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STS-111 Crew Interviews: Paul Lockhart, Pilot

STS-111 Pilot Paul Lockhart is seen during this preflight interview, where he gives a quick overview of the mission before answering questions about his inspiration to become an astronaut and his career path. He discusses the following mission goals: the crew transfer activities (the Expedition 5 crew is replacing the Expedition 4 crew on the International Space Station (ISS)), the delivery of the payloads which includes the Mobile Remote Servicer Base System (MBS), and the planned extravehicular activities (EVAs) which include attaching the MBS to the ISS and repairing the station's robot arm. He describes in-flight procedures for launch, reentry and docking with the ISS. He ends with his thoughts on the role of international cooperation in building and maintaining ISS.

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STS-110 Flight Day 4 Highlights

On this fourth day of the STS-110 mission, the crewmembers of Atlantis (Michael Bloomfield, Commander; Stephen Frick, Pilot; and Mission Specialists Ellen Ochoa, Jerry Ross, Rex Walheim, Steven Smith and Lee Morin) are seen briefly performing various crew procedures. The extravehicular activity (EVA) performed by Smith and Walheim to install the S0 truss onto the International Space Station (ISS) is shown in great detail. Shots of the robot arm lifting the S0 truss out of the Atlantis payload bay are also seen. A view of Hawaii is briefly shown.

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STS-107 Crew Interviews: Ilan Ramon, Mission Specialist

STS-107 Mission Specialist Ilan Ramon is seen during this preflight interview, where he gives a quick overview of the mission before answering questions about his inspiration to become an astronaut and his career path. He outlines his role in the mission in general, and specifically in conducting on-board science experiments. He discusses the following instruments and sets of experiments in detail: CM2 (Combustion Module 2), FREESTAR (Fast Reaction Enabling Science Technology and Research), MEIDEX (Mediterranean Israeli Dust Experiment) and MGM (Mechanics of Granular Materials). Ramon also mentions on-board activities during launch and reentry, mission training and microgravity research. In addition, he touches on the dual work-shift nature of the mission, the use of crew members as research subjects including pre and postflight monitoring activities, the emphasis on crew safety during training and the value of international cooperation.

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STS-110 Post Flight Presentation

The crewmembers of STS-110 (Michael Bloomfield, Commander; Stephen Frick, Pilot; Mission Specialists Ellen Ochoa, Jerry Ross, Rex Walheim, Steve Smith and Lee Morin) narrate this video as footage from the mission is seen, starting with crew suit up, and launch of Atlantis. Various on-orbit activities are shown, including the opening of the payload bay doors, the rendezvous and docking of Atlantis with the International Space Station (ISS). Crew activities shown include loading operations, extravehicular activities (EVAs), robot arm operation and crew living conditions. Specific EVAs footage includes the unloading of the S0 truss from the Atlantis payload bay and installation onto the ISS. The crew is also shown preparing the Mobile Transporter for future use. The video ends with Atlantis undocking from the ISS and landing at Kennedy Space Center.

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STS-107 Crew Training Clip

The STS-107 is a Multidiscipline Microgravity and Earth Science Research Mission to conduct international scientific investigations in orbit. The crew consists of Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon, Commander Rick Husband, Pilot William McCool, and Mission Specialists David Brown, Laurel Clark, Michael Anderson, and Kalpana Chawla. The crewmembers are shown getting suited in the Pre-Launch Ingress and Egress training area. The other areas of training include Payload Experiment in Fixed Base/Spacehab, Mist Experiment Combustion Module 2, Phab 4 Experiment in CCT Mid-deck and Payload Experiment Demo-Protein Crystal Growth.

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STS-109 Post Flight Presentation

The STS-109 Post Flight presentation begins with Mission Specialists Nancy J. Currie, Michael J. Massimino, James H. Newman, and Richard M. Linnehan shown getting suited on launch day. Actual footage of the liftoff of the Space Shuttle Columbia is shown. Five spacewalks are performed to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Richard Linnehan and John Grunsfield are replacing solar arrays, connectors and power control units on the Hubble Space Telescope. Mission Specialist Nancy Currie will use Space Shuttle Columbia's robotic arm to grab the telescope, move it away from the orbiter and release it. A look at the coast of South America is also presented.

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STS-112 Flight Day 6 Highlights

On the sixth flight day of STS-112 (Atlantis crewmembers include Dave Wolf, Mission Specialists; Sandy Magnus, Mission Specialists; Pam Melroy, Pilot; Jeff Ashby, Commander; Piers Sellers, Mission Specialists; Fyodor Yurchikhin, Mission Specialists), Wolf and Sellers are seen preparing for an EVA (extravehicular activity) during which they will service the ISS (International Space Station) to which Atlantis is docked. This will be the 45th EVA in support of ISS assembly and maintenance and the 20th conducted from the ISS. While the astronauts prepare, video footage is shown of the Sahara desert, over which the ISS is passing in a track that will take it over North Africa and the Mediterranean Sea. During the EVA, the External Television Camera Group will be brought out of the station and attached to the station. As the astronauts work, their helmet mounted cameras provide excellent footage of the ISS with the Shuttle docked at the Destiny Laboratory Module. Multiple shots of the station show several modules including Destiny, Quest, Unity and Zarya, as well as Canadarm 2 and Atlantis. The video closes with a wide angle shot of the ISS.

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STS-111 Post Flight Presentation

The crews of STS-111 (Endeavour's crew: Ken Cockrell, Commander; Paul Lockhart, Pilot; Franklin Chang-Diaz, Mission Specialist (MS); Philippe Perrin, MS; International Space Station's (ISS) Expedition 4 crew: Yury Onufrienko, Commander; Daniel Bursch, Flight Engineer; Carl Walz, Flight Engineer; ISS Expedition 5 crew: Valery Korzun, Commander; Peggy Whitson, Flight Engineer; Sergei Treschev, Flight Engineer) narrate this video of highlights from the mission. It includes footage from each major portion of the mission: launch preparation, launch, entering orbit, opening payload bay doors, rendezvous of Endeavour with ISS, docking of the crafts and the meeting between Endeavour and Expedition 5 crews and the Expedition 4 crew, which Expedition 5 relieved. Docked operations include: crew transfer procedures, transfer of goods, EVA (extravehicular activity) prep, EVA performed by Chang-Diaz and Perrin which included installing a grapple fixture, mounting the Mobile Base System (MBS) to the Mobile Transporter (MT), and changing a joint on the station's Canadarm 2 robotic arm. The video ends with re-entry and landing of the shuttle.

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STS-112 Flight Day 8 Highlights

On this eighth day of the STS-112 mission, the crew members of Atlantis (Commander Jeff Ashby; Pilot Pam Melroy; Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus, Piers Sellers, Dave Wolf, and Fyodor Yurchikhin) are seen preparing for the mission's third extravehicular activity (EVA). Magnus is shown reviewing instructions for operation of the International Space Station's (ISS) robot arm. Wolf and Sellers are seen successfully attaching cable connections to the S1 truss during the EVA. Scenes shown include: the ISS's robot arm, the Crew Equipment Translation Aid (CETA) cart and the deployment of the central radiator panel of the S1 truss.

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STS-112 Flight Day 7 Highlights

On this seventh day of STS-112 mission members of the crew (Commander Jeff Ashby; Pilot Pam Melroy; Mission Specialist Sandy Magnus, Piers Sellers, Dave Wolf, and Fyodor Yurchikhin) along with the Expedition Five crew (Commander Valery Korzun; Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson, and Sergei Treschev) are seen answering questions during the mission's press interview and photo opportunity. They answered various questions regarding the mission's objectives, the onboard science experiments, the extravehicular activities (EVAs) and the effects of living in space. Shots of the test deployment of the S1 truss radiator and Canadarm rotor joint are also shown.

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STS-112 Flight Day 2 Highlights

On the second flight day of STS-112 (Commander Jeff Ashby, Pilot Pam Melroy and Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus, Piers Sellers, David Wolf and Fyodor Yurchikhin), video footage is shown of the Space Shuttle Atlantis's payload bay, which contains the International Space Station's (ISS) S1 (S-One) truss section, which will be installed on the ISS by Sellers and Wolf during EVAs (extravehicular activities) following Atlantis's docking with the station. Also shown, via a camera on the shuttle's robotic arm, are the three radiators that reside on the truss structure and will provide cooling capability for the entire station. During this flight day, Atlantis passes over Southern California, Nevada, Wyoming, South Dakota, and Minnesota in a track that will eventually bring it over Newfoundland and Labrador.

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STS-112 Flight Day 1 Highlights

On the first day of STS-112 the crew (Commander Jeff Ashby, Pilot Pam Melroy and Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus, Piers Sellers, David Wolf and Fyodor Yurchikhin) are shown preparing for launch at Kennedy Space Center, being transported to the Space Shuttle Atlantis at its launch pad, and being seated in the Orbiter. During the launch, the External Tank (ET) camera, mounted to the top of Atlantis's ET and aimed downward) will provide never before seen footage of the shuttle during lift-off. Following the final countdown and liftoff, the ET camera provides footage as Atlantis quickly leaves the Earth behind, at speeds over 2,800 miles per hour. Following orbital insertion, the shuttle's payload bay doors are shown opening in footage provided by a payload bay camera. Sellers and Magnus narrate their thoughts during a replay of the initial launch sequence, shortly after entering orbit. Following the tape, they are shown in the crewcabin with the rest of the crew, and they each share brief thoughts.

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STS-112 Flight Day 3 Highlights

During the third flight day of STS-112 (Commander Jeff Ashby, Pilot Pam Melroy and Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus, Piers Sellers, David Wolf and Fyodor Yurchikhin), the Space Shuttle Atlantis begins its final approach to the International Space Station (ISS) with which it will dock. The Chinese mainland is seen, at night, at a height of 242 statute miles. In one section of video from a camera onboard the ISS, Atlantis can be seen to be almost directly below the station, at a distance of several hundred feet. The orbiter's docking system is shown, as it is slowly guided by Ashby towards the forward docking port on the ISS's Destiny Laboratory Module and its forward docking port. Above the docking port, the S0 truss structure can be seen, to which the S1 truss structure in Atlantis' payload bay will be attached during this mission. Also seen are the Unity airlock and other modules. Following the completion of docking, in which an excellent shot of the docking system in hard dock is visible, the hatches between the two crafts are opened and the members of Atlantis are greeted by the very excited members of Expedition 5, who have been aboard the ISS for several months.

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STS-110 Flight Day 11 Highlights

The STS-110 flight day eleven begins with a live television view from the cockpit of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The crewmembers consist of Commander Michael Bloomfield, Pilot Stephen N. Frick, Mission Specialists Rex J. Walhheim, Ellen Ochoa, Lee M.E. Morin, Jerry L. Ross, and Steven L. Smith. The crewmembers answer questions about the Canadarm 2 and the mobile servicing system.

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STS-110 Flight Day 9 Highlights

The STS-110 ninth flight day begins with a live television view of the International Space Station's Quest Airlock. Astronauts Jerry Ross and Lee Morin are preparing for their forth spacewalk while Space Shuttle Atlantis is docked with the International Space Station. Jerry Ross and Lee Morin are breathing Oxygen inside of the Quest Airlock. Live footage of Jerry Ross at the tip of the Robotic Arm is shown. Jerry Ross and Lee Morin are entering the airlock module after the work on the S(0) Truss segment is finished.

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STS-113 Flight Day 3 Highlights

This video shows the activities of the STS-113 crew (Jim Wetherbee, Commander; Paul Lockhart, Pilot; Michael Lopez-Alegria, John Herrington, Mission Specialists) during flight day 3. The major tasks of flight day 3 were rendezvous and docking with the ISS (International Space Station), the transfer of the Expedition 6 crew (Kenneth Bowersox, Commander; Donald Pettit, Nikolai Budarin, Flight Engineers) to the ISS, and preparations for an EVA (extravehicular activity) scheduled for the following day. The approach of Space Shuttle Endeavour to the ISS is shown in detail, including the firing of the Left Orbital Maneuvering System, and the aiming maneuvers the orbiter makes to dock with the ISS. There are centerline views of the ISS before and during the final docking maneuver. The new ISS crew is received by the Expedition 5 crew (Valeri Korzun, Commander; Peggy Whitsun, Sergei Treschev; Flight Engineers), and the transfer of EVA suits is shown. Earth views include a pan along a reddish Earth limb, and the Pacific Ocean with Endeavour's Canadarm robotic arm in the foreground.

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STS-113 Flight Day 6 Highlights

This video shows the activities of the STS-113 crew (Jim Wetherbee, Commander; Paul Lockhart, Pilot; Michael Lopez-Alegria, John Herrington, Mission Specialists) during flight day 6. Also shown are the Expedition 5 (Valeri Korzun, Commander; Peggy Whitsun, ISS Science Officer/Flight Engineer; Sergei Treschev, Flight Engineer) and Expedition 6 (Kenneth Bowersox, Commander; Donald Pettit, Nikolai Budarin, Flight Engineers) crews of the ISS (International Space Station). The primary activity of flight day 6 is the outfitting of the P1 (Port 1) Truss Structure. The suiting up and departure of Lopez-Alegria and Herrington through the ISS Quest airlock is shown. The departure is shown through sequential still video. The ISS CETA handrail cart is shown in use, as is a pistol-grip space tool. At the end of the EVA, the astronauts are shown cleaning up outside the ISS. The video also contains a Thanksgiving message about the importance of technological advances in spaceflight, and footage of the Moon disappearing behind the Earth's limb.

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STS-113 Flight Day 2 Highlights

The second flight day of the STS-113 mission begins with a shot inside of the Destiny Laboratory Module. NASA ISS Science Officer Peggy Whitson is seen inside of the Destiny Laboratory where scientific research is performed. Mission Specialists John Herrington and Michael Lopez-Alegria are seen at the Mid-deck of the Space Shuttle Endeavor. Commander Jim Wetherbee and Ken Bowersox are also shown. Pilot Paul Lockhart is the EVA coordinator for this mission. Ken Bowersox, Don Pettit and Nikolai Budarin of the Space Station Expedition Six crew answer questions about the launch.

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