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Mission Summary
Christer Fuglesang will also be undertaking an experiment programme for the European Space Agency as
part of the Celsius Mission though this is not currently fixed to a specific day in the mission timeline.
Flight Day 1 - Launch
- Launch from Kennedy Space Center
- Shuttle to On-orbit configuration
- Activation of Spacehab
- Activation of Shuttle robotic arm
Flight Day 2
- Test the Space Shuttle’s robotic arm
- Checking the Space Shuttle heat shields
using robotic arm
- EVA preparation including testing EVA suits
- Preparations for docking with the ISS
Flight Day 3 - Docking
- Rendezvous and dock with the ISS including
Shuttle backflip manoeuvre to check heat
shields
- Hatches opened
- P5 truss moved out of Shuttle cargo bay to
overnight parked position using Shuttle and
ISS robotic arms
- Transfer equipment from Shuttle to airlock
- Checks on EVA suits. EVA tools prepared
- Fuglesang and Curbeam sealed in airlock for
the night to help flush nitrogen out of the
blood pre-EVA
Flight Day 4 – EVA 1 (Fuglesang/Curbeam)
- EVA prep
- P5 truss moved to installation location with
Station robotic arm
- Solar arrays fixed in position
- EVA: Attach P5 truss to P4 truss, relocate
grapple fixture on P5, and remove and
replace camera on S1 truss
Flight Day 5
- Transfer cargo between Shuttle and ISS
- Switch over power responsibilities from 4B
solar array on P6 truss to 4A solar array on
P4 truss
- Retract 4B solar array
- Activate Solar Alpha Rotary Joint for rotating
solar arrays on P4 truss section
- Fill and activate port-side cooling loop
- Fuglesang and Curbeam sealed in airlock for
the night to help flush nitrogen out of the
blood pre-EVA
Flight Day 6 - EVA 2 (Fuglesang/Curbeam)
- Switch ISS systems to power channels 1 and 4
- Shut down power channels 2 and 3
- EVA: Reconfigure power on power channels
2 and 3 around S0 and Z1 truss sections.
Activate port-side thermal control system,
Activate power channels 2 and 3. Relocate
Crew and Equipment Translation Aid (CETA)
carts from starboard to port-side of Mobile
Transporter.
Flight Day 7
- Transfer cargo between Shuttle and ISS
- Fill and activate starboard cooling loop
- Curbeam and Williams sealed in airlock for
the night to help flush nitrogen out of the
blood pre-EVA
Flight Day 8 EVA 3 (Curbeam/Williams)
- Switch ISS systems to power channels 2 and 3
- Shut down power channels 1 and 4
- EVA: Reconfigure power on power channels 1
and 4 around S0 and Z1 truss sections.
Activate starboard thermal control system,
Activate power channels 1 and 4. Stow debris
protection panels on mating adapter outside of
ISS Node 1. Install grapple bar on thermal box
Flight Day 9
- Configure port and starboard thermal control
power supply
- Transfer of equipment and supplies
- EVA preparations, including reconfiguring EVA suit to fit Fuglesang
- Fuglesang and Curbeam sealed in airlock for
the night to help flush nitrogen out of the
blood pre-EVA
Flight Day 10 - EVA 4 (Fuglesang/Curbeam)
- EVA: Aid retraction P6 solar array
Flight Day 11 - Undocking
- Clean-up after EVA
- Final transfer of equipment and supplies
- Hatch Closure
- Undock
- Station flyover
- Thruster burn
Flight Day 11
- Late inspection of Shuttle heat shields
Flight Day 12
- Landing preparations
- Shuttle to landing configuration
Flight Day 13 - Landing
- Landing preparations
- Deorbit burn
- Reentry
- Landing at Kennedy Space Center
Last update: 17 December 2006 | |
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