STS-96 Crew Interview: Rick Husband

Abstract

Live footage of a preflight interview with Pilot Rick D. Husband is seen. The interview addresses many different questions including why Husband became an astronaut, the events that led to his interest, and his career path as a pilot. Other interesting information that this one-on-one interview discusses is this logistics and outfitting mission, why it is important to send equipment to the International Space Station (ISS) before the astronauts, and the Integrated Cargo Carrier. Husband mentions Discovery's anticipated docking with the ISS, the space walk with Mission Specialists Tamara E. Jernigan, and Daniel T. Barry, plans for the supply and equipment transfers, and an experiment designed to evaluate the system that will transfer oxygen, nitrogen and water between the ISS and the spacecraft. A fly-around mission, and the deployment of the Student Tracked Atmospheric Research Satellite for Heuristic International Networking Equipment (STARSHINE) are also discussed.