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A continuation of 'STS-55 Crew Briefing, Part 1 of 2', (internal processing ID 2001011306), the crew of STS-55,Commander Steven R. Nagel, Pilot Terence T. Henricks, Mission Specialists Jerry L. Ross, Charles J. Precourt, and Dr. Bernard A. Harris Jr., and Payload Specialists Dr. Ulrich Walter and Hans Schlegel, continue to answer questions from the press about the upcoming Columbia mission.
The crew of STS-47, Commander Robert L. Gibson, Pilot Curtis L. Brown, Payload Commander Mark C. Lee, Mission Specialists N. Jan Davis, Jay Apt, and Mae C. Jemison, and Payload Specialist Mamoru Mohri answer questions from the press about the upcoming Endeavour mission and the crew's personal views of the mission.
Expedition 2 (the second resident crew of the International Space Station) Flight Engineer Susan Helms is seen being interviewed. She answers questions about her inspiration to become an astronaut and her career path. She gives details on the Space Shuttle mission and goals, including information on the spacewalks and transfer of Expedition crews, and discusses her upcoming stay on the International Space Station (ISS). Helms gives her thoughts on the international cooperation needed to successfully construct the ISS and some of the scientific experiments that will take place on the station.
Expedition 2 (the second resident crew of the International Space Station) Commander Yury Usachev is seen being interviewed. He answers questions about his inspiration to become an cosmonaut and his career path. He gives details on the Space Shuttle mission and goals, including information on the spacewalks and transfer of Expedition crews, and discusses his upcoming stay on the International Space Station (ISS). Usachev gives his thoughts on the international cooperation needed to successfully construct the ISS and some of the scientific experiments that will take place on the station.
Expedition 2 (the second resident crew of the International Space Station) Flight Engineer Jim Voss is seen being interviewed. He answers questions about his inspiration to become an astronaut and his career path. He gives details on the Space Shuttle mission and goals, including information on the spacewalks and transfer of Expedition crews, and discusses his upcoming stay on the International Space Station (ISS). Voss gives his thoughts on the international cooperation needed to successfully construct the ISS and some of the scientific experiments that will take place on the station.
The crew of STS-106, Commander Terrence W. Wilcutt, Pilot Scott D. Altman, and Mission Specialists Daniel C. Burbank, Edward T. Lu, Richard A. Mastracchio, Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko, and Boris V. Morukov are seen during an in-flight press conference. The crew answers questions about their mission, future work, and the Zvezda Service Module.
Footage shows the crew of STS-54, Commander John H. Casper, Pilot Donald R. McMonagle, and Mission Specialists Mario Runco, Jr., Gregory J. Harbaugh, and Susan J. Helms landing and emerging from several T-38 aircraft during the Terminal Countdown and Demonstration Test (TCDT). Commander Casper introduces the crew and they each make a brief statement about the mission.
The crew of STS-47, Commander Robert L. Gibson, Pilot Curtis L. Brown, Payload Commander Mark C. Lee, Mission Specialists N. Jan Davis, Jay Apt, and Mae C. Jemison, and Payload Specialist Mamoru Mohri, is seen during various parts of their training, including SAREX training in the Full Fuselage Trainer (FFT), firefighting training. A familiarization flight in the KC-135, a food tasting, photo training in the Crew Compartment Trainer, and bailout training in the Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) are also shown.
The crew of STS-59, Commander Sidney M. Gutierrez, Pilot Kevin P. Chilton, Payload Commander Linda M. Godwin, and Mission Specialists Jay Apt, Michael R. Clifford, and Thomas D. Jones, emerge from several T-38 aircraft. Commander Gutierrez introduces the crew and they each make a brief statement about the upcoming Endeavour mission.
On this first day of the STS-98 mission, the crew of Atlantis, Commander Kenneth D. Cockrell, Pilot Mark L. Polansky, and Mission Specialists Robert L. Curbeam, Thomas D. Jones, and Marsha S. Ivins, are seen during various prelaunch activities. Scenes include the crew at breakfast, suiting up, and leaving the Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building. The launch of Atlantis is also shown.
Commander James B. Wetherbee introduces the crew of STS-52 Columbia, Pilot Michael A. Baker, and Mission Specialists Charles L. Veach, William M. Shepherd, Tamara E. Jernigan, and Steven G. MacLean, in a preflight conference. Each crew member gives an overview of the mission objectives, experiments, payload (LAGEOS-II), and his/her role in the mission. They then answer questions from the press.
On this ninth day of the STS-98 mission, Expedition 1 crewmember Bill Shepherd gives a tour of the Density Laboratory Module, describing the equipment and functions. Mission Specialists Bob Curbeam and Tom Jones answer questions about their spacewalks and the Destiny Module. The rest of the Atlantis crew (Commander Kenneth D. Cockrell, Pilot Mark L. Polansky, and Mission Specialist Marsha S. Ivins) and the Expedition 1 crew (William M. Shepherd, Yuri P. Gidzenko, and Sergei K. Krikalev) join Curbeam and Jones to answer questions about the mission.
Footage shows the crew of STS-102, Commander James D. Wetherbee, Pilot James M. Kelly, and Mission Specialists Andrew S. W. Thomas and Paul Richards, during various parts of their training. Scenes include: (1) neutral buoyancy lab training; (2) undocking/fly-around training in the GNS (Navigation Simulator); (3) crew equipment interface test; (4) Remote Manipulator System (RMS) training in the GNS; and (5) docking training in the GNS.
The crew of STS-102 (Commander James D. Wetherbee, Pilot James M. Kelly, and Mission Specialists Andrew S. W. Thomas and Paul Richards) and the Expedition 2 crew (James S. Voss, Susan J. Helms, and Yuriy V. Usachev) are seen during the prelaunch breakfast, suiting up, leaving the Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building, and boarding the Discovery Orbiter. The launch of Discovery is seen from the ground and from an onboard camera.
On this ninth day of the STS-102 mission, three crews are on the International Space Station: (1) STS-102 (Commander James Wetherbee, Pilot James Kelly, and Mission Specialists Andrew Thomas and Paul Richards); (1) Expedition 1 (William Shepherd, Yuri Gidzenko, and Sergei Krikalev); and (3) Expedition 2 (James Voss, Susan Helms, and Yuriy Usachev). Mission Specialist Thomas, Commander Shepherd, and Commander Usachev are seen in the Leonardo Module stowing items for the trip home on Discovery. Then the three crews are seen together answering questions about the mission during an in-flight interview.
On this eighth day of the STS-102 mission, Discovery Pilot James Kelly and Mission Specialist Andrew Thomas are seen in the Leonardo Module. The Expedition 2 crew (James Voss, Susan Helms, and Yuriy Usachev) work to set up the robotic workstations for the robotic arm. STS-102 Commander Jim Weatherbee, Pilot Kelly, and the Expedition 1 crew (William M. Shepherd, Yuri P. Gidzenko, and Sergei K. Krikalev) answer questions about the mission in an in-flight interview.
Footage shows the crew of STS-100, Commander Kent Rominger, Pilot Jeffrey Ashby, and Mission Specialists Chris Hadfield, Scott Parazynski, John Phillips, Umberto Guidoni, and Yuri Valentinovich Lonchakov, during various parts of their training, including the crew photo session, postlanding egress, extravehicular activity (EVA) large tool training, EVA training in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL), secondary payload training, and during VHF training.
On this fifth day of the STS-100 mission, the crews of Endeavour (Commander Kent Rominger, Pilot Jeffrey Ashby, and Mission Specialists Chris Hadfield, Scott Parazynski, John Phillips, Umberto Guidoni, and Yuri Valentinovich Lonchakov) and the Expedition 2 crew (Commander Yuriy Usachev and Flight Engineers James Voss and Susan Helms) are seen greeting each other after opening the connecting hatches between Endeavour and the International Space Station (ISS). Parazynski uses the newly installed Canadian Robotic Arm to lift the Rafaello Module out of the payload bay of Endeavour and install it onto the Destiny Laboratory Module on the ISS. Ashby, Hadfield, and Parazynski answer questions about the mission during an on-orbit press conference. Ashby and Parazynski give a guided video tour of the interior of the ISS/Endeavour complex.