STS-134 Shuttle Says Goodbyeでないかも
A Countdown of Countdowns: The Space Shuttle's Finale
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/behindscenes/shuttle_countdowns.html
The AMS payload is a state-of-the-art cosmic ray particle physics detector designed to examine matter as part of a probe into the origin and structure of the universe.
NASA Picks Crew for Final Space Shuttle Mission | The Jacksonville Observer
A twin, three space station veterans, a Hubble repairman and a veteran shuttle pilot were named to a flight that might be the final mission of NASA’s three-orbiter fleet.
Navy Capt. Mark Kelly, whose twin brother, Scott, is also an astronaut, will command STS-134, a mission now set to launch on Sept. 16, 2010.
STS-108 Endeavour(December 5-17, 2001)
STS-121 Discovery (July 4-17, 2006)
STS-124 Discovery (May 31 to June 14, 2008)
Astronaut Bio: Mark Kelly (8/2009)
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/kellyme.html
"Pilot Gregory H. “Box” Johnson. Johnson is a retired Air Force colonel who piloted Discovery on a March 2008 station construction mission.
"pilot Endeavour on the STS-123 "
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/johnson-gh.html
あれ、Michael Finckeも ISS Expedition 18 commander
Mission Specialist Michael Fincke. An Air Force colonel, Fincke was a flight engineer and expedition commander on two visits to the station. He flew twice on Russian Soyuz spacecraft. This will be his first shuttle mission.
"ISS Expedition 18 (October 12, 2008 to April 8, 2009). "
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/fincke.html
Mission Specialist Greg Chamitoff. Born in Canada to a Jewish family of Russian origins, Chamitoff served as a station flight engineer for six months in 2008. He was the first astronaut to bring bagels up to the outpost.
印象の薄い方
"Dr. Chamitoff served 179 days tour of duty aboard the International Space Station as Expedition 17-18 ISS Flight Engineer and Science Officer. He launched to the station with the crew of STS-124 on May 31, 2008, docking with the station on June 2, 2008. He returned to Earth on shuttle mission STS-126, having logged a total of 183 days in space. "
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/chamitoff.html
Mission Specialist Andrew “Drew” Feustal. An auto mechanic-turned-astronaut, Feustal performed three spacewalks in May on NASA’s fifth and final Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission.
"STS-125 Atlantis (May 11-24, 2009) was the fifth and final Hubble servicing mission."
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/feustel-aj.html
Mission Specialist Roberto Vittori of the European Space Agency. An Italian Air Force colonel, Vittori flew 10-day science missions to the station aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft in 2002 and 2005.
The STS-134 flight will include three spacewalks to deliver and install the spectrometer on the starboard side of the station’s central truss.
http://www.jaxobserver.com/2009/08/17/nasa-picks-crew-for-final-space-shuttle-mission/
Feb. 26 予定
STS-134
STS-1 Lift Off: 5, 4, we've gone for main engine start.
Lift-off of America's first Space Shuttle. And the shuttle has cleared the tower.
The Golden Anniversary of NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/podcasting/50_anniversary.html
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