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Shuttle Mission STS-119

STS-119 crew interviews: Ricky Arnold
Date: February 11, 2009 Duration: 36 min 49 sec This pre-flight interview talks with NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold, mission specialist number 3 for space shuttle Discovery's STS-119 mission to the International Space Station.
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STS-119 crew interviews: John Phillips
Date: February 11, 2009 Duration: 38 min 10 sec This pre-flight interview talks with NASA astronaut John Phillips, mission specialist number 4 for space shuttle Discovery's STS-119 mission to the International Space Station.
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STS-119/Expedition 18 crew interviews: Koichi Wakata
Date: February 11, 2009 Duration: 34 min 26 sec This pre-flight interview talks with Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata, mission specialist number 5 for space shuttle Discovery's STS-119 mission to the International Space Station. He will move aboard the station to join the Expedition 18 as flight engineer.
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STS-119: Launch delayed a week
Date: February 3, 2009 Duration: 56 min 14 sec NASA officials announce during this briefing at Kennedy Space Center following the Flight Readiness Review that the launch of shuttle Discovery's STS-119 mission would be delayed at least a week. The delay will allow more analysis on gaseous hydrogen flow control valves used on the shuttle.
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STS-119: Space shuttle Discovery's payload bay doors closed for launch
Date: January 21, 2009 Duration: 5 min Space shuttle Discovery's 60-foot-long payload bay doors are closed and locked on January 21 in preparation for launch in February to deliver the Starboard 6 truss to the space station.
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STS-119: Payload bay ready for closeout
Date: January 21, 2009 Duration: 4 min 19 sec This is a final survey of space shuttle Discovery's payload bay, the equipment inside and the Starboard 6 truss just before the doors are closed for the STS-119 flight.
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STS-119: Shuttle evacuation practice
Date: January 21, 2009 Duration: 1 min 43 sec After clocks halted in the final seconds to simulate a shutdown of the three main engines just prior to liftoff, the crew exits the shuttle and practices scurrying to the slide-wire baskets for a quick evacuation of the pad.
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STS-119: Crew boards Discovery
Date: January 21, 2009 Duration: 5 min 29 sec After the short ride out to launch pad 39A, the astronauts walk across the access arm to the White Room and begin boarding shuttle Discovery for the final three hours of the mock countdown.
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STS-119: Launch day simulation begins
Date: January 21, 2009 Duration: 1 min 21 sec The astronauts follow a normal launch morning routine during the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, departing the crew quarters building and getting into the Astrovan.
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STS-119: Crew visits the payload bay
Date: January 20, 2009 Duration: 3 min 27 sec Members of space shuttle Discovery's crew take the opportunity to inspect the Starboard 6 truss already packed inside the payload bay for launch during their visit to pad 39A.
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STS-119: Emergency training
Date: January 20, 2009 Duration: 5 min 25 sec The astronauts spend time learning how to evacuate pad 39A if an emergency arises, including procedures to operate the slide-wire baskets that would quickly whisk the crew from the launch tower to a bunker west of the pad.
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STS-119: Nighttime landing simulations
Date: January 19, 2009 Duration: 5 min 14 sec Commander Lee Archambault and pilot Tony Antonelli, wearing their launch and entry spacesuits, climb inside a pair of Shuttle Training Aircraft for practice nighttime landing approaches at Kennedy Space Center's runway during the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test.
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STS-119: Tank test driving
Date: January 19, 2009 Duration: 5 min 33 sec Discovery's seven astronauts take turns test-driving an armored tank available for the crew to escape the pad 39A area if an emergency arises during the launch countdown.
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STS-119: Crew chat at the runway
Date: January 19, 2009 Duration: 21 min 20 sec The STS-119 astronauts take a few minutes after arriving at Kennedy Space Center to talk with reporters at the start of the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test.
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STS-119: Crew arrives for practice count
Date: January 19, 2009 Duration: 11 min 15 sec The seven astronauts to launch aboard the shuttle Discovery for the STS-119 mission to the space station arrive at the Kennedy Space Center in T-38 jets on Jan. 19 to begin a countdown dress rehearsal.
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STS-119: More crew arrival footage
Date: January 19, 2009 Duration: 5 min 53 sec This video shows additional footage of space shuttle Discovery's seven astronauts arriving at Kennedy Space Center for their countdown dress rehearsal.
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STS-119: Discovery receives payload
Date: January 17, 2009 Duration: 3 min 42 sec The payload handling mechanism inside the pad's cleanroom inserts the 15.5-ton Starboard 6 solar power truss into shuttle Discovery's cargo bay on January 17.
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STS-119: Pad arrival time-lapse
Date: January 14, 2009 Duration: 1 min 14 sec This time-lapse movie shows the the crawler-transporter delivering space shuttle Discovery atop the Kennedy Space Center launch pad 39A for its STS-119 mission to the International Space Station.
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STS-119: On the launch pad
Date: January 14, 2009 Duration: 3 min 14 sec Poised to fly the 125th mission of the space shuttle program, Discovery arrives at Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39A following its journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building.
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STS-119: Discovery leaves VAB
Date: January 14, 2009 Duration: 4 min 56 sec Space shuttle Discovery began its early morning rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building at 5:17 a.m. January 14 riding atop a mobile launch platform and carried by an Apollo-era transporter.
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