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Personal: Female, Married. Born in Euclid, Ohio, USA. US Navy US Navy Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: NASA Group 17 - 1998. Active Entered space service: 4 June 1998. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 194.75 days. Number of EVAs: 4.00. Total EVA Time: 1.20 days.
NASA Official Biography
OCTOBER 1998 Williams Spaceflight Log
Williams Chronology 10 November 2006 - International Space Station Status Report: SS06-049. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. The International Space Station crewmembers spent this week getting ready for an upcoming spacewalk, performing scientific research and voting in the U.S. elections back on Earth. Throughout the week the crew prepared the Pirs docking compartment for the Nov. ...more... 1 December 2006 - International Space Station Status Report: SS06-052. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. The International Space Station crew have been preparing for the planned arrival next week of the Space Shuttle Discovery on a complex mission to rewire the station's electrical system. Shuttle Discovery is due to launch at 8:35 p.m. CST Thursday, Dec. 7 on mission ...more... 9 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 01. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. The Space Shuttle Discovery rocketed into a dark Florida sky at 7:47 p.m. CST today, the third shuttle launch in five months, but the first night launch in more than four years. Discovery's seven-member crew will link up with the International Space Station ...more... 10 December 2006 - STS-116. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-116, ISS EO-14, ISS Astrolab. The mission used solid rocket booster pair RSRM-95 and external tank ET-123. At SSME burnout Discovery was in a 58 km x 220 km x 51.6 deg preliminary burn. The OMS-2 burn at 02:25 GMT placed the shuttle in a stable 225 x 250 km orbit from which rendezvous maneuvers began. Discovery docked with the ISS at 22:12 GMT on December 11. In the most demanding ISS assembly mission ever, the crew would require an additional spacewalk to complete installation of the P5 truss, retraction of the recalcitrant port P6 solar array wing, and activation of the truss electrical and cooling system. Sunita Williams rode the shuttle to the station, and remained behind with the EO-14 crew; ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter, already aboard the station, was returned to earth. Due to weather problems a landing at White Sands was considered; but in the end Discovery landed safely at Kennedy Space Center, after which it was to enter a year-long overhaul cycle. 10 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 03. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. The Space Shuttle Discovery crew spent much of its first full day in space using the shuttle’s robotic arm and an extension boom-mounted sensor system to inspect heat shielding on Discovery's wing leading edges and nose. The data will be analyzed by engineers to ensure the spacecraft's heat shield is ...more... 10 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 02. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. The Space Shuttle Discovery crew, Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot Bill Oefelein, and Mission Specialists Nicholas Patrick, Joan Higginbotham, Bob Curbeam, Sunita Williams and Christer Fuglesang, are beginning a busy first full day in space. The astronauts will use the shuttle’s robotic arm to unberth the Orbiter Boom Sensor ...more... 11 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 04. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. The Space Shuttle Discovery continues its pursuit of the International Space Station, a chase that should culminate in the docking of the two spacecraft at 4:05 p.m. CST today. Discovery’s crew, Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot Bill Oefelein and Mission Specialists ...more... 11 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 05. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. Astronauts on the Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station were united today, and the joint crew immediately began the complex work associated with installing a new truss section and rewiring the station’s power grid. Discovery’s crew entered the station complex at 5:54 p.m. CST as Expedition 14 Commander ...more... 12 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 06. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. The first spacewalk by Discovery's crew members, an excursion that will install a new, two-ton segment on the port side of the International Space Station's girder-like truss, will highlight today's work on mission STS-116. The six-hour, 10-minute excursion by astronauts Bob Curbeam and Christer Fuglesang ...more... 13 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 08. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. Retracting a solar array wing that has been extended in space for six years will highlight the activities aboard the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle Discovery today. Furling of the wing, the left wing of the station's P6 solar arrays that were launched ...more... 14 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 11. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116. Two spacewalking electricians completed half of STS-116’s rewiring today, and when flight controllers threw the switch, the lights inside the International Space Station turned on again without a hitch. Mission Specialists Bob Curbeam and Christer Fuglesang began their second spacewalk ...more... 14 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 10. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1. The second spacewalk for Discovery's crew members is scheduled for this afternoon. During the spacewalk, set to start about 2:12 p.m. CST, Bob Curbeam and Christer Fuglesang will begin to rewire the station’s power system Curbeam and Fuglesang spent the night in the station's Quest airlock at a reduced ...more... 15 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 12. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. With half the International Space Station’s electrical system rewired, the crew of Space Shuttle Discovery gets half a day off today before they finish the job during a third spacewalk set for Saturday. Mission Specialists Bob Curbeam and Christer Fuglesang rewired channels 2 and 3 ...more... 15 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 13. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. The crews of Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station tried again to refold an accordion-like solar array with help from engineers and flight controllers on the ground, but none of the techniques succeeded in clearing the jam. The final attempt of the day came at 8:04 p.m. CST when Expedition 14 Flight Engineer ...more... 16 December 2006 - EVA STS-116-3. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116. The crew reconfigured power on channels 1 and 4 of the station's electrical system. The partial shutdown of the ISS power systems and power-up from the new P4 solar array was conducted without a hitch. They also moved Zvezda module debris protection panels to a storage location on the station exterior and performed other small tasks. 16 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 15. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116. During a spacewalk partially choreographed as it happened, STS-116 Astronauts Bob Curbeam and Sunita Williams finished rewiring the International Space Station and shook loose a balky solar array so their crewmates inside could retract it almost two-thirds of the way. By finishing the electrical work, the spacewalkers set the stage for installation ...more... 16 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 14. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. The third spacewalk of Discovery’s mission to the International Space Station is scheduled to begin at 1:37 p.m. CST to complete the rewiring of the orbiting laboratory’s power system. Discovery Mission Specialist Bob Curbeam and station Flight Engineer Sunita Williams ...more... 17 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 16. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. Astronauts will spend much of today getting ready for a fourth spacewalk during Discovery’s mission to the International Space Station. On Saturday, Mission Specialists Bob Curbeam and Expedition 14 Flight Engineer Sunita ...more... 17 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 17. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116. Flight controllers today put the finishing touches on plans for the fourth spacewalk recently added to the mission. On board the Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station astronauts finished transferring the bulk of supplies between the two spacecraft. Monday’s spacewalk is set to begin at 1:12 p.m. as veteran spacewalkers Robert Curbeam ...more... 18 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 18. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116. Discovery and International Space Station crew members will conduct their fourth spacewalk of the week today, an excursion aimed at freeing a snagged, partially retracted station solar array so it will fully fold properly. Astronaut Bob Curbeam and Christer Fuglesang, a European Space Agency astronaut ...more... 18 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 19. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116. Space Shuttle Discovery Astronauts Bob Curbeam and Christer Fuglesang guided the port overhead solar array wing neatly inside its blanket box during a 6-hour, 38-minute spacewalk. The coordinated effort with flight controllers finished the retraction begun on ...more... 19 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 20. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. Space Shuttle Discovery astronauts will leave the orbiting laboratory today after four successful spacewalks, delivery and installation of a new segment of the International Space Station’s main truss and reconfiguring the station’s power system. During their eight days docked to the station, the shuttle crew also dropped off ...more... 19 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 21. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. Crews aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station bid one another farewell at 4:10 p.m. CST today, wrapping up eight days of docked operations. Staying behind on the newly rewired space station were Expedition 14 Flight Engineer ...more... 20 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 22. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. Discovery crew members will make a final check of the shuttle’s heat shields today, using a sensor-equipped 50-foot extension of the shuttle’s robotic arm. After the inspection, Discovery will deploy two small scientific satellites. A third ...more... 20 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 23. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. Inspection of Discovery’s heat shield was conducted today as the seven crewmembers began the task of preparing their ship for their high-speed return to Earth on Friday. One hour after removing the sensor-equipped 50-foot Orbiter Boom Sensor System from ...more... 21 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 25. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1. Discovery’s astronauts completed preparations for a planned return to Earth on Friday and received word from Mission Control that their final inspection showed the shuttle’s heat shield is in good shape. STS-116 Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot Bill Oefelein, and Flight Engineer Bob Curbeam ...more... 21 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 24. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. Discovery’s astronauts will spend today preparing to return to Earth. They will test flight control surfaces, steering jets and other entry and landing systems while they stow equipment in Discovery’s cabin. The crew, Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot Bill Oefelein, and mission specialists ...more... 22 December 2006 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 26. Flight: ISS EO-14, STS-116, ISS EO-14-1, ISS Astrolab. Discovery’s wakeup call said it all. The song was "Home for the Holidays," sung by Perry Como for the crew, requested by the Mission Control Center. That 6:18 a.m. CST call began a day that the crew and their support teams on the ...more... 5 January 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-01. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1. New gear helped the astronauts on the International Space Station kick off a new year as they prepared a second oxygen-generating system, upgraded soundproofing in the living quarters and unpacked supplies delivered just before Christmas by the space shuttle. After a New Year's Day holiday, Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and ...more... 12 January 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-02. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1. After a three-day holiday to celebrate the Russian Orthodox Christmas, astronauts on the International Space Station spent the week packing trash into the ISS Progress 22 cargo craft and unpacking items delivered by ISS Progress 23 as they prepared for the arrival of new supplies. Packed with discarded items no longer needed on the outpost, Progress 22 will undock ...more... 17 January 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-03. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1. A shipment of supplies began its journey to the International Space Station today as the ISS Progress 24 cargo ship was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The new resupply ship lifted off at 8:12 p.m. CST (8:12 a.m. Baikonur time Jan. ...more... 18 January 2007 - Progress M-59. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1. Progress docked to the Pirs port of the ISS at 01:59 GMT on 20 January. The cargo craft brought up 780 kg of propellant for the Russian thrusters, 50 kg of oxygen and 1500 kg of spare parts, experiment hardware and life support components. 19 January 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-04. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1. New supplies arrived at the International Space Station Friday night as an unpiloted Russian cargo spacecraft docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment. With more than 2.5 tons of food, fuel and supplies for the station's Expedition ...more... 26 January 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-05. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1. The crew aboard the International Space Station focused this week on preparing for an unprecedented series of spacewalks set to begin in a few days. Expedition 14 Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Suni Williams will ...more... 31 January 2007 - EVA ISS EO-14-2. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1. The crew exited from the Quest airlock and conducted work to reconfigure the station's ammonia cooling system. 31 January 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-06. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1. Two residents of the International Space Station stepped outside their orbital home Wednesday for a 7-hour, 55-minute spacewalk to begin the connection of recently activated cooling systems from their temporary to their permanent locations and to conduct other station assembly work. Wearing U.S. spacesuits, Expedition 14 Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer ...more... 4 February 2007 - EVA ISS EO-14-3. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1. The crew exited from the Quest airlock. They completed reconfiguration of the ammonia cooling system, retracted the aft radiator on the P6 truss, and began installation of cables that allowed a docked Shuttle to get electrical power from the ISS solar arrays. 4 February 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-07. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1. For the second time in four days, two residents of the International Space Station stepped outside for a spacewalk to complete connecting cooling loops from a temporary to a permanent system. This time the excursion lasted just over seven hours. Wearing U.S. spacesuits, Expedition 14 Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer ...more... 8 February 2007 - EVA ISS EO-14-4. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1. The crew exited from the Quest airlock. They moved CETA carts to the P3 truss, and removed two large thermal covers, which were bagged and jettisoned. They then deployed cargo attachment adapters on P3. This was followed by work to prepare the P5 truss later connection to P6. They then went to the PMA-2 docking port at the Destiny module to complete installation of cables that allowed a docked Shuttle to get electrical power from the ISS solar arrays. 8 February 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-08. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1. With all scheduled tasks accomplished, International Space Station Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Sunita Williams wound up a 6-hour, 40-minute spacewalk at 2:06 p.m. CST Thursday. It was the last in an unprecedented series of three U. S. spacewalks in nine days ...more... 12 February 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-09. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1. An unexpected circuit breaker trip early Sunday caused a power outage on the International Space Station, but the safety of the Expedition 14 crew and the complex was never an issue. All systems were back up by Monday morning with no impact to operations on board. The first indications of a problem came with the loss of communications between ...more... 2 March 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-12. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1, ISS EO-15, ISS EP-12. The International Space Station's Expedition 14 crew continued work this week on scientific experiments, station maintenance and clean up following a Feb. 22 Russian spacewalk. An altitude reboost engine firing planned for Friday was postponed following the ...more... 9 March 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-13. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1. Science and setup for assembly highlighted the week on board the International Space Station, where the Expedition 14 crew members performed experiments related to human adaptation to space and made preparations for upcoming additions to the orbiting outpost. Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Suni Williams completed the ...more... 16 March 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-14. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1, ISS EP-12. The Expedition 14 crew was busy this week moving trash into the ISS Progress 23, installing a new window and preparing for upcoming missions to the station. The new window was installed on Wednesday on the port side hatch of the Unity node. ...more... 23 March 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-15. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1, ISS EO-15, ISS EP-12. The Expedition 14 crew continued work this week on scientific experiments and increased the bandwidth on the International Space Station's computer network. Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Suni Williams spent time working ...more... 29 March 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-16. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1, ISS EO-15, ISS EP-12. The Expedition 14 crew continued preparations for the April arrival of a new station crew by boarding their Soyuz TMA-9 craft and taking a 24-minute flight from one station docking port to another. Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin guided the Soyuz away from the Earth-facing port ...more... 6 April 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-17. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1, ISS EO-15, ISS EP-12. The Expedition 14 crew of the International Space Station was busy this week performing fitness evaluations, working on scientific experiments and preparing for the arrival of the Expedition 15 crew. Cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 commander, and Oleg Kotov, Expedition ...more... 7 April 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-18. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1, ISS EO-15, ISS EP-12. Two cosmonauts and a space flight participant launched aboard a Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 12:31 p.m. CDT Saturday for a two-day flight to the International Space Station. Less than 10 minutes after launch their spacecraft reached orbit and its antennas ...more... 9 April 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-19. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1, ISS EO-15, ISS EP-12, ISS EO-15-1. Two Expedition 15 cosmonauts and a spaceflight participant aboard a Soyuz spacecraft docked with the Earth-facing port on the International Space Station's Zarya module at 2:10 p.m. CDT Monday. After hatch opening, scheduled for a little before 4 p.m., Expedition 15 Commander ...more... 13 April 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-20. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1, ISS EO-15, ISS EP-12. Two Expedition 15 cosmonauts spent much of the week in handover activities with their Expedition 14 predecessors. Their new crewmate, Sunita Williams who has been aboard the International Space Station for more than three months, also is helping them learn the ropes. E15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov arrived at the station ...more... 20 April 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-21. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1, ISS EO-15, ISS EP-12. The crew members aboard the International Space Station spent this week finalizing handover operations, conducting experiments and preparing for the departure of the Expedition 14 crew. E14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin, accompanied ...more... 21 April 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-22. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1, ISS EO-15, ISS EP-12. The 14th crew of the International Space Station, Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin, along with spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi landed their Soyuz spacecraft in the steppes of Kazakhstan at 7:31 a.m. CDT Saturday. The Expedition 14 mission included many highlights during its seven-month duration, ...more... 27 April 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-23. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1, ISS EO-15, ISS EP-12, ISS EO-15-1. The Expedition 15 crew aboard the International Space Station completed its first week of station orientation as the crew worked with experiments and hardware maintenance. Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and flight engineers Oleg Kotov and Suni Williams began ...more... 4 May 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-24. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1. Marking the second week working together, the Expedition 15 crew wrapped up various maintenance tasks, science experiments and preparations for the May 15 arrival of the Progress 25 supply ship. To prepare for the new unpiloted cargo carrier's arrival, the currently docked Progress' ...more... 11 May 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-25. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1. A new cargo freighter launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at 10:25 p.m. CDT Friday with more than 2.5 tons of fuel, air, water and other supplies and equipment aboard. The ISS Progress 25 unpiloted cargo carrier is scheduled to dock with the station ...more... 12 May 2007 - Progress M-60. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1. Space station resupply spacecraft which docked with the Zvezda port of the International Space Station at 05:10 GMT on 15 May. It undocked on 19 September was conducted plasma depletion experiments before being deorbited over the Pacific at 19:01 GMT on 25 September.. 15 May 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-26. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1. A spacecraft automatically docked to the International Space Station early Tuesday, delivering 2.5 tons of food, fuel and supplies for the residents on board. The ISS Progress 25 linked up to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module at 12:10 ...more... 18 May 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-27. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1. The Expedition 15 crew this week unpacked supplies and began preparing for the arrival of the next visiting spacecraft and two spacewalks at the International Space Station. The ISS Progress 25 docked to the aft port of the Zvezda service module at 12:10 ...more... 25 May 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-28. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, ISS EO-15-1. Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov prepared this week for two spacewalks while Flight Engineer Suni Williams prepared for her return to Earth. In preparation for her successor's arrival, Williams' downlinked a 10-minute video tour for Clayton Anderson, who will travel to the station on the upcoming space shuttle flight. Mission managers gave a "go" for a May 30 Russian spacewalk to install orbital debris ...more... 29 May 2007 - Soyuz docking port swap on International Space Station.. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1. Progress M-58 undocked from the Zvezda module on 27 March. The EO-14 crew boarded Soyuz TMA-9 on 29 March, undocked from the Zarya port at 22:30 GMT, and redocked at the Zvezda port at 22:54. This freed the Zarya port for the pending Soyuz TMA-10 launch. 30 May 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-29. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1. Two International Space Station cosmonauts stepped outside Wednesday for a 5-hour, 25-minute spacewalk, installing Service Module Debris Protection panels and rerouting a Global Positioning System antenna cable. Wearing Russian Orlan spacesuits, Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer ...more... 1 June 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-30. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1. The Expedition 15 crew completed the first of three planned spacewalks this week and prepared for the upcoming arrival of space shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station. On Wednesday, Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov stepped ...more... 6 June 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-31. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. The Expedition 15 crew completed the second spacewalk in eight days and continued preparations for space shuttle Atlantis' arrival at the International Space Station. Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov opened the hatch on the ...more... 8 June 2007 - STS-117. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. The shuttle delivered the S3 and S4 truss segments to the starboard side of the International Space Station. The crew made three spacewalks to install these truss segments, conduct other station reconfiguration and installation work, deploy the solar arrays and prepare them for operation. A fourth spacewalk was added to repair loose re-entry insulation on the shuttle and get-ahead installation work on the outside of the station. The shuttle delivered NASA long-term ISS crew member Clayton Anderson to the station; and returned Suni Williams to earth. At the conclusion of this mission the station finally achieved its full-power, dual-boom configuration first conceived for Space Station Freedom in the 1980's. 8 June 2007 - STS-117 MCC Status Report #01. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. The Space Shuttle Atlantis rocketed into a Florida twilight sky on time at 6:38 p.m. CDT today, kicking off the first of four shuttle missions scheduled this year. Atlantis' climb to orbit was flawless, carrying a seven-member crew. Aboard Atlantis ...more... 9 June 2007 - STS-117 MCC Status Report #02. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. The astronauts on board Space Shuttle Atlantis got their first on-orbit wakeup call this morning on their way to a Sunday afternoon rendezvous to deliver a new crewmember and a new set of solar arrays to the International Space Station. “Big Boy Toys” by Aaron Tippin, sounded on board the orbiter at 9:10 a.m. CDT, played ...more... 9 June 2007 - STS-117 MCC Status Report #03. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. During its first full day in orbit, the STS-117 crew inspected Space Shuttle Atlantis’ heat shield and prepared for tomorrow’s docking with the International Space Station scheduled for 2:38 p.m. CDT. Pilot Lee Archambault and Mission Specialists Patrick Forrester and Steven Swanson ...more... 10 June 2007 - STS-117 MCC Status Report #05. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. The crew of Space Shuttle Atlantis officially was welcomed by the International Space Station crew this afternoon at 4:20 CDT with handshakes and hugs. Shuttle Commander Rick Sturckow was the first to enter the station followed soon ...more... 10 June 2007 - STS-117 MCC Status Report #04. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. Space Shuttle Atlantis is only hours away from delivering a new set of solar array wings, and a new crew member, to the International Space Station. Docking of the shuttle to the station is targeted for 2:38 p.m. CDT. The shuttle crew was awakened at 8:08 a.m. with “Riding the Sky,” written and performed ...more... 11 June 2007 - STS-117 MCC Status Report #06. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. A spacewalk to install and activate a new set of solar array wings highlights the first full day of docked operations of space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station. Most of the crewmembers got an 8:08 a.m. CDT wakeup call with the song “It Probably ...more... 12 June 2007 - STS-117 MCC Status Report #08. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. The International Space Station’s new solar array wings are spreading today while the 10 astronauts and cosmonauts get ready for the second spacewalk during this flight of space shuttle Atlantis. The day began at 8:08 a.m. with the wakeup song “What a Wonderful World” by Louis ...more... 13 June 2007 - STS-117 MCC Status Report #10. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. A pair of spacewalking astronauts is getting ready for a 6½-hour excursion this afternoon to help retract an old solar array wing and get two new ones ready to go to work. Mission Specialists Patrick Forrester and Steven Swanson, who camped out in the ...more... 14 June 2007 - STS-117 MCC Status Report #13. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. The space shuttle Atlantis and International Space Station crews inside the station today partially retracted a solar array and prepared for the third spacewalk that will focus on repair of a damaged thermal blanket on the shuttle and assisting “on the scene” with additional retraction of the array. While the crew worked in space, Russian flight controllers with assistance from ...more... 14 June 2007 - STS-117 MCC Status Report #12. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. Solar array retraction and spacewalk preparation are the focus of the crews on board space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station today. At 7:39 a.m. CDT Mission Control in Houston played the wakeup song “Indescribable” ...more... 16 June 2007 - STS-117 MCC Status Report #17. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. In a continuing improvement of the onboard Russian computer system, all six channels are now operating in the two Russian command-and-control and the guidance-and-navigation computers that stopped operating three days ago. During a news briefing from the Johnson Space Center Saturday afternoon, International ...more... 16 June 2007 - STS-117 MCC Status Report #16. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. A new spaceflight endurance record was set this morning as 10 astronauts and cosmonauts slept on the docked space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station. At 12:47 a.m. CDT, Astronaut Suni Williams’ time in space since her launch last ...more... 18 June 2007 - STS-117 MCC Status Report #21. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. Crews aboard the space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station bid farewell to one another and closed the hatches between their spacecraft at 5:51 p.m. today in preparation for the shuttle’s departure Tuesday morning at 9:42 a.m. The hatch closing wrapped up eight days of docked operations. A demonstration ...more... 19 June 2007 - STS-117 MCC Status Report #22. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. The astronauts on space shuttle Atlantis woke up this morning with the hatch to the International Space Station closed and only hours left before undocking for the two-day trip back to Earth. Today’s wakeup call came at 5:38 a.m. CDT with “Feelin’ Stronger Every Day” by Chicago, ...more... 19 June 2007 - STS-117 MCC Status Report #23. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. Space shuttle Atlantis wrapped up an eight-day visit to the International Space Station, undocking at 9:42 a.m. today. Expedition 15 Flight Engineer Clay Anderson wished his former crewmates Godspeed, ...more... 20 June 2007 - STS-117 MCC Status Report #24. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. Seven astronauts on space shuttle Atlantis are preparing themselves and their orbiter for a planned Thursday landing to wrap up the year’s first International Space Station assembly mission. The astronauts’ wakeup call came at 5:08 a.m. with “If I Had $1000000” by Barenaked ...more... 21 June 2007 - STS-117 MCC Status Report #26. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. The astronauts on space shuttle Atlantis are just hours away from an anticipated landing in Florida to conclude a nearly 13-day mission to deliver new electrical generation capacity for expansion of the International Space Station. This morning’s wakeup song, “Makin’ Good Time Coming Home” by john Arthur martinez, ...more... 22 June 2007 - STS-117 MCC Status Report #30. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. Space shuttle Atlantis returned home safely to the Mojave Desert following a 14-day, 5.8-million-mile mission to the International Space Station. It was the 51st shuttle mission to end with a landing at the Edwards Air Force Base ...more... 22 June 2007 - STS-117 MCC Status Report #29. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. The astronauts on space shuttle Atlantis are getting ready for a second day of landing attempts with a chance to conclude the mission, in Florida or California. Poor weather prevented a landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida yesterday. ...more... Bibliography and Further Reading
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