STS-114
From The Space Library
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| Organization | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (UnitedStates) |
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| Mission type | Engineering,Human Crew,Resupply/Refurbishment/Repair |
| Launch date | July 26, 2005 |
| Launch vehicle | Space Shuttle |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, United States |
| COSPAR ID | 2005-026A |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Experiments | Here |
| Alternate Names | 28775 |
| Additional Information | Here |
| Data Collection | Here |
| Payload Mass Up | 8808.76 kg |
| Payload Mass Down | 8827.27 kg |
| Orbiter | Discovery |
| Lift Off Mass | 2,055,905.45 kg |
| Orbiter Weight at Liftoff | 121,738.64 kg |
| Orbiter Weight at Landing | 103,129.55 kg |
| Landed | 5:12:36 a.m. PDT, concrete runway 22, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. |
| Orbits of Earth | 219 |
| Orbital Altitude | Approximately 240 nautical miles |
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Crew
- Commander: Eileen M. Collins
- Pilot: James M. Kelly
- Payload Commander:
- Mission Specialist 1: Soichi Noguchi, National Space Development Agency of Japan (JAXA)
- Mission Specialist 2: Stephen K. Robinson
- Mission Specialist 3: Andrew S.W. Thomas
- Mission Specialist 4: Wendy B. Lawrence
- Mission Specialist 5: Charles J. Camarda
- Payload Specialist 1:
- Payload Specialist 2:
ISS/Mir Crew Transport
Mission
STS 114 is an American shuttle craft that was launched from Cape Canaveral at 15:39 UT on 26 July 2005. It was launched after 29 months of post-mortem analysis of the flaws that led to the explosive end of the previous mission. STS 114 carried several cameras to look out for damage on its own surface and on the foam covering the external fuel tank. Many more ground-based cameras and radars monitored the initial trajectory after the launch. The shuttle also carried repair kits to fix tile-related problems and a 15 meter robotic arm to spot and examine tile degradations. So far, a few (probably) minor damages to the tiles have been identified. EPILOG,9 Sep 2005: The shuttle safely landed in Edwards Air Base near Los Angeles at 12:12 UT on 9 sep 2005. The shuttle docked with the International Space Station on 28 July and delivered 12 tonnes of goods and equipment to the ISS. Two of the crew of seven astronauts participated in practicing with the caulking guns and putty-knives in the open cargo bay for seven hours (on 30 July), in preparation for the space walks that were entailed to repair actual faults. The crew also replaced a defective gyroscope on the ISS. It is expected to complete the mission and return to Earth on 08 August 2005. It has been reported that all planned near-future shuttle launches are cancelled pending yet another reappraisal of the safety issues. Meanwhile three Russian Soyuz-TMA craft are on standby to rescue the crew should the shuttle be deemed unfit for the return journey. The on-going progress of the mission may be accessed via: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/
EVA
Extravehicular Activity (EVA) conducted by Stephen Robinson and Soichi Noguchi during three space-walks for a total of 20 hours, 5 minutes. EVA 1, 6 hours, 50 minutes; Robinson and Noguchi worked in Discovery's cargo bay with tiles and reinforced carbon-carbon intentionally damaged on the ground and brought into space to conduct tile repair and adhesive experiments. In addition, they installed a base and cabling for a stowage platform and rerouted power to Control Moment Gyroscope 2. EVA 2, 7 hours, 14 minutes; Robinson and Noguchi removed the failed Control Moment Gyroscope 1 and installed its replacement. EVA 3, 6 hours, 1 minute; attached to Canadarm2, Robinson was moved to Discovery's underside, where he pulled two protruding gap fillers from between thermal protection tiles. Robinson and Noguchi also installed an external stowage platform outside the ISS Quest airlock to house spare parts, and Noguchi installed a fifth Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE).
Payload
ISS Assembly Flight LF1; first of two Return-to-Flight missions; Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module; test of orbiter boom sensor system (OBSS); test and evaluation of thermal protection system (TPS) repair techniques; replaced one ISS control gyroscope and restored power to a second gyroscope; installed External Stowage Platform 2 on ISS for future construction
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