Orbital Contingency Test Flight

STS-8W Mission insignia Mission statistics Mission name STS-8W Space shuttle Terra Nova Launch pad SLC-7 Launch date February 12, 2010 12:37 p.m. PST (20:37 UTC) Landing TBD Mission duration TBD Number of orbits TBD Orbital period 94 minutes Orbital altitude 191 miles (307 km) Orbital inclination 90° Distance traveled TBD Related missions Previous mission Next mission STS-7W STS-10W

STS-509 Mission statistics Mission name STS-509 Space shuttle Patriot Launch pad SLC-7 Launch date February 17, 2010 12:35 p.m. PST (20:35 UTC) Landing TBD Mission duration TBD Number of orbits TBD Orbital period 94 minutes Orbital altitude TBD Orbital inclination 90° Distance traveled TBD

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	Harold Hamilton Seventh spaceflight
Pilot	David Sanders Fifth 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 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 two large sized Extravehicular Mobility Units (EMUs), and a Personal Rescue Enclosure or "rescue ball" to Terra Nova. Baxter's EMU was transferred back to Terra Nova, and Thomas Kincaid transferred to Patriot.

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 5	“Rescue Me”	Fontella Bass	STS-8W Crew	WAV MP3 TRANSCRIPT
Day 6	“Shine”	3 Doors Down	Thomas Kincaid	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	MP3 WAV 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

See also

• STS-400

External links

• The ISA homepage
• The ISA's OCTF page
• ISA Rescue Mission press conference transcript
• Space Shuttle in-orbit abort procedures