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STS-102 Mission Specialist Paul Richards is seen being interviewed. He answers questions about his inspiration to become an astronaut and his career path. He gives details on the mission's goals and significance, its payload (ISS-07/5A1 (MPLM-1)), and spacewalks. Richards discusses the upcoming transfer of the International Space Station's (ISS) crew Expedition 1 and Expedition 2.
STS-102 Commander Jim Wetherbee is seen being interviewed. He answers questions about his inspiration to become an astronaut and his career path. He gives details on the mission's goals and significance, its payload (ISS-07/5A1 (MPLM-1)), and spacewalks. Wetherbee discusses the upcoming transfer of the International Space Station's (ISS) crew Expedition 1 and Expedition 2 and the role of the Mir Space Station in the evolution and success of the ISS.
In a preflight interview, Commander James B. Wetherbee of the STS-63 Discovery mission gives an overview of the upcoming rendezvous with Mir and the five minute window in which the rendezvous takes place. Computerized simulations show the docking of the Discovery Orbiter with Mir.
STS-102 Mission Specialist Andy Thomas is seen being interviewed. He answers questions about his inspiration to become an astronaut and his career path. He gives details on the mission's goals and significance, its payload (ISS-07/5A1 (MPLM-1)), and spacewalks. Thomas discusses the upcoming transfer of the International Space Station's (ISS) crew Expedition 1 and Expedition 2 and the role of the Mir Space Station in the evolution and success of the ISS.
STS-102 Pilot Jim Kelly is seen being interviewed. He answers questions about his inspiration to become an astronaut and his career path. He gives details on the mission's goals and significance, its payload (ISS-07/5A1 (MPLM-1)), and spacewalks. Kelly discusses the upcoming transfer of the International Space Station's (ISS) crew Expedition 1 and Expedition 2.
Jim Voss and Yuriy Usachev are seen helping Susan Helms prepare for the Reflex Experiment: Effects of Altered Gravity on the Spinal Cord. External shots show the payload bay of Discovery and as Discovery orbits, China is seen from space. STS-102 Commander Jim Wetherbee and Expedition 2 Commander Yuriy V. Usachev answer questions from the President of the Italian Space Agency during an in-flight interview.
Footage shows STS-102 Mission Specialist Andy Thomas, Expedition 1 crewmember Sergei Krikalev, and Expedition 2 crewmember Susan Helms transferring supplies from the Leonardo Module to the International Space Station (ISS). Then STS-102 Commander Jim Wetherbee joins the crew of Expedition 2 (James Voss, Susan Helms, and Yuriy Usachev) for an on-orbit interview, where they answer questions about the spacewalks performed by Voss and Helms and about living on the ISS.
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.
On this 10th day of the STS-102 mission, Pilot James Kelly and Mission Specialists Andrew Thomas and Paul Richards are seen in the Destiny Laboratory Module as they answer questions about the mission in an in-flight interview.
This video gives an overview of planetary nebulae through a computerized animation, images from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), and interviews with Space Telescope Science Institute Theorist Dr. Mario Livio. A computerized animation simulates a giant star as it swallows its smaller companion. HST images display various planetary nebulae, such as M2-9 Twinjet Nebula, NGC 3568, NGC 3918, NGC 5307, NGC 6826, NGC 7009, and Hubble 5. An artist's concept shows what our solar system might look like in a billion years when the Sun has burned out and cast off its outer layers in a shell of glowing gas. Dr. Livio describes the shapes of the planetary nebulae, gives three reasons to study planetary nebulae, and what the observations made by HST have meant to him. A succession of 17 HST images of planetary nebulae are accompanied by music by John Serrie.
Planning for extraterrestrial sample returns, whether from Mars or other solar system bodies, must be done in a way that integrates planetary protection concerns with the usual mission technical and scientific considerations. Understanding and addressing legitimate societal concerns about the possible risks of sample return will be a critical part of the public decision making process ahead. This paper presents the results of two studies, one with lay audiences, the other with expert microbiologists, designed to gather information, on attitudes and concerns about sample return risks and planetary protection. Focus group interviews with lay subjects, using generic information about Mars sample return and a preliminary environmental impact assessment, were designed to obtain an indication of how the factual content is perceived and understood by the public. A research survey of microbiologists gathered information on experts' views and attitudes about sample return, risk management approaches and space exploration risks. These findings, combined with earlier research results on risk perception, will be useful in identifying levels of concern and potential conflicts in understanding between experts and the public about sample return risks. The information will be helpful in guiding development of the environmental impact statement and also has applicability to proposals for sample return from other solar system bodies where scientific uncertainty about extraterrestrial life may persist at the time of mission planning.
Expedition 2 Flight Engineer Jim Voss is seen opening the hatch between the Unity Module and the Quest Airlock. An on-orbit interview with Expedition 2 Commander Yuriy Usachev and STS-104 Commander Steve Lindsey and Mission Specialist Charlie Hobaugh is shown as they answer questions about some problems with a previous spacewalk. As exterior shots of the International Space Station are seen, the air leak in the Unity Modules node pressure valve is described.
On this ninth day of the STS-104 mission, Mike Gernhardt and Jim Reilly are seen in the newly installed Quest Airlock performing a dry run for flight day ten's spacewalks' preparations. The crews of STS-104 (Commander Steven Lindsey, Pilot Charles Hobaugh, and Mission Specialists Mike Gernhardt, Jim Reilly, and Janet Kavandi) and Expedition 2 (Commander Yuriy Usachev and Flight Engineers James Voss and Susan Helms) answer questions about the STS-104 mission, the next day's spacewalks, and Expedition 2's stay on the International Space Station during an on-orbit interview. An external shot of the Atlantis Orbiter shows a water dump as it leaves the Shuttle and dissipates into space. Commander Lindsey gives a guided video tour of the Quest Airlock, displaying equipment and summarizing its purpose.
On this 11th day of the STS-104 mission, Expedition 2 crewmembers, Commander Yuriy Usachev and Flight Engineers James Voss and Susan Helms, are seen in the Destiny Laboratory Module as they prepare for the departure of the STS-104 crew. Both the Expedition 2 crew and the STS-104 crew (Commander Steven Lindsey, Pilot Charles Hobaugh, and Mission Specialists Mike Gernhardt, Jim Reilly, and Janet Kavandi) are seen as they say their farewells and the STS-104 crew returns to the Space Shuttle. The undocking of Atlantis is shown and the International Space Station is seen against Earth and space as the orbiter flys around the station. The STS-104 crew answers questions about the mission in an on-orbit interview.
A continuation of 'STS-92 Mission Highlights Resource Tape, Part 1 of 4' (internal ID 2001120375) and 'STS-92 Mission Highlights Resource Tape, Part 2 of 4' (internal ID 2001120373), this video shows footage from flight days 7-10 of the STS-92 mission. Scenes include the spacewalks performed by Mission Specialists Leroy Chiao and Bill McArthur to prepare the International Space Station (ISS) for the solar arrays that will be arriving with the next mission, the undocking of Discovery from the ISS, and the crewmembers (Commander Brian Duffy, Pilot Pamela Melroy, and Mission Specialists Koichi Wakata, Leroy Chiao, Peter Wisoff, Michael Lopez-Alegria, and William McArthur) are heard as they answer questions about the mission in an on-orbit interview. Several crewmembers are also seen as they shave and then have a meal. For footage from flight days 11-14 of the mission, see 'STS-92 Mission Highlights Resource Tape, Part 4 of 4' (internal ID 2001120371).
On this fifth day of the STS-105 mission, the transfer of supplies from the Leonardo Multipurpose Logistics Module to the International Space Station (ISS) and the handover of control of the ISS from the Expedition 2 crew (Yuriy Usachev, Jim Voss, and Susan Helms) to the Expedition 3 crew (Frank Culbertson, Jr., Mikhail Turin, and Vladimir Dezhurov) continue. Commanders Usachev and Culbertson answer questions about the ISS in an on-orbit interview, and the Expedition 3 crewmembers give a video tour of their new sleeping quarters on the ISS. The north Pacific Ocean and the United States Pacific northwest are seen from space.
On this eighth day of the STS-105 mission, Expedition 2 crewmember Susan Helms and Expedition 3 crewmember Vladimir Dezhurov are seen working in the Destiny Laboratory Module. The three crews gather (STS-105 crew Commander Scott Horowitz, Pilot Fred Sturckow, and Mission Specialists Dan Barry and Pat Forrester, Expedition 2 crew Commander Yuriy Usachev and Flight Engineers James Voss and Susan Helms, and Expedition 3 crew Frank Culbertson, Jr., Mikhail Turin, and Vladimir Dezhurov) for the change of command ceremony, where the Expedition 3 crew officially takes control of the International Space Station from the Expedition 2 crew, and the three crews answer questions about the mission in an on-orbit interview. Footage shows Hawaii from space.