Archive - Nov 2002 - Story
November 28th
ISS Virtual Tour
NASA deleted this feature from the spaceflight.nasa.gov website.
We don't know if it is only to upgrade the tour with latest modules, but we have on our server this tour.
We have adjusted links to our portal system and the Virtual Tour is online again.
Try and please report any problem. Thanks.
IK1SLD for the ISS FanClub Staff
STS-113 Status Report #9 - Nov. 27, 2002
Endeavour and International Space Station crewmembers worked today to transfer equipment and supplies between their docked spacecraft. Expedition 5 crewmembers exchanged notes with their Expedition 6 successors.....
Mishap During Russian Launch
A European telecommunications satellite failed to reach orbit after its launch from Kazakhstan on a Russian-made rocket Tuesday, calling both the huge commercial venture and Russian space capabilities into question.
November 27th
Members Statistics and Countries
We have received several requests about statistics on the number of ISS FanClub Members and Countries.
In this moment we haven't implemented that, but in these days I have prepared manually a report about all registered Fans.
Total is 620 from 46 Countries actually.
You can find this graph at Statistics Nov. 26, 2002
IK1SLD for the ISS FanClub Staff
STS-113 Status Report #8 - Nov. 27, 2002
Submitted by Arthur - N1ORC
Endeavour's crew today will focus its efforts on transferring supplies
and equipment to the International Space Station that will be used by the
station's Expedition Six crew during their four-month stay aboard the
complex.....
STS-113 Status Report #7 - Nov. 26, 2002
Submitted by Arthur - N1ORC
Endeavour and International Space Station crewmembers completed a smooth
installation of the Port One (P1) truss and a spacewalk to hook up
connections between P1 and the rest of the station.....
Valery on Voice at 07:18 UTC
Commander Korzun was heard making voice contacts just after 07:18 utc over the eastern US. He was up well after the crew was supposed to have been asleep.
Congratulations to the lucky few who worked him.
info by Kenneth - N5VHO
November 26th
First Of Three Spacewalks
The first of three STS-113 spacewalks is under way. Mission Specialists Michael Lopez-Alegria and John Herrington began the excursion at 1:49 p.m. CST (1949 GMT).
Online Conversation With Space Shuttle
The New York Times Broadcast Group and New York Times Digital today announced their hosting of an online conversation with the NASA Space Shuttle mission. The New York Times Company properties were selected from hundreds of media requests made to NASA to cover this event. John Herrington, an Oklahoma member of the Chickasaw Nation, is the first Native American astronaut to enter.....
ILS Declares
International Launch Services regrets the failure of today's mission to put the ASTRA 1K satellite into proper orbit for SES-ASTRA.
The Proton K rocket, built by Khrunichev, lifted off on time at 4:04 a.m. today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.....