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Expedition One 

Crew Brings the 

Station to Life
Expedition One Press Kit

Table of Contents

Mission Overview .........................................................................................................1

Crew ...............................................................................................................................6

Soyuz ...........................................................................................................................10

Increment Timeline .....................................................................................................26

ISS Assembly Overview .............................................................................................28

Mission Benefits (Why Build the ISS?) .....................................................................37

Media Assistance ......................................................................................................41

Media Contacts ..........................................................................................................45
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Mission Overview

Expedition One Crew Brings the Station to Life

A new chapter in human space flight history will unfold with the launch of the first 

permanent occupants of the new International Space Station (ISS), the Expedition One 

crew. Scheduled for liftoff Oct. 31 at approximately 2:53 a.m. EST (7:53 GMT) on a 

Russian Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 

Commander William Shepherd (Capt., USN), Soyuz Commander Yuri Gidzenko (Lt. 

Col., Russian Air Force) and Russian Flight Engineer Sergei Krikalev will dock to the 

ISS two days later to begin a pioneering four-month mission to prepare the facility for 

future scientific research.

Shepherd will become the second American to be launched in a Soyuz capsule for his 

fourth flight into space, following in the footsteps of Dr. Norm Thagard, who was 

launched on March 14, 1995, as part of the Mir 18 crew to become the first American to 

live and work aboard the Mir Space Station. Shepherd will be responsible for the overall 

success and safety of the shakedown mission. Gidzenko, who previously spent 179 

days in space as Commander of the Mir, is making his second trip into space, 

responsible for the launch and docking of the Soyuz to the ISS. Krikalev, with 484 days 

in space to his credit on four previous flights, will be Flight Engineer during launch and 

will take the major responsibility for most Station systems. He will become the first 

person to visit the ISS twice, having flown on the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 

December 1998 to mate the Zarya and Unity modules in the initial ISS assembly flight.

Shepherd and Krikalev have trained for almost five years for this historic mission. 

Gidzenko joined the crew in 1997.

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The Expedition One crew members will return to Earth next February aboard the Space 

Shuttle Discovery at the completion of the STS-102 mission, which will bring the second 

resident crew to the ISS to begin scientific research in earnest following the delivery of 

the U.S. Laboratory Destiny a month earlier.

During their four months on board the Station, Shepherd, Gidzenko and Krikalev will 

host three visiting Shuttle crews, which will bring the large U.S. photovoltaic arrays to 

augment ISS power capability, the U.S. Laboratory Destiny, which will be the 

centerpiece for scientific research in the future, and the first science racks for Destiny, 

along with a variety of other key hardware. In addition to activating those systems, the 

Expedition One crew will unload three unmanned Russian Progress resupply vehicles, 

which will automatically link up to the Station’s Russian module docking ports during the 

crew’s visit.

In their first weeks on board, the Expedition One crew members will activate critical life 

support systems and unpack Station components, clothing, laptop computers, office 

equipment, cables and electrical gear left behind for them by previous Shuttle crews 

which conducted logistic supply flights to the new complex over the past two years. By 

“moving in” to their new home, Shepherd, Gidzenko and Krikalev will set the stage for a 

continuous human presence in space by international researchers for at least the next 

15 years.

The Expedition One mission will embark from the same launch pad at the Baikonur 

Cosmodrome from which Yuri Gagarin was launched almost 40 years ago to become 

the first human to fly in space. A three-stage, 310-ton Soyuz rocket will lift the crew 

members to a preliminary orbit about 10 minutes after launch, enabling Gidzenko to 

begin a series of rendezvous maneuvers, which will lead to the capsule’s docking to the

aft port of the Zvezda Service Module around 4:20 a.m. EST on Nov. 2.

Ninety minutes after docking, Shepherd will open the hatch to Zvezda and the crew 

members will enter the complex for the first time. Their first tasks will include the 

activation of a food warmer in Zvezda’s galley, the setup of their sleeping quarters and 

initial communications checks with both Mission Control in Houston and the Russian 

Mission Control Center in Korolev, outside Moscow.

The crew will communicate with both teams of flight controllers, using Russian 

communications gear in Zvezda and the Zarya module, and the S-band Early 

Communication gear in the U.S. Unity Module, which has been used for the past two 

years to allow U.S. flight controllers to command ISS systems and read Station system 

data when Russian ground station coverage is not available.

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In the ensuing days, Shepherd, Gidzenko and Krikalev will activate computers in 

Zvezda which will control ISS functions, the Vozdukh air purification system, the 

Elektron oxygen generation system, a water supply system which generates drinking 

water as the byproduct of the Elektron’s operation and Station exercise equipment, 

which was installed during the STS-106 mission in September. During its stay on the 

Station, the crew will also outfit the Crew Health Care System (CheCS), an on-board 

medical center stocked with medicine and implements which would be used to treat an 

ill or injured crew member.

Shortly before the end of the year, Gidzenko and Krikalev will conduct an “internal” 

space walk in Zvezda’s transfer compartment in Russian Orlan spacesuits, 

depressurizing the conical area at the forward end of the Service Module to transfer a 

docking cone from the port at which Zvezda linked up to Zarya, to the Zvezda’s 

lowermost, or nadir, docking port. This will enable the linkup of the Russian Docking 

Compartment to that nadir port next spring. Shepherd is also cross-trained to perform 

the space walk, although he plans to monitor the activity from inside Zvezda.

The crew will use Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) as its time reference during the flight, 

designed to provide the best combination of communications coverage for both U.S. 

and Russian flight control teams as the ISS orbits the Earth every 90 minutes in an orbit 

inclined 51.6 degrees to either side of the Equator.

A typical Expedition One crew day will begin with an electronic tone wake-up call at 

about 12:01 a.m. Eastern time. After about two hours to read morning mail uplinked by 

U.S. flight controllers and a chance to clean up and have breakfast, the crew will begin 

its daily work which will be scheduled to provide a lunch break at midday. The crew will 

complete its workday by mid-afternoon with a daily planning session with the flight 

control teams for the following day’s activities. Dinner would precede an 8 1⁄2- to 9-hour 

sleep period.

The crew plans to conduct at least two tagups each day with U.S. flight controllers using 

the slow-scan Internet-style video capability associated with the on-board Early 

Communications System. Russian television will be sparse initially, but will increase as 

time passes with the delivery of internal television equipment for Zvezda aboard a 

Russian Progress resupply craft in mid-November. The U.S. KU-band communications 

equipment housed in the Z1 Truss structure, which was installed on the Station during 

the STS-92 mission, will not be activated until the second resident crew arrives early 

next year.

Although science activities will be somewhat modest for the Expedition One crew, there 

will be a schedule of experiments focusing on material and life sciences planned for its 

four-month mission. Those experiments include:

• Protein Crystal Growth - Enhanced Gaseous Nitrogen (PCG-EGN): The 

identification of molecular structures that may lead to development of new 

drugs, the shortening of development time and the improvement of our 

understanding of disease states.

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• Education - Seed Growth Kit (EDU-SGK): An educational experiment to 

demonstrate to schoolchildren the germination capability and growth of seeds in 

space. Video will be downlinked and videotaped for discussion.

• Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle Schools (EarthKAM): An educational 

experiment to take high-resolution electronic images of the Earth, downlink 

them to schools and discuss the images with children. Students will develop 

research projects and specify Earth photography targets for use in their projects

• Crew Earth Observations (CEO): The crew will photograph Earth features of 

geological, meteorological or other interest.

• Middeck Active Control Experiment II (MACE-II): Launched on STS-106, 

MACE- II will validate the design for future microgravity payloads by 

investigating particular materials’ resistance to weightlessness.

• Spatial Differences in CO2 Concentration: An experiment to determine carbon 

dioxide (CO2) concentrations in various locations and under different 

environmental conditions.

• Interim Resistive Exercise Device (IRED) Operational Use and Impact to ISS 

Environment: The crew will view exercise equipment operation during regularly 

scheduled sessions, verify that resistive exercise in the Unity module is not 

raising carbon dioxide and temperature levels and collect real-time crew input 

regarding resistive equipment operations during a scheduled exercise period.

• Treadmill Vibration Isolation System (TVIS) Feasibility of Using Different 

Subject Load Device Settings: An experiment to evaluate the heart rate and 

comfort levels of crew members during nominal aerobic treadmill usage to 

counteract the effects of a microgravity environment. A secondary objective is 

to document the effect of aerobic exercise countermeasures in the ISS 

environment.

• TVIS Stability While Running/Walking During Scheduled Aerobic Exercise: An 

experiment to assess whether the treadmill is providing the expected stability 

with respect to the impact of exercise on ISS structures. A secondary objective 

is to document the effect of aerobic exercise countermeasures in the ISS 

environment.

• TVIS Subject Load Device Effect on Locomotion and Heart Rate: An 

experiment to determine how crew members respond to various speeds and 

loads, document the motions of the knee and rear foot area, and document the 

crew member’s heart rate responses. A secondary objective is to document the 

effect of aerobic exercise countermeasures in the ISS environment.

Several other Russian experiments will be flown to the ISS aboard visiting Progress 

vehicles involving research in the fields of biotechnology, biomedical research, 

geophysical research and engineering.

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EXPEDITION ONE AT A GLANCE

Each month during their stay aboard the ISS, the Expedition One crew members will be 

busy with a variety of tasks regarding the assembly of the Station and the enhancement 

of their living and working quarters. Here is a month-by-month overview of their mission:

November:

Soyuz Launch and Docking to ISS

Zvezda Systems Activation

Zvezda Outfitting

Second Progress Resupply Ship Launch and Docking

Progress Unloading

Experiments

STS-97 Launch

December:

Second Progress Undocking

STS-97 Docking and U.S. Solar Arrays Installation

Solar Arrays Checkout

STS-97 Undocking

EVA # 1 Preparation

Internal EVA to Move Zvezda Docking Probe

Third Progress Resupply Ship Launch and Docking

Experiments

January:

Solar Arrays Checkout

Experiments

Progress Unloading

Third Progress Undocking

STS-98 Launch and Docking

U.S. Destiny Laboratory Installation and Activation

STS-98 Undocking

Soyuz Repositioning from Zvezda Aft Docking Port to Zarya Nadir Port

U.S. Destiny Laboratory Checkouts

February:

Fourth Progress Resupply Ship Launch and Docking

Progress Unloading

U.S. Laboratory Destiny Checkouts

Expedition One Crew Packs for Return to Earth

STS-102 Launch and Docking

Expedition One / Expedition Two Crew Handover

STS-102 Undocking

Expedition One Crew Returns to Earth with STS-102 Crew

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Crew Profile

The first crew of the International Space Station pose aboard a Black Sea freighter 

following water survival training recently. From left, they are Flight Engineer and Russian 

Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev; International Space Station Commander and U.S. Astronaut 

Bill Shepherd; and Soyuz Commander and Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko. 

The Expedition One crew pays its 

respects at the grave of Soviet 

cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich 

Gagarin (1934-1968). Entombed 

at Red Square, the visit to 

Gagarin's gravesite is customary in 

Russia prior to a space flight.

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William Shepherd (Capt., USN), 51, is the Commander for the first Expeditionary 

mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Named to lead the first crew to live 

aboard the Station in January, 1996, Shepherd will be responsible for the overall safety 

and success of the crew’s planned four-month stay on orbit. Shepherd is making his 

fourth trip into space, having previously flown on three Shuttle missions. From March 

1993 until his assignment to this crew, Shepherd served as Deputy Space Station 

Program Manager in charge of the redesign of the project. He will be in charge of the 

outfitting of both the U.S. and Russian modules comprising the Station during this phase 

of flight and the activation of Station hardware which will be delivered to the ISS during 

three visiting Shuttle assembly missions. Shepherd will have primary responsibility for 

the systems in the U.S. Laboratory “Destiny” once it is attached to the Station in 

January.

William Shepherd

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Yuri Gidzenko (Lt. Col., Russian Air Force), 38, is the Soyuz Commander for the first 

Expedition crew to the International Space Station. Gidzenko is making his second trip 

into space, following his command of the Mir Space Station during a 179-day mission in 

1995-1996 which saw a Shuttle crew deliver the Docking Module to the Russian 

outpost. Gidzenko will be responsible for all systems of the Soyuz capsule from launch 

through docking to the Station and would be responsible for guiding the Soyuz capsule 

to a landing should it be needed as an emergency vehicle to return the crew home in 

the event of a problem on orbit. Gidzenko will join crewmate Sergei Krikalev for the one 

planned spacewalk during the four-month mission to reposition a docking probe in the

Zvezda Service Module.

Yuri Gidzenko

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Sergei Krikalev, 42, will serve as Flight Engineer for the first Expedition crew to the 

International Space Station (ISS). One of the world’s most experienced space travelers, 

Krikalev has spent 484 days in space on his previous four space flights, including two 

Shuttle missions. He has conducted seven space walks and will become the first person 

to visit the ISS twice, having been a member of Endeavour’s crew which conducted the 

first assembly flight to the Station to mate the Zarya and Unity modules in December, 

1998 during the STS-88 mission. Krikalev will assist Soyuz Commander Yuri Gidzenko 

during the launch and docking phase of the flight and will be responsible for the systems 

in the Russian modules during the four-month mission. Krikalev will join Gidzenko for 

the one planned spacewalk during Expedition One to reposition a docking probe in 

Zvezda Service Module.

Sergei Krikalev

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Soyuz

The Soyuz Launcher

The Soyuz is one of the world's most reliable - and frequently used - launch vehicles. 

More than 1,500 launches have been made with Soyuz launchers to orbit satellites for 

telecommunications, Earth observation, weather, and scientific missions, as well as for 

manned flights. 

The basic Soyuz vehicle is considered a three-stage launcher in Russian terms, and is 

composed of: 

A lower portion consisting of four boosters (first stage) and a central core (second 

stage). 

An upper portion, consisting of the third stage, payload adapter and payload fairing. 

Liquid oxygen and kerosene are used as propellants in all three Soyuz stages. 

The First Stage Boosters

The first stage's four boosters are assembled laterally around the second stage central 

core. The boosters are identical and cylindrical-conic in shape with the oxygen tank 

located in the cone-shaped portion and the kerosene tank in the cylindrical portion. 

An NPO Energomash RD 107 engine with four main chambers and two gimbaled 

vernier thrusters is used in each booster. The vernier thrusters provide three-axis flight 

control. 

Ignition of the first stage boosters and the second stage central core occur 

simultaneously on the ground. When the boosters have completed their powered flight

during ascent, they are separated and the core second stage continues to function. 

First stage booster separation occurs when the pre-defined velocity is reached, which is 

about 118 seconds after liftoff. 

The Second Stage

An NPO Energomash RD 108 engine powers the Soyuz second stage. This engine 

differs from those of the boosters by the presence of four vernier thrusters, which are 

necessary for three-axis flight control of the launcher after the first stage boosters have 

separated. 

An equipment bay located atop the second stage operates during the entire flight of the 

first and second stages. 

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The Third Stage

The third stage is linked to the Soyuz second stage by a latticework structure. When the 

second stage's powered flight is complete, the third stage engine is ignited. Separation 

of the two stages occurs by the direct ignition forces of the third stage engine. 

A single-turbopump RD 0110 engine from KB KhA powers the Soyuz third stage. 

The third stage engine is fired for about 240 seconds, and cutoff occurs when the 

calculated velocity increment is reached. After cutoff and separation, the third stage 

performs an avoidance maneuver by opening an outgassing valve in the liquid oxygen 

tank. 

Launcher Telemetry Tracking & Flight Safety Systems

Soyuz launcher tracking and telemetry is provided through systems in the second and 

third stages. These two stages have their own radar transponders for ground tracking. 

Individual telemetry transmitters are in each stage. Launcher health status is 

downlinked to ground stations along the flight path. Telemetry and tracking data are 

transmitted to the mission control center, where the incoming data flow is recorded.

Partial real-time data processing and plotting is performed for flight following and initial 

performance assessment. All flight data is analyzed and documented within a few hours 

after launch.

Baikonur Cosmodrome launch operations

Soyuz missions use the Baikonur Cosmodrome's proven infrastructure, and launches 

are performed by trained personnel with extensive operational experience. 

Baikonur Cosmodrome is located in the Republic of Kazakhstan in Central Asia 

between 45 degrees and 46 degrees North latitude and 63 degrees East longitude. Two 

launch pads are dedicated to Soyuz missions. 

Final Launch Preparations

The assembled launch vehicle is moved to the launch pad on a horizontal rail car. 

Transfer to the launch zone occurs the day before launch, during which the vehicle is 

erected and a launch rehearsal is performed that includes activation of all electrical and 

mechanical equipment. 

On launch day, the vehicle is loaded with propellant and the final countdown sequence 

is started at three hours before the liftoff time.

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Soyuz SL-4 Characteristics

FIRST STAGE DATA - BLOCKS B, V, G, D

Engine RD-107

Propellants LOX/Kerosene

Thrust (tons) 102

Burn time (sec) 122

Specific impulse 314

Length (meters) 19.8

Diameter (meters) 2.68

Dry mass (tons) 3.45

Propellant mass (tons) 39.63

SECOND STAGE DATA, BLOCK A

Engine RD-108

Propellants LOX/Kerosene

Thrust (tons) 96

Burn time (sec) 314

Specific impulse 315

Length (meters) 28.75

Diameter (meters) 2.95

Dry mass (tons) 6.51

Propellant mass (tons) 95.7

THIRD STAGE DATA, BLOCK I

Engine RD-461

Propellants LOX/Kerosene

Thrust (tons) 30

Burn time (sec) 240

Specific impulse 330

Length (meters) 8.1

Diameter (meters) 2.66

Dry mass (tons) 2.4

Propellant mass (tons) 21.3

PAYLOAD MASS (tons) 6.8

SHROUD MASS (tons) 4.5

LAUNCH MASS (tons) 309.53

TOTAL LENGTH (meters) 49.3

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Flight 2R Mission Overview

· Mission Objective:

 - Initial Permanent Manning of ISS

· Expedition One Duration:

 - 117 days

· 2R Soyuz Vehicle Duration:

 - 188 days

· Increased Stage Functionality:

 - Transportation of Initial Crew to ISS

 - Emergency Return Capability for Crew

 - Contingency capability to perform translation maneuvers

 - Activation of essential ISS systems

Flight 2R Cargo Manifest

· Flight 2R Crew

- William Shepherd

 - Yuri Gidzenko

- Sergei Krikalev

· Russian Hardware

- Vozdukh Equipment

- FGB Cables

- Sony Camcorder and Accessories

· US Hardware

- Crew Dosimeter

- Flight 2R Commemorative Kit

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Soyuz TM Characteristics

· Initial Mass 7000 Kg

· Crew - Normal/With Cargo Container 3/2

· Docking Altitude Up to 425 Km

· Deorbit Altitude Up to 460 Km

· Propellant Up to 840 Kg

· Orbital Life 200 Days

· Cargo - Ascent/Descent (3 crew) Up to 30/50 Kg

Soyuz Flight 2R Program

Day 1 - Launch & insertion of Soyuz

 - Checkout of docking mechanism

 - Test of Kurs and MCS

 - First rendezvous maneuvers

Day 2 - Second rendezvous maneuvers

 - Progress 1P departs from SM aft port

Day 3 - Third rendezvous maneuvers

 - ISS maintains inertial` attitude hold for SM aft port docking

 - Approach, berthing, & docking

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Soyuz TM Overview (1987-present)

1 Docking probe 

2 Approach system high-gain antenna 

3 Approach system auto-tracking antenna 

4 TV antenna 

5 Orbital module 

6 Parachute container 

7 Descent module 

8 Command link omni-directional antenna 

9 Adapter 

10 Solar sensor 

11 Instrument unit 

12 Hanged thermal control cold radiator 

13 Telemetry antenna 

14 Approach system omni-directional antenna 

15 Solar arrays 

16 Blister window 

17 Attitude control thrusters 

18 Directional light 

19 TV camera 

20 Voice communication antenna 

21 Berthing/attitude control thrusters 

22 Service module 

23 Infrared vertical optical sensor unit

24 Command link antenna array element

25 Orbit control antenna

26 Berthing/Attitude control thrusters

27 Optical sight

28 Descent control thrusters unit

29 Descent module window

30 Orbit module window

31 Approach system omni-directional antenna

32 Approach system pointing antenna

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Soyuz TM Components and Overall Dimensions

1 Orbital module

2 Descent module

3 Instrument module

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Soyuz TM Features

1 Berthing/attitude control thrusters

2 Rendezvous and orbit correction thrusters

3 Radio antenna

4 Instrument service module

5 Orbital flight instruments

6 Descent module

7 Optical sight

8 Orbital module

9 Rendezvous system antenna

10 External TV camera

11 Docking probe

12 Rendezvous system antenna

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Prelaunch Countdown Timeline

T- 34 Hours Booster is prepared for fuel loading

T- 6:00:00 Batteries are installed in booster

T- 5:30:00 State commission gives go to take launch vehicle

T- 5:15:00 Crew arrives at site 254

T- 5:00:00 Tanking begins

T- 4:20:00 Spacesuit donning

T- 4:00:00 Booster is loaded with liquid oxygen

T- 3:40:00 Crew meets delegations

T- 3:10:00 Reports to the State commission

T- 3:05:00 Transfer to the launch pad

T- 3:00:00 Vehicle 1st and 2nd stage oxidizer fueling complete

T- 2:35:00 Crew arrives at launch vehicle

T- 2:30:00 Crew ingress through orbital module side hatch

T- 2:00:00 Crew in reentry vehicle

T- 1:45:00 Reentry vehicle hardware tested; suits are ventilated

T- 1:30:00 Launch command monitoring and supply unit prepared

Orbital compartment hatch tested for sealing

T- 1:00:00 Launch vehicle control system prepared for use; gyro 

instruments activated

T - :45:00 Launch pad service structure halves are lowered

T- :40:00 Reentry vehicle hardware testing complete; leak checks 

performed on suits

T- :30:00 Emergency escape system armed; launch command supply 

unit activated

T- :25:00 Service towers withdrawn

T- :15:00 Suit leak tests complete; crew engages personal escape 

hardware auto mode

T- :10:00 Launch gyro instruments uncaged; crew activates on-board 

recorders

T- 7:00 All prelaunch operations are complete

T- 6:15 Key to launch command given at the launch site

Automatic program of final launch operations is activated

T- 6:00 All launch complex and vehicle systems ready for launch

T- 5:00 Onboard systems switched to onboard control

Ground measurement system activated by RUN 1 command

Commander's controls activated

Crew switches to suit air by closing helmets

Launch key inserted in launch bunker

T- 3:15 Combustion chambers of side and central engine pods purged 

with nitrogen

T- 2:30 Booster propellant tank pressurization starts

Onboard measurement system activated by RUN 2 command

Prelaunch pressurization of all tanks with nitrogen begins

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T- 2:15 Oxidizer and fuel drain and safety valves of launch vehicle are 

closed

Ground filling of oxidizer and nitrogen to the launch vehicle is 

terminated

T- 1:00 Vehicle on internal power

Automatic sequencer on

First umbilical tower separates from booster

T- :40 Ground power supply umbilical to third stage is disconnected

T- :20 Launch command given at the launch position

Central and side pod engines are turned on

T- :15 Second umbilical tower separates from booster

T- :10 Engine turbopumps at flight speed

T- :05 First stage engines at maximum thrust

T- :00 Fueling tower separates

Lift off

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Ascent/Insertion Timeline

T- :00 Lift off

T+ 1:10 Booster velocity is 1640 ft/sec

T+ 1:58 Stage 1 (strap-on boosters) separation

T+ 2:00 Booster velocity is 4921 ft/sec

T+ 2:40 Escape tower and launch shroud jettison

T+ 4:58 Core booster separates at 105.65 statute miles

Third stage ignites

T+ 7:30 Velocity is 19,685 ft/sec

T+ 9:00 Third stage cut-off

Soyuz separates

Antennas and solar panels deploy

Flight control switches to Kaliningrad Mission 

Control

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Orbital Insertion to Docking Timeline

FLIGHT DAY 1 

OVERVIEW

Orbit 1 Post insertion: Deployment of solar panels, antennas and 

docking probe

- Crew monitors all deployments

- Crew reports on pressurization of OMS/RCS and ECLSS 

systems and crew health. Entry thermal sensors are manually 

deactivated

- Ground provides initial orbital insertion data from tracking

Orbit 2 Systems Checkout: IR Att Sensors, Kurs, Angular Accels,

"Display" TV Downlink System, OMS engine control system, 

Manual Attitude Control Test

- Crew monitors all systems tests and confirms onboard 

indications

- Crew performs manual RHC stick inputs for attitude control test

- Ingress into HM, activate HM CO2 scrubber and doff Sokols

- A/G, R/T and Recorded TLM and Display TV downlink

- Radar and radio transponder tracking

Manual maneuver to +Y to Sun and initiate a 2 deg/sec yaw 

rotation. MCS is deactivated after rate is established.

Orbit 3 Terminate +Y solar rotation, reactivate MCS and establish 

LVLH attitude reference (auto maneuver sequence)

- Crew monitors LVLH attitude reference build up

- Burn data command upload for DV1 and DV2 (attitude, TIG Delta 

V's)

- Form 14 preburn emergency deorbit pad read up

- A/G, R/T and Recorded TLM and Display TV downlink

- Radar and radio transponder tracking

Auto maneuver to DV1 burn attitude (TIG - 8 minutes) while 

LOS

- Crew monitor only, no manual action nominally required

DV1 phasing burn while LOS

- Crew monitor only, no manual action nominally required

Orbit 4 Auto maneuver to DV2 burn attitude (TIG - 8 minutes) while 

LOS

- Crew monitor only, no manual action nominally required

DV2 phasing burn while LOS

- Crew monitor only, no manual action nominally required

Crew report on burn performance upon AOS

- HM and DM pressure checks read down

- Post burn Form 23 (AOS/LOS pad), Form 14 and "Globe" 

corrections voiced up

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- A/G, R/T and Recorded TLM and Display TV downlink

- Radar and radio transponder tracking

Manual maneuver to +Y to Sun and initiate a 2 deg/sec yaw 

rotation. MCS is deactivated after rate is established.

External boresight TV camera ops check (while LOS)

Meal

Orbit 5 Last pass on Russian tracking range for Flight Day 1

Report on TV camera test and crew health

Sokol suit clean up

- A/G, R/T and Recorded TLM and Display TV downlink

- Radar and radio transponder tracking

Orbit 6-12 Crew Sleep, off of Russian tracking range

- Emergency VHF2 comm available through NASA VHF Network

FLIGHT DAY 2 

OVERVIEW

Orbit 13 Post sleep activity, report on HM/DM Pressures

Form 14 revisions voiced up

- A/G, R/T and Recorded TLM and Display TV downlink

- Radar and radio transponder tracking

Orbit 14 Configuration of RHC-2/THC-2 work station in the HM

- A/G, R/T and Recorded TLM and Display TV downlink

- Radar and radio transponder tracking

Orbit 15 THC-2 (HM) manual control test

- A/G, R/T and Recorded TLM and Display TV downlink

- Radar and radio transponder tracking

Orbit 16 Lunch

- A/G, R/T and Recorded TLM and Display TV downlink

- Radar and radio transponder tracking

Orbit 17 (1) Terminate +Y solar rotation, reactivate MCS and establish 

LVLH attitude reference (auto maneuver sequence)

RHC-2 (HM) Test

- Burn data uplink (TIG, attitude, delta V)

- A/G, R/T and Recorded TLM and Display TV downlink

- Radar and radio transponder tracking

Auto maneuver to burn attitude (TIG - 8 min) while LOS

Rendezvous burn while LOS

Manual maneuver to +Y to Sun and initiate a 2 deg/sec yaw 

rotation. MCS is deactivated after rate is established.

Orbit 18 (2) Post burn and manual maneuver to +Y Sun report when AOS

- HM/DM pressures read down

- Post burn Form 23, Form 14 and Form 2 (Globe correction) 

voiced up

- A/G, R/T and Recorded TLM and Display TV downlink

- Radar and radio transponder tracking

Orbit 19 (3) CO2 scrubber cartridge change out

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Free time

- A/G, R/T and Recorded TLM and Display TV downlink

- Radar and radio transponder tracking

Orbit 20 (4) Free time

- A/G, R/T and Recorded TLM and Display TV downlink

- Radar and radio transponder tracking

Orbit 21 (5) Last pass on Russian tracking range for Flight Day 2

Free time

- A/G, R/T and Recorded TLM and Display TV downlink

- Radar and radio transponder tracking

Orbit 22 (6) - 27 

(11)

Crew sleep, off of Russian tracking range

- Emergency VHF2 comm available through NASA VHF Network

FLIGHT DAY 3 

OVERVIEW

Orbit 28 (12) Post sleep activity

- A/G, R/T and Recorded TLM and Display TV downlink

- Radar and radio transponder tracking

Orbit 29 (13) Free time, report on HM/DM pressures

- Read up of predicted post burn Form 23 and Form 14

- A/G, R/T and Recorded TLM and Display TV downlink

- Radar and radio transponder tracking

Orbit 30 (14) Free time, read up of Form 2 "Globe Correction," lunch

- Uplink of auto rendezvous command timeline

- A/G, R/T and Recorded TLM and Display TV downlink

- Radar and radio transponder tracking

FLIGHT DAY 3 

AUTO 

RENDEZVOUS 

SEQUENCE

Orbit 31 (15) Don Sokol spacesuits, ingress DM, close DM/HM hatch

- Active and passive vehicle state vector uplinks

- A/G, R/T and Recorded TLM and Display TV downlink

- Radio transponder tracking

Orbit 32 (16) Terminate +Y solar rotation, reactivate MCS and establish 

LVLH attitude reference (auto maneuver sequence)

Begin auto rendezvous sequence

- Crew monitoring of LVLH reference build and auto rendezvous 

timeline execution

- A/G, R/T and Recorded TLM and Display TV downlink

- Radio transponder tracking

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FLIGHT DAY 3 

FINAL 

APPROACH AND 

DOCKING

Orbit 33 (1) Auto Rendezvous sequence continues, flyaround and station 

keeping

- Crew monitor

- Comm relays via SM through Altair established

- Form 23 and Form 14 updates

- Fly around and station keeping initiated near end of orbit

- A/G (gnd stations and Altair), R/T TLM (gnd stations), Display TV 

downlink (gnd stations and Altair)

- Radio transponder tracking

Orbit 34 (2) Final Approach and docking

- Capture to "docking sequence complete" 20 minutes, typically

- Monitor docking interface pressure seal

- Transfer to HM, doff Sokol suits

- A/G (gnd stations and Altair), R/T TLM (gnd stations), Display TV 

downlink (gnd stations and Altair)

- Radio transponder tracking

FLIGHT DAY 3 

STATION 

INGRESS

Orbit 35 (3) Station/Soyuz pressure equalization

- Report all pressures

- Open transfer hatch, ingress station

- A/G, R/T and playback telemetry

- Radio transponder tracking

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Increment 1 Activity Overview

3 Progress

Dock FGB Nadir

4A Dock Undock

P6 Checkout

Soyuz Dock

SM Aft

2 Prog

Undock FGB Nadir

SM Systems Act

SM Outfitting 4A Mated

Ops

EVA PREP

WEEK

ATT

WEEK

ATT

4A

Launch

SM Outfitting

XPOP XPOP/LVLH XPOP LVLH LVLH LVLH/XPOP LVLH/XPOP LVLH

1 (10/30/00) 2 (11/6) 3 (11/13) 4 (11/20) 5 (11/27) 6 (12/4) 7 (12/11) 8 (12/18)

Soyuz 

Launch

LVLH LVLH LVLH LVLH LVLH LVLH LVLH LVLH/XPOP

9 (12/25) 10 (1/1/01) 11 (1/8) 12 (1/15) 13 (1/22) 14 (1/29) 15 (2/5) 16 (2/12)

2 Progress

Dock FGB Nadir

P6 Checkout 5A Prep

5A

Launch

5A

Dock

3 Prog

Undock FGB Nadir

Laptop 

Network 

S/U

Progress Unload/Pack

Progress Unload/Pack

EVA 1

5A Mated

Ops

5A

Undock

Lab C/O

2R Soyuz 

Move/Relocate

to FGB Nad

4 Progress

Dock SM Aft

Crew Packing for Return

Progress Unload/Pack

5A

Launch

5A

Dock

5A.1 Undock

5A.1 Land

17 (2/19)

5A.1 Mated 

Ops

LVLH/XPOP

WEEK

ATT

5A.1 Mated 

Ops

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2000 2001

OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY

30OCT 15FEB

Increment 1

30OCT

2R

30NOV

4A

12DEC

3P

18JAN

5A

01FEB

4P

15FEB

5A.1

Increment 1

Expedition 1 Crew

William Shepherd (Commander)

Yuir Gidzenko

Sergi Krikalev

Launch Dates based on the Assembly Sequence Rev. F

(Soyuz) (P6) (Lab) (MPLM)

SM Installation US Lab Installation

Increment 1

From 2R Launch October 31, 2000

To 5A.1 Undock February 24, 2001

Duration - 117 Days

On-board ISS – 115 Days

14NOV

2P

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Increment 1 Configurations

SOYUZ

1 S

SM FGB

PMA 1

NODE

PMA 2

PMA 3

Z 1

SOYUZ

1 S

SM FGB

PMA 1

NODE

PROGRESS 

2P

PMA 2

PMA 3

Z 1

Stage 2R 11/1/2000

Three-Person Permanent 

International Human Presence Capability

Soyuz (1S) TM docked 

Stage 2R 11/16/2000

Progress 2P Arrival

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Increment 1 Configuration

Stage 4A 12/14/2000

Progress-M 3P docked

SOYUZ

1 S

SM

FGB

PMA 1

NODE

PROGRESS-M 

3P

PMA 2

PMA 3

Z 1

Flight 4A 12/2/2000

Flight 4A with Orbiter

STS-105/Endeavor

docked to PMA 3.

SOYUZ

1 S

SM FGB

PMA 1

NODE

PMA 2

PMA 3

Z 1

OV-105

P6 Not Shown

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Increment 1 Configuration

SOYUZ

1 S

SM FGB

PMA 1

NODE

PMA 2

PMA 3

Z 1

US LAB

OV-104

Flight 5A 1/20/2001

Flight 5A with Orbiter

STS-104/Atlantis

docked to PMA 3,

US Lab and PMA 2

moved

PMA 2

PROGRESS M1

4 P

SM

FGB

PMA 1

NODE PMA 3

Z 1

US LAB

SOYUZ

1 S

Stage 5A 2/2001

Progress-M1 4P docked

Soyuz Re-docked to FGB Nadir Port

P6 Not Shown

P6 Not Shown

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Increment 1 Configuration

SOYUZ

1 S

SM

FGB

PMA 1

NODE

PMA 2

Z 1

US LAB

OV

-103

DC 1

SOYUZ

1 S

MPLM

Flight 5A.1 2/2001

Flight 5A.1 with Orbiter

STS-103/Discovery

docked to PMA 2,

MPLM berthed to 

Node Nadir CBM

P6 Not Shown

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Stage and Flight Objectives

Stage 2R (2R-4A)

1. Dock 1 Soyuz TM to the Zvezda aft

2. Activate Zvezda systems and outfitting

3. Progress M1 docked to the Zarya nadir port 

(transfer cargo and prop)

4. Provide EVA capability from the Zvezda transfer 

compartment.

5. Perform reboost as required.

6. 2 Progress departure prior to 4A docking

Flight 4A

1. Install and activate P6 solar array (Shuttle crew) 

to deliver power from USOS to RS 

2. Establish S-Band low rate communications.

3. Obtain full access to Unity

4. Perform IMAX/ICBC3D activities

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Stage and Flight Objectives

Stage 4A (4A-5A)

1. Perform orbit checkout and monitor P6

2. 3 Progress M1 docked to the Zarya nadir port 

(transfer cargo and prop) 

3. Perform Zvezda outfitting and RS logistics and 

maintenance.

4. Perform RS EVA to transfer docking cone to the 

Zvezda nadir port for 4R launch.

5. Perform US Payloads: MACE II, Education 

(Seeds) and Crew Earth Observations

Russian Payloads to be performed through Increment 1:

Glycoproteide-K, Mimetic-K, Biodegradation,

Bioecology, Bioemulsion, Sprut, Paradont, Cardio,

Prognoz, Bradoz, Massoperenos, Relaxation, Uragan

(Hurricane), Molniya-SM, Identification, Meteoroid,

Tenzor, Izgib (Curve), Privyazka (Incorporation),

Iskazheniye (Distortion), Plasma crystal-3, SPD, Global 

Time System (GTS). 

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Stage and Flight Objectives

Flight 5A

1. Install and activate US Lab, Destiny

2. Provide power distribution and high rate S-Band 

communication capability..

3. Provide active thermal control and 

environmental control to USOS.

4. Transfer of command and data handling from 

Unity to Destiny.

5. Transfer of vehicle attitude control from Zvezda

to Destiny.

6. Move Pressurized Mating Adapter(PMA)2 to 

Destiny to support 5A.1 docking

Stage 5A (5A-5A.1)

1. Relocate 1 Soyuz TM from Zvezda aft to Zarya

nadir 

2. Dock 4 Progress M1 to the Zvezda aft port. 

3. Perform Zvezda outfitting and RS logistics and 

maintenance. 

4. Perform IMAX3D, Russian payloads and US 

payloads (Crew Earth Observation and

EarthKAM)

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2R Stage Mission Priorities

1. Deliver first ISS crew on 1 Soyuz TM. 

2. Activate all ISS systems needed for crew life 

support. 

3. Dock 2 Progress M1 to the Zarya Nadir Port

4. Perform critical ISS outfitting tasks

- American and Russian food 

warmers

- Vozdukh system 

- Central post workstation No. 1

- Elektron-VM system 

- Air conditioner 1 

- Toilet (???) (compressor-M)

- Teleoperator control system & TV

-. U. S. EPCS/SSC/OCA lan network 

- Air flow sensors in the Zvezda (6 

units) 

- Condensate water processor 

- Zvezda audio subsystem (CTTC)

- Onboard computer system 

- Russian medical equipment 

- CHeCS (Ambulatory Medical Pack

(AMP), 

the Advanced Life Support Pack 

(ALSP), and Crew Contamination 

Protection Kit 

(CCPK)

- Treadmill Vibration Isolation System 

(TVIS) 

- Interim Resistive Exercise Device 

(IRED)

- Gas analyzer hardware 

- Thermal control system 

- Onboard measurement TLM 

subsystem 

- Second thermal control system

- Zarya message acquisition system

- Air flow sensors in the Zarya (3 units)

- Satellite navigation equipment

- Zarya hatch protective covers

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2R Stage Mission Priorities

5. 2 Progress M1 cargo and propellant transfer. 

6. Replace the Zvezda onboard computer system 

software version. 

7. Perform reboost of ISS (as required). 

8. Perform other ISS outfitting tasks 

- IMS baseline ISS inventory.

- Equipment launch restraint removal.

- ISS Ham radio setup in the Zarya

9. Zarya free drift modification. 

10. Undock 2 Progress M1 from Zarya nadir port. 

Undocking must occur on the first set of Russian 

ground site passes after 4A Shuttle launch. 

11. Perform on orbit checkout of ISS systems.

12. Perform CHeCS and Periodic Fitness Evaluation

13. Perform air quality monitoring 

14. Perform acoustics monitoring

15. Perform Zvezda airlock and Orlan suit checkout, 

and training prior to 4A EVA #1.

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Benefits

Why build the International Space Station?

When studying sound, you go into a quiet room. When studying light, you go into a dark 

room. When studying the effects of gravity, you’d like to go into an “anti-gravity” room. 

Since there’s no such thing on Earth, we have the International Space Station. 

By flying around the Earth at about 17,500 mph, the station and everything in it remain 

in orbit, a continuous free fall around the planet. In orbit, forces are balanced and the 

effects of gravity are essentially removed. The result is microgravity, one of the unique 

aspects of the ISS environment that holds the hope of new discovery. The ISS thus 

allows long-term exposure to a world nearly unexplored.

Gravity affects everything. From our bodies, to the materials we use to build cars and 

buildings, to the flames we use to heat our homes, our world is controlled by gravity. 

For as long as we have curiously investigated our surroundings, we have been limited, 

until recently, to accepting gravity as a given in all our studies. History shows that 

changing what once were constants can lead to revolutionary discoveries. 

The 19th Century saw temperature and pressure controlled in new ways to harness 

steam power and revolutionize the way we live. The 21st Century offers the hope of 

controlling gravity’s effects to understand why things behave the way they do. 

Observing and understanding this behavior is key to new discoveries in many scientific 

disciplines and using that knowledge is key to the betterment of life on Earth. 

The Space Station Mir gave us a platform for long-term microgravity research, and 

important knowledge about how to live and work in space. Like all research, we must 

proceed one step at a time. As we open one door, answering one question, we are 

faced with the opportunity of more doors, more questions. 

The ISS is the next step in that journey of discovery, and represents a quantum leap in 

our capability to conduct research on orbit. In space, electrical power is key to the 

quantity and quality of research. When complete, the ISS’s enormous solar arrays will 

supply 60 times more power for science than did Mir. This, coupled with the large space 

available for experiments, will provide scientists with unprecedented access to this 

unique environment. 

Aboard the ISS, and through interaction from the ground, scientists will explore basic 

questions in the fields of biotechnology, biomedical research and countermeasures, 

fluid physics, fundamental biology, materials science, combustion science, fundamental 

physics, Earth science and space science. Space-based research will be supported by 

research on the ground, with selection of only those experiments requiring the 

microgravity environment selected for flight on the ISS. 

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In addition to serving as a research laboratory, the ISS will sustain and strengthen U.S. 

leadership in other areas. It will provide opportunity to enhance U.S. economic 

competitiveness and create new commercial enterprises. Companies can use ISS 

research to build profit-based businesses. 

The ISS will maintain the U.S. leadership in space exploration that has inspired a 

generation of Americans and people throughout the world. Tied in with other NASA 

assets, the ISS will serve as a virtual classroom in space to the benefit of educators and 

students alike. Live educational events and programs like EarthKAM ( with students 

operating a camera on the ISS beginning next fall to investigate changes on Earth, will 

motivate students to understand their world. 

Education and inspiration will couple to maintain U.S. economic leadership by raising a 

new generation of science, math, and technology savvy children that will invent 21st

century products and services. Finally, the ISS will serves as a testbed and springboard 

for further exploration of space. We will learn how the human body responds to the 

long-term exposure to space, and how to best prepare for the next major human steps 

into the solar system. 

Research on the International Space Station

Early Research Disciplines:

Biomedical Research and Countermeasures: Researchers seek to understand and 

control the effects of the space environment on space travelers (e.g. muscle atrophy, 

bone loss, fluid shifts, etc.).

• Long term Benefits: enhance the safety of space travel; develop methods to keep 

humans healthy in low-gravity environments; advance new fields of research in the 

treatment of diseases.

Fundamental Biology: Scientists study gravity’s influence on the evolution, 

development, growth, and internal processes of plants and animals. Their results 

expand fundamental knowledge that will benefit medical, agricultural, and other

industries.

• Long term Benefits: advance understanding of cell, tissue, and animal behavior; 

use of plants as sources of food and oxygen for exploration; improved plants for 

agricultural and forestry.

Biotechnology: Microgravity allows researchers to grow three-dimensional tissues that 

have characteristics more similar to tissues in the body than has ever been previously 

available and to produce superior protein crystals for drug development. 

• Long term Benefits: culture realistic tissue for use in research (cancerous tumors, 

organ pieces); provide information to design a new class of drugs to target specific 

proteins and cure specific diseases.

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Fluid Physics: The behavior of fluids is profoundly influenced by gravity. Researchers 

use gravity as an experimental variable to explain and model fluid behavior in systems 

on Earth and in space. 

• Long term Benefits: improved spacecraft systems designs for safety and 

efficiency; better understanding of soil behavior in Earthquake conditions; improved 

mathematical models for designing fluid handling systems for, powerplants, 

refineries and innumerable other industrial applications.

Additional Research Disciplines (later in the life of ISS):

Advanced Human Support Technology: Researchers develop technologies, systems, 

and procedures to enable safe and efficient human exploration and development of space.

• Long term Benefits: reduce the cost of space travel while enhancing safety; 

develop small, low power monitoring and sensing technologies with applications in 

environmental monitoring in space and on Earth; develop advanced waste 

processing and agricultural technologies with applications in space and on Earth. 

Materials Science: Researchers use low gravity to advance our understanding of the 

relationships among the structure, processing and properties of materials. In low gravity, 

differences in weight of liquids used to form materials do not interfere with the ability to mix 

these materials opening the door to a whole new world of composite materials.

• Long term Benefits: advance understanding of processes for manufacturing 

semiconductors, metals, ceramics, polymers, and other materials; determine 

fundamental physical properties of molten metal, semiconductors, and other 

materials with precision impossible on Earth.

Combustion Science: The removal of gravity allows scientists to simplify the study of 

complex combustion (burning) processes. Since combustion is used to produce 85 

percent of Earth’s energy, even small improvements in efficiency and reduction of soot 

production (a major source of pollution on earth) will have large environmental and 

economic benefits.

• Long term Benefits: enhance efficiency of combustion processes; enhance fire 

detection and safety on Earth and in Space; improve control of combustion 

emissions and pollutants.

Fundamental Physics: Scientists use the low gravity and low temperature 

environment to slow down reactions allowing them to test fundamental theories of 

physics with degrees of accuracy that far exceed the capacity of Earthbound science.

• Long term Benefits: challenge and expand theories of how matter organizes as it 

changes state (important in understanding superconductivity); test fundamental 

theories in physics with precision beyond the capacity of Earth-bound science; 

potential for improved magnetic materials.

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Earth Science and Space Science: Space Station will be a unique platform with 

multiple exterior attach points from which to observe the Earth and the Universe.

• Long term Benefits: Space Scientists will use the location above the atmosphere 

to collect and search for cosmic rays, cosmic dust, antimatter and “dark” matter. 

Earth Scientists can obtain global profiles of aerosols, ozone, water vapor, and 

oxides in order to determine their role in climatological processes and take 

advantage of the longevity of ISS to observe global changes over many years.

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Media Assistance

NASA Television Transmission

NASA Television is available through the GE2 satellite system which is located on 

Transponder 9C, at 85 degrees west longitude, frequency 3880.0 MHz, audio 6.8 MHz. 

The schedule for television transmissions from the orbiter and for mission briefings will 

be available during the mission at Kennedy Space Center, FL; Marshall Space Flight 

Center, Huntsville, AL; Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA; Johnson Space 

Center, Houston, TX; and NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC. The television 

schedule will be updated to reflect changes dictated by mission operations.

Status Reports

Status reports on countdown and mission progress, on-orbit activities and landing 

operations will be produced by the appropriate NASA newscenter

Briefings

A mission press briefing schedule will be issued before launch. During the mission, 

status briefings by a flight director or mission operations representative and when 

appropriate, representatives from the payload team, will occur at least once each day. 

The updated NASA television schedule will indicate when mission briefings are planned. 

Internet Information

Information is available through several sources on the Internet. The primary source for 

mission information is the NASA Human Space Flight Web, part of the World Wide 

Web. This site contains information on the crew and its mission and will be updated 

regularly with status reports, photos and video clips throughout the flight. The NASA 

Shuttle Web's address is:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov

General information on NASA and its programs is available through the NASA Home 

Page and the NASA Public Affairs Home Page:

http://www.nasa.gov

or

http://www.nasa.gov/newsinfo/index.html

Shuttle Pre-Launch Status Reports

http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/status/stsstat/current.htm

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Information on other current NASA activities is available through the Today@NASA 

page:

http://www.nasa.gov/today/index.html

The NASA TV schedule is available from the NTV Home Page:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/nasatv/schedule.html

Resources for educators can be found at the following address:

http://education.nasa.gov

Access by Compuserve

Users with Compuserve accounts can access NASA press releases by typing "GO 

NASA" (no quotes) and making a selection from the categories offered.

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The following video products are available and provide additional information and insight 

into the development of the International Space Station

International Space Station Video Progress Report – October 2000

Reference Master# 619221

JSC#1852

TRT: 7:16

Producer: Streeter

10/23/00

This Progress Report recaps the work completed on the station, showing real station 

hardware in space. Included are Zarya and Unity, the first station components and the 

two flights that brought logistics to these modules. Next, the video shows the launch of 

Zvezda and explains the importance of this first living quarters on the station. We get to 

see the actual Zvezda module in orbit with video from the STS-106 logistics mission. 

Also included is actual on-orbit video from STS-92, the mission that delivered the Z1 truss 

and PMA3. 

The video shifts gears and explains what’s next for the station- introducing the audience 

to Expedition 1, the first station crew. Animation illustrates how future components will 

allow the station to grow in both size and power- creating the largest spacecraft ever 

built. 

ISS-IAF Conference Video

Ref. Master 618957

TRT: 7:30

Producer: Streeter

6/19/00

This “video wallpaper” is a complete rundown of the ISS program set to music. Actual 

video of ISS assembly and outfitting missions is squeezed into a box while titles below 

describe the flight, date and hardware particular to that mission. Includes flights from 

1998-2000, up to STS-106, to outfit the Service Module Zvezda. Animation carries the 

video to assembly complete.

ISS General Resource Reel, August 2000

Reference Master: 618987

JSC# 1846

Runtime: 50:44

Producer: Streeter

This latest edition includes ISS Animation of the complete station, then continues with 

actual video of station missions, starting with the launch of Zarya and continuing with 

STS-88 (first assembly mission 2A), STS-96 (station mission 2A.1) and STS-101 

(2A.2A). Footage includes spacewalks, work inside the station and fly-around views. 

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New to the tape is actual footage of Zvezda launch, Zvezda docking and docking of 

the Russian Progress supply vehicle to the space station. The tape continues with 

animation of future missions and actual video of future station hardware including: Z-1 

truss and PMA3, solar panels, long spacer, U.S. Lab (Destiny), Multi-Purpose 

Logistics Modules Leonardo and Rafaello, Canadian Space Station Robot Arm , 

Airlock, Japanese Experiment module and Hab module. The tape also includes training 

video of the first station crew, Expedition 1 and the latest assembly sequence 

animation. 

Replaces ISS General Resource Reel July 2000 Reference Master: 618326 JSC# 1833

Expedition 1 Resource Reel August 2000

08/01/00

Ref. Master: 619005

TRT: 1hour, 15minutes

Producers: Baird/Streeter

Update to the Expedition 1 Resource Reel, featuring animation of the Soyuz spacecraft 

that will deliver the crew to the station. Deorbit training inside the Shuttle mockup at JSC, 

Underwater training at both the Russian Hydrolab in Star City, and the Neutral Buoyancy 

Lab at JSC. The tape continues with training in the Soyuz mockup in Russia, Shepherd 

inside the Service Module Zvezda Trainer, archive footage of a historic Soyuz rocket 

launch with a Soyuz capsule in space, crew training in the Black Sea, archive footage of 

Shepherd touring early Service Module, water shuttle survival training at JSC, touring 

inside the MCC in Houston, touring training facilities at JSC, and training with computer 

systems. The tape finishes with archive shots of Shepherd, Krikalev and Gidzenko past 

shuttle and Mir flights, winter survival training, food tasting in the JSC food lab and EVA 

tool training. 

Replaces Expedition 1 Resource Reel August 1998 JSC#1756

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Media Contacts

NASA PAO Contacts

Eileen Hawley 281 483-5111

NASA, Johnson Space Center

Houston, TX

Astronauts/Mission Operations

eileen.hawley1@jsc.nasa.gov

Kari Kelley Allen 281 336-4844

The Boeing Company

Houston, TX

International Space Station 

kari.k.allen@boeing.com

Bruce Buckingham 321 867-2468

NASA, Kennedy Space Center

Kennedy Space Center, FL

Launch Operations

bruce.buckingham-1@kmail.ksc.nasa.gov

Jack King 321 861-4358

United Space Alliance

Kennedy Space Center, FL

Shuttle Processing

KingJW@usafoo.unitedspacealliance.com

Beth Hill 714 372-4736

The Boeing Company

Huntington Beach, CA

Space Shuttle

sara.b.hill@boeing.com

Dan Beck 818 586-4572

Boeing Rocketdyne

Canoga Park, CA

Space Shuttle Main Engines

daniel.c.beck@boeing.com

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Dwayne Brown 202 358-1726

NASA Headquarters

Washington, DC

Space Shuttle/Space Station 

Policy

dwayne.brown@hq.nasa.gov

Kyle Herring 281 483-5111

NASA, Johnson Space Center

Houston, TX

Space Station Operations

kyle.j.herring1@jsc.nasa.gov

Debbie Rahn 202 358-1638

NASA Headquarters

Washington, DC

International Partners

debbie.rahn@hq.nasa.gov

Carlos Fontanot

NASA, Johnson Space Center

256 961-6225

(U.S.)

Houston, TX 586-75-60

(Moscow)

carlos.fontanot1@jsc.nasa.gov

NASA Moscow PAO

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