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NASA NTRS1995

STS-71 Mission Highlights Resource Tape

This video highlights the international cooperative Shuttle/Mir mission of the STS-71 flight. The STS-71 flightcrew consists of Cmdr. Robert Hoot' Gibson, Pilot Charles Precourt, and Mission Specialists Ellen Baker, Bonnie Dunbar, and Gregory Harbaugh. The Mir 18 flightcrew consisted of Cmdr. Vladamir Dezhurov, Flight Engineer Gennady Strekalov, and Cosmonaut-Research Dr. Norman Thagard. The Mir 18 crew consisted of Cmdr. Anatoly Solovyev and Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin. The prelaunch, launch, shuttle in-orbit, and in-orbit rendezvous and docking of the Mir Space Station to the Atlantis Space Shuttle are shown. The Mir 19 crew accompanied the STS-71 crew and will replace the Mir 18 crew upon undocking from the Mir Space Station. Shown is on-board footage from the Mir Space Station of the Mir 18 crew engaged in hardware testing and maintenance, medical and physiological tests, and a tour of the Mir. A spacewalk by the two Mir 18 cosmonauts is shown as they performed maintenance of the Mir Space Station. After the docking between Atlantis and Mir is completed, several mid-deck physiological experiments are performed along with a tour of Atlantis. Dr Thagard remained behind with the Shuttle after undocking to return to Earth with reports from his Mir experiments and observations. In-cabin experiments included the IMAX Camera Systems tests and the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment-2 (SAREX-2). There is footage of the shuttle landing.

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NASA NTRS1995

STS-71 Shuttle/Mir mission report

The performance measurements of the space shuttle on-orbit flight control system from the STS-71 mission is presented in this post-flight analysis report. This system is crucial to the stabilization of large space structures and will be needed during the assembly of the International Space Station A mission overview is presented, including the in-orbit flight tests (pre-docking with Mir) and the systems analysis during the docking and undocking operations. Systems errors and lessons learned are discussed, with possible corrective procedures presented for the upcoming Mir flight tests.

Zimpfer, Douglas J.↗
NASA NTRS1995

STS-74 Flight Day 1

On this first day of the STS-74 mission, the flight crew, Cmdr. Kenneth Cameron, Pilot James Halsell, and Mission Specialists William McArthur, Jerry Ross, and Chris Hadfield, are shown in prelaunch and launch activities. This mission is the second of seven Mir-Space Shuttle hook-ups. Major objectives of this mission are to include a docking between Mir and the Space Shuttle and the transfer of a Russian docking module, water, supplies, and two solar arrays to the Mir space station. This mission highlights the first time that astronauts from Canada, Russia, the U.S. and the European Space Agency (ESA) will be onboard a single spacecraft in space at the same time. Additional experimental payloads onboard the shuttle are the GLO-4 PASDE Payload (GPP) experiment and the Photogrammetric Appendage Structural Dynamics Experiment (PASDE).

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NASA NTRS1995

STS-74 Flight Day 2

On the second day of the STS-74 mission, the flight crew, Cmdr. Kenneth Cameron, Pilot James Halsell, and Mission Specialists William McArthur, Jerry Ross, and Chris Hadfield, were awakened to music from the play 'The Nutcracker'. The astronauts hosted an in-orbit interview with Canadian reporters and journalists from Toronto, answering general questions about living in space and space flight, and explaining the delicate maneuvers that the shuttle will have to perform for the Mir docking procedures scheduled for the next day. Due to the awkward angle that the shuttle will use to approach the Mir, the docking procedure will be done in an almost blind state.

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NASA NTRS1995

STS-74 Flight Day 5

On this fifth day of the STS-74 mission, the flight crew, Cmdr. Kenneth Cameron, Pilot James Halsell, and Mission Specialists William McArthur, Jerry Ross, and Chris Hadfield, were awakened to the theme from the movie '2001: A Space Odyssey.' The Mir 20 cosmonauts, Cmdr. Yuri Gidzenko, Flight Engineer Sergei Avdeyev, and Cosmonaut-Researcher (ESA) Thomas Reiter, and shuttle astronauts are shown giving each other plaques and presents to commemorate their historic docking event and the start towards the development of the International Space Station. There is a press conference from Moscow by a one of the officers of the Russian Space Agency with both flight crews and an additional separate press interview of the crews by Canadian reporters. There is video footage of the two docked spacecraft taken from various angles.

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NASA NTRS1995

STS-71, Space Shuttle Mission Report

The STS-71 Space Shuttle Program Mission Report summarizes the Payload activities and provides detailed data on the Orbiter, External Tank (ET), Solid Rocket Booster (SRB), Reusable Solid Rocket Motor (RSRM), and the Space Shuttle main engine (SSME) systems performance. STS-71 is the 100th United States manned space flight, the sixty-ninth Space Shuttle flight, the forty-fourth flight since the return-to-flight, the fourteenth flight of the OV-104 Orbiter vehicle Atlantis, and the first joint United States (U.S.)-Russian docking mission since 1975. In addition to the OV-104 Orbiter vehicle, the flight vehicle consisted of an ET that was designated ET-70; three SSMEs that were designated 2028, 2034, and 2032 in positions 1, 2, and 3, respectively; and two SRBs that were designated Bl-072. The RSRMs that were an integral part of the SRBs were designated 360L045A for the left SRB and 360W045B for the right SRB. The STS-71 mission was planned as a 1 0-day plus 1-day-extension mission plus 2 additional days for contingency operations and weather avoidance. The primary objectives of this flight were to rendezvous and dock with the Mir Space Station and perform on-orbit joint U.S.-Russian life sciences investigations, logistical resupply of the Mir Space Station, return of the United States astronaut flying on the Mir, the replacement of the Mir-18 crew with the two-cosmonaut Mir-19 crew, and the return of the Mir-18 crew to Earth. The secondary objectives were to perform the requirements of the IMAX Camera and the Shuttle Amateur Radio experiment-2 (SAREX-2).

Frike, Robert W., Jr.↗
NASA NTRS1996

STS-76 Flight Day 6

On this sixth day of the STS-76 mission, the flight crew, Cmdr. Kevin P. Chilton, Pilot Richard A. Searfoss, and Mission Specialists Shannon W. Lucid, Linda M. Godwin, Michael R. Clifford, and Ronald M. Sega are shown preparing for Godwin and Clifford's extra vehicular activity (EVA). The two astronauts are shown egressing from the Shuttle and performing activities during the EVA with the Earth in the background. Godwin and Clifford spent six hours spacewalking in Atlantis' cargo bay and on the exterior of the Mir's docking module. They are shown completing all of the objectives planned for the spacewalk, the most important of which was to install on the exterior of Mir four experiments to monitor the space environment for the next year and a half. This marks the first time that a spacewalk was conducted from a docked Space Shuttle. A variety of new tools capable of being used on both US and Russian spacecraft were evaluated during the spacewalk.

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NASA NTRS1996

STS-76 Post Flight Press Conference

The flight crew of the STS-76 Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis; Cmdr. Kevin P. Chilton, Pilot Richard A. Searfoss, and Mission Specialists Linda M. Godwin, Michael R. Clifford, and Ronald M. Sega present an overview of their mission. Highlights STS-76 include the first spacewalk by U.S. astronauts while the shuttle is attached to the Russian Space Station Mir, and the transfer of Shannon W. Lucid to the Mir-21 crew, the first American woman to serve as a Mir station researcher. She will remain aboard the orbiting station until Atlantis again docks with Mir in early August. Video footage includes the following: prelaunch and launch activities; shuttle launch; in-orbit rendezous; in-orbit docking between Mir and the orbiter; general crew activities; tranfer of supplies; Godwin and Clifford's EVA; undocking maneuvers; and the re-entry and landing of the orbiter.

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NASA NTRS1996

STS-76 Mission Highlights Resource Tape

The flight crew of the STS-76 mission, Cmdr. Kevin P. Chilton, Pilot Richard A. Searfoss, and Mission Specialists Shannon W. Lucid, Linda M. Godwin, Michael R. Clifford, and Ronald M. Sega, present a video mission over-view of their space flight. Images include: pre-launch activities such as eating the traditional breakfast, crew suit-up, and the ride out to the launch pad. Also, included are various panoramic views of the shuttle on the pad. The crew can be seen being readied in the white room' for their mission. After the closing of the hatch and arm retraction, launch activities are shown including countdown, engine ignition, launch, and the separation of the Solid Rocket Boosters. Once in orbit, various view of the Mir Space Station can be seen as the shuttle begins its approach and docking. There several views of Godwin and Clifford as they spent six hours spacewalking in Atlantis's cargo bay and on the exterior of the Mir's docking module. The mission ending re-entry and landing can also be seen.

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NASA NTRS1996

STS-79 Space Shuttle Mission Report

STS-79 was the fourth of nine planned missions to the Russian Mir Space Station. This report summarizes the activities such as rendezvous and docking and spaceborne experiment operations. The report also discusses the Orbiter, External Tank (ET), Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB), Reusable Solid Rocket Motor (RSRM) and the space shuttle main engine (SSME) systems performance during the flight. The primary objectives of this flight were to rendezvous and dock with the Mir Space Station and exchange a Mir Astronaut. A double Spacehab module carried science experiments and hardware, risk mitigation experiments (RME's) and Russian logistics in support of program requirements. Additionally, phase 1 program science experiments were carried in the middeck. Spacehab-05 operations were performed. The secondary objectives of the flight were to perform the operations necessary for the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment-2 (SAREX-2). Also, as a payload of opportunity, the requirements of Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) were completed.

Fricke, Robert W., Jr.↗
NASA NTRS1997

STS-86 Day 03 Highlights

On this third day of the STS-86 mission, the flight crew, Cmdr. James D. Wetherbee, Jr., Pilot Michael J. Bloomfield, Mission Specialists Scott E. Parazynski, Jean-Loup Chretien, Vladimir G. Titov, Wendy B. Lawrence and David A. Wolf conduct a series of engine firings that are designed to refine Atlantis' approach to Mir. With his crewmates providing range rate and closure data obtained from a variety of tools on board, Wetherbee manually flys Atlantis up toward Mir. After docking, the hatches between the two vehicles are swung open allowing Wetherbee and Mir Commander Anatoly Solovyev to greet each other in the airlock. Wetherbee hands Solovyev a new computer for the Mir which was brought into orbit by Atlantis for installation following the docking phase of the mission. The ten crewmembers spend a few minutes greeting one another at the start of their joint work which will involve the transfer of some four tons of supplies and water from Atlantis to the Mir.

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NASA NTRS1997

STS-86 Day 07 Highlights

On this seventh day of the STS-86 mission, the flight crew, Cmdr. James D. Wetherbee, Jr., Pilot Michael J. Bloomfield, Mission Specialists Scott E. Parazynski, Jean-Loup Chretien, Vladimir G. Titov, Wendy B. Lawrence and Mike Foale are seen in preparations for a planned five-hour spacewalk to retrieve four experiment packages and to test tools and techniques for construction of the International Space Station. Parazynski and Titov are seen floating out of a hatch on Atlantis' tunnel adapter in front of the Orbiter Docking System to begin their spacewalk. They then affix a 121-pound instrument called a Solar Array Cap to the Docking Module for future use by Russian cosmonauts to seal off a suspected breach in the hull of the Spektr Module.

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NASA NTRS1997

STS-86 Mission Highlights Resource Tape

The flight crew of the STS-86 mission, Cmdr. James D. Wetherbee, Jr., Pilot Michael J. Bloomfield, Mission Specialists Scott E. Parazynski, Jean-Loup Chretien, Vladmir G. Titov, Wendy B. Lawrence and Mike Foale present an overview of their mission, whose primary objective is the rendezvous and space docking with the Russian Space Station Mir. Video film footage includes: prelaunch and launch activities; shuttle launch; in-orbit rendezvous; docking between Mir and the orbiter; general crew activities; transfer of supplies; undocking maneuvers and a Mir fly-around; and the reentry and landing of the orbiter.

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NASA NTRS1998

STS-89 Day 03 Highlights

On this third day of the STS-89 mission, the flight crew, Cmdr. Terrence W. Wilcutt, Pilot Frank Edwards, and Mission Specialists Michael P. Anderson, James F. Reilly, Bonnie J. Dunbar, Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov, David A. Wolf and Andrew S.W. Thomas, can be seen performing a flawless docking with the Mir. The linkup occurred while the two spaceships flew over southeastern Russia, west of Kazakhstan. After the docking the two crews open the entry hatch and greet each other.

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NASA NTRS1998

STS-89 Post Flight Presentation

The flight crew of the STS-89 Space Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour, Cmdr. Terrence W. Wilcutt, Pilot Frank Edwards, and Mission Specialists Michael P. Anderson, James F. Reilly, Bonnie J. Dunbar, Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov, David A. Wolf, and Andrew S.W. Thomas present an overview of their mission. It's whose primary objective was the rendezvous and space docking with the Mir Space Station. Video film footage includes prelaunch and launch activities; shuttle launch; in-orbit docking between Mir and Endeavour; general crew activities; transfer of supplies, equipment, and microgravity experiments to Mir; undocking maneuvers and Mir fly around; pre-return checkout of flight systems; and reentry and landing of the orbiter.

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NASA NTRS1996

Integration of the Shuttle RMS/CBM Positioning Virtual Environment Simulation

Constructing the International Space Station, or other structures, in space presents a number of problems. In particular, payload restrictions for the Space Shuttle and other launch mechanisms prohibit assembly of large space-based structures on Earth. Instead, a number of smaller modules must be boosted into orbit separately and then assembled to form the final structure. The assembly process is difficult, as docking interfaces such as Common Berthing Mechanisms (CBMS) must be precisely positioned relative to each other to be within the "capture envelope" (approximately +/- 1 inch and +/- 0.3 degrees from the nominal position) and attach properly. In the case of the Space Station, the docking mechanisms are to be positioned robotically by an astronaut using the 55-foot-long Remote Manipulator System (RMS) robot arm. Unfortunately, direct visual or video observation of the placement process is difficult or impossible in many scenarios. One method that has been tested for aligning the CBMs uses a boresighted camera mounted on one CBM to view a standard target on the opposing CBM. While this method might be sufficient to achieve proper positioning with considerable effort, it does not provide a high level of confidence that the mechanisms have been placed within capture range of each other. It also does nothing to address the risk of inadvertent contact between the CBMS, which could result in RMS control software errors. In general, constraining the operator to a single viewpoint with few, if any, depth cues makes the task much more difficult than it would be if the target could be viewed in three-dimensional space from various viewpoints. The actual work area could be viewed by an astronaut during EVA; however, it would be extremely impractical to have an astronaut control the RMS while spacewalking. On the other hand, a view of the RMS and CBMs to be positioned in a virtual environment aboard the Space Shuttle orbiter or Space Station could provide similar benefits more safely and conveniently with little additional cost. In order to render and view the RMS and CBMs in a virtual world, the position and orientation of the end effector in three-dimensional space must be known with a high degree of accuracy. A precision video alignment sensor has been developed which can determine the position and orientation of the controlled element relative to the target CBM within approximately one-sixteenth inch and 0.07 angular degrees. Such a sensor could replace or augment the boresighted camera mentioned above. The computer system used to render the virtual world and the position tracking systems which might be used to monitor the user's movements (in order to adjust the viewpoint in virtual space) are small enough to carry to orbit. Thus, such a system would be feasible for use in constructing structures in space.

Dumas, Joseph D.↗
NASA NTRS1998

STS-91 Day 03 Highlights

On this third day of the STS-91 mission, the flight crew, Cmdr. Charles J. Precourt, Pilot Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie and Mission Specialists Wendy B. Lawrence, Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, Janet L. Kavandi, and Valery Victorovitch Ryumin prepare for docking with the Mir Space Station and a reunion with U.S. Astronaut Andy Thomas, who is about to conclude his more-than-four-month mission to the Russian outpost. After the docking the two crews open the entry hatch and greet each other. The astronauts and cosmonauts transfer supplies from the shuttle to Mir.

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NASA NTRS1998

STS-88 Day 03 Highlights

On this third day of the STS-88 mission, the flight crew, Commander Robert D. Cabana, Pilot Frederick W. Sturckow, and Mission Specialists Nancy J. Currie, James H. Newman, Jerry L. Ross, and Sergei Krikalev check out the various tools they will use during the three scheduled spacewalks to be conducted later in the flight. They then begin an early set-up of the Shuttle's airlock in preparation for that first spacewalk. Newman and Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev take part in an on-line interview by the New York Times. Currie is seen placing Unity just inches above the extended outer ring on Endeavour's docking mechanism, enabling Commander Bob Cabana to fire downward maneuvering jets to lock the shuttle's docking system to one of two Pressurized Mating Adapters (PMA's) attached to Unity.

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