This section of the diary covers the period from 2002 March onwards.
Expedition 5 takes over the Station.
| Date |
Time (UTC) |
Event |
| 2002 Mar 1 |
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Approximate time - the International Space Station crew photographs the vapour trail left by Shuttle Columbia as it sets off on the STS-109 Hubble Telescope repair mission |
| 2002 Mar 1 |
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The crew begins preparing the Kolibri micro-satellite for launch from Progress M1-7 when it departs |
| 2002 Mar 3 |
03:02 |
Planned time for an avoidance manoeuvre to take the International Space Station away from an item of orbiting space debris - it does not take place as the miss-distance is deemed to be safe |
| 2002 Mar 8 |
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During a test with the station's remote manipulator arm, it is confirmed that one of it's 'wrist' joints has failed |
| 2002 Mar 9 |
13:30 |
International Space Station and Shuttle Columbia, on its HST Repair mission, exchange messages by direct radio link |
| 2002 Mar 13 |
00:06 |
International Space Station orbit is raised using the engines of Progress M1-7 - the purpose is two-fold - as well as raising the orbit, it puts the International Space Station in the right position for the upcoming Progress M1-8 launch |
| 2002 Mar 13 |
00:52 |
A second firing of Progress M1-7's engine completes the orbit re-bost - orbit is now 392 x 397 kilometres |
| 2002 Mar 19 |
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Progress M1-8 and its launching rocket are rolled out to the launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome |
| 2002 Mar 19 |
17:43 |
Progress M1-7 undocks from the International Space Station |
| 2002 Mar 19 |
17:46 |
Progress M1-7 fires its thrusters to begin moving away from the International Space Station |
| 2002 Mar 19 |
21:40 |
A second firing of Progress M1-7's engines speeds up the rate of separation |
| 2002 Mar 19 |
22:28 |
Kolibri', a small Russian/Australian satellite is released, using springs, from Progress M1-7 into an orbit of x kilometres at 51.6 degrees inclination - it is intended for use in comparative studies of near-Earth space over Europe and Australia, as well as for investigation of processes in Earth's radiation belts and Earth's magnetosphere during solar flares |
| 2002 Mar 20 |
01:27 |
Progress M1-7 fires its onboard engine and re-enters the Earth's atmosphere to burn up over the Pacific Ocean |
| 2002 Mar 21 |
20:13 |
Progress M1-8 cargo supply ship launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome Soyuz-U rocket into an orbit of 189 x 233 kilometres at 51.6 degrees inclination - it carries 2.4 tonnes of supplies, including propellant for replenishing Zvezda's tanks and will take one day loner than usual to reach the International Space Station - this is due to tests being carried out accelerometers for the new Soyuz TMA vehicle - first launch due 2002 October |
| 2002 Mar 22 |
05:10 |
Progress M1-8 orbit is 284 x 313 kilometers |
| 2002 Mar 22 |
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Onufrienko and Walz are given a course of instruction by mission Control-Moscow in operating the TORU remote control system for use with Progress |
| 2002 Mar 24 |
20:57 |
Under the control of mission Control Centre - Moscow, Progress M1-8 docks with the rear-facing port of Zvezda, recently cleared by the departure of Progress M-45 - the docking does not produce a seal between the two spacecraft - International Space Station orbit is 389 x 394 kilometres |
| 2002 Mar 25 |
00:00 |
The hatch between Progress M1-8 and the International Space Station is opened for the first time |
| 2002 Mar 27 |
11:55 |
International Space Station passes within 3 kilometres of a piece of debris from the 2002 launch of India's PSLV rocket - avoiding action is not necessary |
| 2002 Mar 27 |
13:15 |
Russian mission controllers begin a series of tests that finish with test firings of Progress M1-8's attitude control thrusters |
| 2002 Apr 8 |
18:44 |
After a brief hold in the final moments of countdown, the crew of thge International Space Station observes Space Shuttle Atlantis being launched from Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-110 into orbit of 155 x 230 kilometres at 51.6 degrees inclination, with a crew consisting of Lt-Col Michael Bloomfield USAF (commander) Cdr Stephen Frick USN (pilot), and mission Specialists Lt-Col Rex Walheim USAF, Ellen Ochoa, Lee Morin, Jerry Ross and Stephen Smith
After a brief hold in the final moments of countdown, the crew of thge International Space Station observes Space Shuttle Atlantis being launched from Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-110 into orbit of 155 x 230 kilometres at 51.6 degrees inclination, with a crew consisting of Lt-Col Michael Bloomfield USAF (commander) Cdr Stephen Frick USN (pilot), and mission Specialists Lt-Col Rex Walheim USAF, Ellen Ochoa, Lee Morin, Jerry Ross and Stephen Smith
After a brief hold in the final moments of countdown, the crew of thge International Space Station observes Space Shuttle Atlantis being launched from Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-110 into orbit of 155 x 230 kilometres at 51.6 degrees inclination, with a crew consisting of Lt-Col Michael Bloomfield USAF (commander) Cdr Stephen Frick USN (pilot), and mission Specialists Lt-Col Rex Walheim USAF, Ellen Ochoa, Lee Morin, Jerry Ross and Stephen Smith
After a brief hold in the final moments of countdown, the crew of thge International Space Station observes Space Shuttle Atlantis being launched from Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-110 into orbit of 155 x 230 kilometres at 51.6 degrees inclination, with a crew consisting of Lt-Col Michael Bloomfield USAF (commander) Cdr Stephen Frick USN (pilot), and mission Specialists Lt-Col Rex Walheim USAF, Ellen Ochoa, Lee Morin, Jerry Ross and Stephen Smith |
| 2002 Apr 9 |
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Unufrienko and Bursch remove the electronics pack from the Soyuz TM-33 Kurs rendezvous system - it will be stored and later returned to Earth for re-use |
| 2002 Apr 11 |
10:45 |
Ochoa uses the International Space Station Remote Manipulator System to unberth the S-0 Truss from Atlantis's cargo bay |
| 2002 Apr 11 |
14:30 |
The S-0 Truss is berthed in its cradle on the International Space Station |
| 2002 Apr 11 |
14:35 |
Smith and Walheim begin a space walk to install struts for the S-0 Truss, install electronic equipment and connect cables, and to inspect an area of thermal insulation around the Station's GPS antenna (they confirm that part of the insulation is blocking one of the antennae |
| 2002 Apr 11 |
22:24 |
Smith and Walheim complete their space walk after 7 hr 48 min, having taken about one hour longer than planned and having to postpone some of their work |
| 2002 Apr 12 |
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Cosmonautics Day in Russia - celebrating 41 years since Gagarin's flight, also the 21st anniversary of Columbia's launch on the first space shuttle mission |
| 2002 Apr 13 |
14:09 |
Ross and Morin begin a space walk to add further struts to support the S-0 Truss, and connect more cables |
| 2002 Apr 13 |
21:39 |
Ross and Morin complete their space walk after 7 hr 30 min |
| 2002 Apr 13 |
22:39 |
A series of firings by Atlantis's Reaction Control System over a one hour period raises the International Space Station orbit slightly - it is now 385 x 389 kilometres kilometres |
| 2002 Apr 14 |
13:48 |
Smith and Walheim begin a space walk to release the temporary clamp holding the S-0 Truss in place until the struts were installed, to remove clamps holding Truss cables in place during the launch, and to fit additional handrails to the outside of the station |
| 2002 Apr 14 |
20:15 |
Smith and Walheim complete their space walk after 6 hr 27 min |
| 2002 Apr 14 |
21:52 |
A second series of firings by Atlantis's Reaction Control System over a one hour period raises the International Space Station orbit slightly - it is now 385 x 391 kilometres kilometres |
| 2002 Apr 15 |
12:22 |
Walz starts a seven minute test of the mobile section of the S-0 Truss, running it along it tracks - the test is not completed |
| 2002 Apr 15 |
21:40 |
Walz completes the test of the S-0 Truss 'railcar' |
| 2002 Apr 16 |
14:29 |
Ross and Morin begin a space walk to add a connecting handrail between the S-0 Truss and the Quest airlock, to continue connecting cables and releasing safety clamps, to install floodlights on the outside of the station, and to adjust the position of a thermal blanket that is blocking one of the GPS antennae |
| 2002 Apr 16 |
21:06 |
Ross and Morin complete their space walk after 6 hr 37 min |
| 2002 Apr 17 |
12:20 |
A third series of firings by Atlantis's thrusters over a one hour period raises the International Space Station orbit to 388 x 400 kilometres |
| 2002 Apr 17 |
16:00 |
Approximate time - hatches between the International Space Station and Atlantis are closed |
| 2002 Apr 17 |
18:30 |
Atlantis undocks from the International Space Station and begins a fly-round - Atlantis then fires its thrusters and moves away |
| 2002 Apr 18 |
09:53 |
A six minute test is conducted on the Soyuz TM-33 thrusters prior to it being re-positioned on April 20 |
| 2002 Apr 19 |
15:20 |
Atlantis fires its OMS engines to initiate re-entry |
| 2002 Apr 20 |
03:15 |
Soyuz TM-33's sytems are activated prior to it being re-positioned, and the crew begins to de-activate the Station |
| 2002 Apr 20 |
05:00 |
Hatches between the International Space Station and Soyuz TM-33 are closed |
| 2002 Apr 20 |
09:16 |
Soyuz TM-33 undocks from Zvezda and moves along the hull of the station |
| 2002 Apr 20 |
09:37 |
Soyuz TM-33 re-docks at the Station's Pirs module |
| 2002 Apr 20 |
11:30 |
The International Space Station crew re-enters the station from Soyuz TM-33 |
| 2002 Apr 23 |
01:00 |
Soyuz TM-34 and its launching rocket are rolled out to the launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome |
| 2002 Apr 25 |
06:26 |
Soyuz TM-34 spacecraft launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz rocket into an orbit at approximately 185 x 210 kilometres at 51.6 degrees inclination, carrying a Soyuz "Taxi" crew consisting of Yuri Gidzenko (commander), Roberto Vittori of Italy and working for ESA (Flight Engineer no 1), and Mark Shuttleworth - a private citizen of South Africa |
| 2002 Apr 25 |
10:10 |
Soyuz TM-34 completes its first orbital correction |
| 2002 Apr 25 |
11:00 |
Soyuz TM-34 completes its second orbital correction - orbit is now 242 x 270 kilometres |
| 2002 Apr 26 |
07:22 |
Soyuz TM-34 completes its third orbital correction - orbit is lowered slightly to 244 x 266 kilometres |
| 2002 Apr 27 |
07:55 |
Soyuz TM-34 docks with the downward facing port of Zarya - International Space Station orbit is 388 x 398 kilometres |
| 2002 Apr 27 |
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The crew seats are switched between Soyuz TM-34 and Soyuz TM-33 |
| 2002 Apr 28 |
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Shuttlewoth takes a telephone call from President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa |
| 2002 May 2 |
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mission control - Moscow conducts a firing test of Soyuz TM-33's thrusters |
| 2002 May 4 |
20:15 |
The Taxi crew re-activates Soyuz TM-34 prior to departure |
| 2002 May 4 |
21:15 |
Hatches between Pirs and Soyuz TM-34 are closed |
| 2002 May 5 |
00:31 |
Soyuz TM-33 undocks from the Pirs module carrying the Taxi crew of Gidzenko, Vittori and Shuttleworth |
| 2002 May 5 |
03:52 |
Soyuz TM-32 lands 26 kilometres south-east of Arkalyk in Kazakhstan |
| 2002 May 15 |
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mission managers determine that the International Space Station is to pass 3.3 kilometres from the spent rocket stage from the Cosmos 2292 launch |
| 2002 May 15 |
22:30 |
The thrusters of Progress M1-8 are used to raise the Station's orbit slightly in order to increase the miss distance from the Cosmos 2292 rocket stage |
| 2002 May 20 |
18:21 |
The Station passes near a spent Indian-launched rocket stage - no avoidance manoeuvre is necessary |
| 2002 May 22 |
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The thrusters of Progress M1-8 are fired to make a minor orbital correction - orbit is 384 x 395 kilometres |
| 2002 May 26 |
19:48 |
The International Space Station passes 4.6 kilometres from the spent rocket stage from the Cosmos 185 launch |
| 2002 May 30 |
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Onufrienko conducts voice and telemetry tests with the tracking ship 'Cosmonaut Viktor Patsayev' which is tied up in the harbour of Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea |
| 2002 May 30 |
23:44 |
Planned launch time for Endeavour on the STS-111 mission - the launch is delayed |
| 2002 Jun 4 |
14:27 |
A problem with a liquid hydrogen vent pipe on the launch support structure causes NASA to delay the day's planned launch of Endeavour until April 8 |
| 2002 Jun 5 |
21:22 |
After several delays due to weather, Space Shuttle Endeavour launched from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-111 into orbit of 155 x 235 kilometres at 51.6 degrees inclination with crew consisting of Kenneth Cockrell (commander), Lt-Col Paul S Lockhart USAF (pilot), mission specialists Franklin Chang-Diaz PhD and Col Phillipe Perrin of the French Air Force (CNES) - Endeavour also carries the International Space Station Expedition 5 crew consisting of Col Valeriy G Korzun of the Russian Air Force (station commander), Peggy Whitson PhD and Sergei Y Treschev |
| 2002 Jun 6 |
03:00 |
Endeavour's orbit is 233 x 333 kilometres |
| 2002 Jun 7 |
16:25 |
Endeavour docks with the PMA-2 Adaptor at the forward-facing end of Destiny - orbit is 381 x 389 kilometres |
| 2002 Jun 7 |
19:08 |
The hatches between Endeavour and the International Space Station are opened |
| 2002 Jun 7 |
22:55 |
The Expedition 5 crew formally takes command of the International Space Station |
| 2002 Jun 8 |
11:00 |
Approximate time - the bearing in a Control Moment Gyro on the Z-1 truss fails |
| 2002 Jun 8 |
13:29 |
Endeavour's commander Ken Cockrell attaches the Shuttle's remote manipulator arm to the logistics module Leonardo |
| 2002 Jun 8 |
13:45 |
Logistics module Leonardo is unberthed from Endeavour's cargo bay |
| 2002 Jun 8 |
14:28 |
Leonardo is attached to the Common Berthing Mechanism on the underside of Destiny |
| 2002 Jun 9 |
15:27 |
Chang-Diaz and Perrin begin a space walk to attach equipment to the outside of the Station, examine the thermal covering over the failed gyro, and to remove unnecessary thermal blanket from another are on the outside of the station |
| 2002 Jun 9 |
22:41 |
Chang-Diaz and Perrin complete their space walk after 7 hr 14 min |
| 2002 Jun 10 |
09:03 |
Whitson and Walz use the Station's remote manipulator system to attach the Base Unit on the S0 truss's Mobile Transporter |
| 2002 Jun 10 |
20:53 |
A series of thruster firings by Endeavour over a one hour period raises the International Space Station orbit - it is now 382 x 391 kilometres |
| 2002 Jun 11 |
15:20 |
Chang-Diaz and Perrin begin a second space walk to attach video, data and power cables to the Mobile Base Unit, use a torque wrench to complete the Unit's installation and to re-locate an external TV camera |
| 2002 Jun 12 |
00:19 |
Walz and Bursch pass the previous US long duration mission record of 184 days 4 hrs set by Shannon Lucid aboard Mir |
| 2002 Jun 12 |
00:19 |
Walz and Bursch pass the previous US long duration mission record of 184 days 4 hrs set by Shannon Lucid aboard Mir |
| 2002 Jun 12 |
13:08 |
A second, one hour, series of thruster firings by Endeavour raises the International Space Station orbit - it is now 384 x 392 kilometres |
| 2002 Jun 13 |
15:16 |
After a thirty minute delay, Chang-Diaz and Perrin begin a third space walk to replace a joint on the Station's remote manipulator arm |
| 2002 Jun 13 |
22:33 |
Chang-Diaz and Perrin complete their space walk after 7 hr 17 min |
| 2002 Jun 14 |
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A third series of thruster firings by Endeavour raises the International Space Station orbit - it is now 390 x 399 kilometres |
| 2002 Jun 14 |
14:30 |
Hatches between Destiny and Leonardo are closed |
| 2002 Jun 14 |
18:11 |
Leonardo is re-berthed in Endeavour's cargo bay |
| 2002 Jun 15 |
12:23 |
Hatches between the International Space Station and Endeavour are closed |
| 2002 Jun 15 |
14:32 |
Endeavour undocks from the International Space Station and begins a fly-round |
| 2002 Jun 15 |
16:53 |
Endeavour fires its thrusters and moves away from the International Space Station |
| 2002 Jun 17 |
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Two possible landing opportunities for Endeavour at the Kennedy Space Center are waved off because of rain and thunderstorms |
| 2002 Jun 18 |
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Two further landing opportunities for Endeavour at the Kennedy Space Center are waved off because of rain and thunderstorms |
| 2002 Jun 18 |
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Landing opprtunities for Endeavour at the Kennedy Space Center are again waved off because of rain and thunderstorms |
| 2002 Jun 18 |
16:50 |
Endeavour fires its OMS engines to initiate re-entry |
| 2002 Jun 18 |
17:26 |
Endeavour lands on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base |
| 2002 Jun 18 |
17:27 |
Wheel stop - Endeavour's mission is over and the International Space Station crew exchange between Expedition 4 and Expedition 5 has been completed |
| 2002 Jun 22 |
10:00 |
Korzun and Treschev undertake thirty minutes of "refresher" training on the use of Zvezda's TORU remote control system in case it has to be used for the upcoming Progress M-46 docking (problems have been experienced with spurious signals being received by the automatic 'Jurs' system during recent automatic dockings) |
| 2002 Jun 24 |
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Progress M-46 and its launching rocket are rolled out to the launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome |
| 2002 Jun 24 |
06:30 |
Approximate time - Progress M1-8 is re-activated and preparations begin for its departure from the International Space Station |
| 2002 Jun 25 |
08:26 |
Progress M1-8 undocks from the International Space Station - the event is ninety minutes later than planned due to a minor problem with the vehicle |
| 2002 Jun 25 |
11:35 |
Progress M1-8 fires its onboard engine and begins to descend |
| 2002 Jun 25 |
12:13 |
Progress M1-8 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere to burn up over the Pacific Ocean |
| 2002 Jun 26 |
05:36 |
Progress M-46 cargo supply ship launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome Soyuz-U rocket into an orbit of approximately 183 x 215 kilometres at 51.6 degrees inclination - it carries 2.58 tonnes of supplies, including propellant for replenishing Zvezda's tanks |
| 2002 Jun 26 |
16:00 |
Progress M-46 orbit is 267 x 277 kilometres |
| 2002 Jun 28 |
07:20 |
Korzun and Treschev conduct a two hour test of the Kurs system using Progress M-46 which is trailing the Station by 30 kilometres - both vehicles are in an orbit of 387 x 397 kilometres |
| 2002 Jun 28 |
09:55 |
Progress M-46 fires its thrusters to adjust its orbit in order to move it further away from the International Space Station - it is now 389 x 399 kilometres |
| 2002 Jun 29 |
06:23 |
Under the control of mission Control Centre - Moscow, and after a fly-round of the International Space Station to test the radio reception by the 'Kurs' automated rendezvous system, Progress M-46 docks with the rear-facing port of Zvezda - International Space Station orbit is 387 x 397 kilometres |
| 2002 Jun 29 |
09:30 |
Approximate time - hatches between Progress M-46 and Zvezda are opened |
| 2002 Jul 10 |
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Treschev and Korzum make a call via the Station's IP telephone to congratulate Russian Air Force Colonel-General Pyotr Klimuk, former cosmonaut and head of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre, on his 60th birthday |
| 2002 Aug 19 |
16:26 |
Atlantis lands on the Kennedy Space Center runway |
| 2002 Aug 19 |
16:27 |
Wheel stop - Atlantis's mission is over |
