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Kavandi, Janet Lynn

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Kavandi Credit: www.spacefacts.de

Status: Inactive; Active 1994-2005. Born: 1959-07-17. Spaceflights: 3 . Total time in space: 33.84 days. Birth Place: Springfield, Missouri.

Educated Missouri Southern State-Joplin; Missouri-Rolla; Washington-Seattle.

Official NASA Biography as of June 2016:Janet Lynn Kavandi (Ph.D.)
DIRECTOR, FLIGHT CREW OPERATIONS, JOHNSON SPACE CENTER

PERSONAL DATA:  Born in Springfield, Missouri.  Married to John Kavandi.  They have two children.  She enjoys snow skiing, hiking, camping, horseback riding, windsurfing, flying, scuba diving, piano.  Her parents, William and Ruth Sellers of Cassville, Missouri, are deceased.

EDUCATION:  Graduated from Carthage Senior High School, Carthage Missouri, in 1977;  received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry from Missouri Southern State College - Joplin in 1980; Master of Science Degree in Chemistry from the University of Missouri - Rolla in 1982;  Doctorate in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Washington - Seattle in 1990.

SPECIAL HONORS:  Elected to the National Honor Society, 1977.  Valedictorian of Carthage Senior High School, 1977.  Awarded Presidential Scholarship from Missouri Southern State University, 1977.  Graduated Magma Cum Laude from Missouri Southern State University, 1980.  Awarded certificates for Team Excellence and Performance Excellence from Boeing Missile Systems, 1991.  Recipient of three NASA Space Flight Medals for shuttle flights STS-91, STS-99, and STS-104.   Presented the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, 2001 and 2002.  Presented the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, 2006.

EXPERIENCE:  Following graduation in 1982, Dr. Kavandi accepted a position at Eagle-Picher Industries in Joplin, Missouri, as an engineer in new battery development for defense applications.  In 1984, she accepted a position as an engineer in the Power Systems Technology Department of the Boeing Aerospace Company in Seattle, Washington.  She served as lead engineer of secondary power for the Short Range Attack Missile II, and principal technical staff representative involved in the design and development of thermal batteries for Sea Lance and the Lightweight Exo-Atmospheric Projectile.  Other programs she supported include Space Station, Lunar and Mars Base studies, Inertial Upper Stage, Advanced Orbital Transfer Vehicle, Get-Away Specials, Air Launched Cruise Missile, Minuteman, and Peacekeeper.  In 1986, while still working for Boeing, she was accepted into graduate school at the University of Washington, where she began working toward her doctorate in analytical chemistry.  Her doctoral dissertation involved the development of a pressure-indicating coating that uses oxygen quenching of porphyrin photoluminescence to provide continuous surface pressure maps of aerodynamic test models in wind tunnels.  Her work on pressure indicating paints has resulted in two patents.

NASA EXPERIENCE:  Dr. Kavandi was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in December 1994 and reported to the Johnson Space Center in March 1995.  Following an initial year of training, she was assigned to the Payloads and Habitability Branch where she supported payload integration for the International Space Station.  Dr. Kavandi served as a mission specialist on STS-91 (June 2-12, 1998), the ninth and final Shuttle-Mir docking mission, concluding the joint U.S./Russian Phase 1 program.  Following the mission, she worked as a CAPCOM (spacecraft communicator) in NASA's Mission Control Center.  On her second mission, she served aboard STS-99 (February 11-22, 2000), the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, which mapped more than 47 million miles of the Earth's land surface to provide data for a highly accurate three-dimensional topographical map.  Dr. Kavandi subsequently worked in the Robotics Branch, where she trained on both the shuttle and space station robotic manipulator systems.  On her most recent mission, she served aboard STS-104/ISS Assembly Flight 7A (July 12-24, 2001) on the tenth mission to the International Space Station.  The shuttle crew installed the joint airlock €œQuest€� and conducted joint operations with the Expedition-2 crew.   Following her last mission, Dr. Kavandi again served as lead for the Payloads and Habitability Branch, then as the branch chief for the International Space Station (ISS).  She was responsible for the training, operations, safety, and habitability of crews onboard the ISS, as well as the hardware and software development and design reviews.  She was also responsible for the scientific payloads that the ISS crews operate on orbit and for coordination between international partners for visiting vehicles and associated operations.  In 2005, she accepted the post of Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office.  In 2008, she became Deputy Director, Flight Crew Operations, Johnson  Space Center.  Dr. Kavandi currently serves as Director, Flight Crew Operations, responsible for directing the day-to-day activities of the directorate, including the Astronaut Corps and aircraft operations at Ellington Field. 

A three-flight veteran, Dr. Kavandi has logged more than 33 days in space, traveling more than 13.1 million miles in 535 Earth orbits.

JUNE 2014

NAME: Janet Lynn Kavandi (Ph.D.)

NASA Astronaut

PERSONAL DATA:

Born July 17, 1959 in Springfield, Missouri. Married to John Kavandi. They have two children. She enjoys snow skiing, hiking, camping, horseback riding, windsurfing, flying, scuba diving, piano. Her parents, William and Ruth Sellers of Cassville, Missouri, are deceased.

EDUCATION:

Graduated from Carthage Senior High School, Carthage Missouri, in 1977; received a bachelor of science degree in chemistry from Missouri Southern State College - Joplin in 1980; master of science degree in chemistry from the University of Missouri - Rolla in 1982; doctorate in analytical chemistry from the University of Washington - Seattle in 1990.

SPECIAL HONORS:

Elected to the National Honor Society, 1977. Valedictorian of Carthage Senior High School, 1977. Awarded Presidential Scholarship from Missouri Southern State College, 1977. Graduated magma cum laude from Missouri Southern State College, 1980. Elected to Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, 1980; Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America, 1989-90, 1991-92; and Who's Who in the West, 1987-88. Awarded certificates for Team Excellence and Performance Excellence from Boeing Missile Systems, 1991.

EXPERIENCE:

Following graduation in 1982, Dr. Kavandi accepted a position at Eagle-Picher Industries in Joplin, Missouri, as an engineer in new battery development for defense applications. In 1984, she accepted a position as an engineer in the Power Systems Technology Department of the Boeing Aerospace Company. During her ten years at Boeing, Kavandi supported numerous programs, proposals and red teams in the energy storage systems area through power analyses, trade studies, sizing, selection, development, testing and data analysis. She was lead engineer of secondary power for the Short Range Attack Missile II, and principal technical staff representative involved in the design and development of thermal batteries for Sea Lance and the Lightweight Exo-Atmospheric Projectile. Other programs she supported include Space Station, Lunar and Mars Base studies, Inertial Upper Stage, Advanced Orbital Transfer Vehicle, Get-Away Specials, Small Spacecraft, Air Launched Cruise Missile, Minuteman, and Peacekeeper. In 1986, while still working for Boeing, she was accepted into graduate school at the University of Washington, where she began working toward her doctorate in analytical chemistry. Her doctoral dissertation involved the development of a pressure-indicating coating that uses oxygen quenching of porphyrin photoluminescence to provide continuous surface pressure maps of aerodynamic test models in wind tunnels. Commercial imaging technology was used for data collection and analysis. This non-intrusive technique was developed to supplement or replace the more expensive and time consuming pressure tap method. Her work on pressure indicating paints has resulted in two patents to date. In addition to her patents, Dr. Kavandi has published and presented several papers at technical conferences and in scientific journals.

NASA EXPERIENCE:

Dr. Kavandi was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in December 1994 and reported to the Johnson Space Center in March 1995. Following an initial year of training, she was assigned to the Payloads and Habitability Branch where she currently supports payload integration for the International Space Station.

• Birth of Dr Janet Lynn Kavandi - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kavandi. American chemist mission specialist astronaut 1994-2005. Chemist. 3 spaceflights, 33.8 days in space. Flew to orbit on STS-91 (1998), STS-99, STS-104..

• NASA Astronaut Training Group 15 selected. - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Altman, Anderson, Ashby, Bloomfield, Chawla, Curbeam, Edwards, Joe, Gorie, Hire, Husband, Kavandi, Kilrain, Lindsey, Lu, Melroy, Noriega, Reilly, Robinson, Sturckow.

  The group was selected to provide pilot, engineer, and scientist astronauts for space shuttle flights.. Qualifications: Pilots: Bachelor's degree in engineering, biological science, physical science or mathematics. Advanced degree desirable. At least 1,000 flight-hours of pilot-in-command time. Flight test experience desirable. Excellent health. Vision minimum 20/50 uncorrected, correctable to 20/20 vision; maximum sitting blood pressure 140/90. Height between 163 and 193 cm.

  Mission Specialists: Bachelor's degree in engineering, biological science, physical science or mathematics and minimum three years of related experience or an advanced degree. Vision minimum 20/150 uncorrected, correctable to 20/20. Maximum sitting blood pressure of 140/90. Height between 150 and 193 cm.. 10 pilots and 9 mission specialists, 6 civilians and 13 military officers, chosen from 2,962 applicants, of which 122 screened in June-August 1994. 4 additional international astronauts.

• STS-91 - . Call Sign: Discovery. Crew: Chang-Diaz, Gorie, Kavandi, Lawrence, Precourt, Ryumin. Payload: Discovery F24 / Spacehab. Mass: 116,884 kg (257,685 lb). Nation: USA. Related Persons: Chang-Diaz, Gorie, Kavandi, Lawrence, Precourt, Ryumin. Agency: NASA Houston. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Flight: Soyuz TM-27, STS-89 Mir NASA-6, STS-91. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Discovery. Duration: 9.83 days. Decay Date: 1998-06-12 . USAF Sat Cat: 25356 . COSPAR: 1998-034A. Apogee: 373 km (231 mi). Perigee: 350 km (210 mi). Inclination: 51.70 deg. Period: 91.80 min.

  The final shuttle-Mir mission, STS-91 recovered NASA astronaut Andy Thomas from the Mir station and took Russian space chief and ex-cosmonaut Valeri Ryumin to Mir for an inspection tour of the ageing station. This was the first test of the super lightweight Aluminium-Lithium alloy external tank, designed to increase shuttle payload to the Mir / International Space Station orbit by 4,000 kg. At 22:15 GMT Discovery entered an initial 74 x 324 km x 51.6 deg orbit, with the OMS-2 burn three quarters of an hour later circulising the chase orbit. Discovery docked with the SO module on Mir at 17:00 GMT on June 4. NASA equipment was retrieved from the station, and Discovery undocked at 16:01 GMT on June 8, and landed on Runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center at 18:00 GMT on June 12.

• Landing of STS-91 - . Return Crew: Chang-Diaz, Gorie, Kavandi, Lawrence, Precourt, Ryumin, Thomas, Andrew. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Chang-Diaz, Gorie, Kavandi, Lawrence, Precourt, Ryumin, Thomas, Andrew. Program: Mir. Flight: Soyuz TM-27, STS-89 Mir NASA-6, STS-91. STS-91 landed at 18:00 GMT with the crew of Precourt, Gorie, Lawrence, Chang-Diaz, Kavandi, Ryumin and Thomas Andrew aboard..

• STS-99 Mission Status Report #01 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gorie, Kavandi, Kregel, Mohri, Thiele, Voss, Janice. Program: STS. Flight: STS-99. With six astronauts on board, Endeavour sped to orbit under cloudless skies from the Kennedy Space Center today to begin the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, the first human space flight of the 21st century.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-99 Mission Status Report #02 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gorie, Kavandi, Kregel, Mohri, Tani, Thiele, Voss, Janice. Program: STS. Flight: STS-99. Space shuttle astronauts deployed the longest rigid structure ever built in space today and continued work to check out the equipment they will use to produce unrivaled three-dimensional images of the Earth's surface.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-99 - . Call Sign: Endeavour. Crew: Gorie, Kavandi, Kregel, Mohri, Thiele, Voss, Janice. Payload: Endeavour F14. Mass: 116,277 kg (256,346 lb). Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gorie, Kavandi, Kregel, Mohri, Thiele, Voss, Janice. Agency: NASA Houston. Manufacturer: Boeing. Program: STS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Flight: STS-99. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Endeavour. Duration: 11.23 days. Decay Date: 2000-02-22 . USAF Sat Cat: 26088 . COSPAR: 2000-010A. Apogee: 234 km (145 mi). Perigee: 226 km (140 mi). Inclination: 57.00 deg. Period: 89.10 min.

  On an extremely successful mission the space shuttle Endeavour deployed the 61 metre long STRM mast. This was a side-looking radar that digitally mapped with unprecedented accuracy the entire land surface of the Earth between latitudes 60 deg N and 54 deg S. Sponsors of the flight included the US National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA), NASA, and the German and Italian space agencies. Some of the NIMA data would remain classified for exclusive use by the US Department of Defense.

• STS-99 Mission Status Report #03 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gorie, Kavandi, Kregel, Mohri, Ross, Thiele, Voss, Janice. Program: STS. Flight: STS-99.

  Endeavour astronauts began mapping operations on the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, which will provide maps of the Earth unprecedented in accuracy and uniformity. The first swath was begun as the orbiter crossed over southern Asia and continued until Endeavour flew over the continent's eastern coast and moved over the northern Pacific Ocean. The mapping will continue through the mission until the antenna mast is retracted before landing. Additional Details: here....

• STS-99 Mission Status Report #04 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gorie, Kavandi, Kregel, Mohri, Thiele, Voss, Janice. Program: STS. Flight: STS-99.

  By the time members of Endeavour's Red Team had reached lunchtime on this first full day in space for the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, the radar antennas in the payload bay and at the end of a 200-foot mast had mapped about 1.7 million square miles (4.5 million square kilometers) of the Earth's surface, or the equivalent of about half the area of the United States. Additional Details: here....

• STS-99 Mission Status Report #05 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kavandi, Kregel, Thiele. Program: STS. Flight: STS-99.

  The first "flycast maneuver" trim burn was completed without a hitch by members of the Endeavour crew early Sunday. A little later, the Payload Operations Center reported that the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission had successfully mapped 7.64 million square miles as of very early Sunday morning. Additional Details: here....

• STS-99 Mission Status Report #06 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gorie, Kavandi, Kregel, Mohri, Tani, Thiele, Voss, Janice. Program: STS. Flight: STS-99.

  The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission's mapping operation continues to run smoothly, with about 17.7 million square miles of the Earth's surface having been mapped by 7 p.m. Central time. Scientists also reported that 38 percent of landmasses had been mapped thus far in the flight. Despite a problem with a small nitrogen thruster on the end of the 200-foot-long mast, both the C-band and X-band radars continue to perform as expected, and the thruster problem has had no impact on mapping operations. Additional Details: here....

• STS-99 Mission Status Report #08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gorie, Kavandi, Kregel, Mohri, Thiele, Voss, Janice. Program: STS. Flight: STS-99.

  "As excited as a kid on Christmas day" is how Shuttle Radar Topography Mission project engineer Ed Caro described his reaction to the progress of the radar-mapping mission thus far. Operations onboard Endeavour continued without interruption, even without the availability of a small nitrogen thruster on the end of the extended boom. By midday, about 24 million square miles had been mapped once, and 9 million square miles twice. That's more than half the planned coverage for the mission. Additional Details: here....

• STS-99 Mission Status Report #07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gorie, Kavandi, Kregel, Mohri, Thiele, Voss, Janice. Program: STS. Flight: STS-99.

  Endeavour crewmembers successfully completed their second "flycast maneuver" trim burn early Monday, as the spacecraft continued to gather data that will greatly improve our topographical knowledge of the Earth's surface. Scientists already have expressed delight with low-resolution "quick look" data, which revealed features not shown on today's best maps. Additional Details: here....

• STS-99 Mission Status Report #09 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gorie, Kavandi, Kregel, Mohri, Thiele, Voss, Janice. Program: STS. Flight: STS-99. Endeavour astronauts had completed mapping well over half the targeted Earth land surface by early Tuesday, and scientists continued to express delight at the quality of information they were seeing.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-99 Mission Status Report #10 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gorie, Kavandi, Kregel, Mohri, Thiele, Voss, Janice. Program: STS. Flight: STS-99.

  New radar images of Brazil, South Africa and the South Island of New Zealand were unveiled this afternoon by elated scientists of the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. "This snapshot of Earth will be used for decades to come," said deputy project scientist Dr. Tom Farr. Additional Details: here....

• STS-99 Mission Status Report #11 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gorie, Kavandi, Kregel, Mohri, Thiele, Voss, Janice. Program: STS. Flight: STS-99.

  Optimism in orbit and in Mission Control that Endeavour will have enough propellant and power to complete its planned mapping of more than 70 percent of the Earth's surface continues to increase. Mission Control also told the astronauts that the EarthKAM aboard Endeavour has successfully transmitted its 1,000th image for middle school students. Additional Details: here....

• STS-99 Mission Status Report #13 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gorie, Kavandi, Kregel, Mohri, Thiele, Voss, Janice. Program: STS. Flight: STS-99.

  Masses of data that will result in topographical maps far better than any now available continue to flow into high-rate recorders as Endeavour enters the second half of its Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. Efforts to conserve propellant and power continue to pay off, with officials gaining more confidence that the entire nine days, nine hours of mapping operations will be completed. Additional Details: here....

• STS-99 Mission Status Report #14 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gorie, Hadfield, Kavandi, Mohri, Voss, Janice. Program: STS. Flight: STS-99.

  Propellant conservation measures have paid off and Endeavour's crew was notified this morning that the mapping operations will continue for the full nine days as planned prior to launch. "That's great news," replied Pilot Dom Gorie. "They're getting some fantastic data on this mission." Additional Details: here....

• STS-99 Mission Status Report #15 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gorie, Kavandi, Kregel, Mohri, Thiele, Voss, Janice. Program: STS. Flight: STS-99.

  With unprecedented detail of well over half of the world's terrain already safely stored aboard, Endeavour's crew continued mapping the Earth uninterrupted this morning, marching toward more than nine full days of radar observations thanks to successful fuel conservation measures. Additional Details: here....

• STS-99 Mission Status Report #17 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gorie, Kavandi, Kregel, Mohri, Thiele, Voss, Janice. Program: STS. Flight: STS-99.

  The EarthKAM, a digital camera mounted at an overhead window on Endeavour's flight deck, continues its record setting pace. A little after 4 a.m. CST Saturday flight controllers reported it had sent down more than 2,018 images, the combined total of the four previous flights on which it had flown. Additional Details: here....

• STS-99 Mission Status Report #19 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gorie, Kavandi, Kregel, Mohri, Ross, Thiele, Voss, Janice. Program: STS. Flight: STS-99.

  Endeavour's astronauts are looking forward to using one more small bonus in mapping operations time. They were given an additional 10 minutes, bringing the total to nine days, 18 hours and 10 minutes. The additional minutes have been added to allow one more mapping pass across Australia, rather than turning off the radar just as the spacecraft approaches the nation's coastline. Additional Details: here....

• STS-99 Mission Status Report #22 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gorie, Kavandi, Kregel, Mohri, Ross, Thiele, Voss, Janice. Program: STS. Flight: STS-99. With mapping operations complete and Endeavour's radar mapping hardware stowed, astronauts today conducted checks of various flight control surfaces and thruster jets in preparation for tomorrow's return to Earth.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-99 Mission Status Report #24 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gorie, Kavandi, Kregel, Mohri, Ross, Thiele, Voss, Janice. Program: STS. Flight: STS-99. The six astronauts aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour glided to a smooth landing at the Kennedy Space Center at sunset today, wrapping up their 11-day radar mapping mission, the first human space flight of the 21st century.. Additional Details: here....

• Landing of STS-99 - . Return Crew: Gorie, Kavandi, Kregel, Mohri, Thiele, Voss, Janice. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gorie, Kavandi, Kregel, Mohri, Thiele, Voss, Janice. Program: STS. Flight: STS-99. STS-99 landed at 23:22 GMT. .

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #02 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104.

  The five-member crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis awoke to its first full day in space at 5:38 p.m. The crew was awakened by the song "Wallace Courts Murron" from the movie "Braveheart." The song, by James Horner, was played for Atlantis Pilot Charlie Hobaugh. The shuttle is en route to the International Space Station to deliver the station's new airlock, Quest, and is scheduled to dock with the station at 9:53 p.m. CDT Friday. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #01 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104. The Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off on time this morning at 4:04 a.m. Central from the Kennedy Space Center, FL, and, after a smooth climb to orbit, is now en route to deliver a new doorway to space to the International Space Station later this week.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 - . Call Sign: Atlantis. Crew: Gernhardt, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly. Payload: Atlantis F24 / Quest. Mass: 117,127 kg (258,220 lb). Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly. Agency: NASA Houston. Manufacturer: Boeing. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Flight: STS-104. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Atlantis. Duration: 12.77 days. Decay Date: 2001-07-25 . USAF Sat Cat: 26862 . COSPAR: 2001-028A. Apogee: 395 km (245 mi). Perigee: 378 km (234 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 92.30 min.

  STS-104 was an American ISS Assembly shuttle flight with a crew of five American astronauts and a major space station module, the Quest Airlock. Orbiter OV-104 Atlantis main engine cutoff and external tank separation was at 0913 GMT. Atlantis was then in an orbit of 59 x 235 km x 51.6 deg. The OMS-2 burn at 0942 GMT increased velocity by 29 m/s and raised the orbit to 157 x 235 km x 51.6 deg and another burn at 1240 GMT raised it further to 232 x 305 km. Atlantis docked with the International Space Station at 0308 GMT on July 14. The main payload on STS-104 was the Quest Joint Airlock, built by Boeing/Huntsville. It consisted of an Equipment Lock for storage and the Crew Lock, based on the Shuttle airlock. The 13,872 kg payload consisted of:

  • Bay 1-2: Orbiter Docking System/External Airlock - 2160 kg including 3 EMU spacesuits
  • Bay 4-5: Spacelab Pallet (Fwd) with O2-1/O2-2 oxygen tanks - 2500 kg
  • Bay 6-7: Spacelab Pallet (Aft) with N2-1/N2-2 nitrogen tanks - 2500 kg
  • Bay 8-12: Station Joint Airlock Adapter beam (6064 kg) with IMAX Cargo Bay Camera (238 kg)
  • Sill: RMS arm - 410 kg
  The Equipment Lock was berthed to the Unity module at one of the large-diameter CBM hatches. STS-104 then installed the Airlock onto the Unity module. In a series of spacewalks the astronauts moved the oxygen and nitrogen tanks onto the airlock exterior.

  The six tonne Airlock consisted of two cylinders of four meters diameter and a total length six meters. The Airlock could be pressurized by the externally-mounted high pressure oxygen-nitrogen tanks, and was to be the sole unit through which all future EVAs were to take place. (Until that point, all EVA entries/exits had been through a Russian module in ISS, with non-Russians having to wear Russian space suits). Another payload was the "EarthKAM" of middle/high school interest. It was to allow pupils to command picture-taking of chosen spots on Earth; they were expected to target 2,000 spots. The shuttle also carried out pulsed exhaust tests during maneuvers to enable better understanding of the formation of HF echoes from the shuttle exhaust. The echoes were obtained by ground based radars in an experiment called SIMPLEX (Shuttle Ionospheric Modification with Pulsed Local EXhaust). The STS-104 crew returned to Atlantis on July 22, and undocked at 0455 GMT. After flying around the station they departed the vicinity at 0615 GMT. Atlantis landed at 0338:55 GMT on July 25, touching down at Kennedy Space Center runway 15.

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #03 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104. The crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis spent its first full day in space closing in on the International Space Station and testing the space suits and other equipment that will be used later in the mission to install a new station airlock.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #04 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104.

  The crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis was awakened at 3:04 p.m. CDT to the song "God of Wonders" by the group Caedmon's Call. On this, its third day in space, the five-member crew of Atlantis is focusing on a rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station around 9:53 p.m. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #05 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104.

  Atlantis Commander Steve Lindsey smoothly docked the space shuttle with the International Space Station late Friday about 240 statute miles above the northeastern coast of South America. With both spacecraft moving at about 17,500 mph, Lindsey moved Atlantis to the station at a relative speed of about a tenth of a foot per second. Docking occurred at 10:08 p.m. CDT. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #06 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104.

  The five-member crew of Atlantis will spend today working in concert with the Expedition Two crew aboard the International Space Station to install the station's new airlock - Quest. The installation of that airlock will take place as part of a seven-hour space walk by Mission Specialists Mike Gernhardt and Jim Reilly, scheduled to begin at 9:09 p.m. Central. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #09 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104. Utilities for the International Space Station's newest addition were hooked up today as the Expedition Two and Atlantis crews prepared the station's new airlock, named Quest, for its first use later in the week.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #10 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104.

  The shuttle and station crews will spend today continuing to set up and test the newly attached Quest station airlock, troubleshooting a suspected leaky ventilation valve, and preparing for the mission's second and third space walks, planned for Tuesday and Thursday evening. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #12 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104.

  The combined crews of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station will focus their efforts tonight on the mission's second spacewalk. During the 5½-hour spacewalk, scheduled to begin around 9:30 p.m., Atlantis Mission Specialists Mike Gernhardt and Jim Reilly will work with the Expedition Two crew in the installation of two high-pressure gas tanks on the station's new Quest airlock. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #11 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104. Shuttle and station crews set aside work on a leaky ventilation valve and pressed forward with activation of the new Quest airlock and a dry run of the steps they'll use for the first space walk using the new station doorway to space.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #13 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104. Six arms worked together outside the International Space Station again today to install supply tanks for the new joint airlock, accomplishing a bonus oxygen tank installation during a 6 hour, 29 minute space walk.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #14 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104.

  Atlantis and International Space Station crews will continue the activation of the station's new Quest airlock this evening. They also will replace a leaky valve in an Intermodule Ventilation (IMV) Assembly in the station's Unity node. That valve, which is now capped, will be replaced by another valve from the U.S. laboratory Destiny. The Destiny valve will not be needed until the station's second node arrives no earlier than November 2003. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #15 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station complex successfully replaced a leaky air circulation valve and moved a hatch into position for the first space walk out of the new Quest airlock.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #16 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104.

  The eight Atlantis and International Space Station crewmembers will start their day with a dry run of a spacewalk from the station's new Quest airlock, completing their testing and activation of the airlock. Atlantis spacewalkers Mike Gernhardt and Jim Reilly, assisted by Pilot Charlie Hobaugh and Expedition Two Flight Engineer Jim Voss, will simulate spacewalk preparations beginning around 7 p.m. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #17 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104. The two crews on board the International Space Station today completed checkout and activation of the new Quest airlock and conducted a dry run of the steps they will take before christening the newest station component.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #20 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Culbertson, Dezhurov, Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Tyurin, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104.

  The crews of Atlantis and the International Space Station will bid one another farewell and close the hatches between the vehicles at about 9 p.m. on Saturday. Undocking is scheduled for 11:54 p.m., to be followed by an hour-long fly around of the station by Pilot Charlie Hobaugh. The final separation burn that will move Atlantis away from the station to begin its journey home is scheduled for 1:14 a.m. Sunday. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #22 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104. Atlantis crewmembers, Commander Steve Lindsey, Pilot Charlie Hobaugh and Mission Specialists Janet Kavandi, Mike Gernhardt and Jim Reilly, will spend their day preparing the spacecraft for its return to Earth Monday night.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #21 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Culbertson, Dezhurov, Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Tyurin, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104. The crew of Atlantis took a spin around the International Space Station this morning after undocking on time at 11:54 p.m. CDT Saturday, some 240 miles above the coast of Newfoundland.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #24 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104.

  Atlantis Commander Steve Lindsey, Pilot Charlie Hobaugh and Mission Specialists Janet Kavandi, Mike Gernhardt and Jim Reilly were awakened at 3:04 p.m. CDT to begin preparations for a return trip to Earth with a planned landing tonight at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The wakeup song was "Honey, I'm Home" by Shania Twain, played for Kavandi. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #23 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104. With the equipment used during the 10th International Space Station assembly mission securely stowed and all systems needed for landing checked out and ready to go, Atlantis' crew went to bed at 7:04 a.m. CDT today.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #27 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104. Atlantis and its crew of five glided to a landing at Kennedy Space Center late Tuesday, ending a 5.3-million-mile mission that saw successful installation of the International Space Station's new airlock Quest.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #25 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104. Atlantis and its crew of five will spend at least one more day in orbit, after the weather in Florida refused to permit landing Monday night on either of two opportunities to Kennedy Space Center.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #26 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104.

  "Hold Back the Rain" by Duran Duran was the wakeup song for Atlantis crewmembers about 2:30 p.m. CDT Tuesday. Houston's Mission Control Center told the astronauts that the weather appears to be excellent for a landing late tonight to wrap up their 13-day mission. Additional Details: here....

• Landing of STS-104 - . Return Crew: Gernhardt, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-104. STS-104 landed at 03:39 GMT with the crew of Lindsey, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Gernhardt and Reilly aboard..