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==Mission parameters== 
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*'''Mass:'''
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:*'''Orbiter liftoff:''' 270,465 pounds (122,681 kg)
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:*'''Orbiter landing:''' 226,995 pounds (102,963 kg)
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* '''Perigee:''' 212 miles (341 km)
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* '''Apogee:''' 221 miles (356 km) 
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* '''Inclination:''' 51.6&deg; 
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* '''Period:''' 92 min
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* '''[[Wikipedia:Payload (air and space craft)|Primary payload]]:''' ''Michelangelo'' Multi-Purpose Logistics Module
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* '''[[Wikipedia:Launch window|Launch window]]:''' 12 minutes
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* '''[[Wikipedia:Launch pad|Launch pad]]:''' SLC-1A
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* '''Mission duration:''' 13 days
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* '''Landing Site:''' [[Mid-Pacific Launch Center]] (MPLC)
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==Mission timeline==
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===March 15 (Flight Day 1: Launch)===
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''Patriot'' launched successfully at 06:35:00 UTC-12 (18:35:00 UTC). Once in orbit the crew opened the payload bay doors, activated the radiators and deployed the [[Wikipedia:Ku band|K<sub>u</sub> band]] antenna. Ixy Comeaux and Yuma Tazuka 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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===March 16 (Flight Day 2)===
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Most of the crew day was spent on conducting the standard inspection of the [[Wikipedia:Space Shuttle thermal protection system|thermal protection system]] (TPS). All six of the crew members participated at one point during this task.  Once the inspection process had moved to the port wing, astronauts Ixy Comeaux and Karri Litmanen began working on checking out and preparing the [[Wikipedia:Extravehicular Mobility Unit|spacesuits]] that were to be used during the mission's two spacewalks.  Once the survey of the TPS was complete several of the crew began checking out and preparing the tools that were used during the rendezvous with the [[Wikipedia:International Space Station|International Space Station]] (ISS).  These tools include a hand-held [[Wikipedia:LIDAR|LIDAR]] gun used for finding out the closing rate of the shuttle and distance from the ISS, the [[Wikipedia:Androgynous Peripheral Attach System|Orbiter Docking System]] (ODS) which is the part of the shuttle that connects to the space station and a centerline camera in the ODS used to assist during docking.
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During the TPS inspection, engineers noted a possible impact on the underside of the orbiter. A second detailed check of the area confirmed that there had been an impact which had damaged multiple tiles and completely removed one. The crew was briefed on the situation, and a plan to repair the damage during the first EVA was prepared.
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==Extra-vehicular activity==
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|-
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! width="10%" | EVA #
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! width="20%" | Spacewalkers
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! width="16%" | Start ([[Wikipedia:Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]])
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! width="16%" | End (UTC)
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! width="12%" | Duration
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| rowspan=2 style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | <small>EVA 1</small><br>
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| Ixy Comeaux <br /> Karri Litmanen <br /> [[Ian Rubin]]
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| 19 March <br /> 12:17 UTC
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| 19 March <br /> 21:32 UTC
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| 9 hours 15 minutes
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| colspan=4 style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | Comeaux, Litmanen, and Rubin completed checks on their [[Wikipedia:Manned Maneuvering Units|Manned Maneuvering Units]] in and around the payload bay of ''Patriot'' before beginning their fly around of the ISS. Rubin also maneuvered around the solar arrays in order to test future repair methods. The astronauts then moved to ''Patriot'', where Rubin and Comeaux began to repair the damage to the thermal protection system using on onboard repair kit. This repair marked the first operational use of the [[Wikipedia:STS-120#Mission_background|TPS Repair Ablator  Dispenser]], a device which was used to repair damaged tiles.
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This also marks the first spacewalk by a [[Wikipedia:Finland|Finnish]] citizen, the second ever three-person EVA, and the longest spacewalk in history.
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| rowspan=2 style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | <small>EVA 2</small><br>
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| Robert L. Behnken <br /> Nicholas Patrick
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| 14 February <br /> 2:20 UTC
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| 14 February <br /> 8:14 UTC
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| 5 hours 54 minutes
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| colspan=4 style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | Behnken and Patrick installed ammonia plumbing and connectors between Unity, [[Destiny (ISS module)|Destiny]] and Tranquility and cover them with thermal insulation. When turned on, the ammonia will provide cooling to Tranquility. They then prepared a port on the Earth-facing side of Tranquility for the flight day 8 relocation and attachment of the cupola.
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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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! 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:The U.S. Air Force (song)|The U.S. Air Force]]"
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | [[Wikipedia:Louisiana State University Tiger Marching Band|Golden Band From Tiger Land]]
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;" | Harold Hamilton and David Sanders
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"| <small>[http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-92/wave/fd12.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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|}
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==External links==
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* [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html The ISA's space shuttle page]
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* [http://lafayetteinc.com/index.php?title=Main_Page The ISA's STS-12W page]
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* [https://twitter.com/iancrubin Frank Rosewood on Twitter]
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* [https://twitter.com/iancrubin Derek Ozark on Twitter]
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* [https://twitter.com/iancrubin Sandra Cunningham on Twitter]
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* [https://twitter.com/ The ISA's Twitter page]
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[[Category:Space Shuttle missions]]

Revision as of 05:26, 12 May 2010

STS-10W
Mission insignia
Shuttle Patch.svg
Mission statistics
Mission nameSTS-10W
Space shuttlePatriot
Launch padMid-Pacific Launch Center, SLC-1
Launch dateMarch 15, 2010
6:35 a.m. UTC-12
(March 15, 2010, 18:35 UTC)
LandingMarch 27, 2010
8:07 a.m. UTC-12
(March 28, 2010, 20:07 UTC)
Mission duration13 days, 1 hours, 32 minutes, 34 seconds
Number of orbits205
Orbital period92 min
Orbital altitude221 miles (356 km)
Orbital inclination51.6°
Distance traveled5,157,595 miles
(8,300,344.57 kilometers)
Related missions
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STS-11W STS-11W STS-13W STS-13W

STS-10W was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) that launched on March 15, 2010. The mission, flown by the Space Shuttle Patriot, was the second mission on behalf of the International Space Agency flown to the ISS. The mission's primary payload was the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Michelangelo, which carried a number of supplies and experiments intended to increase the amount of time allowable between ISS cargo flights due to the retirement of NASA's Space Shuttle fleet.

Crew

Position Astronaut
Commander Frank Rosewood
Fourth spaceflight
Pilot Patrick Tucker
Second spaceflight
Mission Specialist 1 Daniel Baxter
Sixth spaceflight
EV1
Mission Specialist 2 Jack Spencer
Third spaceflight
EV4
Mission Specialist 3 Derek Ozark
First spaceflight
EV2
Mission Specialist 4 Sandra Cunningham, ESA
First spaceflight
EV3
Mission Specialist 5 Bruce Davidson, Australia Australia
First spaceflight
  • This mission marks the first time that an Australian citizen has flown into space.
  • Sandra Cunningham is also the third British and first openly gay astronaut.

Mission parameters

  • Mass:
  • Orbiter liftoff: 270,465 pounds (122,681 kg)
  • Orbiter landing: 226,995 pounds (102,963 kg)

Mission timeline

March 15 (Flight Day 1: Launch)

Patriot launched successfully at 06:35:00 UTC-12 (18:35:00 UTC). Once in orbit the crew opened the payload bay doors, activated the radiators and deployed the Ku band antenna. Ixy Comeaux and Yuma Tazuka 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.

March 16 (Flight Day 2)

Most of the crew day was spent on conducting the standard inspection of the thermal protection system (TPS). All six of the crew members participated at one point during this task. Once the inspection process had moved to the port wing, astronauts Ixy Comeaux and Karri Litmanen began working on checking out and preparing the spacesuits that were to be used during the mission's two spacewalks. Once the survey of the TPS was complete several of the crew began checking out and preparing the tools that were used during the rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS). These tools include a hand-held LIDAR gun used for finding out the closing rate of the shuttle and distance from the ISS, the Orbiter Docking System (ODS) which is the part of the shuttle that connects to the space station and a centerline camera in the ODS used to assist during docking.

During the TPS inspection, engineers noted a possible impact on the underside of the orbiter. A second detailed check of the area confirmed that there had been an impact which had damaged multiple tiles and completely removed one. The crew was briefed on the situation, and a plan to repair the damage during the first EVA was prepared.


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
 "The U.S. Air Force" Golden Band From Tiger Land Harold Hamilton and David Sanders WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT

External links

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