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Highlights:
· Launch: June 6, 2002 ­ with STS-111 · Landing: Dec. 7, 2002 ­ with STS-113 · Duration: 184 days, 22 hours, 14 minutes · Crew: Commander Valery Korzun, NASA ISS Science Officer Peggy Whitson, Flight Engineer Sergei Treschev · Elements added during mission: S1 Truss and P1 Truss · Science experiments conducted: 25

Dr. Peggy Whitson, who has a doctorate in biochemistry from Rice University, became the station's first resident scientist when she arrived at the ISS June 7, 2002, as an Expedition 5 Flight Engineer. A few months later, Whitson was named NASA's first ISS Science Officer. In his Sept. 16 announcement, NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe said Whitson was "an obvious choice" for the job.

The people on the ground know about the station, and the children want to be cosmonauts, astronauts, to fly in space, and this is a dream...for them. And
NASA ISS 005e17453 Expedition 5 Commander Valer y Korzun, Science Officer Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Sergei Treschev are all smiles in the ISS. NASA S113e05442 Astronaut Peggy Whitson, Expedition 5 NASA ISS science officer, looks at the ISS through a window on the Space Shuttle Endeavour following the undocking of the two spacecraft. Endeavour pulled away from the station on Dec. 2. The ISS had been Whitson's home for 184 days. NASA JSC ISS005-E-20302 Commander Valer y Korzun checks a plant growth experiment in the Zvezda Ser vice Module on the ISS.

this is very important for a new human generation,
I think to think about it and to have wishes to go in space.

­Valery Korzun, from his preflight interview

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Background image: NASA JSC 2002e51798 Photo by James Blair Expedition 5 Science Officer Peggy Whitson, Flight Engineer Sergei Treschev and Commander Valer y Korzun are welcomed home from their 184-day stay aboard the ISS.


JSC engineer honored by Air Force
By Kylie Moritz

Royce Forman has been a leader in the field of structural integrity and The software Forman developed is called NASGRO. It helps engineers analyze safety of aircraft for more than 40 years. fatigue crack growth, as well as assess the structural life of materials and the effects of In December, the United States Air Force Aircraft Structural Integrity stress on the equipment. Many companies outside of NASA, as well as the United Program (ASIP) recognized Forman's expertise. The award is in honor States Department of Defense and the Federal Aviation Administration, use the of a structural integrity and safety pioneer, John W. Lincoln, and is NASGRO software program. presented every year to a distinguished career expert who has made As the JSC representative of the NASA Fracture Control Methodology Panel, significant contributions toward advancements in Forman also spearheaded the development aircraft structural integrity and safety. and publication of NASA's fracture control "It was a surprise to receive the award," requirements documents for space shuttle Forman said. payloads and the International Space Station. Forman's career began to excel at the He continues to contribute to the field of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. There structural integrity by authoring papers and he investigated crack problems in Vietnam War publications. As a result, much of his work aircraft. During those investigations he initiated is internationally recognized, included in the use of fracture mechanics to examine aircraft technical books and taught in college courses. in the Air Force, studying the growth rate and the For his dedicated efforts throughout the instability of crack defects. He also developed years, Forman has received a Silver Snoopy the universally known "Forman Equation" used in Award, numerous performance awards from predicting the growth rate of fatigue cracks. NASA and a Man of the Year award from the Forman then moved to Nassau Bay to work at Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory. Johnson Space Center in 1967. He is now the His most recent recognition from the Air senior engineer overseeing fracture mechanics Force was a true honor for Forman. "I attend technology, testing and development at JSC. the ASIP conference every year and personally One of his biggest achievements was to initiate know all of the six previous winners," he said. the development of a fracture control analysis "There are a number of people that deserve software code. the award, and I hoped that someday I would He formed the NASA Fracture Control be honored." Methodology Panel and originated the Space Act Agreement between NASA and the More information about Southwest Research Institute to develop the the award can be found at the software. He now manages NASA's role in a ASIP Web site: 13-company consortium to maintain and http://www.asipcon.com/index.htm NASA JSC 2003e00584 Photo by Bill Stafford upgrade the software program.



Solar-powered refrigerator keeps things cool with the hot sun
By Joanne Hale

"The refrigerator can run on as little as five hours of sun a day," said Ewert. "The control system matches the amount of sunshine to the compressor's speed When JSC engineer Michael K. Ewert entered his design for a solar powered so that it can run slow in the morning and speed up in the afternoon when the house in his sixth grade science fair he never dreamed he would some day be sun is most intense. During a stretch of cloudy days the refrigerator builds up designing air conditioning systems for human habitat on the moon. But that is thermal storage and can remain cold for up to a week." exactly how it turned out. SunDanze Refrigeration, Inc., founded by co-inventor David Bergeron, is Ewert, who has been working on developing a cooling system for the moon currently selling the solar cooling system for $1,150. Two dozen have sold to since 1992, took his original design concept date and Ewert has high hopes for the and applied it to a more down to earth refrigerator's future. application: solar powered refrigeration. "The startup company is small but sales "I began looking at what people were doing have continually increased," Ewert said. "I on earth and became interested in solar refrigsee the first potential use in the area of small eration systems," said Ewert. "Technically it is business. It (solar refrigerator) could easily be the same type of cooling system but on a used for such things as selling refreshments. smaller scale." Hopefully the price will come down and As a result, Ewert was awarded his third more people will be able to use it." patent since 2001 for his solar-powered Ewert says he enjoys working on invenrefrigeration system. This latest patent focuses tions that have worldwide implications, such on the innovative control techniques that enable as his solar refrigeration concept, because the refrigerator to run efficiently. of the benefit that he can bring to people The solar refrigerator, a battery-free 4 around the globe. cubic ft. design, is operated by a variable speed "It inspires me to work on technology compressor, solar panel and thermal storage knowing it has the potential to improve unit that work together to utilize the sun's people's lives," Ewert said. energy and run the refrigerator with optimum Ewert is hoping to promote his unique NASA JSC 2003e01555 Photo by Mark Sowa efficiency. solar cooling technology to the automotive Michael Ewert receives the Inventor Award from Sue Garman at the industry later this year. JSC Inventor's Luncheon

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