| STS-115: Launch of Atlantis! |
Posted: September 9, 2006
Duration: 2 min 59 sec
Space shuttle Atlantis blasts off at 11:15 a.m. EDT to resume construction of the International Space Station. The ship is carrying a massive truss and two solar wings to harness the Sun's energy and provide power for the outpost. |  |
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| STS-115: Mission specialist 2 aboard |
Posted: September 9, 2006
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Dan Burbank, the flight engineer for Atlantis' mission, is the sixth and final astronaut to enter the shuttle for launch. He heads for the flight deck's center seat. The 45-year-old, a native of Connecticut, is a commander in the Coast Guard. His space career includes a previous space station assembly mission in 2000. |  |
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| STS-115: Mission specialist 4 aboard |
Posted: September 9, 2006
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Steve MacLean, Atlantis' mission specialist No. 4, climbs to the flight deck aft-right seat. MacLean, 51, was born in Ottawa, Ontario. Selected as one of the first six Canadian astronauts in 1983, he flew as a payload specialist aboard shuttle Columbia in 1992. |  |
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| STS-115 Rollback of the Rotating Service Structure |
Posted: September 9, 2006
Duration: 2 min 33 sec
The Rotating Service Structure is moved away from Atlantis on September 5 in readiness for the shuttle's planned liftoff on mission STS-115. |  |
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| STS-115: Mission specialist 3 aboard |
Posted: September 9, 2006
Duration: 52 sec
Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, mission specialist No. 3, climbS through the hatch toward her assigned seat on the middeck. Piper, a Navy commander, was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. The 43-year-old is a space rookie. |  |
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| STS-115: Pilot aboard |
Posted: September 9, 2006
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Pilot Chris Ferguson enters the shuttle and makes his way to the flight deck's front-right seat.
Ferguson is a spaceflight rookie. The 45-year-old Navy captain was born in Philadelphia. |  |
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| STS-115: Mission specialist 1 aboard |
Posted: September 9, 2006
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Joe Tanner, mission specialist No. 1, climbs aboard Atlantis to take the seat closest to the hatch on the left side of the middeck. This will be Tanner's fourth trip to space. The Illinois native is 56 years old. |  |
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| STS-115: Commander aboard |
Posted: September 9, 2006
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Commander Brent Jett is the first astronaut to board the shuttle for launch. He takes the forward-left seat on the flight deck. Jett, 48, calls Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, his hometown. The Navy captain has flown in space on three earlier shuttle missions. |  |
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| STS-115: Crew en route to the pad |
Posted: September 9, 2006
Duration: 3 min 35 sec
Commander Brent Jett, pilot Chris Ferguson and mission specialists Joe Tanner, Dan Burbank, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Steve MacLean walk from crew quarters to board the AstroVan that will take them to the launch pad. |  |
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| STS-115: Suiting up for launch |
Posted: September 9, 2006
Duration: 2 min 56 sec
The crew finishes donning the day-glow orange launch and entry partial pressure spacesuits. After final adjustments and pressure checks, the astronauts will depart the suit-up room and take the elevator down to the ground level of the Operations and Checkout Building to board the AstroVan for the trip to launch pad 39B. |  |
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| STS-115: Final Inspection Team |
Posted: September 9, 2006
Duration: 6 min 4 sec
The Final Inspection Team is responsible for checking Atlantis and the launch pad one last time prior to liftoff. The team, comprised of engineers and safety officials, walk up and down the entire fixed service structure and mobile launcher platform to look for any abnormal ice or frost build-up on the vehicle and check the integrity of the external tank foam insulation. |  |
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| STS-115: Atlantis astronauts ready for second launch try |
Posted: September 9, 2006
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Ready for their second launch attempt, the six shuttle Atlantis astronauts pose for the traditional launch morning photo opportunity in the crew quarters' dining room. |  |
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| STS-115: Post-scrub briefing |
Posted: September 8, 2006
Duration: 55 min 14 sec
After the engine cutoff sensor caused Atlantis' launch to be scrubbed, officials hold this news briefing from Kennedy Space Center to discuss the situation and the plan going forward. |  |
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| STS-115: Fuel sensor scrubs launch |
Posted: September 8, 2006
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
A faulty engine cutoff sensor that measures the level of liquid hydrogen remaining in the external tank forces NASA to scrub the September 8 launch attempt of Atlantis. Launch director Mike Leinbach announces the delay and calls commander Brent Jett with the news. |  |
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| STS-115: Crew heads for the pad |
Posted: September 8, 2006
Duration: 2 min 49 sec
ed by commander Brent Jett, the astronauts emerge from the Kennedy Space Center crew quarters at 7:50 a.m. to board the AstroVan for the ride from the Industrial Area to launch pad 39B on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. |  |
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| STS-115: Astronauts suit up |
Posted: September 8, 2006
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
All six space shuttle Atlantis astronauts don their day-glow orange launch and entry partial pressure spacesuits in the suit-up room of crew quarters. |  |
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| STS-115: Crew's snack time |
Posted: September 8, 2006
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Atlantis' six astronauts are gathered around the dining room table in crew quarters for a snack and the traditional launch morning photo opportunity. |  |
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| STS-115: Atlantis cleared for launch |
Posted: September 7, 2006
Duration: 46 min 9 sec
Space shuttle program officials clear Atlantis for liftoff after reviewing the fuel cell issue. The announcement that the countdown will proceed for launch September 8 at this press briefing. |  |
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| STS-115: Fuel cell causes scrub |
Posted: September 6, 2006
Duration: 49 min 52 sec
The September 6 attempt to launch space shuttle Atlantis was scrubbed early in the morning due to a problem with fuel cell No. 1. Shuttle program manager Wayne Hale, deputy manager of the orbiter project office Ed Mango and weather squadron representative Lt. Col. Patrick Barrett hold this status briefing to describe the problem, the troubleshooting efforts and preview a possible next launch attempt. |  |
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| STS-115: Status update on eve of launch |
Posted: September 5, 2006
Duration: 29 min 53 sec
Shuttle program manager Wayne Hale, launch integration manager LeRoy Cain, launch director Mike Leinbach and launch weather officer Kathy Winters give a final status report on the eve of Atlantis' liftoff at this 10 a.m. news conference September 5. |  |
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