Garan installs new Nitrogen Tank Assembly to right hand S1 truss
08 June 2008, 13:16:38
Spacewalker Ron Garan, perched atop the space station robotic arm, soared about 80 feet above the station complex in what has been called the "windshield wiper maneuver." First, Garan detached a spent Nitrogen Tank Assembly from the starboard S1 truss and rode the arm across to the left P3 truss. There, he exchanged the 528-pound assembly with a new one that Mike Fossum prepared for him. Station Arm operator Karen Nyberg then flew Garan back across the top of the station to the S1 truss, where Garan attached the new unit in place of the old one. With the unit bolted in place, Garan will complete electrical and fluid connections.
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Sunday, 8 June 2008
"Go Fossum
"Go" Fossum
Fossum given "go" to perform Solar Alpha Rotary Joint task at 12:02 p.m. EDT
08 June 2008, 13:05:57
After installing insulation and electrical connections to an expended Nitrogen Tank Assembly on the left P3 truss, spacewalker Mike Fossum was given a "go" to travel to the port Solar Alpha Rotary Joint, or SARJ. He will remove a thermal cover and use Kapton tape to capture some dust-like debris he noticed during an inspection of the SARJ during the second spacewalk.
The port SARJ continues to perform well, but the composition of the debris is unknown, so Fossum will return it to Earth for analysis. Meanwhile, Ron Garan has completed the "windshield wiper maneuver," riding the space station robotic arm from the right hand S1 truss to the left P3 truss and back, to exchange the Nitrogen Tank Assemblies.
Garan currently is installing the new Nitrogen Tank Assembly in place of the old one.
Nick
Fossum given "go" to perform Solar Alpha Rotary Joint task at 12:02 p.m. EDT
08 June 2008, 13:05:57
After installing insulation and electrical connections to an expended Nitrogen Tank Assembly on the left P3 truss, spacewalker Mike Fossum was given a "go" to travel to the port Solar Alpha Rotary Joint, or SARJ. He will remove a thermal cover and use Kapton tape to capture some dust-like debris he noticed during an inspection of the SARJ during the second spacewalk.
The port SARJ continues to perform well, but the composition of the debris is unknown, so Fossum will return it to Earth for analysis. Meanwhile, Ron Garan has completed the "windshield wiper maneuver," riding the space station robotic arm from the right hand S1 truss to the left P3 truss and back, to exchange the Nitrogen Tank Assemblies.
Garan currently is installing the new Nitrogen Tank Assembly in place of the old one.
Nick
STS 124 Report #15 - Saturday June 7th 08
STS-124 Report #15
Saturday, June 7, 2008 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
HOUSTON – Shuttle astronauts expanded the robotics capabilities on the stationtoday, with the first tests and motions of the Japanese robotic arm.
After heating up the arm yesterday and setting up its control console, today,mission specialists Akihiko Hoshide and Karen Nyberg sent commands to activate theKibo robotic arm system's hold and release mechanism. About an hour later, the twoinitiated the first motion of the arm. At 11:39 a.m. they commanded a slight pitchdown motion to validate the arm's operability. The move also ensured there would besufficient space for the removal of launch locks and insulation from the arm's wristand elbow cameras, a task scheduled for tomorrow’s spacewalk to be conducted by MikeFossum and Ron Garan.
Now, at the halfway point of the mission, the ten crewmembers gathered for an interview with reporters with CNN, WCBS-TV in New York and WDAY-TV in Fargo, N.D.
Later, shuttle Commander Mark Kelly was joined by Hoshide for a special call fromthe Japanese dignitaries. Participants included Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda;Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Kisaburo Tokai;Director of Miraikan (National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation) and NASAAstronaut Mamoru Mohri. U.S. Ambassador in Japan J. Thomas Shieffer and studentsalso participated in the call to congratulate Hoshide and Kelly on the mission andthe successful addition of the Kibo Laboratory.
The crew continued internal outfitting of the new laboratory and transfer work andended the day with a review of the procedures for tomorrow’s spacewalk. Thatextravehicular activity, or EVA will now include a possible get-ahead task tocollect samples of some of the powder-like substance Fossum observed on the leftSolar Alpha Rotary Joint during the last spacewalk.The shuttle crew is scheduled to go to sleep at 8:32 p.m., thirty minutes after their space station counterparts. Both crews are scheduled to awaken at 4:32 a.m.Sunday.
Nick.
Saturday, June 7, 2008 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
HOUSTON – Shuttle astronauts expanded the robotics capabilities on the stationtoday, with the first tests and motions of the Japanese robotic arm.
After heating up the arm yesterday and setting up its control console, today,mission specialists Akihiko Hoshide and Karen Nyberg sent commands to activate theKibo robotic arm system's hold and release mechanism. About an hour later, the twoinitiated the first motion of the arm. At 11:39 a.m. they commanded a slight pitchdown motion to validate the arm's operability. The move also ensured there would besufficient space for the removal of launch locks and insulation from the arm's wristand elbow cameras, a task scheduled for tomorrow’s spacewalk to be conducted by MikeFossum and Ron Garan.
Now, at the halfway point of the mission, the ten crewmembers gathered for an interview with reporters with CNN, WCBS-TV in New York and WDAY-TV in Fargo, N.D.
Later, shuttle Commander Mark Kelly was joined by Hoshide for a special call fromthe Japanese dignitaries. Participants included Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda;Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Kisaburo Tokai;Director of Miraikan (National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation) and NASAAstronaut Mamoru Mohri. U.S. Ambassador in Japan J. Thomas Shieffer and studentsalso participated in the call to congratulate Hoshide and Kelly on the mission andthe successful addition of the Kibo Laboratory.
The crew continued internal outfitting of the new laboratory and transfer work andended the day with a review of the procedures for tomorrow’s spacewalk. Thatextravehicular activity, or EVA will now include a possible get-ahead task tocollect samples of some of the powder-like substance Fossum observed on the leftSolar Alpha Rotary Joint during the last spacewalk.The shuttle crew is scheduled to go to sleep at 8:32 p.m., thirty minutes after their space station counterparts. Both crews are scheduled to awaken at 4:32 a.m.Sunday.
Nick.
STS 124 Report #14 - Saturday June 7th 08
STS-124 Report #14
Saturday, June 7, 2008 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
HOUSTON – The crew of Discovery began its eighth flight day this morning to the song“Taking Off.” It was performed by Godaigo and played for Mission Specialist AkiHoshide.
The first task on hand for the crew is a series of tests on Kibo’s robotic arm.These tests will include the robot arm’s hold and release mechanism.
The crew also will perform an initial deploy of the 33-foot arm, which will involvea slight movement of the joints. This will be done in order to allow the arm torelax its position slightly and to ensure that mission specialists Mike Fossum andRon Garan have adequate room for some of their tasks during their spacewalk on Sunday.
The crew also will continue the outfitting of the vestibule between the new Kibolaboratory module, the Japanese Pressurized Module, and its logistics module, whichwas relocated yesterday. The hatch between the two modules is schedule to be openedon Monday.
Discovery’s crew also will talk with news media representatives beginning at 1:02p.m. CDT. The interviews, which will be carried live on NASA TV, will be with CNN,WCBS-TV and WDAY-TV.
Later, at 6:02 p.m., Discovery Commander Mark Kelly and Hoshide will speak withdignitaries and students in Japan. That event also will be carried live on NASA TV,and will be replayed with English interpretation at 7:30 p.m.
Garan and Fossum will review the procedures for their Sunday spacewalk, which willbe the third and final of the mission. The two astronauts will spend the nightcamped out in the Quest airlock in preparation for that activity.
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Saturday, June 7, 2008 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
HOUSTON – The crew of Discovery began its eighth flight day this morning to the song“Taking Off.” It was performed by Godaigo and played for Mission Specialist AkiHoshide.
The first task on hand for the crew is a series of tests on Kibo’s robotic arm.These tests will include the robot arm’s hold and release mechanism.
The crew also will perform an initial deploy of the 33-foot arm, which will involvea slight movement of the joints. This will be done in order to allow the arm torelax its position slightly and to ensure that mission specialists Mike Fossum andRon Garan have adequate room for some of their tasks during their spacewalk on Sunday.
The crew also will continue the outfitting of the vestibule between the new Kibolaboratory module, the Japanese Pressurized Module, and its logistics module, whichwas relocated yesterday. The hatch between the two modules is schedule to be openedon Monday.
Discovery’s crew also will talk with news media representatives beginning at 1:02p.m. CDT. The interviews, which will be carried live on NASA TV, will be with CNN,WCBS-TV and WDAY-TV.
Later, at 6:02 p.m., Discovery Commander Mark Kelly and Hoshide will speak withdignitaries and students in Japan. That event also will be carried live on NASA TV,and will be replayed with English interpretation at 7:30 p.m.
Garan and Fossum will review the procedures for their Sunday spacewalk, which willbe the third and final of the mission. The two astronauts will spend the nightcamped out in the Quest airlock in preparation for that activity.
Nick.
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Thursday, 5 June 2008
Spacewalk Statistics
Spacewalk Statistics
Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:14:39 PM EDT
Today's second spacewalk of the STS-124 mission is 111th spacewalk devoted to space station assembly and maintenance, the 12th of 2008. Entering today's activity, spacewalkers had spent 692 hours, 52 minutes assembling and maintaining the space station.
In the history of human spaceflight, this is the 196th excursion by U.S. astronauts, the 77th conducted out of U.S. airlocks, Mike Fossum's fifth spacewalk, and Ron Garan's second.
Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:14:39 PM EDT
Today's second spacewalk of the STS-124 mission is 111th spacewalk devoted to space station assembly and maintenance, the 12th of 2008. Entering today's activity, spacewalkers had spent 692 hours, 52 minutes assembling and maintaining the space station.
In the history of human spaceflight, this is the 196th excursion by U.S. astronauts, the 77th conducted out of U.S. airlocks, Mike Fossum's fifth spacewalk, and Ron Garan's second.
Spacewalkers Install KIBO Television Cameras
Spacewalkers install Kibo television cameras
Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:28:58 PM EDT
An hour and 22 minutes into their spacewalk, Mike Fossum and Ron Garan have completed installing two television cameras to the outside of the Kibo Japanese Pressurized Module, or JPM. The cameras will assist Kibo robotic arm operators as they move payloads and other items from inside the Kibo module to an external "porch" that will be installed on the STS-127 mission.
Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:28:58 PM EDT
An hour and 22 minutes into their spacewalk, Mike Fossum and Ron Garan have completed installing two television cameras to the outside of the Kibo Japanese Pressurized Module, or JPM. The cameras will assist Kibo robotic arm operators as they move payloads and other items from inside the Kibo module to an external "porch" that will be installed on the STS-127 mission.
STS 124 and Expedition 17 Report
STS-124 Report
6 a.m. CDT Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
HOUSTON – The crew of STS-124 and Expedition 17 will focus on continuing the setup and initialization of the Kibo laboratory today.
At 3:52 p.m. today, the astronauts are due to open the hatch to Kibo and enter the new laboratory for the first time.
The shuttle crew awoke this morning to "Have You Ever," performed by Brandi Carlile. The song was played for Mission Specialist Karen Nyberg.
In addition to the continuing work on Kibo, the crew will work to remove and replace one of the beds on the carbon dioxide removal assembly (CDRA). The CDRA is part of the International Space Station’s environmental controls. It works to remove carbon dioxide from the air on board the spacecraft.
The crew will also check out the sensors on the end of the orbiter boom sensor system (OBSS). The OBSS was retrieved from the outside of the station during yesterday’s spacewalk, and it will remain attached to the shuttle’s robotic arm until it is used to conduct the late inspection of the shuttle’s heat shield on flight day 12. It will then be stowed in Discovery’s payload bay for the return trip back to Earth.
Discovery crew members are Commander Mark Kelly, Pilot Ken Ham, and mission specialists Nyberg, Ron Garan, Mike Fossum, Aki Hoshide and Garrett Reisman. The Expedition 17 crew is Commander Sergei Volkov and flight engineers Oleg Kononenko and Greg Chamitoff.
Wed, 4 Jun 2008 19:36:25
Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
HOUSTON – The door to more experiments and more space opened up aboard the International Space Station.
The crew of STS-124 and Expedition 17 worked on activation and entry of the Kibo Japanese Pressurized Module. At 4:05 p.m. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg opened the hatch to the lab. After checking the atmosphere, all ten crew members entered the module to experience the enormous space. The largest module on the space station, it can hold 23 phone-booth sized operating racks, including 10 dedicated to experiments.
Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko installed the spare gas liquid separator pump into the station’s toilet at 10:27 a.m. After testing, Mission Control, Moscow indicated the toilet was repaired and ready for normal operations. The toilet had been working in a degraded fashion for the past couple weeks, prompting the replacement part’s addition to Discovery’s cargo.
Discovery Commander Mark Kelly and Pilot Ken Ham confirmed sensors on the end of the orbiter boom sensor system (OBSS) are working. The OBSS was retrieved from the outside of the station during Tuesday’s spacewalk, and it will remain attached to the shuttle’s robotic arm until it is used to conduct the late inspection of the shuttle’s heat shield on flight day 12.
As planned, astronauts Garrett Reisman and Greg Chamitoff replaced one of the beds in the carbon dioxide removal assembly that cleanses air onboard the station.
The crew is scheduled to go to sleep at 9:32 p.m. Wednesday and awaken at 5:32 a.m. Thursday. Spacewalkers Ron Garan and Mike Fossum will stay in the Quest airlock at a lower pressure overnight again to purge nitrogen from their systems.
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6 a.m. CDT Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
HOUSTON – The crew of STS-124 and Expedition 17 will focus on continuing the setup and initialization of the Kibo laboratory today.
At 3:52 p.m. today, the astronauts are due to open the hatch to Kibo and enter the new laboratory for the first time.
The shuttle crew awoke this morning to "Have You Ever," performed by Brandi Carlile. The song was played for Mission Specialist Karen Nyberg.
In addition to the continuing work on Kibo, the crew will work to remove and replace one of the beds on the carbon dioxide removal assembly (CDRA). The CDRA is part of the International Space Station’s environmental controls. It works to remove carbon dioxide from the air on board the spacecraft.
The crew will also check out the sensors on the end of the orbiter boom sensor system (OBSS). The OBSS was retrieved from the outside of the station during yesterday’s spacewalk, and it will remain attached to the shuttle’s robotic arm until it is used to conduct the late inspection of the shuttle’s heat shield on flight day 12. It will then be stowed in Discovery’s payload bay for the return trip back to Earth.
Discovery crew members are Commander Mark Kelly, Pilot Ken Ham, and mission specialists Nyberg, Ron Garan, Mike Fossum, Aki Hoshide and Garrett Reisman. The Expedition 17 crew is Commander Sergei Volkov and flight engineers Oleg Kononenko and Greg Chamitoff.
Wed, 4 Jun 2008 19:36:25
Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
HOUSTON – The door to more experiments and more space opened up aboard the International Space Station.
The crew of STS-124 and Expedition 17 worked on activation and entry of the Kibo Japanese Pressurized Module. At 4:05 p.m. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg opened the hatch to the lab. After checking the atmosphere, all ten crew members entered the module to experience the enormous space. The largest module on the space station, it can hold 23 phone-booth sized operating racks, including 10 dedicated to experiments.
Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko installed the spare gas liquid separator pump into the station’s toilet at 10:27 a.m. After testing, Mission Control, Moscow indicated the toilet was repaired and ready for normal operations. The toilet had been working in a degraded fashion for the past couple weeks, prompting the replacement part’s addition to Discovery’s cargo.
Discovery Commander Mark Kelly and Pilot Ken Ham confirmed sensors on the end of the orbiter boom sensor system (OBSS) are working. The OBSS was retrieved from the outside of the station during Tuesday’s spacewalk, and it will remain attached to the shuttle’s robotic arm until it is used to conduct the late inspection of the shuttle’s heat shield on flight day 12.
As planned, astronauts Garrett Reisman and Greg Chamitoff replaced one of the beds in the carbon dioxide removal assembly that cleanses air onboard the station.
The crew is scheduled to go to sleep at 9:32 p.m. Wednesday and awaken at 5:32 a.m. Thursday. Spacewalkers Ron Garan and Mike Fossum will stay in the Quest airlock at a lower pressure overnight again to purge nitrogen from their systems.
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Tuesday, 3 June 2008
STS-124 Mission Report
STS-124 Mission Report
8:30 p.m. CDT Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
HOUSTON – Closely choreographed spacewalking and robotics work led to the installation of a new, and the largest, laboratory on the International Space Station.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide installed the Kibo laboratory noting, "We have a new hope on the International Space Station." Kibo means "hope" in Japanese.
Using the station’s robotic arm, Hoshide and astronaut Karen Nyberg removed the lab from Discovery’s payload bay at 3:49 p.m. It was latched in place on the Harmony node at 6:01 p.m. and the installation procedure was complete at 6:42 p.m. Wednesday the crew will enter the new lab.
During a six-hour and 48-minute spacewalk, Mike Fossum and Ron Garan prepared the Kibo lab for installation on the station by disconnecting cables and removing covers while it was still in the payload bay.
Fossum and Garan also assisted with transfer of the orbiter boom sensor system (OBSS) back to the shuttle from the station, where it has been stored since the last shuttle visit. Now the OBSS is attached to the shuttle robotic arm and can be used for a later inspection of Discovery’s heat shield on flight day 12.
The Mission Management Team today decided that a focused inspection of Discovery’s heat shield is not required on flight day 5. The decision was based on a thorough review of imagery and data obtained during the shuttle’s launch, an inspection using the shuttle robotic arm and the orbiter’s approach to the space station.
The spacewalkers also demonstrated a technique that may be used to clean debris from the station solar alpha rotary joint, which has known debris degrading its operation. Garan installed a new bearing in the joint and during an inspection of a race ring within the joint, Fossum reported that a spot that had been identified on earlier spacewalks is indeed a divot. Station managers will use that information to continue researching the origin of the damage.
Today’s spacewalk was the first of three scheduled for the mission. It was the first for Garan and the fourth for Fossum. It began at 11:22 a.m. and concluded at 6:10 p.m.
The next status report will be issued after the crew awakens, which is scheduled for 5:32 a.m. Wednesday, or earlier if events warrant.
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8:30 p.m. CDT Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
HOUSTON – Closely choreographed spacewalking and robotics work led to the installation of a new, and the largest, laboratory on the International Space Station.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide installed the Kibo laboratory noting, "We have a new hope on the International Space Station." Kibo means "hope" in Japanese.
Using the station’s robotic arm, Hoshide and astronaut Karen Nyberg removed the lab from Discovery’s payload bay at 3:49 p.m. It was latched in place on the Harmony node at 6:01 p.m. and the installation procedure was complete at 6:42 p.m. Wednesday the crew will enter the new lab.
During a six-hour and 48-minute spacewalk, Mike Fossum and Ron Garan prepared the Kibo lab for installation on the station by disconnecting cables and removing covers while it was still in the payload bay.
Fossum and Garan also assisted with transfer of the orbiter boom sensor system (OBSS) back to the shuttle from the station, where it has been stored since the last shuttle visit. Now the OBSS is attached to the shuttle robotic arm and can be used for a later inspection of Discovery’s heat shield on flight day 12.
The Mission Management Team today decided that a focused inspection of Discovery’s heat shield is not required on flight day 5. The decision was based on a thorough review of imagery and data obtained during the shuttle’s launch, an inspection using the shuttle robotic arm and the orbiter’s approach to the space station.
The spacewalkers also demonstrated a technique that may be used to clean debris from the station solar alpha rotary joint, which has known debris degrading its operation. Garan installed a new bearing in the joint and during an inspection of a race ring within the joint, Fossum reported that a spot that had been identified on earlier spacewalks is indeed a divot. Station managers will use that information to continue researching the origin of the damage.
Today’s spacewalk was the first of three scheduled for the mission. It was the first for Garan and the fourth for Fossum. It began at 11:22 a.m. and concluded at 6:10 p.m.
The next status report will be issued after the crew awakens, which is scheduled for 5:32 a.m. Wednesday, or earlier if events warrant.
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Sunday, 1 June 2008
Discovery Channel Programme Update
Space Exploration Seen as Never Before.
An HD Exclusive
SUNDAYS @ 9pm E/P BEGINNING JUNE 8!
When We Left Earth is the story of mankind’s greatest adventure, leaving the earth and living in space. For the first time this series has digitally re-mastered the original film and audio recordings from NASA’s vault, including and all the key on-board footage filmed by the astronauts themselves. From John Glenn's Mercury mission to orbit the earth, to Neil Armstrong’s first historic steps on the moon, to the unprecedented spacewalks required to repair the Hubble telescope, these epic stories are shown in stunning clarity and told by the astronauts and engineers who were there.
CLICK HERE to watch the cinema promotional trailer for When We Left Earth.
SPECIAL PROGRAMMING EVENT: on successive Sundays, June 8, 15 and 22 at 9pm E/P,Discovery will premiere two full episodes as single two-hour shows as follows:
Friends and Rivals (June 8)
The Explorers (June 15)
Home in Space (June 22) Here are the full episode listings:
ORDINARY SUPERMAN
Premieres Sunday, June 8 at 9:00 p.m. E/PNASA selects seven men to become the first astronauts. They're all test pilots, prepared to risk their lives. No one has ever survived a vertical launch on top of a rocket, but it's the only way they know to put an astronaut into earth orbit. The Mercury astronauts and engineers need to figure out how to launch a man into space on top of a converted intercontinental ballistic missile.
FRIENDS AND RIVALS
Premieres Sunday, June 8 at 10:00 p.m. E/PFor Project Gemini, a new generation of astronauts arrive at NASA -- their mission, to test all the procedures required to land men on the moon and bring them safely back to earth. Each Gemini mission launches two men into space, leading to some of NASA's greatest moments -- Ed White's spacewalk, the first orbital rendezvous of Gemini 6 and 7.
LANDING THE EAGLE
Premieres Sunday, June 15 at 9:00 p.m. E/PThe Apollo program is set to achieve the ultimate prize of the Space Race, landing men on the moon. But a fire breaks out in the pressurized capsule of Apollo 1, resulting in the deaths of Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee. But NASA's astronauts and engineers turn tragedy into triumph with the first manned launch of the formidable Saturn V rocket, lifting three astronauts into deep space for the first time. Two missions later and NASA is ready to land men on the moon in the ultimate test of America's spacefaring vision.
THE EXPLORERS
Premieres Sunday, June 15 at 10:00 p.m. E/PNow that NASA has mastered the lunar round trip, they want to explore more of the moon's mysteries. With Apollo 13, they face their biggest crisis in space -- returning a damaged spacecraft back safely to earth. Undaunted, NASA launches more moon missions and a new lunar rover that allows wide-ranging lunar surface expiditions. Apollo 17 is the longest moon mission and the last time man would set foot on the moon for generations. In a new phase of the space program, NASA converts an unused Saturn V rocket into Skylab, America's first space-station. But by the time it reaches orbit it's badly damaged. For the first time, astronauts will have to work outside the spaceship to save the space-station.
THE SHUTTLE
Premieres Sunday, June 22 at 9:00 p.m. E/PFor its first 20 years, NASA launches capsules carrying a maximum of three people. But new requirements for a bigger cargo bay prompt a breakthrough in spacecraft design. The development of the reusable shuttle leads to a revolutionary approach to space travel, but somebody has to test fly it in space for the first time. That requires a true test pilot, John Young, the man who sat alongside Gus Grissom on the first Gemini flight. NASA's manned programs are again leading the way, but space travel remains as dangerous as ever and tragedy again strikes NASA when the Challenger explodes.
HOME IN SPACE
Premieres Sunday, June 22 at 10:00 p.m. E/POne of the most complex instruments ever built, the Hubble Space Telescope is expected to transform our understanding of the Universe. But once it is in orbit, NASA discovers a serious problem, a defective main mirror that leaves Hubble short-sighted. NASA sends a team of astronauts to fix the problem, but it won’t be easy. It is NASA’s greatest and highest profile mission since the Apollo era. It gives NASA the confidence to begin construction on the International Space Station. More astronauts are in space simultaneously than ever before. And despite the tragedy of Columbia, NASA’s astronauts are pioneering the way back to the moon, Mars and beyond.
How long before we get it in the U.K ??
Best wishes,
Nick.
An HD Exclusive
SUNDAYS @ 9pm E/P BEGINNING JUNE 8!
When We Left Earth is the story of mankind’s greatest adventure, leaving the earth and living in space. For the first time this series has digitally re-mastered the original film and audio recordings from NASA’s vault, including and all the key on-board footage filmed by the astronauts themselves. From John Glenn's Mercury mission to orbit the earth, to Neil Armstrong’s first historic steps on the moon, to the unprecedented spacewalks required to repair the Hubble telescope, these epic stories are shown in stunning clarity and told by the astronauts and engineers who were there.
CLICK HERE to watch the cinema promotional trailer for When We Left Earth.
SPECIAL PROGRAMMING EVENT: on successive Sundays, June 8, 15 and 22 at 9pm E/P,Discovery will premiere two full episodes as single two-hour shows as follows:
Friends and Rivals (June 8)
The Explorers (June 15)
Home in Space (June 22) Here are the full episode listings:
ORDINARY SUPERMAN
Premieres Sunday, June 8 at 9:00 p.m. E/PNASA selects seven men to become the first astronauts. They're all test pilots, prepared to risk their lives. No one has ever survived a vertical launch on top of a rocket, but it's the only way they know to put an astronaut into earth orbit. The Mercury astronauts and engineers need to figure out how to launch a man into space on top of a converted intercontinental ballistic missile.
FRIENDS AND RIVALS
Premieres Sunday, June 8 at 10:00 p.m. E/PFor Project Gemini, a new generation of astronauts arrive at NASA -- their mission, to test all the procedures required to land men on the moon and bring them safely back to earth. Each Gemini mission launches two men into space, leading to some of NASA's greatest moments -- Ed White's spacewalk, the first orbital rendezvous of Gemini 6 and 7.
LANDING THE EAGLE
Premieres Sunday, June 15 at 9:00 p.m. E/PThe Apollo program is set to achieve the ultimate prize of the Space Race, landing men on the moon. But a fire breaks out in the pressurized capsule of Apollo 1, resulting in the deaths of Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee. But NASA's astronauts and engineers turn tragedy into triumph with the first manned launch of the formidable Saturn V rocket, lifting three astronauts into deep space for the first time. Two missions later and NASA is ready to land men on the moon in the ultimate test of America's spacefaring vision.
THE EXPLORERS
Premieres Sunday, June 15 at 10:00 p.m. E/PNow that NASA has mastered the lunar round trip, they want to explore more of the moon's mysteries. With Apollo 13, they face their biggest crisis in space -- returning a damaged spacecraft back safely to earth. Undaunted, NASA launches more moon missions and a new lunar rover that allows wide-ranging lunar surface expiditions. Apollo 17 is the longest moon mission and the last time man would set foot on the moon for generations. In a new phase of the space program, NASA converts an unused Saturn V rocket into Skylab, America's first space-station. But by the time it reaches orbit it's badly damaged. For the first time, astronauts will have to work outside the spaceship to save the space-station.
THE SHUTTLE
Premieres Sunday, June 22 at 9:00 p.m. E/PFor its first 20 years, NASA launches capsules carrying a maximum of three people. But new requirements for a bigger cargo bay prompt a breakthrough in spacecraft design. The development of the reusable shuttle leads to a revolutionary approach to space travel, but somebody has to test fly it in space for the first time. That requires a true test pilot, John Young, the man who sat alongside Gus Grissom on the first Gemini flight. NASA's manned programs are again leading the way, but space travel remains as dangerous as ever and tragedy again strikes NASA when the Challenger explodes.
HOME IN SPACE
Premieres Sunday, June 22 at 10:00 p.m. E/POne of the most complex instruments ever built, the Hubble Space Telescope is expected to transform our understanding of the Universe. But once it is in orbit, NASA discovers a serious problem, a defective main mirror that leaves Hubble short-sighted. NASA sends a team of astronauts to fix the problem, but it won’t be easy. It is NASA’s greatest and highest profile mission since the Apollo era. It gives NASA the confidence to begin construction on the International Space Station. More astronauts are in space simultaneously than ever before. And despite the tragedy of Columbia, NASA’s astronauts are pioneering the way back to the moon, Mars and beyond.
How long before we get it in the U.K ??
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Discovery Launch Success
NASA'S SHUTTLE DISCOVERY LAUNCHES WITH JAPANESE LABORATORY
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 5:02 p.m. EDT Saturday to deliver and install a Japanese laboratory on the International Space Station.
The mission, designated STS-124, is the second of three flights to launch components to complete the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory. Discovery is carrying Kibo's tour bus-sized Japanese Pressurized Module, or JPM, which will be the station's largest module. The shuttle astronauts will work with the three-member station crew and ground teams around the world to install the JPM and Kibo's robotic arm system.
Shortly before launch, Commander Mark Kelly thanked the teams that helped make the launch possible. "We're going to deliver Kibo, or hope, to the space station," Kelly said. "And while we tend to live for today, the discoveries from Kibo will certainly offer hope for tomorrow."
Joining Kelly on Discovery's 14-day flight are Pilot Ken Ham and Mission Specialists Karen Nyberg, Ron Garan, Mike Fossum, Greg Chamitoff and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide. Garan and Fossum will conduct three spacewalks during the mission. Chamitoff will replace current station crew member Garrett Reisman, who has lived on the outpost since mid-March. Chamitoff will return to Earth on Endeavour's STS-126 mission, targeted for Nov. 10.
NASA is providing continuous television and Internet coverage of Discovery's mission, which is the 123rd shuttle flight, the 35th for Discovery and the 26th shuttle mission to the station.
NASA Television features live mission events, daily mission status news conferences and 24-hour commentary. NASA TV is webcast at:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
NASA's Web coverage of STS-124 includes current mission information, interactive features, and news conference images, graphics and videos. Mission coverage, including the latest NASA TV schedule, also is available on the main space shuttle Web site at:
http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 5:02 p.m. EDT Saturday to deliver and install a Japanese laboratory on the International Space Station.
The mission, designated STS-124, is the second of three flights to launch components to complete the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory. Discovery is carrying Kibo's tour bus-sized Japanese Pressurized Module, or JPM, which will be the station's largest module. The shuttle astronauts will work with the three-member station crew and ground teams around the world to install the JPM and Kibo's robotic arm system.
Shortly before launch, Commander Mark Kelly thanked the teams that helped make the launch possible. "We're going to deliver Kibo, or hope, to the space station," Kelly said. "And while we tend to live for today, the discoveries from Kibo will certainly offer hope for tomorrow."
Joining Kelly on Discovery's 14-day flight are Pilot Ken Ham and Mission Specialists Karen Nyberg, Ron Garan, Mike Fossum, Greg Chamitoff and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide. Garan and Fossum will conduct three spacewalks during the mission. Chamitoff will replace current station crew member Garrett Reisman, who has lived on the outpost since mid-March. Chamitoff will return to Earth on Endeavour's STS-126 mission, targeted for Nov. 10.
NASA is providing continuous television and Internet coverage of Discovery's mission, which is the 123rd shuttle flight, the 35th for Discovery and the 26th shuttle mission to the station.
NASA Television features live mission events, daily mission status news conferences and 24-hour commentary. NASA TV is webcast at:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
NASA's Web coverage of STS-124 includes current mission information, interactive features, and news conference images, graphics and videos. Mission coverage, including the latest NASA TV schedule, also is available on the main space shuttle Web site at:
http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle
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