July 29th 2005 PDT
STS-114 Report #06 Thursday, July 28, 2005 – 11 p.m. CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas The first full day of joint Space Shuttle and International Space Station operations will be highlighted by installation of a cargo transportation module, additional orbiter heat shield inspections and spacewalk preparations. Discovery’s crew was awakened at 10:39 p.m. CDT by the song “Vertigo“ by U2 played for Pilot Jim Kelly. Capcom Shannon Lucid noted during the wakeup call that Kelly, wh ...Continue Reading
July 28th 2005 PDT
STS-114 Report #05 Thursday, July 28, 2005 – 4:30 p.m. CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas The Space Shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station smoothly and right on time Thursday morning, after doing a planned back flip so Station crewmembers could photograph its thermal protection system. Discovery Commander Eileen Collins and Pilot Jim Kelly flew Discovery through the rendezvous pitch maneuver about 600 feet below the Station about an hour before docking. The photos taken by St ...Continue Reading
July 28th 2005 PDT
STS-114 Report #04 Wednesday, July 27, 2005 – 11:45 p.m. CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas Visitors on a Space Shuttle will arrive at the International Space Station for the first time in over two years today. The Space Shuttle Discovery is scheduled to catch up and dock to the Station at 6:18 a.m. CDT Thursday. During Discovery’s approach to the Station, Commander Eileen Collins will pause with the orbiter 600 feet below the Station and perform the first Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver. The moti ...Continue Reading
July 28th 2005 PDT
Coasting Arc #10 (begining on orbit 29) --------------------------------------- Vector Time (GMT): 2005/209/09:57:06.352 Vector Time (MET): 001/19:18:06.352 Weight (LBS) : 245980.5 M50 Cartesian M50 Keplerian ----------------------------------- -------------------------------- X = 4893693.35 A = 6736785.71 meter Y = 4526093.86 meter E = .0007635 Z = -956038.99 I ...Continue Reading
July 27th 2005 PDT
STS-114 Report #03 Wednesday, July 27, 2005 – 4 p.m. CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas Discovery crewmembers completed a camera survey of the heat shields of the leading edges of the orbiter's wings and its nose cone Wednesday. They also began preparations for Thursday's docking with the International Space Station and the mission’s spacewalks. Commander Eileen Collins, Pilot Jim Kelly and Mission Specialists Soichi Noguchi, Steve Robinson, Andy Thomas, Wendy Lawrence and Charlie Camarda do ...Continue Reading
July 27th 2005 PDT
STS-114 Report #02 Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - Midnight CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas The crew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery has awakened to its first full day in space. Today it will focus on thermal protection system inspections, preparing for docking to the International Space Station and getting spacesuits ready for three spacewalks. Commander Eileen Collins, Pilot Jim Kelly and Mission Specialists Soichi Noguchi, Steve Robinson, Andy Thomas, Wendy Lawrence and Charlie Camarda received a wake ...Continue Reading
July 26th 2005 PDT
STS-114 Report #01 Tuesday, July 26, 2005 – 11 a.m. CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas Discovery launched into a clear Florida sky this morning, returning the Shuttle fleet to space and beginning a journey of exploration to the Moon, Mars and beyond. Discovery lifted off at 9:39 a.m. central time today following a flawless countdown. Over the next 11 days, Discovery’s seven person crew will demonstrate techniques for inspecting and protecting the Shuttle’s thermal protection system a ...Continue Reading
July 5th 2005 PDT
Jonathan's Space Report No. 548 2005 Jun 15, Somerville, MA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sender: owner-jsr@host.planet4589.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: jcm@host.planet4589.org@host.planet4589.org Space Station ------------- Discovery was rolled back out to the pad on Jun 15 with its new ET-121 external tank and RSRM-92 solid boosters. Launch is scheduled for July. NOAA 18 ------- A new NOAA POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental ...Continue Reading
March 21st 2005 PDT
Melissa Mathews/Erica Hupp Headquarters, Washington (Phone: 202/358-1272/4769) Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (Phone: 321/867-2468) RELEASE: 05-80 SHUTTLE CREW CHECKS OUT EQUIPMENT FOR RETURN TO FLIGHT MISSION The astronauts of the Space Shuttle Discovery got a chance today to work with some of the equipment they will be taking to space. Flight commander Eileen Collins and her crew were at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., for the Payload Crew Equipment Interface Test. The Return to Flight mission of the ...Continue Reading
March 21st 2005 PDT
Jessica Rye Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (321) 867-6185 STATUS REPORT: S2-11 SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT Note: NASA's Kennedy Space Center issues Space Shuttle Processing Status Reports each week, and is the source for information regarding processing activities associated with the vehicles and payloads. This report does not necessarily reflect the chronological order of future Space Shuttle missions. If you are a member of the media and would like further information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kenn ...Continue Reading
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