The International Space Station

by Catchpole, John E.

• ISBN13: 9780387781440
• ISBN10: 0387781447
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-01
• Publisher: Praxis

Summary

This book will cover in great detail the newest construction and uses of the International Space Station. The new volume will continue on from the end of Creating the International Space Station by David Harland and John Catchpole (published in January 2002 by Springer Praxis), providing flight by flight details and relevant political and "behind the scenes" activities as are necessary to explain why certain decisions, including flight re-scheduling and crew-reassignment, are made.Part 1 will open with a chapter recounting the political history of the ISS, including how and why the program came into being. Chapter 2 will look at the four partners involved (USA, Russia, ESA, and Brazil), with a brief account of what each partner is bringing to the program. Chapter 3 will study the initial goals of the program, how they have changed and whether they have been met. Chapter 4 will summarize the program at the end of Creating the International Space Station.Part 2 will look at the findings and recommendations of the International Space Station Management and Cost Evaluation Task Force. Part 3 will examine the original flight coverage, including the beginning of the construction of the Integrated Truss Structure, and will cover the station's occupation from the start of Expedition 4, through to the end of Expedition 6. Part 4 will start with the loss of STS-107 ' Columbia ' and explain its effect on both the International Space Station and the American space effort in general. It will cover the Expedition 7 occupation through to the beginning of Expedition 13, concentrating on the work of the two-person "Caretaker Crews".Part 5 will study the recovery from the STS-107 tragedy and the re-commencement of the ISS construction, overcoming the grounding of the Space Shuttle fleet. It will cover the remainder of the Expedition 13 occupation, the return to three-person occupation, through to the end of Expedition 15 and the installation of Node-2, the final American module.Part 6 will briefly look forward to the installation of the International Partner's modules as well as the introduction of the European and Japanese robotic cargo vehicles. The book will end with a glance at plans for the Orion spacecraft and Ares-1 launch vehicle, and the delivery of Node-2, the final piece of American hardware. Three Appendices will up-date those published in Creating the International Space Station : Appendix A will list ISS hardware descriptions, Appendix B will be a complete ISS Flight Log and Appendix C will be a full ISS Extravehicular Activity Log.

Author Biography

John Catchpole is a freelance writer specialising in human spaceflight history. In addition to co-authoring Creating the International Space Station, he is also the author of Project Mercury - NASA's First Manned Space Programme and has published over 150 magazine articles on the subject of human spaceflight and spaceflight history, including many in Spaceflight, a monthly magazine published by the British Interplanetary Society.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
List of figures	p. xiii
Resources	p. xix
Conversion table	p. xxi
Early construction	p. 1
What is the International Space Station?	p. 1
Partners	p. 13
America	p. 14
Russia	p. 16
Canada	p. 20
Europe	p. 22
Japan	p. 26
Brazil	p. 28
The ISS Management and Cost Evaluation Task Force	p. 29
ISS Management and Cost Evaluation Task Force	p. 30
Special findings	p. 31
Special recommendations	p. 31
"Pioneer the future"	p. 33
Commencing the Integrated Truss Structure	p. 35
STS-108 begins Expedition-4	p. 35
Expedition-4	p. 43
Progress M1-8	p. 51
European commercialisation	p. 52
Words of warning	p. 52
NASA's costings criticised	p. 53
STS-110 delivers the Starboard-0 ITS	p. 53
Soyuz TM-34 delivers a fresh Crew Return Vehicle	p. 62
STS-111 delivers Expedition-5 and repairs the SSRMS	p. 65
Expedition-5	p. 73
Shuttle fleet grounded	p. 74
The International Partners have problems	p. 75
Progress M-46	p. 75
More criticism	p. 78
Revival of the Crew Return Vehicle	p. 79
In orbit, life goes on	p. 79
Progress M1-9	p. 83
STS-112 delivers the Starboard-1 ITS	p. 83
Soyuz TMA-1, first of a new class	p. 91
STS-113 installs the Port-1 ITS	p. 95
ISS, the future	p. 103
Expedition-6	p. 103
Triumph and tragedy	p. 109
"Columbia is lost-there are no survivors"	p. 109
Progress M-47	p. 114
Continued operations	p. 118
Soyuz TMA-2 delivers Expedition-7, the first "caretaker crew"	p. 122
ESA moves ahead	p. 126
Expedition-7	p. 126
Progress M1-10	p. 128
Theory tested, and confirmed	p. 132
Columbia Accident Investigation Report	p. 135
Progress M-48	p. 139
China joins the spacefaring nations	p. 141
ISS, safe haven for Shuttle crews	p. 142
Soyuz TMA-3 delivers the Expedition-8 crew	p. 142
Expedition-8	p. 147
"Let us continue the journey"	p. 154
Progress M1-11	p. 157
Soyuz TMA-4 delivers the Expedition-9 crew	p. 161
Expedition-9	p. 163
Progress M-49	p. 166
Russia calls for 12-month Expedition flights	p. 166
Progress M-50	p. 171
Hurricane Francis visits Cape Canaveral	p. 171
Soyuz TMA-5 delivers the Expedition-10 crew	p. 174
Expedition-10	p. 177
A new Russian launch schedule	p. 180
NASA's budget approved	p. 181
Soyuz TMA-5 relocated	p. 181
Progress M-51	p. 182
Progress M-52	p. 186
Michael Griffin takes over at NASA	p. 187
Soyuz TMA-6 delivers the Expedition-11 crew	p. 190
Expedition-11	p. 192
Progress M-53	p. 197
Return to flight	p. 198
STS-114: a temporary return to flight	p. 200
Expedition-11 continues	p. 210
Progress M-54	p. 211
Soyuz TMA-7 delivers the Expedition-12 crew	p. 212
Expedition-12	p. 214
Progress M-55	p. 217
Soyuz TMA-8 delivers the Expedition-13 crew	p. 223
Expedition-13	p. 225
Progress M-56	p. 227
Progress M-57	p. 230
Recovery and restructuring	p. 231
STS-121 returns the Shuttle to flight	p. 231
Return to three Expedition crew members	p. 240
STS-115 delivers the port-3/4 ITS	p. 243
Soyuz TMA-9 delivers the Expedition-14 crew	p. 251
Expedition-14	p. 254
Progress M-58	p. 256
STS-116 delivers "Puny"	p. 258
Continuing the routine	p. 266
Progress M-59	p. 268
The Lisa Nowak affair	p. 270
More extravehicular activity	p. 271
OKA-T module	p. 274
Soyuz TMA-10 delivers the Expedition-15 crew	p. 274
Expedition-15	p. 276
Progress M-60	p. 278
New schedules and new funding	p. 280
STS-117 delivers the starboard-3/4 ITS	p. 282
Planning the end	p. 294
More computer tests	p. 295
Progress M-61	p. 298
STS-118 delivers "Stubby"	p. 298
Alone again	p. 311
Soyuz TMA-11 delivers the Expedition-16 crew	p. 314
STS-120 delivers Harmony, "the piece that makes the rest possible"	p. 317
Preparing for the International Partner modules	p. 331
Project Constellation	p. 339
Ares-I Crew Launch Vehicle	p. 339
First stage	p. 339
Second stage	p. 341
"Orion" Crew Exploration Vehicle	p. 341
The Moon's place in a US-led international initiative to explore the solar system	p. 347
Postscript	p. 349
Appendices
List of abbreviations	p. 353
International Space Station Flight Log	p. 365
Extravehicular activity	p. 373
Index	p. 377
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