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25 November 2005
International Space Station Status Report #58
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 10:10:30 -0600
From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV
Subject: International Space Station Status Report #58
2005
Report #58
10 a.m. CST, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2005
Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
International Space Station Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev will enjoy a day off Thursday to celebrate Thanksgiving. The holiday highlights a week in orbit of robotics operations, routine maintenance and early preparations for a shipment of supplies and Christmas gifts.
McArthur and Tokarev are the 12th crew of the space laboratory and will be the sixth station crew to observe Thanksgiving on the complex. They sent holiday greetings to Earth this week and described their plans to feast on irradiated smoked turkey, dehydrated green beans, powdered drinks and a thermo stabilized cranberry-apple dessert.
On Monday, McArthur powered up the station's 60-foot robotic arm and maneuvered it for training and engineering tests. Working at a control panel inside the station's Destiny Laboratory, he used the arm to grip and release a fixture on the exterior of the Lab. Following that, he positioned the Canadarm2 to allow its cameras to monitor the next spacewalk planned from the station.
That spacewalk, a venture outside using Russian spacesuits, had initially been planned for December. Managers decided this week to reschedule it for Feb. 2, 2006 to ease the crew's workload. Managers also decided that a third spacewalk planned for the Expedition 12 crew will not be needed. That third spacewalk would have used U.S. spacesuits as did a first venture outside by the crew earlier this month. McArthur and Tokarev accomplished several get-ahead tasks during their first spacewalk, enabling managers to delete the final excursion.
The crew's attention now turns to the next going and coming for the complex, the jettison of the ISS Progress 19 supply ship Dec. 20, the launch of the new ISS Progress 20 craft Dec. 21 that will dock to the complex on Dec. 23. The cargo aboard Progress 20 is expected to include holiday gifts from the crew’s families. After it leaves the station, the old Progress 19 will burn up in the atmosphere.
For information on the crew's activities aboard the station, future launch dates, and station sighting opportunities from anywhere on the Earth, visit:
The next ISS status report will be issued Thursday, Dec. 1, or earlier if events warrant.
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NASA International Space Station Reference
High above Earth lies the International Space Station. This guide provides a history of space stations, who is involved with the ISS project, what the ISS will be used for, dimensions, power supply and the teamwork involved in this multinational program. Two activities are included using science, mathematics and geography concepts.
Links for Countries that are Partners in the International Space Station Project
"Orbiting at more than 200 miles above the Earth, the Space Station is quickly growing into one of the brightest permanent fixtures in the night sky. Currently consisting of the American connecting module "Unity" and the Russian control module "Zarya," the Station circles the planet approximately 16 times per day, traveling at 17,500 mph in an orbit varying 208 to 285 miles from Earth."
The International Space Station (ISS) represents a global partnership of 16 nations. When it is complete it will house up to seven international scientists living at the station from 3 to 6 months.
The current state of the station is the result of six space flights. "More than 40 flights over five years and at least three space vehicles — the space shuttle, the Russian Soyuz rocket and the Russian Proton rocket — will deliver the various space station components to Earth orbit."
The first flight involved in construction of the space station was a Russian Proton rocket that lifted off in November 1998 and placed the Zarya module in orbit. The last flight to the Station was made by the United State's Space Shuttle, Atlantis, STS-110, in April 2002 . The Space Shuttle, Discovery, lifting off on October 5, 2000, delivered the Z1 Truss, Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 and four Control Moment Gyros. The first permanent crew will be delivered by the space shuttle to the station in November of this year.
Amateur radio equipment was delivered to the space station in September of this year by the crew of STS-106. The equipment includes 2 meter FM and packet equipment. The International Space Station (ISS) amateur radio station will be operational next year when VHF and UHF antennas are installed. 2 Meter operation will commence when the Expedition 1 crew comes aboard the space station in November of this year.
"The million-pound space station will include six laboratories and provide more space for research than any spacecraft ever built. Internal volume of the space station will be roughly equal to the passenger cabin volume of a 747 jumbo jet."
The Space Station and the Shuttle service to it is not without its slip-ups and mystery. NASA's plan to include an Israeli (Ilan Ramon) aboard Space Shuttle Columbia's July 2002 flight was suppose to be a secret. Whether you agree ( or I agree ) with that fact makes no difference. NASA contractor Spacehab, Inc. let the cat out of the bag last week. Why is an Israeli (Israel is not a partner country) going aboard the Space Station?
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