will rendezvous
with the telescope and grapple and berth it to the Space Shuttle
using the remote manipulator system. A series of space walks will
be performed to significantly upgrade HST's scientific capabilities
and power system. Installation of the Advanced Camera for Surveys
(ACS) represents the major scientific upgrade for this servicing
mission and will dramatically increase HST's ability to see deeper
into our universe. To further extend HST's discovery potential,
a new cooling system will be added that will restore HST's infrared
capability. The telescope is also shown with the smaller, sturdier,
and more efficient solar arrays that will be installed.
Watch the
Launch.
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clock is also available.
STS
- 108 (ISS 12th, UF-1)
STS-108 will deliver the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Raffaello
and the Expedition Four crew to the International Space Station
and return the Expedition Three crew to Earth. STS-108 is scheduled
to launch no earlier than Nov. 29. November
29 Launch scrubbed - rescheduled for November 30. November
30 launch postponed to allow firm docking of Progress cargo ship
to ISS. December 4 launch scrubbed due to weather,
New date: December 5 at 5:19 pm EST. Success! See
news updates.
STS
- 105 (ISS 11th flight, 7A.1) - The primary purpose
of STS-105 is to deliver the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module
(MPLM) and new crew members: Mikhail Tyurin, Frank Culbertson and
Vladimir Dezhurov to the Station and return ISS current residents:
James Voss, Susan Helms and Yury Usachev.
STS
- 104 - The primary payload on STS-104 is the
ISS Airlock.
The airlock provides station-based Extravehicular Activity, or space
walking, capability for both U.S. and Russian spacesuits. Additionally,
high pressure gas assembly supports space walk operations and augments
the Service Module gas resupply system.
STS-100
- The primary purpose of the flight is to deliver and install the
new Canadian Robot Arm (Space
Station Remote Manipulator System), as well as an Italian-made
resupply Logistics
Module (MPLM) nicknamed Raffaello. During the flight three spacewalks
are planned, which will make Hadfield the first Canadian to ever leave
a spacecraft, and float free in space. Landing:
Edwards Air Force Base, CA, Tuesday, May 1, 2001, 12:11 p.m. EDT
STS-102
- The crew will visit and resupply the
International Space Station with the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics
Module (MPLM).
This launch was previously scheduled
for no earlier than October 19, 2000, rescheduled to February 15,
2001 and then to March 1, 2001 at 4:24 p.m. EST. Due to the rollback
of STS-98, the March 1st date was moved to March 8, 2001 at 6:42am.EST.
Landing scheduled for March 20, 2001 at approximately 2:02am EST KSC
STS-98
- The crew will continue the task of building and enhancing the International
Space Station by delivering the U.S. laboratory mondule, Destiny. The
Shuttle will spend six days docked to the station while the laboratory
is attached and three spacewalks are conducted to complete its assembly.
The STS-98 mission will occur while the first station crew is aboard the
new spacecraft.
This is Space Station Assembly Flight ISS-07-5A (US Lab).
STS-97
- STS-97 will build and enhance the capabilities of the International
Space Station.It will deliver the first set of U.S.-provided solar arrays
and batteries as well as radiators to provide cooling. A communications
system for voice and telemetry also will be installed. This is Space
Station Assembly Flight ISS-04-4A (PV Module P6).
Scheduled for launch:
11:53pm (October 30) October 31: 2:53 a.m.EST (0753 GMT)
American astronaut Bill Shepherd will launch a new era in space history
Oct. 31, when he lifts off in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur
Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan en route to his new home aboard the International
Space Station. If all goes well on this and future missions, Oct. 30,
2000, will be the last day on which there were no human beings in space.
STS-94 - Space Station
Assembly Flight ISS-03-3A (Z-1 Truss, CMGs, Ku/S-Band, PMA-3/SLP). See
special programming from the Press Site
at Kennedy Space Center
STS-106 - This
4th Space Station flight completes the original STS-101 mission objectives.
With both missions slated for flight aboard Shuttle Atlantis, launch
for STS-106 will occur no earlier than Aug. 19. Astronauts on the new
STS-106 mission will complete service module support tasks on orbit,
transfer supplies and outfit ISS for the first long-duration crew.
STS-101 - SPACEHAB - Logistics Flight
April 24 Launch was scrubbed for 24 hours due to weather conditions;
scrubbed again April 25; the April 26 attempt got to the Launch minus
9 hold and was scrubbed due to weather (specifically cross-winds). Launch
was Friday, May 19, at 6:11a.m EDT - follow mission activities via NASA press as well.
This is Space Station Assembly Flight ISS-2A-2a;
and is designed to supply the Station with more logistics for use by
future crews, and to replace some of Zarya's aging batteries and other
equipment in preparation for the arrival of the Zvezda service module
in July.
STS-99 Originally
scheduled for September 16. Due to weather problems and a suspect Master
Events Controller box, the January 31 launch was scrubbed. On February
11, Space Shuttle Endeavour lifted off from KSC's Launch Pad 39A at
12:43:40p.m. EST. See http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-99/mission-sts-99.htm
for more information about this the Mission to obtain the most complete
high-resolution digital topographic database of the Earth.
A special
series of events from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratories (JPL) give
you the chance to interact live with JPL scientists, engineers, technicians
and administrators from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission project,
before, during and after the mission.
STS-103
- Successfully launched December 19, 1999 at 6:50 p.m. Central time
following multiple delays due to safety and weather issues.
This is the Mission to service the Hubble Space
Telescope.
Originally scheduled for June 2000, NASA officials
decided to move up the servicing after three of the telescope's six
gyroscopes failed.
Workshop
Announcement - The Education Office of NASA's Goddard Space Flight
Center is intending to support an Educators' Conference in conjunction
with the launch.
STS-93
- Launched July 23, 1999
Scheduled launch July 20 was
scrubbed as was the rescheduled July 22, finally the launch on July
23,1999
Marked the first NASA shuttle
flight commanded by a woman, Commander Eileen Collins. This mission
is featured in Female Frontiers project. See the archives of the
live activities from Kennedy Space
Center.
Scheduled for launch:
July 1999
First fully Russian contribution to the Space Station The Service Module
will be the first fully Russian contribution to the International Space
Station and will serve as the early cornerstone for the first human
habitation of the station. It is scheduled to be launched unpiloted
in the summer of 1998 as the third station component to reach orbit,
docking by remote control with the already orbiting Functional Cargo
Block and Node 1 at an altitude of about 220 miles.
STS-96 - Launched
May 27, 1999
Originally scheduled for launch May 20,
1999
STS-88 - Launched December 4, 1998
