Chang-Diaz

Cockrell

Lockhart

Perrin

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STS-111 Credit - NASA

5 June 2002 21:22 GMT. Landing Date: 2002-06-15 17:58:00 PM. Flight Time: 13.86 days. Alternate Name: ISS UF-2. Other Name: ISS-5. Flight Up: STS-111. Flight Back: STS-111. Call Sign: Endeavour. Crew: Chang-Diaz, Cockrell, Lockhart, Perrin. Program: ISS. Launch delayed from May 2, 6, 30, 31 and June 4. STS-111 reached a 58 x 224 km x 51.6 deg orbit at 2131 UTC and separated from the External Tank. It coasted to apogee at 2201 UTC and carried out the OMS-2 burn to raise the orbit to 158 x 235 km. The mission of STS-111 (UF-2 ISS utilization flight) was to swap the Expedition 4 and 5 crews and deliver the MBS Mobile Base System and some interior experiment racks. Endeavour docked with the Station at 1625 UTC on June 7. The Leonardo MPLM module was attached to the Station on June 8. Cargo manifest:

• Bay 1-2: Orbiter Docking System - 1800 kg + 2 EMU spacesuits - 240 kg
• Bay 4: Mobile Base System (MBS) - 1600 kg. The Mobile Base System was made by MD Robotics of Brampton, Ontario. It was to be attached to the Mobile Transporter and used to mount the SSRMS Canadarm-2 arm and heavy payloads.
• Bay 6P: Adapter Beam / Wrist Roll Joint - 150 kg. The WRJ (Wrist Roll Joint) would be swapped with the broken one on the SSRMS arm.
• Bay 7-12: MPLM FM1 "Leonardo" - 10557 kg. The Leonardo module carried 8 Resupply Stowage Racks and 4 Resupply Stowage Plaftorms, with equipment to be transferred to the station. It also carried two science racks: the MSG (Microgravity Science Glovebox) and Express-3, which would be installed on Destiny. Leonardo, built by Alenia Spazio in Torino, also flew on STS-102 and STS-105.
• Bay 13P: ICAPC Beam / PGDF - 75 kg. The PGDF (Power-Data Grapple Fixture) would be installed on the P6 truss.
• Bay 13S: Adapter Beam / SMDP - 200 kg. The Service Module Debris Panels (SMDP) package contained 6 panels which would be stowed on PMA-1 until a later spacewalk attached them to the Zvezda module to protect it from space debris hits.
• Total: 14622 kg

• 2002 Jun 5 - STS-111  Crew: Cockrell, Lockhart, Chang-Diaz, Perrin, Korzun, Whitson, Treshchev. Spacecraft: Endeavour . Payload: Endeavour F18 / Leonardo. Mass: 105,000 kg (231,000 lb). Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Shuttle. Duration: 13.86 days. Perigee: 349 km (216 mi). Apogee: 387 km (240 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.90 min.

  Launch delayed from May 2, 6, 30, 31 and June 4. STS-111 reached a 58 x 224 km x 51.6 deg orbit at 2131 UTC and separated from the External Tank. It coasted to apogee at 2201 UTC and carried out the OMS-2 burn to raise the orbit to 158 x 235 km. The mission of STS-111 (UF-2 ISS utilization flight) was to swap the Expedition 4 and 5 crews and deliver the MBS Mobile Base System and some interior experiment racks. Endeavour docked with the Station at 1625 UTC on June 7. The Leonardo MPLM module was attached to the Station on June 8. Cargo manifest:

  • Bay 1-2: Orbiter Docking System - 1800 kg + 2 EMU spacesuits - 240 kg
  • Bay 4: Mobile Base System (MBS) - 1600 kg. The Mobile Base System was made by MD Robotics of Brampton, Ontario. It was to be attached to the Mobile Transporter and used to mount the SSRMS Canadarm-2 arm and heavy payloads.
  • Bay 6P: Adapter Beam / Wrist Roll Joint - 150 kg. The WRJ (Wrist Roll Joint) would be swapped with the broken one on the SSRMS arm.
  • Bay 7-12: MPLM FM1 "Leonardo" - 10557 kg. The Leonardo module carried 8 Resupply Stowage Racks and 4 Resupply Stowage Plaftorms, with equipment to be transferred to the station. It also carried two science racks: the MSG (Microgravity Science Glovebox) and Express-3, which would be installed on Destiny. Leonardo, built by Alenia Spazio in Torino, also flew on STS-102 and STS-105.
  • Bay 13P: ICAPC Beam / PGDF - 75 kg. The PGDF (Power-Data Grapple Fixture) would be installed on the P6 truss.
  • Bay 13S: Adapter Beam / SMDP - 200 kg. The Service Module Debris Panels (SMDP) package contained 6 panels which would be stowed on PMA-1 until a later spacewalk attached them to the Zvezda module to protect it from space debris hits.
  • Total: 14622 kg

• 2002 Jun 5 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #01 

  With improved weather conditions at the Kennedy Space Center, Endeavour lifted off at 4:23 p.m. CDT today, beginning a complex mission to continue the assembly and maintenance of the International Space Station and bring a new trio of residents to the orbital outpost.

  Aboard Endeavour are Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart, Mission Specialists Franklin Chang-Díaz and Philippe Perrin of the French Space Agency, CNES, along with Expedition 5 Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Sergei Treschev. As Endeavour launched from Florida, the space station orbited 240 statute miles over the southern Indian Ocean west of Perth, Australia.

  Aboard the ISS, Expedition 4 Commander Yury Onufrienko and Flight Engineers Carl Walz and Dan Bursch are wrapping up their 182nd day in space, their 180th day on the station. Walz and Bursch will break the U.S. record for the longest single space flight - 188 days - set by astronaut Shannon Lucid in 1996. Another record was equaled today as Chang-Díaz became only the second human to fly in space seven times, tying a mark set in April by Jerry Ross on the STS-110 mission.

  Less than nine minutes after launch, Endeavour and its crewmembers settled into orbit and work began to prepare the shuttle for its planned 12-day mission.

  Endeavour is scheduled to dock to the station Friday afternoon, setting the stage for the handover between the Expedition 4 and Expedition 5 station crews. Three spacewalks are scheduled during the mission by Chang-Díaz and Perrin. The first two will help install and activate the Mobile Base System, a platform that will be mated to the Mobile Transporter on the S-Zero (S0) Truss. The new platform will allow the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm to "walk off" the Destiny Laboratory onto the Mobile Base System so it can be transported up and down the length of the ISS for future assembly tasks. On the third spacewalk, Chang-Díaz and Perrin will replace a faulty wrist roll joint on the station's robotic arm that has experienced an electrical problem in one of its two data and power channels.

  The shuttle crew will go to sleep at 10:23 p.m., and will be awakened at 6:23 a.m. Thursday to begin its first full day in orbit.

• 2002 Jun 6 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #02 

  As Endeavour closes in for its linkup to the International Space Station tomorrow, the Expedition Four crew aboard the complex will spend the day preparing for the arrival of its replacements.

  Aboard Endeavour, Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart, Mission Specialists Philippe Perrin and Franklin Chang-Díaz and Expedition Five Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Sergei Treschev, were awakened at 6:23 a.m. Central time by the song "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It," by Will Smith. The song was played for Korzun, who will soon take command of the space station.

  The Expedition Four crewmembers - Commander Yury Onufrienko and Flight Engineers Carl Walz and Dan Bursch - are in their 183rd day in space, their 181st day aboard the ISS. They will return to Earth aboard Endeavour after six months in orbit on June 17.

  In preparation for docking Friday, Perrin and Chang-Díaz will set up a centerline camera to help Cockrell with views of the station's docking mechanism during Endeavour's final approach tomorrow and will test the orbiter docking system ring. Cockrell and Lockhart will fire the shuttle's jets to raise the altitude of Endeavour and draw it closer to the station. The maneuvers will bring the shuttle about 46 statute miles behind the station by Friday morning.

  Cockrell and Perrin will also activate the shuttle's robotic arm and use its cameras to survey the contents of the payload bay, including the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics cargo module, the Mobile Base System and the replacement wrist roll joint for the station's robotic arm, Canadarm2, as well as debris shields for the Zvezda Service Module. Chang-Díaz and Perrin will install these components during three spacewalks scheduled for the mission. Today, they will prepare their spacesuits for use out of the Quest Airlock on the station next week.

  Later this morning, Cockrell and Chang-Díaz will participate in a live conversation with Costa Rican President Abel Pacheco and reporters from two Hispanic television networks. Costa Rican-born Chang-Díaz tied the human spaceflight record yesterday when he launched on his seventh mission. Astronaut Jerry Ross set the record in April during the STS-110 mission.

• 2002 Jun 6 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #03 

  Gaining on the International Space Station by 580 statute miles with each 90-minute orbit, Endeavour's crew spent today completing preparations for Friday's scheduled docking with the complex.

  With docking scheduled at 11:17 a.m. CDT tomorrow, STS-111 Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart and Mission Specialists Philippe Perrin and Franklin Chang-Díaz today verified all of Endeavour's equipment is ready. Perrin and Chang-Díaz set up a centerline camera Cockrell will use during Friday's final approach to align Endeavour with the station's docking port. They also successfully tested the shuttle docking system and extended it to a position ready for contact with the station.

  Cockrell and Perrin activated the shuttle robotic arm and used its cameras to survey the contents of the payload bay. Perrin and Chang-Díaz, who will conduct the three spacewalks scheduled for the mission, successfully checked out the spacesuits they will use during their scheduled spacewalks. During the first two spacewalks, the duo will help install a new aluminum platform, the Mobile Remote Servicer Base System or MBS, atop the station's railcar, the Mobile Transporter. Once installed, the MBS will allow the station's robotic arm, Canadarm2, to travel along the station railway, moving up and down an eventual 300-foot truss for maintenance and assembly work.

  Cockrell and Lockhart fired Endeavour's jets three times today to adjust the speed at which the shuttle is closing in on the station. A final Terminal Phase Initiation burn will be conducted Friday morning to begin the final phase of the rendezvous.

  The Expedition Four crewmembers - Commander Yury Onufrienko and Flight Engineers Carl Walz and Dan Bursch - tidied up their orbital home and completed routine maintenance on the eve of the arrival of the STS-111 crew.

  Cockrell and Chang-Díaz took time out today to participate in a live conversation with Costa Rican President Abel Pacheco, U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica John Danilovich and reporters from Univision and Telemundo. Costa Rican-born Chang-Díaz tied the human spaceflight record yesterday when he launched on his seventh mission.

• 2002 Jun 7 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #04 

  Heading for a docking to the International Space Station later today, Endeavour's astronauts continue to close in on the orbital outpost as a new trio of residents prepares to take over command of the complex.

  Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart and Mission Specialists Philippe Perrin and Franklin Chang-Díaz, and Expedition Five Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Sergei Treschev, were awakened just after 4:30 Central time this morning by "American Woman," by Lenny Kravitz, a song selected for Whitson.

  At the time of the crew's wakeup call, Endeavour had closed to within 900 statute miles of the ISS, aiming for a linkup to the docking port at the forward end of the Destiny Laboratory at 11:17 a.m. Central time as the two vehicles fly off the northeast coast of Australia, south of New Guinea. On board the station, the Expedition Four crew, Commander Yury Onufrienko and Flight Engineers Carl Walz and Dan Bursch, are spending the morning preparing for the arrival of Endeavour's astronauts and their Expedition Five replacements. Onufrienko, Walz and Bursch are in their 184th day in space, their 182nd day aboard the ISS.

  A little less than two hours after Endeavour docks to the station, the hatches between the two spacecraft will open and Onufrienko, Bursch and Walz will greet their counterparts and conduct a safety briefing. Then, the ten astronauts and cosmonauts will begin transferring equipment, supplies and experiments between the two vehicles. The two Expedition crews will exchange their custom-made Soyuz return craft seat liners for the rescue vehicle currently docked to the station. Once the new Expedition Five crew conducts checks of their Russian entry suits, they will officially take over command of station operations, and Onufrienko, Walz and Bursch will become shuttle crewmembers.

  All systems aboard Endeavour and the ISS continue to function in excellent shape.

• 2002 Jun 7 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #05 

  Endeavour gently docked with the International Space Station this morning 240 miles over the South Pacific, setting the stage for eight days of docked operations highlighted by three scheduled spacewalks and the exchange of resident crews aboard the outpost. Commander Ken Cockrell guided Endeavour to a linkup with the forward docking port of the station's Destiny Laboratory at 11:25 a.m. Central time. The docking culminated a textbook rendezvous executed by Cockrell and Pilot Paul Lockhart. After waiting for about one hour to allow post-contact oscillations to subside, the two vehicles were joined firmly together at 12:27 p.m.

  At 2:08 p.m. central time, hatches between Endeavour and the station swung open, and the station's Expedition Four crewmembers-Commander Yury Onufrienko and Flight Engineers Dan Bursch and Carl Walz-greeted their visitors-Cockrell, Lockhart, Mission Specialists Franklin Chang-Díaz and Philippe Perrin and oncoming Expedition Five Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Sergei Treschev.

  The 10 astronauts and cosmonauts immediately set to work transferring priority equipment, supplies and experiments between the two vehicles. Items moving to the station included two Extravehicular Activity spacesuits and EVA tools to be used during the mission's three scheduled spacewalks. The Expedition Five crewmembers' custom-made Soyuz return craft seat liners and their Russian entry suits were transferred from Endeavour to the station at 5:55 p.m. central time, marking the official start of the Expedition Five Increment. With that transfer complete, Onufrienko, Bursch and Walz formally concluded their 182-day stay as space station residents. Korzun, Whitson and Treschev now begin their tenure as the fifth resident crew to live and work on board the International Space Station.

  Communications checks between the station's Quest Airlock and the EVA suits Perrin and Chang-Díaz will use also were completed today. The spacewalks will see installation of a new platform, the Mobile Remote Servicer Base System, on the station's railcar, the Mobile Transporter, and replacement of the wrist roll joint on the station's arm.

  Late in the day, the Flash Evaporator System Primary B controller failed for an as-yet unknown reason. The system has three redundant controllers, Primary A, Primary B and Secondary, and the failure of one controller will have no effect on mission operations.

  The Flash Evaporator System sprays excess supply water into the inside of a trash-can shaped vessel that is wrapped by Freon coils. The heat being carried in these coils causes the water to flash into vapor and be vented overboard, disposing of excess heat and excess supply water.

• 2002 Jun 8 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #06 

  The newly arrived crewmembers of Expedition Five aboard the International Space Station - Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Sergei Treschev - will continue settling into their new home today as they work with Endeavour's astronauts to move the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module from the shuttle's cargo bay to the Unity module of the complex in advance of the start of the transfer of almost 3 tons of equipment and supplies.

  Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart and Mission Specialists Philippe Perrin and Franklin Chang-Díaz, and the newest shuttle crewmembers - former Expedition Four Commander Yury Onufrienko and Flight Engineers Carl Walz and Dan Bursch, were awakened at 4:23 Central time this morning by "I Have a Dream," by ABBA, a song selected for Treschev.

  Using the shuttle's robotic arm, Cockrell and Perrin will reach into Endeavour's payload bay and latch onto Leonardo at mid-morning. The pressurized cargo module will be attached to the nadir berthing port on Unity. After Walz and Whitson perform pressure checks, the hatch to the cargo carrier will be opened. Leonardo contains equipment, supplies and experiments necessary for the fifth resident crew's 4 ½-month stay in orbit.

  The six Expedition crewmembers will continue their handover conferences and the 10 cosmonauts and astronauts will review procedures for the first spacewalk of the flight tomorrow. Perrin and Chang-Díaz will step out of the Quest Airlock Sunday to begin installing the Mobile Base System, a new platform which will enable the station's robotic arm, Canadarm2, to ride a railway the length of the station for future assembly tasks. Two more spacewalks are scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday to complete the Mobile Base system installation and to replace an ailing wrist roll joint on the station's robotic arm.

  The Expedition Five crew officially assumed command of station operations last night just before 6 p.m. Central time, marking the end of the Expedition Four increment at 182 days. Onufrienko, Walz and Bursch are now considered part of Endeavour's crew, aiming for a homecoming on June 17.

  Systems on Endeavour and the ISS are functioning normally as the two vehicles orbit the Earth every 90 minutes at an altitude of 240 statute miles.

• 2002 Jun 8 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #07 

  (CORRECTS DURATION OF EXPEDITION FOUR TO 181 DAYS)

  The newly arrived crewmembers of Expedition Five aboard the International Space Station - Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Sergei Treschev - will continue settling into their new home today as they work with Endeavour's astronauts to move the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module from the shuttle's cargo bay to the Unity module of the complex in advance of the start of the transfer of almost 3 tons of equipment and supplies.

  Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart and Mission Specialists Philippe Perrin and Franklin Chang-Díaz, and the newest shuttle crewmembers - former Expedition Four Commander Yury Onufrienko and Flight Engineers Carl Walz and Dan Bursch, were awakened at 4:23 Central time this morning by "I Have a Dream," by ABBA, a song selected for Treschev.

  Using the shuttle's robotic arm, Cockrell and Perrin will reach into Endeavour's payload bay and latch onto Leonardo at mid-morning. The pressurized cargo module will be attached to the nadir berthing port on Unity. After Walz and Whitson perform pressure checks, the hatch to the cargo carrier will be opened. Leonardo contains equipment, supplies and experiments necessary for the fifth resident crew's 4 ½-month stay in orbit.

  The six Expedition crewmembers will continue their handover conferences and the 10 cosmonauts and astronauts will review procedures for the first spacewalk of the flight tomorrow. Perrin and Chang-Díaz will step out of the Quest Airlock Sunday to begin installing the Mobile Base System, a new platform which will enable the station's robotic arm, Canadarm2, to ride a railway the length of the station for future assembly tasks. Two more spacewalks are scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday to complete the Mobile Base system installation and to replace an ailing wrist roll joint on the station's robotic arm.

  The Expedition Five crew officially assumed command of station operations yesterday at 5:55 p.m. Central time, marking the end of the Expedition Four increment at 181 days. Onufrienko, Walz and Bursch are now considered part of Endeavour's crew, aiming for a homecoming on June 17.

  Systems on Endeavour and the ISS are functioning normally as the two vehicles orbit the Earth every 90 minutes at an altitude of 240 statute miles.

• 2002 Jun 8 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #08 

  The 10-member multinational crew aboard the International Space Station and shuttle complex worked today to move the Leonardo transfer van from the shuttle's payload bay to the station, begin equipment and supply transfers to the station and prepare for Sunday's space walk.

  The Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) was unberthed from the payload bay early this morning by Commander Ken Cockrell operating the shuttle's robotic arm to move the module to the station's Unity module. Leonardo's installation proceeded perfectly with completion at 9:28 a.m. Central time. About 4:30 p.m. Central time, the MPLM's hatch was opened. Dan Bursch of Expedition Four called down at 4:52 pm that all crew members had entered the logistics module and were working to get the transfers rolling. The crew got a good start on the movement of more than 5,600 pounds of cargo to the station.

  Early today, one of four control moment gyroscopes used in the station's attitude control system experienced a mechanical failure. Flight controllers turned it off and began using the remaining three gyros to maintain the station's attitude. It is believed that one of its spin bearings failed, causing it to seize. Flight Engineer Carl Walz reported that the crew could feel and hear "growling" vibrations as it failed. While the failure is a serious complication for the long-term space station operations, there are multiple backup systems for control of the station's attitude so it poses no threat to the safety of the shuttle or expedition crews. The situation is expected to require only minor changes to the STS-111 flight activities.

  Franklin Chang-Díaz, and Perrin, with help from Paul Lockhart, readied their extravehicular mobility unit space suits and tools, and reviewed procedures for Sunday's spacewalk. The two first-time spacewalkers will install a Power and Data Grapple Fixture (PDGF) to the station's P6 solar array truss and temporarily store some Russian meteoroid/debris shields. They'll also remove thermal blankets from the Mobile Base System (MBS) in Endeavour's cargo bay, and support its unberthing. The MBS will be parked on the shuttle's arm near its installation point so that hardware temperatures can equalize before it is attached to the existing Mobile Transporter platform. At the end of the day, flight controllers will activate the MBS from the ground in preparation for the next day's operations. Chang-Díaz also will inspect and photograph the exterior condition of station's failed control moment gryoscope at the end of his spacewalk.

  The combined STS-111 crew of Cockrell, Lockhart, Chang-Díaz, Perrin, Yury Onufrienko, Dan Bursch and Carl Walz will wake up at 4:23 am CDT Sunday, while new station Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Sergei Treschev will arise at 4:53 am.

• 2002 Jun 9 - EVA STS-111-1  Crew: Chang-Diaz, Perrin. EVA Type: Extra-Vehicular Activity. EVA Duration: 0.31 days.

  The spacewalk was made from the Quest airlock, which was depressurized at around 1522 UTC and the hatch was opened at 1524 UTC. The suits went to battery power at 1527 UTC. The astronauts installed the PGDF grapple fixture on the P6 truss, stowed some space debris shields on the PMA-1 adapter, and prepared the Mobile Base System (MBS) in the Shuttle cargo bay. The hatch was closed at 2234 UTC and the airlock began repressurization at 2242 UTC.

• 2002 Jun 9 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #09 

  Endeavour Astronauts Philippe Perrin and Franklin Chang-Díaz are set to step out into the vacuum of space this morning for the first of three spacewalks to help install a platform for the transport of the International Space Station's robotic arm and to replace a faulty joint in the arm itself.

  With the help of Endeavour Pilot Paul Lockhart, who will help coordinate the spacewalk from inside Endeavour, Chang-Díaz and Perrin will leave the Quest Airlock this morning for a planned six-hour spacewalk to first install a Power and Data Grapple Fixture to the station's P6 truss for its future relocation. The two first-time space walkers will then temporarily park micrometeoroid debris shields on the Russian segment of the station. Expedition Five Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson and ISS Commander Valery Korzun will install the shields on the Zvezda Service Module during a spacewalk set for late July.

  The final task of the spacewalk will involve the removal of thermal blankets from the Mobile Base System. That component will be mated tomorrow to the Mobile Transporter on the S0 (S-Zero) Truss of the ISS to enable the Canadarm2 robotic arm to "walk off" the Destiny Laboratory onto the station's railcar system for transport up and down the length of the complex. Chang-Díaz will be identifiable by solid red stripes on the legs of his spacesuit. Perrin will wear the pure white suit with no stripes.

  Commander Ken Cockrell will use the shuttle robotic arm's cameras to monitor the activities outside. Whitson and Endeavour Astronaut Carl Walz will transport Chang-Díaz on the end of Canadarm2 during the spacewalk.

  During the spacewalk, Chang-Díaz will conduct a visual and photographic inspection of one of the station's four control moment gyroscopes (CMGs) on the station's Z1 Truss. The gyroscope experienced a mechanical failure of its spin bearing yesterday and will no longer be able to be used to assist in station attitude control.

  Three other CMGs are operating normally to provide full attitude control for the ISS. If necessary, station control can be maintained with only two functioning CMGs, with other backup attitude control systems also available. The CMG failure will have no impact on ISS operations. A substitute CMG is available on the ground and program managers are evaluating future replacement options. To accommodate the use of three CMGs and varying thermal conditions, the orientation of the shuttle and station will be altered slightly for today's spacewalk.

  Once the protective blankets are removed from the Mobile Base System, Whitson and Walz will latch onto the platform in Endeavour's cargo bay with Canadarm2, remove it from its carrier, and maneuver it to a position just above the Mobile Transporter, which was installed on the S-Zero Truss in April. Canadarm2 will be left in a parked position overnight to thermally condition the Mobile Base System before it is mated to the Transporter railcar Monday.

  At the start of their fifth day in space, Endeavour's crew was awakened at 4:23 a.m. Central time to the sound of "Drops of Jupiter" by Train, a tune selected for Cockrell.

• 2002 Jun 9 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #10 

  Endeavour Astronauts Franklin Chang-Díaz and Philippe Perrin completed all scheduled International Space Station assembly tasks today during a 7-hour, 14-minute spacewalk, the first ever for the duo.

  Chang-Díaz and Perrin ventured outside the station's Quest airlock at 10:27 a.m. Central time. With the help of Endeavour Pilot Paul Lockhart, who guided the spacewalk from inside the shuttle, Chang-Díaz and Perrin first installed a Power and Data Grapple Fixture to the station's P6 truss. The fixture will be used to relocate the P6 truss structure to its final location on the station.

  Attached to a foot restraint at the end of the station's robotic arm, Canadarm2, operated by Expedition Five Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson and ISS Commander Valery Korzun, Chang-Díaz gathered six micrometeoroid debris shields from the shuttle cargo bay and, with help from Perrin, temporarily stored them on Pressurized Mating Adapter-1 which links Unity to Zarya. Whitson and Korzun will install the shields on the Zvezda Service Module during a spacewalk set for late July.

  Chang-Díaz then conducted a visual and photographic inspection of one of the station's four control moment gyroscopes on the station's Z1 truss, a task that was added to today's spacewalk after the gyroscope experienced a mechanical failure yesterday. The photos may help ground controllers better understand why the gyroscope failed.

  Removal of thermal blankets from the Mobile Remote Servicer Base System or MBS was the final task of the spacewalk. At 5:21 p.m. Endeavour Commander Ken Cockrell commanded the release of latches that had secured the MBS to its carrier in the payload bay. Whitson and Carl Walz then latched onto the MBS with Canadarm2, removed it from its carrier, and maneuvered it to a position about three feet above the station's railcar, the Mobile Transporter. Canadarm2 will be left in a parked position overnight to thermally condition the MBS before it is mated to the railcar Monday.

  Later, the Canadarm2 robotic arm will be commanded to "walk off" its position attached to the Destiny Laboratory onto a Power and Data Grapple Fixture atop the MBS. The arm will then be able to move up and down along the station truss for use in future assembly operations.

  Following an inventory of the tools they used during the spacewalk, Perrin and Chang-Díaz re-entered Quest. Airlock repressurization began at 5:41 p.m. Central time, signaling the end of the spacewalk.

• 2002 Jun 10 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #11 

  A critical device for International Space Station assembly will receive an additional component today. An operations platform, to be installed on a railcar on the station's S0 (S-Zero) Truss, will allow the space station's robotic arm to travel the length of the station for future construction tasks.

  The Mobile Base System (MBS), parked overnight on the station's robotic arm about three feet from installation, has had a chance to receive the proper thermal conditioning to match the temperatures on the Mobile Transporter, the actual railcar on the truss itself. Operated by Expedition Five Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson and Endeavour Astronaut Carl Walz, the space station robotic arm will mate the MBS platform to the railcar and flight controllers on the ground will command latches to close to secure the platform in place. Eventually, the station arm will "walk off" its current base location on the Destiny Laboratory to the MBS and ride the railway to move up and down the entire length of the station.

  The 10 astronauts and cosmonauts on the Shuttle/Station complex will also continue their transfer of equipment and supplies to the station from the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module.

  Endeavour's crew - Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart, Mission Specialists Philippe Perrin and Franklin Chang-Díaz, and former station residents Yury Onufrienko, Walz and Dan Bursch - were awakened at 4:23 a.m. Central time to "I Only Have Eyes for You" by the Flamingoes, from the American Graffiti soundtrack which was selected for Lockhart.

  Although Expedition Five crewmembers Whitson, Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineer Sergei Treschev have been in charge of ISS operations since Friday afternoon, an official change of command ceremony between Expedition crews will occur early this afternoon.

  The crews will also participate late today in a review of procedures for tomorrow's second spacewalk by Chang-Díaz and Perrin to hook up cables between the Mobile Base System and the Mobile Transporter and to bolt the two components together. Systems on both Endeavour and the ISS continue to function normally as the two craft orbit the Earth every 90 minutes at an altitude of about 240 statute miles.

• 2002 Jun 10 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #12 

  The 10 astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station today continued the expansion of the orbiting laboratory by installing the Mobile Remote Servicer Base System (MBS).

  The MBS was attached to the Mobile Transporter on the Destiny Lab at 8:03 a.m. Central by Expedition Five Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson and Endeavour Astronaut Carl Walz. The two used the station's robotic arm, Canadarm2, to maneuver the MBS into position. Controllers on the ground then commanded latches on the transporter to close, securing the MBS in place. Eventually, Canadarm2 will "walk off" its current base location on the Destiny Lab onto the MBS. The MBS is an important part of the station's future Mobile Servicing System, which will allow the station's arm to travel the length of the station to perform future construction tasks.

  The astronauts and cosmonauts on the Shuttle/Station complex, including STS-111 Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart, Mission Specialists Philippe Perrin and Franklin Chang-Díaz, as well Expedition Four crew Yury Onufrienko, Dan Bursch and Walz, and Expedition Five crewmembers Whitson, Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineer Sergei Treschev, continued their transfer of equipment and supplies to the station from the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module. As they began their Monday morning in space, the crewmembers already had transferred 73 percent of the equipment and supplies.

  Though the Expedition Five crew has been in charge of station operations since Friday afternoon, an official change of command ceremony between the two Expedition crews took place this afternoon. The crew also reviewed procedures for tomorrow's second spacewalk of the mission by Chang-Díaz and Perrin in which the two astronauts will hook up cables between the Mobile Base System and the Mobile Transporter and firmly bolt the two components together.

  At 4:53 p.m. today, Endeavour completed a one-hour reboost maneuver to increase the station's altitude by a little over a mile. This is the first of three such maneuvers that eventually will raise the station's altitude by six miles. Systems on both Endeavour and the station continue to function normally as they orbit the Earth every 90 minutes at an altitude of about 240 statute miles.

• 2002 Jun 11 - EVA STS-111-2  Crew: Chang-Diaz, Perrin. EVA Type: Extra-Vehicular Activity. EVA Duration: 0.21 days.

  The MBS had been unberthed sometime around 2220 UTC and docked to the Mobile Transporter at 1304 UTC on June 10. On June 11 at about 1515 UTC the Quest was depressurized again, with Chang-Diaz and Perrin opening the hatch around the same time and going to battery power at 1520 UTC. During this spacewalk the astronauts completed setting up the MBS system. The hatch was closed at 2016 UTC and Quest was repressurized at 2020 UTC.

• 2002 Jun 11 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #13 

  Endeavour spacewalkers Philippe Perrin and Franklin Chang-Díaz will venture outside the shuttle today to complete the installation of the second component of Canada's Remote Servicing System to the International Space Station.

  The first contribution to the station by Canada was the space station's robotic arm, Canadarm2, which was delivered to the ISS last year. Today, in a planned 6 1/2 hour spacewalk, Chang-Díaz and Perrin will connect power and data cables to the newly installed Mobile Base System and permanently bolt it to the Mobile Transporter railcar which was affixed to the S0 (S-Zero) Truss on the ISS in April. The new platform will enable Canadarm2 to "walk off" the Destiny Laboratory and mate itself to any one of four grapple fixtures so it can be driven up and down the length of the station's trusses for future construction tasks.

  Canadarm2 has provided power to the Mobile Base System since its unberthing from Endeavour's payload bay Sunday near the end of the first spacewalk. The platform was attached to the Mobile Transporter on Monday. Chang-Díaz and Perrin will connect primary and backup cables for video and data and primary cables for power between the MBS and the Mobile Transporter. Once the cable connections are completed, ground controllers will send commands for the MT to remotely plug in its umbilical attachments to receptacles on the truss railway. Flight controllers will then begin a checkout of the MBS systems to ensure all connections are established.

  With that completed, Chang-Díaz and Perrin will deploy an auxiliary grapple fixture on the MBS called the Payload Orbital Replacement Unit Accommodation, or POA. The fixture will be used to transport additional cargo elements on the MBS as it is moved along the truss railway.

  After the ground-controlled checkout complete, the two spacewalkers will connect redundant power cables to the MT.

  The final task for the spacewalkers will be to relocate a television camera on the MBS and add an extra extension cable for the platform.

  Handover conferences between the two Expedition crews and the transfer of equipment and supplies to the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module will also continue today. The crew has emptied Leonardo's cargo into the station and is now refilling the module with unneeded supplies to be returned to Earth.

  Endeavour's crew - Chang-Díaz, Perrin, Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart, Yury Onufrienko, Carl Walz and Dan Bursch - was awakened at 4:23 a.m. Central this morning to the sound of "Mi PC" by Juan Luis Guerra, selected for Chang-Díaz by his family.

  All systems on both Endeavour and the International Space Station continue to function normally as the two craft orbit the Earth every 90 minutes at an altitude of 240 statute miles.

• 2002 Jun 11 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #14 

  In a 5-hour spacewalk today, Endeavour astronauts Franklin Chang-Díaz and Philippe Perrin completed installation of the Mobile Remote Servicer Base System, or MBS, on the International Space Station's railcar, the Mobile Transporter. With those tasks completed, they established a moveable base for future use by the station's robotic arm, Canadarm2.

  Chang-Díaz and Perrin ventured outside the station's Quest airlock at 10:20 a.m. Central time. With the help of Pilot Paul Lockhart, who guided the spacewalk from inside the shuttle, Chang-Díaz and Perrin first connected primary and backup cables for video and data, and primary power cables between the Mobile Transporter railcar and the MBS. Once the connections were made, ground controllers sent commands for the MT to remotely plug in its umbilical attachments to receptacles on the S0 (S-Zero) truss railway.

  With that complete, Chang-Díaz and Perrin then deployed an auxiliary grapple fixture on the MBS called the Payload Orbital Replacement Unit Accommodation, or POA, and placed it in its final configuration. Identical to the end effectors on Canadarm2, the fixture can grapple payloads and hold them as they are moved along the station's truss atop the MBS.

  Continuing to run ahead of schedule, the two spacewalkers then secured four bolts between the MBS and the railcar, completing installation of the new MBS platform. Later this month or next, Canadarm2 will "walk off" the Destiny Laboratory and mate its free hand to any one of four power and data fixtures on the new platform so it can be driven up and down the length of the station's truss for use in future station assembly and maintenance operations.

  The spacewalkers then relocated a television camera to its final position on top of a mast atop the MBS. The camera will provide views of station assembly and maintenance operations to ground controllers. Final tasks included adding an extra extension cable for the platform, a wire tie to one of the cables installed earlier during the spacewalk and to photograph connectors near the lower portion of the MBS that tie into the MT.

  Following an inventory of the tools they used during the spacewalk, Perrin and Chang-Díaz re-entered Quest. Airlock repressurization began at 3:20 p.m. Central time, signaling the end of the spacewalk. It was the 40th spacewalk in support of ISS assembly and maintenance and the second of the mission, bringing the total spacewalking time for STS-111 to 12 hours and 14 minutes.

  After flight controllers verified that all connections on the Mobile Remote Servicer Base System were working properly, the capture latch on Canadarm2 was released. The arm, which had been supplying power to the MBS, was then repositioned for Thursday's third and final spacewalk of the mission, which will see replacement of its wrist roll joint.

  Handover conferences between the two Expedition crews and the transfer of equipment and supplies to the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module also continued today. Working ahead of schedule, the crew continued to refill the module with unneeded supplies to be returned to Earth.

  At 9:19 Central time tonight, Endeavour crewmembers and former Expedition Four Flight Engineers Carl Walz and Dan Bursch will set a new U.S. space endurance record, exceeding Shannon Lucid's record of 188 consecutive days spent in space. Walz will set another record in the process, exceeding Lucid's U.S. record for cumulative days spent in space as he reaches 223 days accrued over the course of five flights. Expedition 4 Commander Yury Onufrienko has spent a total 381 days in space, but remains far behind the world record for time in space of 747 days, held by Sergei Avdeyev.

• 2002 Jun 12 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #15 

  Endeavour's astronauts - Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart, Franklin Chang-Díaz, Philippe Perrin, Yury Onufrienko, Carl Walz and Dan Bursch - were awakened about 4:30 Central time this morning to the sound of "Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds," by Peter Greenaway, selected for Perrin by his family. The wakeup call began the eighth day of Endeavour's supply, assembly and maintenance mission to the International Space Station.

  At 1:55 a.m. Central time, Walz set a new U.S. record for most aggregate days spent in orbit, exceeding Shannon Lucid's record as he reached the 223 day mark accrued over five flights. Last night, Walz and Bursch also surpassed Lucid's U.S. single spaceflight endurance record of 188 days at 9:19 p.m. Central time.

  Today, along with Expedition Five Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Sergei Treschev, the 10 astronauts and cosmonauts will continue to transfer unneeded station equipment and supplies to the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module to be returned to earth. Handover conferences will also continue between the two Expedition crews.

  The crewmembers will also review the plans for the third and final spacewalk of the mission on Thursday. Chang-Díaz and Perrin will replace a faulty wrist roll joint on the space station's robotic arm, the Canadarm2.

  Reporters in the U.S., France and Canada will also have a chance to question the two crews on the progress of the flight during a Joint Crew News Conference this afternoon.

  The second of three reboosts of the station's altitude will be performed later today, using the shuttle jets to counter the natural effects of atmospheric drag on the station's orbit.

  All systems on both Endeavour and the International Space Station continue to function normally as the two craft orbit the Earth every 90 minutes at an altitude of 240 statute miles.

• 2002 Jun 12 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #16 

  The crews of Endeavour and the International Space Station spent today stowing unneeded supplies and hardware in the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module and the shuttle middeck for return to Earth.

  Working side by side, the Endeavour crew - Ken Cockrell, Paul Lockhart, Franklin Chang-Díaz, Philippe Perrin, Yury Onufrienko, Carl Walz and Dan Bursch - and the Expedition Five crew of Valery Korzun, Peggy Whitson and Sergei Treschev have transferred approximately 4,500 of the expected 4,665 pounds of material that will return to Earth inside the MPLM. All of the items slated to be moved from Endeavour's middeck to the station have been transferred and the astronauts are now restowing return items.

  Also today, Endeavour's small steering jets were fired in a series of pulses to gently raise the station's orbit by another mile. This was the second of three scheduled reboost maneuvers designed to raise the station's altitude by a total of six miles.

  The crewmembers also reviewed the plans for the third and final scheduled spacewalk of the mission. Thursday morning, at 9:43 a.m. Central, Chang-Díaz and Perrin will float out of the Quest airlock and begin work to replace a faulty wrist-roll joint on the space station's robotic arm, Canadarm2. The spacewalk is slated to last about seven hours.

  This afternoon, the crews took a break from the stowage activities to discuss the progress of their mission with reporters in the U.S., France and Canada during a joint crew news conference.

  Endeavour's payload bay cameras captured views of wildfires burning in Colorado about 4:40 p.m Central today. Smoke rising from the wildfires was clearly visible as the shuttle/station complex orbited 240 miles over the surface of the Earth.

  The two crews are scheduled to go to sleep just before 8 p.m. today and will awaken just before 4 a.m. Thursday. All systems on both Endeavour and the International Space Station continue to function normally as the two craft orbit the Earth every 90 minutes at an altitude of 240 statute miles.

• 2002 Jun 13 - EVA STS-111-3  Crew: Chang-Diaz, Perrin. EVA Type: Extra-Vehicular Activity. EVA Duration: 0.31 days.

  The EVA was from the Quest airlock. Depress was at 1512 UTC with hatch open probably at 1514 and battery power at 1516. The astronauts replaced the wrist roll joint on the station's Canadarm-2 SSRMS robot arm; the old joint was stowed in Endeavour's cargo bay for return to Earth. The hatch was closed at 2229 UTC and the airlock was repressurized at 2233 UTC. At around 1918 UTC on June 14 the Shuttle RMS unberthed the Leonardo logistics module from Unity and put it back in the cargo bay, berthing it at 2011 UTC.

• 2002 Jun 13 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #17 

  Endeavour spacewalkers Philippe Perrin and Franklin Chang-Díaz will perform surgery on the International Space Station's robotic arm today, attempting to restore full functionality to the space crane through the replacement of ailing wrist joint.

  Canadarm2 experienced an electrical problem in March in one of two redundant power and data channels which command the operation of the seven-jointed apparatus. It was determined that a short created inadvertent commanding in the arm's primary channel which resulted in the unexpected activation of the arm's brakes. The backup commanding channel has functioned perfectly. Even though the arm has continued to operate flawlessly through a software modification, the replacement of the problematic wrist joint was added to the STS-111 mission.

  Inside the shuttle, Pilot Paul Lockhart will choreograph the planned seven-hour spacewalk while Commander Ken Cockrell will use the shuttle's robotic arm to provide television views of the spacewalk activity. Inside the station, Endeavour Astronaut Dan Bursch and Expedition Five Commander Valery Korzun will conduct a checkout of the health of the arm once the new joint is installed. Expedition Five Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Sergei Treschev will continue cargo transfer activities throughout the day.

  Each joint of Canadarm2 is attached to the next joint by six bolts and an additional bolt that disconnects power, data and video connections. The first task for the spacewalkers is to remove the latching end effector (LEE), essentially the hand of Canadarm2, leaving the faulty wrist roll joint exposed. Next they will disconnect the wrist roll joint and Perrin will carry the failed unit to Endeavour's payload bay to temporarily store it next to the new joint. Chang-Díaz will assist in removing the new joint from its launch carrier and Perrin will bring it up to Canadarm2. The spacewalkers will align the new component with the wrist yaw joint at the end of the arm, tighten the six bolts and turn the final bolt to connect power, data and video lines. They will reinstall the LEE and power will be turned back onto Canadarm2.

  Endeavour's astronauts - Cockrell, Lockhart, Chang-Díaz, Perrin, Bursch, Yury Onufrienko and Carl Walz - were awakened just before 4 a.m. Central time this morning to the song, "On the Road Again," by Willie Nelson, selected for Walz by his family. Walz is returning to Earth after a six-month stay in orbit.

  All systems on both Endeavour and the International Space Station continue to function normally as the two craft orbit the Earth every 90 minutes at an altitude of 240 statute miles.

• 2002 Jun 13 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #18 

  In a 7-hour, 17-minute spacewalk today, Endeavour astronauts Franklin Chang-Díaz and Philippe Perrin successfully replaced a wrist roll joint on the International Space Station's robotic arm, restoring the arm to full functionality.

  With Endeavour Pilot Paul Lockhart choreographing the spacewalk from inside Endeavour, Chang-Díaz and Perrin stepped outside the station's Quest airlock at 10:16 a.m. Central time. Commander Ken Cockrell used the shuttle's robotic arm to provide television views of the spacewalk activity.

  Chang-Díaz and Perrin first removed the arm's latching end effector, essentially the hand of Canadarm2, and attached it to a handrail on the station's Destiny Laboratory. Next they released six bolts connecting the wrist roll joint to the adjoining yaw joint and an additional bolt connecting power, data and video umbilicals. Perrin carried the failed unit to Endeavour's payload bay where it was temporarily stored near the new joint.

  Perrin released six fasteners to remove the new joint from its launch carrier in the shuttle cargo bay and brought it up to Canadarm2 where Chang-Díaz was positioned. After aligning the new component with the wrist yaw joint at the end of the arm, the duo tightened the six bolts to secure the new joint to the arm and turned the final bolt to connect the power, data and video lines. After they reinstalled the latching end effector, power was turned back on to Canadarm2. The failed joint was then placed in a flight support structure in the cargo bay for return to Earth.

  Working at the robotics workstation inside the Destiny Laboratory, Endeavour Astronaut Dan Bursch and Expedition Five Commander Valery Korzun conducted a checkout of the health of the arm once the new joint was installed. At 3:43 p.m. Central time, the arm returned to full operational status.

  Following an inventory of the tools they used during the spacewalk, Perrin and Chang-Díaz re-entered Quest. Airlock repressurization began at 5:33 p.m. Central time, signaling the end of the spacewalk. It was the 41st spacewalk in support of ISS assembly and maintenance and the third of the mission, bringing the total spacewalking time for STS-111 to 19 hours and 31 minutes.

• 2002 Jun 14 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #19 

  Endeavour's astronauts - Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart, Franklin Chang-Díaz, Philippe Perrin, Dan Bursch, Yury Onufrienko and Carl Walz - were awakened just before 4:30 Central time this morning to the National Anthem, in honor of Flag Day today.

  Working with the International Space Station's Expedition Five crew, Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Sergei Treschev, Endeavour's astronauts will deactivate the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module and will remove it from its location on the Unity node of the International Space Station. Using the shuttle's robotic arm, Cockrell will place the module back into Endeavour's cargo bay for its return to Earth.

  About 5,600 pounds of equipment and supplies are being left behind on the ISS, including a new phone booth-sized rack to house delicate microgravity experiments and a glovebox to provide the Expedition Five crew future hands-on interaction with contained experiments. The cargo module is returning with 4,665 pounds of discarded equipment and supplies to Earth.

  Last night, an initial attempt to provide power from the newly installed Mobile Base System platform to the space station robotic arm, Canadarm2, was not successful. Engineers believe that a minor software glitch is preventing commanding from the platform to reach the newly refurbished robotic arm so that the new platform, rather than the Destiny Laboratory, can provide power for the arm. This is not believed to be a serious problem, and should be corrected well before the arm "walks off" its base location on the Destiny to use the Mobile Base System as its formal platform for a ride down the length of the station's truss structure. Canadarm2 received a new wrist roll joint yesterday during the final spacewalk of the flight by Chang-Díaz and Perrin, and the arm itself has full functionality and redundancy.

  Endeavour's steering jets are being used to raise the station's altitude a third and final time today prior to tomorrow's scheduled undocking. The three maneuvers are expected to raise the altitude of the ISS by around six statute miles.

  Endeavour is scheduled to undock from the ISS Saturday morning at 9:32 a.m. Central time while the two spacecraft fly over western Kazakhstan, not far from Russia's primary launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Once Endeavour departs, ISS residents Korzun, Whitson and Treschev will begin their 4 ½ month mission in earnest, unpacking gear and settling in to their new home in orbit.

  All systems on both Endeavour and the International Space Station continue to function normally as the two craft orbit the Earth every 90 minutes at an altitude of 240 statute miles. Endeavour is scheduled to undock from the space station Saturday morning.

• 2002 Jun 14 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #20 

  Endeavour's astronauts - Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart, Franklin Chang-Díaz, Philippe Perrin, Dan Bursch, Yury Onufrienko and Carl Walz - were awakened just before 4:30 Central time this morning to the National Anthem, in honor of Flag Day today.

  Endeavour astronaut Philippe Perrin completed the last major task of the STS-111 mission today when he successfully returned the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module to the shuttle's payload bay at 3:11 p.m. Central.

  Leonardo brought a total of 8,062 pounds of supplies and equipment to the space station, including a new science rack to house microgravity experiments and a glovebox that will allow station crews to conduct experiments that require isolation. More than 1,000 pounds of equipment was also brought to the station on Endeavour's middeck.

  In addition to carrying home the results of several science experiments, Leonardo is returning to Earth with 4,667 pounds of equipment and supplies that are no longer needed aboard the station. More than 1,000 pounds of equipment also will be returned to Earth in Endeavour's middeck.

  Endeavour's steering jets were used today to raise the station's altitude by an additional four miles, the third and final reboost of the mission. Together, the three reboosts raised the altitude of the station by approximately six miles.

  Early Saturday morning, about 6:30 central time, following final goodbyes, the hatches between the two spacecraft will swing shut. About three hours later, the crew of Endeavour - Ken Cockrell, Paul Lockhart, Franklin Chang-Díaz, Perrin, Dan Bursch, Yury Onufrienko and Carl Walz - will depart the space station, leaving the Expedition Five crew - Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Sergei Treschev - to begin their 4½ -month mission of continued station growth and scientific research.

  All systems on both Endeavour and the International Space Station continue to function normally as the two craft orbit the Earth every 90 minutes at an altitude of 240 statute miles.

• 2002 Jun 15 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #21 

  With all the major objectives of the STS-111 mission accomplished, Endeavour's astronauts will bid farewell to the new Expedition Five crew and undock from the International Space Station today, leaving ISS Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Sergei Treschev to begin their 4 1/2 month stay on board the complex.

  After final farewells and the closing of the hatches between the two vehicles, Endeavour will undock from the ISS at 9:32 a.m. Central time as the two craft fly over western Kazakhstan, not far from Russia's primary launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

  The initial separation will be provided by springs that will gently push the shuttle away from the station. When Endeavour is about two feet away from the station and the docking devices are clear of one another, Pilot Paul Lockhart will fire Endeavour's steering jets to begin slowly moving away.

  About 45 minutes after undocking, when Endeavour is 450 feet in front of the ISS, Lockhart will begin a one-hour flyaround of the station. After 1 1/4 laps of the complex, Lockhart will fire Endeavour's jets to move away from the station about 11:16 a.m. Once Endeavour departs the outpost for the final time, the new ISS crew will begin to unpack gear and prepare for its long duration stay on orbit.

  Endeavour's astronauts - Lockhart, Chang-Diaz, Commander Ken Cockrell, Philippe Perrin, Dan Bursch, Yury Onufrienko and Carl Walz - were awakened just before 3:30 Central time this morning to the song, "Hello to All the Children of the World", prepared for Bursch by his son's classmates.

  Endeavour is scheduled to land at the Kennedy Space Center just before noon Central time Monday, bringing Onufrienko, Bursch and Walz home after 194 days in space, which for Walz and Bursch will set a new U.S. single spaceflight endurance mark. Landing Monday will result in one more day in space for Onufrienko than he logged in 1996 as Commander of the former Russian Mir Space Station.

  Endeavour and the ISS to continue to function normally as they orbit at an altitude of around 240 statute miles.

• 2002 Jun 15 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #22 

  The Expedition Five crew - Commander Valery Korzun, and Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Sergei Treschev - are alone aboard the International Space Station today following this morning's departure of Endeavour.

  After final farewells among the STS-111 and Expedition Four and Five crews, the hatches between the spacecraft were closed at 7:23 a.m. Central today. Following a series of pressure and leak checks, Endeavour gently undocked from the Station at 9:32 a.m. as the two spacecraft flew over western Kazakhstan.

  As Endeavour departed the station, Whitson rang the ship's bell on board, announcing "Expedition Four departing, Endeavour departing." Dan Bursch, who along with Yury Onufrienko and Carl Walz, spent 181 days aboard the station, responded with "smooth sailing, Peggy." After a 1 ¼ lap flyaround of the station, Pilot Paul Lockhart fired a final separation burn of Endeavour's engines at 11:15 a.m. and began its final departure from the station. The two spacecraft are now about 315 miles apart, with the gap widening by 40 miles every orbit.

  Both crews will enjoy some well-deserved time off today to relax following a busy week of joint operations. Endeavour's crew will go to sleep at 7:23 p.m. today, waking at 3:23 a.m. Sunday. The Expedition Five crew began an extended sleep period about 3 p.m., shifting over to its standard daily wakeup time of 1 a.m. on Sunday.

  The focus of activities aboard Endeavour on Sunday will include a checkout of the systems that will be used during Monday's planned landing at the Kennedy Space Center. Endeavour is scheduled to land at the Kennedy Space Center just before noon Central time Monday, bringing Onufrienko, Bursch and Walz home after 194 days in space.

  Aboard the station, Korzun, Whitson and Treschev will begin unpacking some of the supplies and equipment transferred from Endeavour and set up house for their planned 4 ½ month stay on the station. They are scheduled for about four hours of off-duty time Sunday.

• 2002 Jun 16 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #23 

  Now separated from the International Space Station by about 1,600 statute miles and moving away by about 155 miles with each orbit of the Earth, Endeavour crewmembers turn their attention today to preparing for a return trip home.

  Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart, Mission Specialists Franklin Chang-Diaz and Philippe Perrin, and returning Expedition 4 crewmembers Yury Onufrienko, Carl Walz and Dan Bursch were awakened at 3:23 a.m. to "Where My Heart Will Take Me," the theme song from Star Trek: Enterprise, performed by Russell Watson.

  Today, Cockrell, Lockhart and Chang-Diaz will test the reaction control system jets and flight control surfaces that will be used to guide Endeavour through the atmosphere Monday morning. Onufrienko, Walz, Bursch and Perrin will install their seats for re-entry on Endeavour's middeck. Perrin will help the Expedition 4 crewmembers into their seats Monday. Endeavour is scheduled to land at Kennedy Space Center in Florida Monday at 11:59 a.m. CDT.

  Onufrienko, Walz and Bursch are coming back to Earth after 181 days aboard the International Space Station. If Endeavour lands on time, Walz and Bursch will set a new record of U.S. spaceflight endurance with 194 days in orbit. Astronaut Shannon Lucid held the previous record of 188 days, set on her mission to Mir in 1996.

  The Expedition 4 crew will talk with media representatives from the Fox News Network and TV stations in Ohio and New York in a news conference beginning at 12:38 p.m.

  Cockrell and Lockhart will fire Endeavour's orbital maneuvering system engines for 10 seconds today to allow sensors to observe the plume created by the burn to help improve models on the ground.

  On board the space station, the Expedition 5 crew - Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Sergei Treschev - was awakened at 1 a.m. The crew is unpacking and settling into its new home, preparing for a 41/2-month stay in orbit.

  The crew of Endeavour will begin a scheduled eight-hour sleep period at 7:23 p.m. today. They are to be awakened just before 3:30 a.m. Monday to prepare for re-entry and landing of Endeavour, concluding a successful mission to the station.

• 2002 Jun 16 - STS-111 Mission Status Report #24 

  Activities aboard Endeavour today focused on preparations for Monday's planned landing at the Kennedy Space Center, concluding a voyage of 4.9 million miles.

  Today, Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart and Flight Engineer Franklin Chang-Diaz activated one of three hydraulic power units on Endeavour, tested all of its aerosurfaces, and then test-fired Endeavour's steering jets. The remaining crew members - Philippe Perrin of CNES, and former Expedition Four crewmembers Yury Onufrienko, Carl Walz and Dan Bursch - continued packing up gear and hardware in anticipation of tomorrow's landing.

  Endeavour has two opportunities to land at the Kennedy Space Center on Monday. The first begins with a deorbit burn of the Orbital Maneuvering System engines at 10:51 a.m., followed by a landing at 11:59 a.m. Central time (12:59 p.m. Eastern.) In the event weather prevents a landing on that first opportunity, there is a second opportunity, beginning with a deorbit burn at 12:30 p.m. and resulting in a 1:36 p.m. Central (2:36 p.m. Eastern) landing in Florida. Preliminary weather forecasts call for the possibility of clouds and rain showers within the vicinity of the three-mile long landing strip on Monday. The backup landing site at California's Edwards Air Force Base was not called up for support Monday. Endeavour has sufficient consumables to remain in orbit, if necessary, until Thursday.

  Onufrienko, Bursch and Walz took a few minutes this afternoon to talk with Fox News, WOIO-TV of Cleveland - Walz' hometown, and WICZ-TV of Vestal, NY - Bursch's hometown. The crew extended their best wishes on this Father's Day and discussed their 193-day stay in space. With an on-time landing Monday, Onufrienko, Bursch and Walz will have spent 194 days in space.

  Meanwhile, aboard the space station, the Expedition Five crew - Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Sergei Treschev - spent today settling into their new home, unpacking some of the equipment and hardware carried to the station by Endeavour. They also enjoyed a few hours of off-duty time today.

  Endeavour's crew will begin a scheduled eight-hour sleep period at 7:23 p.m. today, waking just before 3:30 a.m. Monday to prepare for a homecoming to the Kennedy Space Center.

• 2002 Jun 19 - Landing of STS-111 

  The hatches between Shuttle and Station were closed at 1223 UTC, with the Expedition 4 crew on the Shuttle for the trip home. Expedition 5 crew members Valeriy Korzun, Peggy Whitson and Sergei Treshchev remain aboard the Station. Endeavour undocked at 1432 UTC, leaving the Station in a 389 x 399 km x 51.6 deg orbit following three reboost burns. After two days of bad weather, Endeavour was diverted to Edwards AFB in California, with a deorbit burn at 1650 UTC on Jun 19 lowering its orbit from 347 x 387 km to 34 x 386 km. The Shuttle nominally entered the atmosphere around 1726 UTC and landed on Runway 22 at Edwards at 17:57:41 UTC.