Astronaut News Conference
The 10 crew members aboard Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station briefed the press and responded to questions…
Space Shuttle Discovery Launch
2010-04-05T19:59:13-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvYTFlXC8yOTI4NTMtbS5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Space shuttle Discovery began a 13-day flight to the International Space Station with a launch at 6:21 a.m. EDT from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
STS-131 is the second of five shuttle missions planned for 2010, with the last flight targeted for a September launch.
Discovery will deliver science and supplies to the station. Inside the shuttle’s cargo bay is the multi-purpose logistics module Leonardo, a pressurized “moving van” that will be temporarily attached to the station. The module is filled with supplies, a new crew sleeping quarters and science racks that will be transferred to the station’s laboratories. The flight will include three spacewalks to switch out a gyroscope on the station’s truss, or backbone, install a spare ammonia storage tank and return a used one, and retrieve a Japanese experiment from the station’s exterior.
Three of the seven-member crew are women, the total in orbit is now a record four.
STS-131 is the second of five shuttle missions planned for 2010, with the last flight targeted for a September launch.
Discovery will deliver science and supplies to the station. Inside the shuttle’s cargo bay is the multi-purpose logistics module Leonardo, a pressurized “moving van” that will be temporarily attached to the station. The module is filled with supplies, a new crew sleeping quarters and science racks that will be transferred to the station’s laboratories. The flight will include three spacewalks to switch out a gyroscope on the station’s truss, or backbone, install a spare ammonia storage tank and return a used one, and retrieve a Japanese experiment from the station’s exterior.
Three of the seven-member crew are women, the total in orbit is now a record four.
Space shuttle Discovery began a 13-day flight to the International Space Station with a launch at 6:21 a.m. EDT from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. STS-131 is the… read more
Space shuttle Discovery began a 13-day flight to the International Space Station with a launch at 6:21 a.m. EDT from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
STS-131 is the second of five shuttle missions planned for 2010, with the last flight targeted for a September launch.
Discovery will deliver science and supplies to the station. Inside the shuttle’s cargo bay is the multi-purpose logistics module Leonardo, a pressurized “moving van” that will be temporarily attached to the station. The module is filled with supplies, a new crew sleeping quarters and science racks that will be transferred to the station’s laboratories. The flight will include three spacewalks to switch out a gyroscope on the station’s truss, or backbone, install a spare ammonia storage tank and return a used one, and retrieve a Japanese experiment from the station’s exterior.
Three of the seven-member crew are women, the total in orbit is now a record four. close
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