Archive - Oct 2002
October 17th
STS-112 MCC Status Report #19
Following an emotional farewell, the crews of Atlantis and the International Space Station closed the hatches of their spacecraft concluding a week of joint operations, that saw the transfer of about 1,800 pounds of supplies and hardware to the station......
October 16th
No Transmissions from ISS
Since 1 day and 10 houres we haven't received any packet frames from ISS. I monitored only on 145.825 MHz but several message from around the world are saying silence on 145.800 MHz too. Probably due to the undocking operation Valery commanded off the amateur radio equipment for a while.
Read more for last reception
ESA on 'Soyuz rocket fails on launch from Plesetsk cosmodrome'
A Russian Soyuz launcher exploded some 20 seconds after lift-off from the Russian Plesetsk cosmodrome last night (15 October) at 20:20 CEST (Central European Summer Time).
Unmanned Russian rocket explodes after launch
The Soyuz-U booster rocket is one of the most reliable Russian spacecraft, the official said. "We haven't had an accident for 11 years with this Soyuz booster rocket," he said.
October 15th
STS-112 MCC Status Report #17
Space shuttle and International Space Station crew members enjoyed a final evening meal together Tuesday after a day of activities aimed at relaxing after a challenging week of joint operations and making final preparations for Atlantis' undocking and departure tomorrow.
Russians Vote in Election
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE
about the census of the Russian citizens onboard the ISS
STS-112 MCC Status Report #16
Submitted by Arthur - N1ORC
STS-112 MCC Status Report #16
Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2002, 6 a.m. CDT
Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
STS-112 MCC Status Report #15
The third and final spacewalk of the mission concluded at 3:47 p.m. today, 6 hours and 36 minutes after Dave Wolf and Piers Sellers floated out of the Quest airlock of the International Space Station and into the vacuum of space.
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THIRD EVA COMPLETED
The third and final spacewalk of STS-112 came to a close Monday at 3:47 p.m. CDT (2047 GMT). Astronauts Piers Sellers and David Wolf continued work to activate and outfit the S1 (S-One) Truss, which was attached to the International Space Station on Thursday.