20 lat temu w lipcu 2001 roku odbył się 10. lot wahadłowca do ISS i jednocześnie 5. od czasu przybycia pierwszej Ekspedycji.Misja
STS-104 Atlantis/F-24 ISS-7A za główne zadanie miała dostarczyć do stacji śluzę Quest.
12.07.2001 o 09:03:59,040 (moment zapłonu SRB) z wyrzutni LC-39B na Cape Canaveral nastąpił start misji STS-104 Atlantis.
14.07.2001 o 03:08:05 nastąpiło połączenie orbitera z ISS.
22.07.2001 o 04:54 nastąpiło odłączenie promu Atlantis od stacji po 08d 01g 46m wspólnego lotu.
24.07.2001 NASA podjęła decyzję o przedłużeniu misji z powodu złych warunków pogodowych na Florydzie.
25.07.2001 o 03:38:55 wahadłowiec wylądował na bieżni SLF (RW15) KSC.
Czas lotu: 12d 18h 34m 56s.
Lot Atlantis będzie przedłużony 17.07.2001 kierownictwo lotu misji STS-104 zdecydowało się przedłużyć lot o jedną dobę, aby dać załodze czas na usunięcie opóźnienia spowodowanego wyciekiem z systemu chłodzenia śluzy Quest i nieszczelnością zaworu powietrznego.
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Doorway to the Future: 15 Years Since STS-104 (Part 1)By Ben Evans, on July 9th, 2016
(...) Finally, on the evening of 20 July 2001—exactly 32 years since humanity took its first steps on another heavenly body—all was ready for what NASA expected would allow the space station to really come into its own, as Gernhardt and Reilly prepared for the first EVA from Quest. Across two phases, the United States, Russia, and their partners had moved through the shuttle-Mir program and assembled the early hardware of the ISS. And with STS-104 and the activation of Quest, Phase Two was complete. This allowed what NASA described as “a higher degree of station independence in its own construction and maintenance.” From the moment Gernhardt and Reilly pushed open the crew lock’s hatch on 20 July to the instant Expedition 46 spacewalkers Tim Kopra and Tim Peake closed it on 15 January 2016, Quest would quite literally provide nothing less than a doorway to space.
https://www.americaspace.com/2016/07/09/doorway-to-the-future-15-years-since-sts-104-part-1/Doorway to the Future: 15 Years Since STS-104 (Part 2)By Ben Evans, on July 10th, 2016
(...) Over the next few years, the Campout Pre-Breathe and its subsequent evolution would be used for Stage EVAs and spacewalks conducted by shuttle astronauts out of Quest. During STS-115 in September 2006, spacewalkers Joe Tanner, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Dan Burbank, and Canada’s Steve MacLean, working in two alternating pairs, evaluated the procedure during their three EVAs. By years’ end, Quest had therefore seen not only its first Canadian occupant, but also its first German (Thomas Reiter) and its first Swede (Christer Fuglesang), which raised the status of the airlock from being a U.S.-built module to an integral component of an international partnership. (...)
https://www.americaspace.com/2016/07/10/doorway-to-the-future-15-years-since-sts-104-part-2/Space Station 20th: STS-104 Brings Quest Joint Airlock to the Space StationJul 14, 2021
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/space-station-20th-sts-104-brings-quest-joint-airlock-to-the-space-stationKENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- An overhead crane in the Space Station Processing Facility lifts the Joint Airlock Module from its workstand to move it to the Launch Package Integration Stand. The LPIS provides personnel and equipment access to the flight element in its final launch configuration. The Airlock is the primary payload on mission STS-104 to the International Space Station. It is a pressurized flight element consisting of two cylindrical chambers attached end-to-end by a connecting bulkhead and hatch. Once installed and activated, the Airlock becomes the primary path for spacewalk entry to and departure from the Space Station for U.S. spacesuits, which are known as Extravehicular Mobility Units, or EMUs. In addition, the Joint Airlock is designed to support the Russian Orlan spacesuit for EVA activity. STS-104 is scheduled for launch June 14 from Launch Pad 39B. (Photo Release Date: 05/07/2001https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-104/images/captions/KSC-01PP-0955.htmlhttps://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-104/images/images.htmlhttps://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-104.htmlhttp://www.astronautix.com/s/sts-104.htmlhttp://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-104.htmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-104https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-104https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/15470064732675153929:14 AM · Jul 18, 2023
STS-104 EVA 2 (6hr 29min) OTD in 2001. The 66th Shuttle EVA & the 23rd for ISS assembly continued the installation of the Quest airlock. Michael Gernhardt & Jim Reilly installed 3 gaseous tank assemblies with the help of both the shuttle's Canadarm & the station's Canadarm2.
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