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On this fourth day of the STS-102 mission, Expedition 2 crewmembers Jim Voss and Susan Helms are seen preparing for and performing their spacewalks. Discovery Pilot Jim Kelly is shown maneuvering the robotic arm as he helps Helms and Voss to install the Third Pressurized Mating Adapter (PMA-3) to the Unity Module on the International Space Station (ISS).
The construction and evolution of the International Space Station (ISS) is seen through various clips. Live footage shows the following: (1) the Zarya Module under construction and during launch preparations; (2) the Unity Module under construction, during launch preparations, and being lowered into the payload canister; (3) STS-88 Mission Specialists Jerry Ross and Jim Newman during training for their spacewalks, including activities in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL); (4) Zarya and Unity docking to the Service Module; (5) the Expedition 1 crew (William Shepherd, Yuri Gidzenko, and Sergei Krikalev) during emergency escape training in the Black Sea and during water survival training at Johnson Space Center; (6) the X-38 Crew Return Vehicle Drop Test; and (7) the US Destiny Laboratory Module, Pressurized Mating Adapter (PMA), Service Module, Italian Multi-Purpose Logistics Module, US Airlock, and US Habitation Module under construction. Computerized animations show the following: (1) an ISS fly-around; (2) the STS-88 Space Shuttle as it docks with Zarya and attaches Zarya to the Unity Module; (3) the Space Shuttle as it docks with ISS and installs the Z1 truss segment and PMA; (4) the Soyuz spacecraft as it docks with ISS; (5) interior and exterior views of the Columbus Attached Pressurized Module; and (6) a Transhab animation showing the interior and exterior and marking the components.
The crew of STS-102 (Commander James Wetherbee, Pilot James Kelly, and Mission Specialists Andrew Thomas and Paul Richards) and Expedition 2 (Commander Yuriy Usachev and Flight Engineers James Voss and Susan Helms) are seen during this prelaunch press conference. Each crewmember describes his or her role in the mission, describing the spacewalks and transfer of supplies from the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module to the Destiny Laboratory. They then answer questions from the press.
John Shannon, STS-102 Lead Flight Director, Bernestine Dickey, STS-102 Launch Package Manager, and Rick La Brode, International Space Station (ISS) Lead Flight Director, give an overview of the STS-102 mission during a prelaunch press conference. Mr. Shannon discusses how the mission came into being and its objectives, including information on the launch and a day-by-day account of mission activities. Ms. Dickey gives details on the payload of STS-102, describing the system racks, cargo elements, and crew supplies delivered via the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module. Mr. La Brode describes the current configuration of the ISS and upcoming changes. He also discusses the activities of the Expedition 2 crew during the next four months. Computer simulations show the ISS' current and future (after the STS-102 mission) configurations, the installations of Leonardo, and the move of the Pressurized Mating Adapter from one port to another on the Destiny Laboratory. The panel then answers questions from the press.
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.
On this second day of the STS-100 mission, the crewmembers of Endeavour (Commander Kent Rominger, Pilot Jeffrey Ashby, and Mission Specialists Chris Hadfield, Scott Parazynski, John Phillips, Umberto Guidoni, and Yuri Valentinovich Lonchakov) are seen during various preparations for the upcoming docking procedure with the International Space Station (ISS). Footage shows Hadfield and Parazynski checking their spacesuits and the tools they will use on the first spacewalk. The Shuttle's robotic arm is used to survey the payload bay of Endeavour and to check on the Canadian Robotic Arm. Expedition 2 crewmembers Susan Helms and Jim Voss are seen in the Destiny Laboratory Module. The Canadian Robotic Arm is shown against a backdrop of Earth after it unfolds from the payload bay.
Geometrical, flight, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and wind-tunnel studies for the F-16XL-1 airplane are summarized over a wide range of test conditions. Details are as follows: (1) For geometry, the upper surface of the airplane and the numerical surface description compare reasonably well. (2) For flight, CFD, and wind-tunnel surface pressures, the comparisons are generally good at low angles of attack at both subsonic and transonic speeds, however, local differences are present. In addition, the shock location at transonic speeds from wind-tunnel pressure contours is near the aileron hinge line and generally is in correlative agreement with flight results. (3) For boundary layers, flight profiles were predicted reasonably well for attached flow and underneath the primary vortex but not for the secondary vortex. Flight data indicate the presence of an interaction of the secondary vortex system and the boundary layer and the boundary-layer measurements show the secondary vortex located more outboard than predicted. (4) Predicted and measured skin friction distributions showed qualitative agreement for a two vortex system. (5) Web-based data-extraction and computational-graphical tools have proven useful in expediting the preceding comparisons. (6) Data fusion has produced insightful results for a variety of visualization-based data sets.
On this twelfth day of the STS-100 mission, the crewmembers of Atlantis, Commander Kent Rominger, Pilot Jeffrey Ashby, and Mission Specialists Chris Hadfield, Scott Parazynski, John Phillips, Umberto Guidoni, and Yuri Valentinovich Lonchakov, are seen in an on-orbit press conference as they answer questions from the press. Also shown is the approach and dock of the Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS). The Expedition 2 crew, Commander Yuriy Usachev and Flight Engineers James Voss and Susan Helms, and the Soyuz crew greet each other and welcome space tourist Dennis Tito to the ISS.
On this ninth day of the STS-100 mission, Commander Kent Rominger and Mission Specialist Chris Hadfield answer questions about the mission in an on-orbit press conference. The Expedition 2 crew, Commander Yuriy Usachev and Flight Engineers James Voss and Susan Helms, answer questions about their mission and the Canadian Robotic Arm in another on-orbit press conference. The Rafaello Logistics Module is removed from the Unity Module on the International Space Station and transfers it to the payload bay of Atlantis.
A continuation of 'STS-102 Mission Highlight Resource Tape, Part 1 of 2, Tape 1 of 2' (internal ID 2001096942), this video shows highlights from flight day five of STS-102, including the deployment of the Space Shuttle's Robotic Arm and the opening of the hatch between the Unity Module and Leonard Multipurpose Logistics Module by Expedition 1 Commander Bill Shepherd. The activities of flight days 6-14 can be seen on 'STS-102 Mission Highlight Resource Tape, Part 2 of 2, Tape 1 of 2' (internal ID 2001096943) and 'STS-102 Mission Highlight Resource Tape, Part 2 of 2, Tape 2 of 2' (internal ID 2001096940).
A continuation of 'STS-102 Mission Highlight Resource Tape, Part 1 of 2, Tape 1 of 2' (internal ID 2001096942), 'STS-102 Mission Highlight Resource Tape, Part 1 of 2, Tape 2 of 2' (internal ID 2001096941), and 'STS-102 Mission Highlight Resource Tape, Part 2 of 2, Tape 1 of 2' (internal ID 2001096943), this video shows the activities of flight days 13 and 14 of the STS-102 mission. The landing of the Discovery orbiter is seen from several viewpoints, and the crew of STS-102 (Commander James Wetherbee, Pilot James Kelly, and Mission Specialists Andrew Thomas and Paul Richards) and the Expedition 1 crew (William Shepherd, Yuri Gidzenko, and Sergei Krikalev) are seen as they disembark from Discovery.
On this third day of the STS-104 mission, the Atlantis Orbiter approaches and docks with the International Space Station (ISS). The crew of STS-104, Commander Steven Lindsey, Pilot Charles Hobaugh, and Mission Specialists Michael Gernhardt, James Reilly, and Janet Kavandi, and the Expedition 2 crew, Commander Yuriy Usachev and Flight Engineers James Voss and Susan Helms, are seen as they open the hatches between Atlantis and the ISS. External video shows the Quest airlock in the payload bay of Atlantis.
On this fourth day of the STS-104 mission, Mission Specialists Michael Gernhardt and James Reilly are seen during their spacewalks as they attach equipment to the Quest airlock before the robotic arm of the International Space Station (ISS) lifts the airlock out of Atlantis' payload bay and moves it into position to be installed by Gernhardt and Reilly. The ceremonial cutting of the ribbon to Quest by STS-104 Commander Steven Lindsey and Expedition 2 Commander Yuriy Usachev is shown.
The Universities Space Research Association received an award of Cooperative Agreement #NCC5-356 on September 29, 1998. The mission of this activity, know as the Cooperative Program in Space Sciences (CPSS), is to conduct space science research and leading-edge instrumentation and technology development, enable research by the space sciences communities, and to expedite the effective dissemination of space science research, technology, data, and information to the educational community and the general public. To fulfill this mission, USRA recruits and maintains a staff of scientific researchers, operates a series of guest investigator facilities, organizes scientific meetings and workshops, and encourages various interactions with students and university faculty members.
The crewmembers of STS-104, Commander Steven Lindsey, Pilot Charles Hobaugh, and Mission Specialists Michael Gernhardt, James Reilly, and Janet Kavandi, and Expedition 2 Flight Engineer Susan Helms are seen during an on-orbit press conference, where they answer questions about the mission.
On this first day of the STS-105 mission, the crew of the Discovery Orbiter (Commander Scott Horowitz, Pilot Frederick Sturckow, and Mission Specialists Daniel Barry and Patrick Forrester) and the Expedition 3 crew (Frank Culbertson, Jr., Mikhail Turin, and Vladimir Dezhurov) are seen during various prelaunch activities, including suitup, leaving the Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building, and boarding the the Orbiter. The countdown and launch of Discovery are shown.
On this seventh day of the STS-105 mission, Mission Specialists Dan Barry and Pat Forrester are seen as they perform their spacewalks to install the Early Ammonia Servicer to the International Space Station (ISS). A brief ceremony is shown as Expedition 3 crewmembers Mikhail Turin and Vladimir Dezhurov commemorate the 1000th flight day anniversary of the ISS.
In this sixth day of the STS-105 mission, Expedition 2 crewmember Susan Helms answers questions about her long-duration flight on the International Space Station (ISS) in this on-orbit interview. Footage shows portions of Canada and the northern United States from space as the orbiter flies over, including Idaho, Montana, and North Dakota.