Archive - Oct 2006
October 12th
Space Station Gyroscope Powered Down After Glitch
Mission controllers have turned off one of four spinning gyroscopes that keep the International Space Station properly positioned in space because it was vibrating excessively.
Although the space station needs only two of the four devices functioning, having one down could be troublesome in December during space shuttle Discovery's mission to the orbiting outpost.
Info at http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/061002_ap_iss_gyro.html
ISS Radio Report
October 11th
ISS Radio Report
ISS Radio Report
EXP 14 Crew Relocates Soyuz Spacecraft
The Expedition 14 crew members boarded their Soyuz spacecraft Tuesday for a short move. With Soyuz Commander Tyurin at the controls, they undocked from the Zvezda port at 3:14 p.m. EDT and redocked to the Earth-facing Zarya module port at 3:34 p.m. This relocation frees the Zvezda's docking port for the arrival of a new Russian Progress cargo spacecraft later this month.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/sarex/48hour/msg00032.html
ISS Radio Report
ISS Radio Report
October 10th
ISS Radio Report
October 9th
ISS Radio Report
October 8th
ISS STATUS REPORT #06-43
Expedition 14 completed its first full week solo on the International
Space Station performing standard early mission checks and drills plus some equipment troubleshooting.
Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer
Mikhail Tyurin have been aboard the station for 19 days, while Flight
Engineer Thomas Reiter of the European Space Agency is in his third
month in orbit. Along with other work, the crew members prepared this week for a short trip away from the station next week, when they will fly the Soyuz spacecraft from one docking port to another.