Steps of ISS assembly
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Spacecraft |
Launch date |
Landing date |
Station element |
| 45 |
"Progress М-52" |
Feb 28, 2005 | June 16, 2005 | |
| 46 |
"Soyuz ТМА-6" |
Apr 15, 2005 | Oct 11, 2005 | |
| 47 |
"Progress М-53" |
June 17, 2005 | Sep 7, 2005 | |
| 48 |
"Discovery" STS-114 |
July 26, 2005 | Aug 9, 2005 | |
| 49 |
"Progress М-54" |
Sep 8, 2005 | Mar 3, 2006 | |
On February 28, 2005 the Soyuz-U launch vehicle combined
with Progress M-52 transport cargo vehicle (ISS Mission
Program, flight number 17P) was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome.
On March 2 the Souyz-U docked with the ISS. The mission
objective is to deliver onboard the ISS orbital complex
the fuel and cargoes required to keep up the station operation
and its crew living conditions and work. The cargo vehicle
delivered 262 kg of fuel to refuel the ISS installation
system, 75 kg of oxygen, 34 kg of air, 312 kg of food products,
420 kg of potable water, 78 kg of special-purpose cargoes
to carry out the experiments, including the European Space
Agency ENEIDE
Program-specific experiments, as well as the equipment
for the Orbital Complex different systems and integration
of European Automatic Transfer Vehicle (ATV) into the Orbital
Complex, medical support aids, personal protection aids,
flight documentation and parcels for crew members.
The ISS Complex is staying in orbit in the following content:
Russian Segment - Functional Cargo Block Zarya, Zvezda Service
Module, docking compartment - module Pirs, Soyuz TMA-5 manned
transport vehicle, Progress M-52 transport cargo vehicle;
American Segment - modules Unity, Destiny, airlock Quest
and multielement truss structure with solar arrays deployed.
The Complex mass is about 183,2 t.
On June 16,2005 Progress M-52 was undocked from the ISS,
de-orbited and brought down to Earth in its target area
in the Pacific Ocean.
On
April 15, 2005 the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle launched the
Russian Soyuz TMA-6 manned transport vehicle (ISS Mission
Program, flight number 10S) from Baikonur, which docked
with the station on April 17. The Soyuz TMA-6 crew consists
of the following members: Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev,
American astronaut John Phillips and astronaut from the
European Space Agency, the Italian citizen Robert Vittori.
The launch objective is to deliver onboard the ISS the
main expedition crew ISS-11, namely: Russian cosmonaut
Sergei Krikalev, NASA astronaut John Phillips; provide the
scheduled rotation of the main expedition crew ISS-10, namely:
NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao and Russian cosmonaut Salizhan
Sharipov, as well as the replacement of the Soyuz TMA-5
manned transport vehicle, which has been operating as part
of the ISS Orbital Complex in the capacity of a rescue vehicle
since October 16, 2004; conduct by ESA astronaut Roberto
Vittori the onboard activities under the eighth ISS Visiting
Crew (VC-8) Program, including carrying out space experiments
and research under the ENEIDE
Project; solve the problems of technical support of
the main expedition crew flight, as well as maintaining
the station and its systems operability. On April 24, 2005
at 22 hours 42 minutes Moscow Time the Soyuz TMA-5 manned
transport vehicle was undocked from Zarya Module. On April
25 at 2 hours 08 minutes Moscow Time the space vehicle descent
module carrying the visiting crew member ESA astronaut Roberto
Vittori and the ISS-10 crew members - American astronaut
Leroy Chiao and Russian cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov, returned
to earth.
The ISS Orbital Complex is staying in orbit in the following
content: Functional Cargo Block Zarya, Zvezda Service Module,
docking compartment - module Pirs, Soyuz TMA manned transport
vehicle, Progress M-52 transport cargo vehicle (Russian
Segment); modules Unity, Destiny, airlock Quest and large-scale
multielement truss structure with solar arrays deployed
thereon (USOS). The complex mass is about 182,9 t.
On June 17,2005, a Soyuz-U launch vehicle carrying the Progress
M-53 logistics spacecraft (mission number 18P under the
ISS program) was launch from Baikonur launch site. On June
19 the spacecraft docked with ISS. The objective of the
launch was to deliver to the space station cargoes required
for continuing its operation in manned mode, providing life
support to the crew, refueling the tanks of the propulsion
system.
Progress M-53 has delivered to the space station about
2.4 tons of various cargoes, including 262 kg of propellant,
111 kg of oxygen, 279 kg of food, 420 kg of potable water,
146 kg of hardware for the air and water regeneration system,
as well as 217 kg of cargoes are for the US segment of
ISS.
The space station currently consists of: the Russian Segment
- the Functional Cargo Module (FGB) Zarya, Service Module
Zvezda, Docking Module Pirs, transportation spacecraft Soyuz
TMA-6 and Progress M-53; and the US Orbital Segment - Unity
and Destiny modules, Quest airlock and a multi-element truss
structure carrying deployed solar arrays. The Space Station
mass is about 184.0 tons.
On September 7, 2005 the cargo transport vehicle Progress
M-53 was undocked from the ISS, deorbited and sunk in a
pre-set area of the Pacific Ocean.
July 26, 2005, saw the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery
STS-114 (mission LF1 under ISS deployment program), which
on July 28 docked with ISS. It was the first launch of a
Space Shuttle after the loss of Columbia in 2003. The Orbiter
crew consists of NASA astronauts Eileen Collins (Commander),
James Kelly (pilot), Steven Robinson, Andrew Thomas, Wendy
Lawrence, Charles Camarda and an astronaut from the Japan
Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Soichi Noguchi (mission
specialists). Using logistics module Rafaello (MPLM-6) placed
into the Discovery cargo bay, several tons of payloads were
delivered to ISS, including water, new gyroscopes and EVA
space suits. It also provided the means for returning to
Earth some expensive hardware, in particular, dismantled
sets of equipment of the Russian rendezvous and docking
system Kurs (for their re-use), as well as experiments results.
In the course of the attached flight Japanese astronaut
Soichi Noguchi and US astronaut Steven Robinson performed
three space walks, during which they examined the outer
surface of Discovery for possible damage, performed an experiment
to test the in-flight restoration of the Orbiter thermal
protection. Also, on-board ISS, they reconfigured the power
supply unit of Control Motion Gyro CNG-2, dismantled a failed
Control Motion Gyro CMG-1 and replaced it with a new one,
mounted on the Quest airlock an external storage platform
ESP-2 designed to store all kinds of equipment and tools,
replaced some of the kits in the MISSE science experiment.
On August 6 Discovery successfully undocked and on August
9 it successfully landed on Earth.
On September 8, 2005 Launch Vehicle Soyuz-U with cargo
transport vehicle Progress M-54 was launched from Cosmodrome
Baikonur (ISS Mission Program, flight number 19P), which
on September 10 was docked with the ISS. The launch objective
was to deliver to the ISS the cargoes required to support
its operation in a manned mode, crew living conditions
and work, refuelling of propulsion system fuel tanks. Cargo
vehicle Progress M-54 delivered to the station various
cargoes of 2,4 tons by mass, including fuel (610 kg), oxygen
(110 kg) food products (393 kg), potable water (210 kg),
water and air recovery systems equipment (341 kg), scientific
research equipment (27 kg), as well as the cargoes for
the ISS USOS
(74 kg).
The ISS operates in orbit consisting of the Russian Segment:
Functional Cargo Block Zarya, docking compartment Pirs,
Soyuz TMA-6 manned spacecraft, cargo transport vehicle
Progress M-54; the American Segment: modules Unity, Destiny,
airlock Quest and multielement truss structure with the
solar arrays deployed. Mass of the Complex is about 186,4
tons. On March 3, 2006 upon completion of the flight program
Progress M-54 was splashed down in the assigned region of
the world oceanic area.
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