Jacques van Oene
March 30th 05, 02:12 PM
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE
about extravehicular activities
performed by the ISS Expedition Crew 10
28.03.2005, Korolev, Moscow Area.
The Expedition Crew 10 (ISS-10) of the International Space Station (ISS)
performed the second egress into space out of the two EVAs scheduled in the
flight program.
The extravehicular activities were preceded by the onboard crew preparation,
as well as relevant medical examination. The crew prepared and checked the
Russian EVA spacesuits and equipment of the transfer compartment of Zvezda
module and Pirs docking compartment-module of the ISS Russian Segment. By
results of the preparation and talks with specialists of the Mission Control
Center in Moscow (MCC-M) the EVA timeline was updated, the station onboard
systems were put in a state of readiness prior to EVA.
The crew commander, Leroy Chiao, NASA astronaut, and flight engineer,
Salizhan Sharipov, Russian Cosmonaut left the Orbital Complex through the
egress hatch of the Pirs compartment-module, that was open at 10:25 Moscow
time.
In the course of EVA the crew installed and connected three proximity
communication equipment antennas on Zvezda working compartment to ensure
docking of the new European cargo vehicle (ATV) to the ISS, mounted the
satellite navigation antenna unit on Zvezda instrument compartment and took
photo survey of the videometer installed by the previous ISS crew (Gennady
Padalko and Michael Fincke ) during EVA.
The EVAs were completed with a launch of a five-kilogram mini-satellite
Nanosat, which signals have already been received at MCC-M. At launch S.
Sharipov imparted a velocity of one m/sec to the satellite in the direction
opposite to the velocity vector of the ISS flight, thus having excluded
their potential subsequent collision.
The mini-satellite will stay in orbit for about 100 days. The specialists
hope that the experience in operating the satellite will enable to develop
miniature spacecraft for various intended utilization in future.
Upon completion of the scheduled EVA program activities that took about 4.5
hours, the crew came back to Pirs module, having closed the egress hatch at
14:55.
The data exchange between the ISS and Mission Control Center in Moscow
(MCC-M) was performed in the Russian ground site coverage. Outside this
coverage the data was exchanged through the U.S. communication systems.
According to the reports made by the crew and LOCT providing control and
monitoring of the Russian Segment flight from MCC-M under the direction of
V.A. Soloviev, RSC Energia Deputy Designer General, Flight Cosmonaut, the
crew feels well, and status of the ISS onboard systems is consistent with
the designed specifications.
The ISS on-orbit complex consists of Functional Cargo Module Zarya, Service
Module Zvezda, docking compartment-module Pirs, transport spacecraft
Soyuz-TMA-5 and Progress M-52, modules Unity and Destiny, airlock Kvest,
multi-link truss structure with deployed solar arrays.
The progress of EVA operations was observed by managers and specialists of
S.P. Korolev RSC Energia, Roskosmos, Yu. Gagarin CTC RGNII and other
companies and industry organizations supporting the EVA program
implementation, which were present at MCC-M.
Upon completion of these operations a briefing was held for journalists
present at MCC-M, at which professional activity of S. Sharipov and L. Chiao
was highly commended.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
about extravehicular activities
performed by the ISS Expedition Crew 10
28.03.2005, Korolev, Moscow Area.
The Expedition Crew 10 (ISS-10) of the International Space Station (ISS)
performed the second egress into space out of the two EVAs scheduled in the
flight program.
The extravehicular activities were preceded by the onboard crew preparation,
as well as relevant medical examination. The crew prepared and checked the
Russian EVA spacesuits and equipment of the transfer compartment of Zvezda
module and Pirs docking compartment-module of the ISS Russian Segment. By
results of the preparation and talks with specialists of the Mission Control
Center in Moscow (MCC-M) the EVA timeline was updated, the station onboard
systems were put in a state of readiness prior to EVA.
The crew commander, Leroy Chiao, NASA astronaut, and flight engineer,
Salizhan Sharipov, Russian Cosmonaut left the Orbital Complex through the
egress hatch of the Pirs compartment-module, that was open at 10:25 Moscow
time.
In the course of EVA the crew installed and connected three proximity
communication equipment antennas on Zvezda working compartment to ensure
docking of the new European cargo vehicle (ATV) to the ISS, mounted the
satellite navigation antenna unit on Zvezda instrument compartment and took
photo survey of the videometer installed by the previous ISS crew (Gennady
Padalko and Michael Fincke ) during EVA.
The EVAs were completed with a launch of a five-kilogram mini-satellite
Nanosat, which signals have already been received at MCC-M. At launch S.
Sharipov imparted a velocity of one m/sec to the satellite in the direction
opposite to the velocity vector of the ISS flight, thus having excluded
their potential subsequent collision.
The mini-satellite will stay in orbit for about 100 days. The specialists
hope that the experience in operating the satellite will enable to develop
miniature spacecraft for various intended utilization in future.
Upon completion of the scheduled EVA program activities that took about 4.5
hours, the crew came back to Pirs module, having closed the egress hatch at
14:55.
The data exchange between the ISS and Mission Control Center in Moscow
(MCC-M) was performed in the Russian ground site coverage. Outside this
coverage the data was exchanged through the U.S. communication systems.
According to the reports made by the crew and LOCT providing control and
monitoring of the Russian Segment flight from MCC-M under the direction of
V.A. Soloviev, RSC Energia Deputy Designer General, Flight Cosmonaut, the
crew feels well, and status of the ISS onboard systems is consistent with
the designed specifications.
The ISS on-orbit complex consists of Functional Cargo Module Zarya, Service
Module Zvezda, docking compartment-module Pirs, transport spacecraft
Soyuz-TMA-5 and Progress M-52, modules Unity and Destiny, airlock Kvest,
multi-link truss structure with deployed solar arrays.
The progress of EVA operations was observed by managers and specialists of
S.P. Korolev RSC Energia, Roskosmos, Yu. Gagarin CTC RGNII and other
companies and industry organizations supporting the EVA program
implementation, which were present at MCC-M.
Upon completion of these operations a briefing was held for journalists
present at MCC-M, at which professional activity of S. Sharipov and L. Chiao
was highly commended.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info