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Space Shuttle
Flight Details 14
STS-130 (Endeavour)Mission Statistics:
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Mission Highlights: Endeavour lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center at 4:14am on the final night-time launch of the space shuttle. The 14-day mission installed the final major unit of the International Space Station, the 2600 cubic foot Tranquility module. Tranquility was moved into place with the space station's Canadarm2 and Endeavour astronauts performed three spacewalks to connect Tranquility's systems to the station. Tranquility provides additional living space for the space station crew and many of the station's life support and environmental control systems. During the first space walk, astronauts Behnken and Patrick connected heater and data cables on the exterior of Tranquility and completed several other tasks. During the second space walk, astronauts Behnken and Patrick continued to connect Tranquility's systems, including ammonia collant loops, thermal covers, handrails, and prepared for the attachment of the Cupola module during the last space walk. During their third and final space walk, Behnken and Patrick completed the installation of the Cupola to Tranquility. The Cupola, provided by the European Space Agency, contains a bank of 7 windows that will give the space station crews an unobstructed view of the Earth for various Earth observation experiments and projects. The final task for Behnken and Patrick was moving the Pressurized Mating Adapator 3 (a docking module) to it's final position attached to Tranquility. After a very successful 14-day mission, Endeavour landed at the Kennedy Space Center late in the evening of February 21, completing the last night-time landing for the space shuttle fleet.
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Mission Highlights: Discovery's 14-day mission brought additional experiments, equipment, and supplies to the International Space Station aboard the Italian Leonardo multi-purpose logistics module. During the first of three spacewalks, astronauts Mastracchio and Anderson retrieved an experiment package from the Japanese Kibo laboratory, replaced a gyroscope assembly on one of the station's trusses, and started the process of replacing an ammonia coolant tank. During the second spacewalk, Mastracchio and Anderson installed the new 1,700-pound ammonia tank on the station's exterior, after deaing with a stuck bolt while removing the old tank. On the third and final spacewalk, Mastracchio and Anderson attached fluid lines to the newly-installed ammonia tank, stowed the old tank in Discovery's cargo bay for return to Earth, and retrieved micro-meteoroid shields from the Quest airlock on the station. After completing the transfer of equipment and supplies from the Leonardo module and trash and other cargo from the ISS to Leonardo, the module was moved back to Discovery's cargo bay for return to Earth. Discovery and her crew landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center on April 20, 2010 after a successful 15-day mission.
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Mission Highlights: In it's next to las flight into space, the space shuttle Atlantis continued the delivery of supplies and equipment to the International Space Station. A major part of that was delivering the Russian Rassvet ("Dawn") module (also known as Mini-Research Module 1) to the station. Using the Canadian robotic arm on the station, astronauts Reisman and Sellers attached Rassvet to the Earth-facing port of the Zarya module. During three spacewalks of about 7 hours each, astronauts Reisman, Bowen, and Good (1) installed a spare space-to-ground antenna and a spare parts platform on Dextre, the robot-like manipulator on the station, (2) changed out four of six 375-pound batteries on the Port 6 truss, and (3) changed out the last two batteries, installed wiring for an ammonia storage tank, and brought various equipment from the shuttle's cargo bay to the space station. Atlantis made it's last landing at the Kennedy Space Center on May 26, having completed 32 successful missions and travelled a total of more than 120 million miles.
STS-133 (Discovery)Mission Statistics:
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Mission Highlights: On its final flight before being retired to a museum, space shuttle Discovery and her crew brought the last major module and other hardware to the International Space Station. The Leonardo module, reinforced and rewired to provide almost 2,500 cubic feed of additional pressurized space, was attached to the Unity module. Inside Leonardo was Robonaut 2, a robot that resembles a human upper torso. Robonaut 2 will be used by the space station crews for routine tasks aboard the station. Also brought by Discovery was the Express Logistics Carrier 4, a cargo pallet that was attached to the station's starboard truss. During two 6-hour spacewalks, astronauts Bowen and Drew completed a number of tasks to complete outfitting of the space station. These included venting ammonia from and moving the failed cooling pump that had been replaced on an earlier shuttle mission, attaching equipment to the exterior of the European Columbus module, repairing the Canadian Dextre remote manipulator arm system, extending cables and tracks for the mobile transport carrier on the station's main truss, and relocating or permanently attaching other equipment to the station's exterior. On March 9, Discovery landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center for the last time. In its 39 flights into space, Discovery spent a total of 365 days in orbit, logging 5,830 orbits or 148,221,675 miles. She will be retired to the Smithsonian Institution's National Air & Space Museum.
STS-134 (Endeavour)Mission Statistics:
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Mission Highlights: On its final flight before being retired to a museum, space shuttle Endeavour and her crew continued the equipping and stock of the International Space Station. The AMS-3 was attached to the station's main truss, where it will study cosmic rays. This 15,250 pound scientific instrument was removed from Endeavour's cargo bay and attached to the station struss using the station's Canadarm 2. Also delivered to the space station was the ELS-3 cargo module, which holds spare parts and equipment, including an ammonia tank, an okxygen tank, two S-band anntennas, and 10 circuit breakers. During a 6-hour spacewalk on May 20, astronauts Feustel and Chamitoff installed a variety of equipment and spare equipment to the exterior of the space station. This spacewalk was ended earlier than planned because of a malfunction of a carbon dioxide sensor on Chamitoff's EVA suit. During an 8-hour spacewalk on May 22, Fuestel and Fincke filled up an ammonia cooling loop, lubricated a solar array joint and the Dextre and Canadarm manipulator arms, and completed additional equipment stowage. On May 23, the Soyuz TMA-20/ISS 27 crew members aboard the space station gave their farewells, and departed for their return to Earth. This was the first time a Soyuz crew rotation during a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station. During a 7-hour spacewalk on May 25, astronauts Feustel and Fincke installed a power and data grapple fixture to the Russian Zarya module. Lastly, on May 27, astronauts Fincke and Chamitoff conducted an 8.5-hour spacewalk to reconfigure the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm and also worked with the Dextre dexterous manipulator to reconfigure it for future needs of space station crews. During this spacewalk, the astronauts passed the 1,000-hour mark for all spacewalks performed as part of construction of the International Space Station. Endeavour landed at the Kennedy Space Center in the early morning of June 1. In its 25 flights into space, Endeavour spent a total of 299 days in orbit, logging 4,671 orbits or 122,833,151 miles. She will be retired to the California Science Center in Los Angeles.
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Mission Highlights: On the final flight of the space shuttle program, space shuttle Atlantis and it's 4-person crew completed the equipping of the International Space Station. After docking with the ISS, the Raffaello MPLM was transferred from Atlantis' cargo bay to the Earth-facing module on the ISS. Once attached, the ISS and Atlantis crews unloaded 9,400 pounds of equipment and supplies to the ISS and refilled Raffaello with almost 6,000 of used equipment and materials for return to Earth. During Atlantis' time at the ISS, ISS-28 astronauts Mike Fossum and Ron Garan performed a 6 1/2 hour spacewalk to move a previously inoperable amonia pump to Atlantis for return to Earth, install the Robotic Refueling Mission experiment to the space station, and install other experiments and equipment to the exterior of the space station. During a total of 37 space shuttle visits to the ISS, 10 modules, 4 sets of solar arrays, 354 feet of truss, countless experiments, and a mass of equipment and supplies have been delivered to the space station. Atlantis landed at the Kennedy Space Center in the early morning of July 21. In its 33 flights into space, Atlantis spent a total of 307 days in orbit, logging 4,848 orbits or 125,935,769 miles. She will be retired to the Visitor Center at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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