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Mission Endeavour: STS-113 Story and Multimedia Archive


posted: 30 June 2005
05:27 am


Here is the complete collection of stories, image galleries and multimedia files from SPACE.com about shuttle Endeavour's STS-113 mission to the International Space Station.

Shuttle Endeavour Safely Returns Home to Florida
Shuttle Endeavour finally returned to Earth on Saturday, successfully concluding what turned out to be a two-week International Space Station assembly and crew rotation mission.

Shuttle Commander Ready to Fly a Desk
Veteran commander Jim Wetherbee on Saturday became the first astronaut to land a shuttle five times as he wrapped up his sixth and very likely final spaceflight with the conclusion of Endeavour's two-week mission to the International Space Station.

Shuttle Endeavour Undocks with Station, Heads for Home
Shuttle Endeavour departed the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday, leaving behind a fresh crew of three men who are to spend the next four months living and working aboard the orbiting outpost.

Endeavour and Station Crews Ready to Part Ways
Shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station are on schedule to part ways Monday afternoon, leaving behind a new Expedition Six crew and returning the Expedition Five team to Earth after 182 days in space.

Endeavour Spacewalkers Wrap Up P1 Truss Outfitting
Trouble with the International Space Station's railroad car forced mission managers to re-plan Saturday's final spacewalk, but NASA officials said the astronauts were able to get everything done anyway.

Space Station Welcomes New Commander and Crew
A new skipper for the International Space Station officially took command of the orbiting outpost on Friday.

Thanksgiving Day Spacewalk Continues Station Assembly
Messages of thanks and talk of turkey added to the holiday spirit in Earth orbit on Thursday while a pair of spacewalking astronauts worked outside the International Space Station.

Second Spacewalk to Feature Move of 'Railroad Car'
Two astronauts will spend their Thanksgiving afternoon spinning around the Earth with only spacesuits between them and the stars, and one will swoop across space station Alpha on the end of its mechanical arm.

Station's New Truss Segment Installed with Spacewalker's Help
The International Space Station's main backbone is another 45 feet (13.7 meters) longer and total weight of the outpost is now pushing 200 tons thanks to the installation Tuesday of the $390 million P1 truss segment.

Endeavour Docks with Space Station, Crews Greet Each Other
Shuttle Endeavour smoothly pulled up to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday, setting the stage for a busy week of assembly operations and crew rotation chores.

Shuttle Astronauts Hail Delays
The three men who will move into the international space station for the winter say they benefited from all of space shuttle Endeavour's launch delays.

Shuttle Continues Chase of International Space Station
Shuttle Endeavour continued its chase of the International Space Station on Sunday, giving the seven-member crew a chance to get used to the weightless environment and prepare for the mission ahead.

Shuttle Endeavour Safely Arrives in Earth Orbit
In a blinding display of fire and smoke, shuttle Endeavour lit up the night sky over Florida's Space Coast Saturday, launching a fresh expedition crew and new truss segment safely on its way to the International Space Station (ISS).

Bad Weather in Spain Scrubs Endeavour Launch
NASA was forced to scrub Friday night's launch attempt of shuttle Endeavour because of bad weather overseas at a pair of emergency Trans Atlantic Landing (TAL) sites in Spain.

NASA Clears Endeavour for Friday Launch Attempt
Shuttle Endeavour was cleared for a Friday launch attempt after NASA managers decided a pair of technical issues no longer posed a concern for mission success.

Delta 4, Shuttle Programs Target New Launch Dates
Technical concerns within NASA's shuttle and Boeing's Delta 4 programs, along with Eastern Range scheduling issues, have conspired to delay a pair of upcoming launches from Florida's Space Coast.

NASA to Inspect Endeavour's Robotic Arm for Possible Damage
The oxygen-leak problem aboard shuttle Endeavour was compounded Tuesday when workers looking for its source damaged the blanket that insulates the shuttle's robotic arm.

Native American Ceremony Honors Shuttle Crew
It was a send-off ceremony like no other for a shuttle crew. As astronauts were on the pad preparing to board Endeavour late Sunday, Native Americans were holding a pre-launch ceremony in honor of astronaut John Herrington, the first member of a federally recognized tribe to go into space.

Oxygen Leak Forces Shuttle Endeavour Launch Scrub
A leaking oxygen system inside shuttle Endeavour forced NASA late Sunday to delay launch of its crew rotation and assembly mission to the International Space Station until at least Nov. 18.

Expedition Six Crew Ready for Long Duration ISS Stay
They won't be home for the holidays, they aren't expecting much company and they're about to have the best time of their lives.

Mission Endeavour: Flying on Backup Power
It's the first commandment of human spaceflight: Always have a backup plan. Whether it's an electronic black box, a mission timeline or a member of the flight crew, NASA flight controllers have always lived by the philosophy of keeping your options open by relying on redundancy where ever possible.

Mission Endeavour: Building the Backbone
Shuttle Endeavour is set to blast off early Monday on an 11-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS) that for the first time will include outpost construction and crew replacement on the same flight.

NASA Sets Endeavour Launch Date of Nov. 11
NASA has officially set Nov. 11 as the launch date for space shuttle Endeavour's International Space Station (ISS) assembly and crew rotation mission.

Shuttle Endeavour Launch Might Slip Thanks to Delayed Soyuz Flight
The launch of space shuttle Endeavour, currently set for Nov. 10, may be delayed by the planned lift off late Tuesday of a Russian Soyuz rocket, NASA officials said Monday.

Injury Prompts Replacement of Shuttle Endeavour's Next Pilot
Due to an undisclosed injury, shuttle pilot Gus Loria has been replaced by Paul Lockhart for the early-November launch of shuttle Endeavour on the STS-113 mission, NASA officials said Tuesday.

First Native American to Ride into Orbit in August
John Herrington will become the first Native American in space when shuttle Endeavour begins a mission in August. An eagle feather will ride with him representing the first Americans, the New World natives from whom he descended. "It represents strength, it's an amazing symbol," Herrington said from Johnson Space Center, where he and his new crewmates have begun training for the space station construction mission.


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