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| General Description |
STS-108 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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| General Description |
STS-108 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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| General Description |
STS-108 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - The STS-108 and Expedition 4 crews stride out of the Operations and Checkout Building to the Astrovan bus that will carry them to Space Shuttle Endeavour on Launch Pad 39B. Beginning with the front row, left to right, are STS-108 Pilot Mark E. Kelly and Commander Dominic L. Gorie, second row, Mission Specialists Daniel M. Tani and Linda A. Godwin, third row, Expedition 4 crew members Daniel W. Bursch, Commander Yuri Onufrienko and Carl E. Walz. Mission STS-108 is the 12th flight to the International Space Station and the sixth and last flight of 2001. Top priorities for the 11-day STS-108 (UF-1) mission of Endeavour are rotation of the International Space Station Expedition 3 and Expedition 4 crews, bringing water, equipment and supplies to the station in the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Raffaello, and the crew's completion of robotics tasks and a spacewalk to install thermal blankets over two pieces of equipment at the bases of the Space Station's solar wings. The three-member Expedition 3 crew will be returning to Earth aboard Endeavour after a five-month stay on the Station. Launch of Endeavour is scheduled for 5:45 p.m. EST Dec. 4, 2001, from Launch Pad 39B |
| Release Date |
12/04/2001 |
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JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTO
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JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS -- (STS108-5-002)STS-108 CREW PORTRAIT -- These seven astronauts and three cosmonauts share the common denominators of the Space Shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station (ISS). Standing at rear (from the left) are STS-108 crew members Daniel M. Tani and Linda M. Godwin, both mission specialists, Dominic L. Gorie and Mark E. Kelly, commander and pilot, respectively. Those four will spend approximately ten days in space in late November and early December aboard the Endeavour. In front, from the left, are Daniel W. Bursch, Yuri Onufrienko, Carl E. Walz, Mikhail Tyurin, Frank L. Culbertson and Vladimir N. Dezhurov. Culbertson, Expedition Three commander, as well as flight engineers Tyurin and Dezhurov, will use the Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-105 to reach the station for a lengthy stay and then return to Earth aboard Endeavour. They will be replaced aboard the orbital outpost by Onufrienko, Expedition Four commander, along with Bursch and Walz, both flight engineers. The Expedition Four crew will accompany the STS-108 crew into Earth orbit. Dezhurov, Tyurin and Onufrienko represent Rosaviakosmos |
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08/31/2001 |
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