STS-4V
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| Mission name | STS-4V | ||||
| Space shuttle | Terra Nova | ||||
| Spacecraft mass | TBD | ||||
| Launch pad | SLC-6 | ||||
| Launch date | July 29, 2009 6:25 a.m. PDT (14:25 UTC) | ||||
| Landing | August 10, 2009 | ||||
| Number of orbits | TBD | ||||
| Orbital period | TBD | ||||
| Orbital altitude | TBD | ||||
| Orbital inclination | 90° | ||||
| Distance traveled | TBD | ||||
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STS-4V is a multinational Earth-science space shuttle mission, planned for July 29, 2009. It is expected to use the Space Shuttle Terra Nova. 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).
Contents
Crew
| Position | Astronaut | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Harold Hamilton Fifth spaceflight | |
| Pilot | David Sanders Third spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 1 | Ixy Comeaux Fifth spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 2 | Yuri Malashenko, RKA First spaceflight | |
| Payload Specialist 1 | Clarissa Thomas, ESA First spaceflight | |
Mission parameters
- Mass: TBD
- Perigee: TBD
- Apogee: TBD
- Inclination: 90°
- Period: TBD
Mission payload
Launch delays
Mission timeline
Extra-vehicular activity
Two spacewalks are planned for STS-4V.
| EVA # | Spacewalkers | Start (UTC) | End (UTC) | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVA 1 |
Ixy Comeaux | July 18 16:19 |
July 18 21:51 |
5 hours, 32 minutes |
| First successful test of the newly designed NG-MMU. Fourth ever untethered spacewalk. | ||||
| EVA 2 |
Comeaux Yuri Malashenko |
July 20 15:27 |
July 20 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.
Contingency mission
STS-504 was the designation given to the Contingency Shuttle Crew Support mission which would have been launched in the event Space Shuttle Discovery became disabled during STS-120. It would have been a modified version of the STS-122 mission, which would have involved the launch date being brought forward. If it had been needed, it would have been launched no later than January 5, 2008. The crew for this mission would have been a four-person subset of the full STS-122 crew.
