Archive - Aug 3, 2005
JOINT SHUTTLE & ISS MEDIA CONFERENCE
The nine space fliers aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station will field media questions starting at 5:59
a.m. EDT, Tuesday. The news conference will be live on NASA TV.Questions will be taken from media at NASA's Johnson Space Center,
Houston; Kennedy Space Center, Fla.; NASA Headquarters, Washington; and
from the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, outside Moscow.
ISS-STS-114 STATUS 30 JULY 2005
The International Space Station crew and STS-114 astronauts continue to unload supplies and equipment from the Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module. Raffaello, a reusable cargo carrier, arrived at the Station in
Space Shuttle Discovery's payload bay. It was attached to the ISS on Friday. Before Raffaello is returned to the payload bay for the trip
home, the crews will fill it with unneeded items from the Station.
Discovery Mission Extended
NASA Announced on Saturday that it will extend the STS-114 mission by 24 hours so that shuttle astronauts can transfer more supplies to the ISS and help with station maintenance. The decision came after NASA determined that there were sufficient consumables, primarily food and water, to keep the mission going. Factored into that decision was the decision to ground the shuttle fleet following the discovery that the Shuttle was once again struck by foam that detached from the external fuel tank on ascent.