brochu13
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Return to Flight Crew Exits Discovery
The seven-member crew of STS-114 has exited Discovery. The first steps the astronauts took out of the orbiter were into the Crew Hatch Access Vehicle, where they were given a brief medical exam to ensure they're healthy. After receiving an OK by doctors, Mission Commander Eileen Collins was the first astronaut onto the runway, followed by the rest of her team. The group then took a walk around Discovery to see how their ship faired through the 14-day mission.
Discovery spent two weeks in space, where the crew demonstrated new methods to inspect and repair the Shuttle in orbit. The crew also delivered supplies, outfitted and performed maintenance on the International Space Station. A number of these tasks were conducted during three spacewalks.
In an unprecedented event, spacewalkers were called upon to remove protruding gap fillers from the heat shield on Discovery's underbelly. In other spacewalk activities, astronauts installed an external platform onto the Station’s Quest Airlock and replaced one of the orbital outpost’s Control Moment Gyroscopes.
Inside the Station, the STS-114 crew conducted joint operations with the Expedition 11 crew. They unloaded fresh supplies from the Shuttle and the Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module. Before Discovery undocked, the crews filled Raffeallo with unneeded items and returned to Shuttle payload bay.
Discovery launched on July 26 and spent almost 14 days on orbit. |
Thank you, at least they got home. Shuttles have been officially grounded though and I bet they will remain that way until they can update the stuff better than the ancient 1982 stuff they use now.
Apparently the space shuttle is actually just an 'El Camino' with wings.
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08-09-2005 08:06 PM
