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{{Infobox Space mission
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|mission_name     = STS-4V
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|mission_name = STS-4V
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|insignia    = Shuttle_Patch.png
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|insignia    = Shuttle Patch.svg
 
|shuttle      = Terra Nova
 
|shuttle      = Terra Nova
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|launch_pad  = SLC-6
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|launch_pad  = [[Wikipedia:Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 6|SLC-6]]
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|launch      = July 15, 2009</br> 6:25 a.m. PDT</br> (14:25 UTC)
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|launch      = July 29, 2009</br> 6:25 a.m. PDT</br> (14:25 UTC)
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|landing      = July 24, 2009  
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|landing      = August 10, 2009</br> 7:47 a.m. PDT<br> (15:47 UTC)
 
|apog        = TBD
 
|apog        = TBD
 
|perig        = TBD
 
|perig        = TBD
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|duration    = 13 days, 1 hour, 22 minutes
 
|inclination  = 90°
 
|inclination  = 90°
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|period      = TBD
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|period      = 90 minutes
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|orbits      = TBD
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|orbits      = 251
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|altitude    = TBD
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|altitude    = 191 miles (307 km)
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|spacecraft_mass    = TBD
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|spacecraft_mass    =  
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|distance    = TBD
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|distance    = 6,314,909 miles<br>(3,924,084.5 km)
 
|crew_photo  =  
 
|crew_photo  =  
 
|crew_caption =  
 
|crew_caption =  
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|previous    = [[STS-3V]] [[Image:Shuttle_Patch.png |35px|STS-3V]]
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|previous    = [[STS-3V]] [[Image:Shuttle Patch.svg |35px|STS-3V]]
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|next        = [[STS-5V]] [[Image:Shuttle_Patch.png |35px|STS-5V]]
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|next        = [[STS-5V]] [[Image:Shuttle Patch.svg |35px|STS-5V]]
 
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}}
  
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'''STS-4V''' is a multinational Earth-science space shuttle mission, planned for August 18, 2009. It is expected to use . The primary payload will be the SPACEHAB Double Research Module. The mission is scheduled to include three spacewalks using newly a updated version of the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).
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'''STS-4V''' was a multinational Earth-science space shuttle mission, launched July 29, 2009. The primary payload was the SPACEHAB Research Double Module and two [[Wikipedia:Extended Duration Orbiter|Extended Duration Orbiter]] pallets. The mission included two spacewalks using newly a updated version of the [[Wikipedia:Manned Maneuvering Unit|Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU)]]. The mission, which launched while [[Wikipedia:STS-127|STS-127]] and [[Wikipedia:Expedition 20|Expedition 20]] were in orbit, held a record for the most people in space at once (18) until the [[Orbital Contingency Test Flight]] launched in February of 2010.
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==Crew==
 
==Crew==
 
{{Spaceflight crew
 
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|position1        = Commander
 
|position1        = Commander
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|crew1_up        = [[Ian Rubin|Ian C. Rubin]]
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|crew1_up        = Harold Hamilton
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|flights1_up      = Third
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|flights1_up      = Fourth
  
 
|position2        = Pilot
 
|position2        = Pilot
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|crew2_up        = Harold Hamilton
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|crew2_up        = David Sanders
 
|flights2_up      = Fourth
 
|flights2_up      = Fourth
  
 
|position3        = Mission Specialist 1
 
|position3        = Mission Specialist 1
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|crew3_up        = Sarah Mason
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|crew3_up        = Ixy Comeaux
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|flights3_up      = Third
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|flights3_up      = Fifth
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|details3_up      = Lead spacewalker, EV1
  
 
|position4        = Mission Specialist 2
 
|position4        = Mission Specialist 2
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|crew4_up        = Ixy Comeaux
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|crew4_up        = Yuri Gregorov
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|flights4_up      = Fifth
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|flights4_up      = First
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|agency4_up      = [[Wikipedia:Russian Federal Space Agency|RKA]]
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|details4_up      = EV2
  
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|position5        = Mission Specialist 3
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|position5        = Payload Specialist 1
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|crew5_up        = Yuri Malashenko
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|crew5_up        = Clarissa Thomas
 
|flights5_up      = First
 
|flights5_up      = First
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|agency5_up      = [[Russian Federal Space Agency|RKA]]
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|agency5_up      = [[Wikipedia:European Space Agency|ESA]]
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|position6        = Payload Specialist 1
 
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|crew6_up        = Clarissa Thomas
 
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|flights6_up      = First
 
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|agency6_up      = [[European Space Agency|ESA]]
 
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
==Mission parameters==
 
==Mission parameters==
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* '''Mass:''' TBD
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*'''Mass:'''
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* '''Perigee:''' TBD
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** ''Orbiter Liftoff:'' 229,095 lb (506,300 kg)
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* '''Apogee:''' TBD
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** ''Orbiter Landing:'' TBD <!-- 205,305 lb (453,724 kg) -->
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* '''Inclination:''' 90°
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** ''Payload:'' 9,699 lb (21,553 kg)
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* '''Period:''' TBD
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*'''Perigee:''' 168 mi (270 km)
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*'''Apogee:''' 177 mi (285 km)
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*'''Inclination:''' 90°
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*'''Period:''' 90 minutes
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==Mission payload==
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==Launch attempts==
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==Mission highlights==
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==Extra-vehicular activity==
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Two spacewalks were planned for the mission, and both were completed successfully.
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{| class="wikitable"
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|- bgcolor="#efefef"
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! width="10%" style="background:#ccccff;color:black;text-align:left" | '''EVA #'''
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! width="20%" style="background:#ccccff;color:black;text-align:left" | '''Spacewalkers'''
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! width="16%" style="background:#ccccff;color:black;text-align:left" | '''Start (UTC)'''
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! width="16%" style="background:#ccccff;color:black;text-align:left" | '''End (UTC)'''
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! width="12%" style="background:#ccccff;color:black;text-align:left" | '''Duration'''
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|-
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| rowspan=2 style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | <small>EVA 1</small><br>
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| Ixy Comeaux
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| August 2<br />16:19
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| August 2<br />21:51
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| 5 hours, 32 minutes
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|-
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| colspan=4 style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | First successful test of the newly designed NG-MMU. Fourth ever untethered spacewalk.
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|-
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| rowspan=2 style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | <small>EVA 2</small><br>
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| Comeaux<br />Yuri Gregorov
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| August 4<br />15:27
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| August 4<br />22:20
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| 6 hours, 53 minutes
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|-
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| colspan=4 style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | First Russian and fifth ever untethered spacewalk.
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|}
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==Wake-up calls==
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A tradition for NASA human spaceflights since the days of [[Wikipedia:Project Gemini|Gemini]], mission crews are played a special musical track at the start of each day in space. Each track is specially chosen, often by their families, and usually has a special meaning to an individual member of the crew, or is applicable to their daily activities.
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{| class="wikitable"
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|- bgcolor="#efefef"
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! width="7%" style="background:#ccccff;color:black;text-align:left" | '''Flight Day'''
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! width="25%" style="background:#ccccff;color:black;text-align:left" | '''Song'''
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! width="15%" style="background:#ccccff;color:black;text-align:left" | '''Artist/Composer'''
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! width="20%" style="background:#ccccff;color:black;text-align:left" | '''Played for'''
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! width="12%" style="background:#ccccff;color:black;text-align:left" | '''Links'''
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|-
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| <small>Day 2</small><br>
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| "[[Wikipedia:In Here We Fall|Cosmic Castaway]]"
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | [[Wikipedia:Electrasy|Electrasy]]
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | Ixy Comeaux
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| <small>[http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/blank.wav WAV] [http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/blank.wav MP3]</br> [http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/Not_here.txt TRANSCRIPT]</small>
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|-
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| <small>Day 3</small><br>
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| “[[Wikipedia:Life Is a Highway|Life Is a Highway]]”
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | [[Wikipedia:Rascal Flatts|Rascal Flatts]]
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | David Sanders
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| <small>[http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-127/wave/fd07.wav WAV] [http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-127/mp3/fd07.mp3 MP3]</br> [http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-127/transcript/fd07.txt TRANSCRIPT]</small>
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|-
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| <small>Day 4</small><br>
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| “[[Wikipedia:Zamboni (song)|Zamboni]]”
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | [[Wikipedia:Gear Daddies|Gear Daddies]]
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | Harold Hamilton
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| <small>[http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-116/wave/fd11.wav WAV] [http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-116/mp3/fd11.mp3 MP3]</br> [http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-127/transcript/fd07.txt TRANSCRIPT]</small>
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|-
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| <small>Day 5</small><br>
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| “[[Wikipedia:Takin' Care of Business|Takin' Care of Business]]”
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | [[Wikipedia:Bachman-Turner Overdrive|Bachman-Turner Overdrive]]
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | Ixy Comeaux
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| <small>[http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-115/wave/fd05.wav WAV] [http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-115/mp3/fd05.mp3 MP3]</br> [http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-127/transcript/fd07.txt TRANSCRIPT]</small>
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|-
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| <small>Day 6</small><br>
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| “[[Wikipedia:Anthem of Europe|Anthem of Europe]]”
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | [[Wikipedia:Ludwig van Beethoven|Ludwig van Beethoven]]
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | Clarissa Thomas
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| <small>[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Ode_to_Joy.ogg WAV] [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Ode_to_Joy.ogg MP3]</br> [http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-127/transcript/fd07.txt TRANSCRIPT]</small>
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|-
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| <small>Day 7</small><br>
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| “[[Wikipedia:National Anthem of Russia|State Anthem of the Russian Federation]]”
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | [[Wikipedia:Alexander Alexandrov|Alexander Alexandrov]]
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | Yuri Gregorov
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| <small>[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Russian_Anthem_instrumental.ogg WAV] [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Russian_Anthem_instrumental.ogg MP3]</br> [http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-127/transcript/fd07.txt TRANSCRIPT]</small>
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|-
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| <small>Day 8</small><br>
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| “[[Wikipedia:Here Comes the Sun|Here Comes the Sun]]”
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | [[Wikipedia:The Beatles|The Beatles]]
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | STS-4V Crew
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| <small>[http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-116/wave/fd02.wav WAV] [http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-116/mp3/fd02.mp3 MP3]</br> [http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-127/transcript/fd07.txt TRANSCRIPT]</small>
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|-
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| <small>Day 9</small><br>
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| “[[Wikipedia:Learn to Fly|Learn to Fly]]”
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | [[Wikipedia:Foo Fighters|Foo Fighters]]
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | STS-4V Crew
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| <small>[http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/blank.wav WAV] [http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/blank.wav MP3]</br> [http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-127/transcript/fd07.txt TRANSCRIPT]</small>
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|-
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| <small>Day 10</small><br>
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| “[[Wikipedia:What a Wonderful World|What a Wonderful World]]”
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | [[Wikipedia:Louis Armstrong|Louis Armstrong]]
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | STS-4V Crew
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| <small>[http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/blank.wav WAV] [http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/blank.wav MP3]</br> [http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/Not_here.txt TRANSCRIPT]</small>
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|-
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| <small>Day 11</small><br>
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| “[[Wikipedia:Hold on Tight|Hold on Tight]]”
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | [[Wikipedia:Electric Light Orchestra|Electric Light Orchestra]]
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | STS-4V Crew
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| <small>[http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/blank.wav WAV] [http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/blank.wav MP3]</br> [http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/Not_here.txt TRANSCRIPT]</small>
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|-
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| <small>Day 12</small><br>
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| “[[Wikipedia:Fly Me to the Moon|Fly Me to the Moon]]”
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | [[Wikipedia:Frank Sinatra|Frank Sinatra]]
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | STS-4V Crew
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| <small>[http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/blank.wav WAV] [http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/blank.wav MP3]</br> [http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/Not_here.txt TRANSCRIPT]</small>
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|-
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| <small>Day 13</small><br>
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| “[[Wikipedia:Life in Technicolor II|Life in Technicolor II]]”
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | [[Wikipedia:Coldplay|Coldplay]]
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | STS-4V Crew
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| <small>[http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/blank.wav WAV] [http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/blank.wav MP3]</br> [http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/Not_here.txt TRANSCRIPT]</small>
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|}
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==Contingency mission==
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'''[[Wikipedia:STS-400|STS-505]]''' was the designation given to the [[Wikipedia:STS-3xx|Contingency Shuttle Crew Support]] mission which would have been launched in the event Space Shuttle ''Terra Nova'' became disabled during STS-4V. Due to the inclination and other orbital parameters of the mission, ''Terra Nova'' would have been unable to use the [[Wikipedia:International Space Station|International Space Station]] as a safe haven in the event of structural or mechanical failure. The mission would have been a modified version of the STS-400 rescue mission, and would have launch from Space Launch Complex 7 at Vandenberg AFB. Once in orbit, the rescue Orbiter would perform an extended TPS tile check and would link up with ''Terra Nova'', which would grapple the Orbiter with its [[Wikipedia:Canadarm|Remote Manipulator System]] (RMS). Once the crew of STS-4V was safely aboard the other Shuttle, a final transfer would take place to install a backup [[Wikipedia:STS-3xx#Remote Control Orbiter|Remote Control Orbiter]] in-flight maintenance (RCO IFM) cable aboard the ''Terra Nova'', which lacked a dedicated remote landing and control system.<ref Name=Note1>Space Shuttle ''Constitution'' was designed to be remotely controlled from mission control or to land automatically on its own. A refit was completed for ''Terra Nova'' in late 2009 to early 2010 to allow automated landing and was used successfully during the Orbital Contingency Test Flight.</ref> The rescue Orbiter would land first, landing at Vandenberg on day eight to nine of STS-505. ''Terra Nova'' would remain in orbit until the rescue Orbiter was removed from the runway, at which point the decision would be made to either land at Vandenberg or to ditch the Shuttle in South Pacific Ocean, should the damage be too severe to allow a safe landing. Vandenberg would be the preferred landing site due to its location along the orbit of the Shuttle and due to its proximity to the Pacific. Should a problem develop that would make landing dangerous, the Shuttle could be remotely ditched into the ocean away from populated areas.
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==Notes==
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{{reflist}}
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==External links==
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* [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html The ISA homepage]
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* [http://lafayetteinc.com/index.php?title=Main_Page The ISA's STS-4V page]
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{{Space Shuttle Terra Nova}}
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[[Category:Space Shuttle missions]]

Latest revision as of 18:47, 4 October 2016

STS-4V
Mission insignia
Shuttle Patch.svg
Mission statistics
Mission nameSTS-4V
Space shuttleTerra Nova
Launch padSLC-6
Launch dateJuly 29, 2009
6:25 a.m. PDT
(14:25 UTC)
LandingAugust 10, 2009
7:47 a.m. PDT
(15:47 UTC)
Mission duration13 days, 1 hour, 22 minutes
Number of orbits251
Orbital period90 minutes
Orbital altitude191 miles (307 km)
Orbital inclination90°
Distance traveled6,314,909 miles
(3,924,084.5 km)
Related missions
Previous mission Next mission
STS-3V STS-3V STS-5V STS-5V

STS-4V was a multinational Earth-science space shuttle mission, launched July 29, 2009. The primary payload was the SPACEHAB Research Double Module and two Extended Duration Orbiter pallets. The mission included two spacewalks using newly a updated version of the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU). The mission, which launched while STS-127 and Expedition 20 were in orbit, held a record for the most people in space at once (18) until the Orbital Contingency Test Flight launched in February of 2010.

Crew

Position Astronaut
Commander Harold Hamilton
Fourth spaceflight
Pilot David Sanders
Fourth spaceflight
Mission Specialist 1 Ixy Comeaux
Fifth spaceflight
Lead spacewalker, EV1
Mission Specialist 2 Yuri Gregorov, RKA
First spaceflight
EV2
Payload Specialist 1 Clarissa Thomas, ESA
First spaceflight

Mission parameters

  • Mass:
    • Orbiter Liftoff: 229,095 lb (506,300 kg)
    • Orbiter Landing: TBD
    • Payload: 9,699 lb (21,553 kg)
  • Perigee: 168 mi (270 km)
  • Apogee: 177 mi (285 km)
  • Inclination: 90°
  • Period: 90 minutes

Mission payload

Launch attempts

Mission highlights

Extra-vehicular activity

Two spacewalks were planned for the mission, and both were completed successfully.

EVA # Spacewalkers Start (UTC) End (UTC) Duration
EVA 1
 Ixy Comeaux August 2
16:19 		August 2
21:51 		5 hours, 32 minutes
First successful test of the newly designed NG-MMU. Fourth ever untethered spacewalk.
EVA 2
 Comeaux
Yuri Gregorov 		August 4
15:27 		August 4
22:20 		6 hours, 53 minutes
First Russian and fifth ever untethered spacewalk.

Wake-up calls

A tradition for NASA human spaceflights since the days of Gemini, mission crews are played a special musical track at the start of each day in space. Each track is specially chosen, often by their families, and usually has a special meaning to an individual member of the crew, or is applicable to their daily activities.

Flight Day Song Artist/Composer Played for Links
Day 2
 "Cosmic Castaway" Electrasy Ixy Comeaux WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT
Day 3
 “Life Is a Highway” Rascal Flatts David Sanders WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT
Day 4
 “Zamboni” Gear Daddies Harold Hamilton WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT
Day 5
 “Takin' Care of Business” Bachman-Turner Overdrive Ixy Comeaux WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT
Day 6
 “Anthem of Europe” Ludwig van Beethoven Clarissa Thomas WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT
Day 7
 “State Anthem of the Russian Federation” Alexander Alexandrov Yuri Gregorov WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT
Day 8
 “Here Comes the Sun” The Beatles STS-4V Crew WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT
Day 9
 “Learn to Fly” Foo Fighters STS-4V Crew WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT
Day 10
 “What a Wonderful World” Louis Armstrong STS-4V Crew WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT
Day 11
 “Hold on Tight” Electric Light Orchestra STS-4V Crew WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT
Day 12
 “Fly Me to the Moon” Frank Sinatra STS-4V Crew WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT
Day 13
 “Life in Technicolor II” Coldplay STS-4V Crew WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT

Contingency mission

STS-505 was the designation given to the Contingency Shuttle Crew Support mission which would have been launched in the event Space Shuttle Terra Nova became disabled during STS-4V. Due to the inclination and other orbital parameters of the mission, Terra Nova would have been unable to use the International Space Station as a safe haven in the event of structural or mechanical failure. The mission would have been a modified version of the STS-400 rescue mission, and would have launch from Space Launch Complex 7 at Vandenberg AFB. Once in orbit, the rescue Orbiter would perform an extended TPS tile check and would link up with Terra Nova, which would grapple the Orbiter with its Remote Manipulator System (RMS). Once the crew of STS-4V was safely aboard the other Shuttle, a final transfer would take place to install a backup Remote Control Orbiter in-flight maintenance (RCO IFM) cable aboard the Terra Nova, which lacked a dedicated remote landing and control system.[1] The rescue Orbiter would land first, landing at Vandenberg on day eight to nine of STS-505. Terra Nova would remain in orbit until the rescue Orbiter was removed from the runway, at which point the decision would be made to either land at Vandenberg or to ditch the Shuttle in South Pacific Ocean, should the damage be too severe to allow a safe landing. Vandenberg would be the preferred landing site due to its location along the orbit of the Shuttle and due to its proximity to the Pacific. Should a problem develop that would make landing dangerous, the Shuttle could be remotely ditched into the ocean away from populated areas.

Notes

  1. ↑ Space Shuttle Constitution was designed to be remotely controlled from mission control or to land automatically on its own. A refit was completed for Terra Nova in late 2009 to early 2010 to allow automated landing and was used successfully during the Orbital Contingency Test Flight.

External links

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Flights:
STS-2V · STS-4V · OCTF
Status:
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ISA Space Shuttle Missions
Completed flights (American)
STS-92-A · STS-2V · STS-3V · STS-4V · STS-5V · STS-93-J · STS-7W · OCTF (STS-8W & STS-509) · STS-10W · STS-11W
Completed flights (Russian)
In progress
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Upcoming flights
Future Launch on Need rescue mission
Cancelled missions
Operational orbiters
Future Orbiters
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