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{{Infobox Space mission
 
{{Infobox Space mission
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| mission_name     = ''STS-8W''
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| mission_name   = ''STS-8W''
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| insignia         = Shuttle_Patch.svg
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| insignia       = Shuttle_Patch.svg  
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| shuttle        = Patriot
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| shuttle        = Terra Nova
 
| launch_pad      = [[SLC-7]]
 
| launch_pad      = [[SLC-7]]
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| launch          = July 15, 2009, 6:03:10 p.m. EDT (22:03 UTC)
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| launch          = February 12, 2010</br> 12:37 p.m. PST</br> (20:37 UTC)
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| landing        = July 31, 2009, 10:48 a.m. EDT (14:48 UTC)
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| landing        = February 21, 2010</br> 2:11 p.m. PST</br> (22:11 UTC)
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| duration        = TBD
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| duration        = 9 days, 1 hour, 34 minutes
 
| inclination    = 90°
 
| inclination    = 90°
 
| period          = 94 minutes
 
| period          = 94 minutes
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| orbits          = TBD
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| orbits          = 139
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| altitude        =  
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| altitude        = 191 miles (307 km)
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| spacecraft_mass = TBD
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| distance        = 3,497,101 miles<br>(5,628,038.5 km)
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| distance        = TBD
 
 
| crew_photo      =  
 
| crew_photo      =  
 
| crew_caption    =  
 
| crew_caption    =  
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| previous        = [[STS-7W]] [[Image:Shuttle_Patch.svg|30px]]
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| previous        = [[STS-7W]] [[Image:Shuttle_Patch.svg|30px|STS-7W]]
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| next            = [[STS-10W]] [[Image:Shuttle_Patch.svg|30px]]
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| next            = [[STS-10W]] [[Image:Shuttle_Patch.svg|30px|STS-10W]]
 
}}
 
}}
 
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{{Infobox Space mission
 
{{Infobox Space mission
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| mission_name     = ''STS-9W''
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| mission_name   = ''STS-509''
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| insignia         = Shuttle_Patch.svg
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| insignia       =  
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| shuttle        = Terra Nova
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| shuttle        = Patriot
 
| launch_pad      = [[SLC-7]]
 
| launch_pad      = [[SLC-7]]
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| launch          = NET March 8, 2010
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| launch          = February 17, 2010</br> 12:35 p.m. PST</br> (20:35 UTC)
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| landing        = TBD
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| landing        = February 25, 2010</br> 12:36 p.m. PST</br> (20:36 UTC)
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| duration        = TBD
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| duration        = 8 days, 1 minute
 
| inclination    = 90°
 
| inclination    = 90°
 
| period          = 94 minutes
 
| period          = 94 minutes
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| orbits          = TBD
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| orbits          = 123
−
| altitude        = TBD
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| altitude        = 191 miles (307 km)
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| distance        = TBD
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| distance        = 3,094,557 miles<br>(4,980,206.7 km)
 
| crew_photo      =  
 
| crew_photo      =  
 
| crew_caption    =  
 
| crew_caption    =  
 
}}
 
}}
 
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The '''Orbital Contingency Test Flight (OCTF)''' was the name given to a space shuttle mission flown by the Space Shuttles ''[[Space Shuttle Terra Nova|Terra Nova]]'' and ''[[Space Shuttle Patriot|Patriot]]''. Flown in February of 2010, the mission was designed to be a full scale test of space shuttle contingency procedures, including in orbit crew transfer. The mission also saw the launch of the 11th [[Wikipedia:Tracking and Data Rely Satellite|Tracking and Data Rely Satellite]].
  
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==''Patriot'' crew==
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The mission marked the first ever in-orbit rendezvous of two orbiters, the most people in space at one time (19), and the first time three space shuttle orbiters have been in orbit simultaneously.
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{{Spaceflight crew
 
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|terminology      = Astronaut
 
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|colwidth        = 220
 
−
 
 
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|position1        = Commander
 
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|crew1_up        = Harold Hamilton
 
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|flights1_up      = Seventh
 
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|position2        = Pilot
 
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|crew2_up        = David Sanders
 
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|flights2_up      = Fifth
 
−
 
 
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|position3        = Mission Specialist 1
 
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|crew3_up        = Ixy Comeaux
 
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|flights3_up      = Seventh
 
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}}
 
 
==''Terra Nova'' crew==
 
==''Terra Nova'' crew==
 
{{Spaceflight crew
 
{{Spaceflight crew
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|position1        = Commander
 
|position1        = Commander
 
|crew1_up        = Frank Rosewood
 
|crew1_up        = Frank Rosewood
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|crew1_down      = None
 
|flights1_up      = Third
 
|flights1_up      = Third
  
 
|position2        = Pilot
 
|position2        = Pilot
 
|crew2_up        = Anatoly Orlav
 
|crew2_up        = Anatoly Orlav
 +
|crew2_down      = None
 
|flights2_up      = Third
 
|flights2_up      = Third
  
 
|position3        = Mission Specialist 1
 
|position3        = Mission Specialist 1
 
|crew3_up        = Daniel Baxter
 
|crew3_up        = Daniel Baxter
 +
|crew3_down      = None
 
|flights3_up      = Sixth
 
|flights3_up      = Sixth
  
 
|position4        = Mission Specialist 2
 
|position4        = Mission Specialist 2
 
|crew4_up        = Thomas Kincaid  
 
|crew4_up        = Thomas Kincaid  
 +
|crew4_down      = None
 
|flights4_up      = Second
 
|flights4_up      = Second
  
 
|position5        = Mission Specialist 3
 
|position5        = Mission Specialist 3
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|crew5_up        = Frank Whitaker
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|crew5_up        = Clarissa Thomas
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|crew5_down      = None
 
|flights5_up      = Second
 
|flights5_up      = Second
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|agency5_up      = [[Wikipedia:European Space Agency|ESA]]
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}}
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==''Patriot'' crew==
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{{Spaceflight crew
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|terminology      = Astronaut
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|colwidth        = 220
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|position1        = Commander
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|crew1_up        = Frank Trenton
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|flights1_up      = Second
 +
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|position2        = Pilot
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|crew2_up        = Cora Edwards
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|flights2_up      = First
 +
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|position3        = Mission Specialist 1
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|crew3_up        = Ixy Comeaux
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|flights3_up      = Seventh
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|crew4_up          = None
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|crew4_down        = Frank Rosewood
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|position4        = STS-8W Commander
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|crew5_up          = None
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|crew5_down        = Anatoly Orlav
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|position5        = STS-8W Pilot
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|crew6_up          = None
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|crew6_down        = Daniel Baxter
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|position6        = STS-8W<br/>Mission Specialist 1
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|crew7_up          = None
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|crew7_down        = Thomas Kincaid
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|position7        = STS-8W<br/>Mission Specialist 2
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|crew8_up          = None
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|crew8_down        = Clarissa Thomas
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|position8        = STS-8W<br/>Mission Specialist 3
 
}}
 
}}
  
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**90°
 
**90°
 
*'''Period:'''
 
*'''Period:'''
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**87.6 minutes
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**94 minutes
  
 
===Docking===
 
===Docking===
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*'''Time docked''': 1 day, 23 hours, 07 minutes, 03 seconds
 
*'''Time docked''': 1 day, 23 hours, 07 minutes, 03 seconds
  
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==Mission timeline==
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===February 12 (Flight Day 1: Launch)===
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''Terra Nova'' launched successfully at 12:37:00 PST (20:37:00 UTC). Per the mission script, at approximately 154 seconds into the launch, crews simulated a foam impact to the orbiter's right wing. Once in orbit the crew opened the payload bay doors, activated the radiators and deployed the Ku band antenna. Daniel Baxter and Clarissa Thomas then proceeded to activate and check out of the [[Wikipedia:Canadarm|Remote Manipulator System]] (SRMS) and then conducted a survey of the payload bay. The crew was also successful in down-linking imagery and video of the external tank to the ground.
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===February 13 (Flight Day 2)===
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A majority of the day was spent inspecting the [[Wikipedia:Space Shuttle thermal protection system|thermal protection system]] using the [[Wikipedia:Orbiter Boom Sensor System|Orbiter Boom Sensor System]] (OBSS). Special emphasis was given to the right wing. Per the mission script, crews simulated detecting a large breach of the [[Wikipedia:reinforced carbon-carbon|reinforced carbon-carbon]] panels located on that section of the orbiter. Contingency procedures were initiated at this point, however the crew would have been in no danger had the situation been real.
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===February 14 (Flight Day 3)===
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[[Image:Earth through the bay door2.jpg|thumb|300px|TDRS-K being deployed on Day 3.]]
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The crew successfully deployed the 11th TDRS satellite.
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===February 15 (Flight Day 4: Spacewalk 1)===
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Mission Specialist Baxter tested several in flight repair techniques and attempted to repair the damage to the orbiter's wing, as per the mission script. Baxter was not successful, according to mission planners, and plans were set in motion to launch ''Patriot'' on a rescue mission. ISA Director [[Ian Rubin]] held a press conference that afternoon to inform the press of the contingency proceedings, and informed the media that the crew was safe. The media was also made aware that the orbiter was in reality undamaged and would make a successful landing at Vandenberg Air Force Base later in the week.
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===February 16 (Flight Day 5)===
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On Tuesday, the crew of ''Terra Nova'' held a small Mardi Gras party aboard the shuttle, where a [[Wikipedia:king cake|king cake]] was served. ''Patriot'' was prepared for launch, and its crew was briefed on final mission procedures.
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===February 17 (Flight Day 6, ''Patriot'' Launch)===
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===February 18 (LON Flight Day 2)===
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===February 19 (LON Flight Day 3: Rescue EVA 1)===
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On Flight day 3 of STS-509, the first rescue EVA was performed. Ixy Comeaux and Daniel Baxter set up rescue tethers between the two shuttles, and transferred three [[Wikipedia:Personal Rescue Enclosure|Personal Rescue Enclosures]] or "rescue balls" to ''Terra Nova''. Baxter's EMU was transferred back to ''Terra Nova'', and Thomas Kincaid transferred to ''Patriot''.
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===February 20 (LON Flight Day 4: Rescue EVAs 2 & 3)===
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===February 21 (LON Flight Day 5: ''Terra Nova'' Landing)===
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===February 22 (LON Flight Day 6)===
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===February 23 (LON Flight Day 7)===
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===February 24 (LON Flight Day 8)===
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===February 25 (LON Flight Day 9: ''Patriot'' Landing)===
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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: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;" | Daniel Baxter
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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 3</small><br>
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| “[[Wikipedia:Beautiful Day|Beautiful Day]]”
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | [[Wikipedia:U2|U2]]
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | Clarissa Thomas
 +
| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| <small>[http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-130/wave/fd05.wav WAV], [http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-130/mp3/fd05.mp3 MP3]</br> [http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-130/transcript/fd05.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: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;" | Frank Rosewood
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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 5</small><br>
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| “[[Wikipedia:Mardi Gras Mambo|Mardi Gras Mambo]]”
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | [[Wikipedia:The Meters|The Meters]]
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | STS-8W 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 6</small><br>
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| “[[Wikipedia:Rescue Me (Fontella Bass song)|Rescue Me]]”
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | [[Wikipedia:Fontella Bass|Fontella Bass]]
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | STS-8W Crew
 +
| 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 7 (LON Day 2)</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-8W Crew
 +
| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| <small>[http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-126/wave/fd14.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 8 (LON Day 3)</small><br>
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| “[[Wikipedia:All Star|All Star]]”
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | [[Wikipedia:Smash Mouth|Smash Mouth]]
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | STS-509 Crew
 +
| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| <small>[http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-121/wave/fd08.wav WAV] [http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-121/mp3/fd08.mp3 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 9 (LON Day 4)</small><br>
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| “[[Wikipedia:Hate My Life|Hate My Life]]”
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | [[Wikipedia:Theory of a Deadman|Theory of a Deadman]]
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | Clarissa Thomas
 +
| 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 10 (LON Day 5)</small><br>
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| “[[Wikipedia:American Idiot|Homecoming (We're Coming Home Again)]]”
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | [[Wikipedia:Green Day|Green Day]]
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | Dedicated to Space Shuttle ''Terra Nova''
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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 (LON Day 6)</small><br>
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| “[[Wikipedia:Shine (3 Doors Down song)|Shine]]”
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | [[Wikipedia:3 Doors Down|3 Doors Down]]
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | Thomas Kincaid
 +
| 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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== See also ==
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* [[Wikipedia:STS-400|STS-400]]
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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 OCTF page]
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* [http://lafayetteinc.com/index.php?title=Main_Page ISA Rescue Mission press conference transcript]
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* [http://lafayetteinc.com/index.php?title=Main_Page Space Shuttle in-orbit abort procedures]
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{{OCTF Shuttles}}
  
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==Mission highlights==
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[[Category:Space Shuttle missions]]

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STS-8W
Mission insignia
Shuttle Patch.svg
Mission statistics
Mission nameSTS-8W
Space shuttleTerra Nova
Launch padSLC-7
Launch dateFebruary 12, 2010
12:37 p.m. PST
(20:37 UTC)
LandingFebruary 21, 2010
2:11 p.m. PST
(22:11 UTC)
Mission duration9 days, 1 hour, 34 minutes
Number of orbits139
Orbital period94 minutes
Orbital altitude191 miles (307 km)
Orbital inclination90°
Distance traveled3,497,101 miles
(5,628,038.5 km)
Related missions
Previous mission Next mission
STS-7W STS-7W STS-10W STS-10W
STS-509
Mission statistics
Mission nameSTS-509
Space shuttlePatriot
Launch padSLC-7
Launch dateFebruary 17, 2010
12:35 p.m. PST
(20:35 UTC)
LandingFebruary 25, 2010
12:36 p.m. PST
(20:36 UTC)
Mission duration8 days, 1 minute
Number of orbits123
Orbital period94 minutes
Orbital altitude191 miles (307 km)
Orbital inclination90°
Distance traveled3,094,557 miles
(4,980,206.7 km)

The Orbital Contingency Test Flight (OCTF) was the name given to a space shuttle mission flown by the Space Shuttles Terra Nova and Patriot. Flown in February of 2010, the mission was designed to be a full scale test of space shuttle contingency procedures, including in orbit crew transfer. The mission also saw the launch of the 11th Tracking and Data Rely Satellite.

The mission marked the first ever in-orbit rendezvous of two orbiters, the most people in space at one time (19), and the first time three space shuttle orbiters have been in orbit simultaneously.

Terra Nova crew

Position Launching Astronaut Landing Astronaut
Commander Frank Rosewood
Third spaceflight 		None
Pilot Anatoly Orlav
Third spaceflight 		None
Mission Specialist 1 Daniel Baxter
Sixth spaceflight 		None
Mission Specialist 2 Thomas Kincaid
Second spaceflight 		None
Mission Specialist 3 Clarissa Thomas, ESA
Second spaceflight 		None

Patriot crew

Position Launching Astronaut Landing Astronaut
Commander Frank Trenton
Second spaceflight
Pilot Cora Edwards
First spaceflight
Mission Specialist 1 Ixy Comeaux
Seventh spaceflight
STS-8W Commander None Frank Rosewood
STS-8W Pilot None Anatoly Orlav
STS-8W
Mission Specialist 1 		None Daniel Baxter
STS-8W
Mission Specialist 2 		None Thomas Kincaid
STS-8W
Mission Specialist 3 		None Clarissa Thomas

Mission parameters

  • Mass:
  • Perigee:
  • Apogee:
  • Inclination:
    • 90°
  • Period:
    • 94 minutes

Docking

  • First docking: July 17, 1975 - 16:19:09 UTC
  • Last undocking: July 19, 1975 - 15:26:12 UTC
  • Time docked: 1 day, 23 hours, 07 minutes, 03 seconds

Mission timeline

February 12 (Flight Day 1: Launch)

Terra Nova launched successfully at 12:37:00 PST (20:37:00 UTC). Per the mission script, at approximately 154 seconds into the launch, crews simulated a foam impact to the orbiter's right wing. Once in orbit the crew opened the payload bay doors, activated the radiators and deployed the Ku band antenna. Daniel Baxter and Clarissa Thomas then proceeded to activate and check out of the Remote Manipulator System (SRMS) and then conducted a survey of the payload bay. The crew was also successful in down-linking imagery and video of the external tank to the ground.

February 13 (Flight Day 2)

A majority of the day was spent inspecting the thermal protection system using the Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS). Special emphasis was given to the right wing. Per the mission script, crews simulated detecting a large breach of the reinforced carbon-carbon panels located on that section of the orbiter. Contingency procedures were initiated at this point, however the crew would have been in no danger had the situation been real.

February 14 (Flight Day 3)

TDRS-K being deployed on Day 3.

The crew successfully deployed the 11th TDRS satellite.

February 15 (Flight Day 4: Spacewalk 1)

Mission Specialist Baxter tested several in flight repair techniques and attempted to repair the damage to the orbiter's wing, as per the mission script. Baxter was not successful, according to mission planners, and plans were set in motion to launch Patriot on a rescue mission. ISA Director Ian Rubin held a press conference that afternoon to inform the press of the contingency proceedings, and informed the media that the crew was safe. The media was also made aware that the orbiter was in reality undamaged and would make a successful landing at Vandenberg Air Force Base later in the week.

February 16 (Flight Day 5)

On Tuesday, the crew of Terra Nova held a small Mardi Gras party aboard the shuttle, where a king cake was served. Patriot was prepared for launch, and its crew was briefed on final mission procedures.

February 17 (Flight Day 6, Patriot Launch)

February 18 (LON Flight Day 2)

February 19 (LON Flight Day 3: Rescue EVA 1)

On Flight day 3 of STS-509, the first rescue EVA was performed. Ixy Comeaux and Daniel Baxter set up rescue tethers between the two shuttles, and transferred three Personal Rescue Enclosures or "rescue balls" to Terra Nova. Baxter's EMU was transferred back to Terra Nova, and Thomas Kincaid transferred to Patriot.

February 20 (LON Flight Day 4: Rescue EVAs 2 & 3)

February 21 (LON Flight Day 5: Terra Nova Landing)

February 22 (LON Flight Day 6)

February 23 (LON Flight Day 7)

February 24 (LON Flight Day 8)

February 25 (LON Flight Day 9: Patriot Landing)

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
 “Takin' Care of Business” Bachman-Turner Overdrive Daniel Baxter WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT
Day 3
 “Beautiful Day” U2 Clarissa Thomas WAV, MP3
TRANSCRIPT
Day 4
 “Life Is a Highway” Rascal Flatts Frank Rosewood WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT
Day 5
 “Mardi Gras Mambo” The Meters STS-8W Crew WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT
Day 6
 “Rescue Me” Fontella Bass STS-8W Crew WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT
Day 7 (LON Day 2)
 “Hold On Tight” Electric Light Orchestra STS-8W Crew WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT
Day 8 (LON Day 3)
 “All Star” Smash Mouth STS-509 Crew WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT
Day 9 (LON Day 4)
 “Hate My Life” Theory of a Deadman Clarissa Thomas WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT
Day 10 (LON Day 5)
 “Homecoming (We're Coming Home Again)” Green Day Dedicated to Space Shuttle Terra Nova WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT
Day 11 (LON Day 6)
 “Shine” 3 Doors Down Thomas Kincaid WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT

See also

External links

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