Next Space Shuttle Crew STS-125

STS-125


The next scheduled space shuttle mission is STS-125, and it will be the final flight to the Hubble Space Telescope.

The crew consists of Michael J. Massimino, Michael T. Good, both mission specialists; Gregory C. Johnson, pilot; Scott D. Altman, commander; K. Megan McArthur, John M. Grunsfeld and Andrew J. Feustel, all mission specialists.

Astronaut Michael Good. Photo Credit:NASA

Astronaut Gregory C Johnson. Photo Credit:NASA

Astronaut Megan McArthur.Photo Credit:NASA

Astronaut Andrew Feustel:Photo Credit:NASA

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International Space Station Expedition 18 Crew Photos

NASA Expedition 18 Crew Photos

NASA astronaut Michael Fincke (right), Expedition 18 commander; Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov (center), flight engineer; and American spaceflight participant Richard Garriott pose for a portrait following an Expedition 18/Soyuz 17 pre-flight press conference at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Fincke, Lonchakov and Garriott are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station in a Soyuz spacecraft in October.

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NASA astronaut Michael Fincke (center), Expedition 18 commander; Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov (right), flight engineer; and American spaceflight participant Richard Garriott pose for a portrait following an Expedition 18/Soyuz 17 pre-flight press conference at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Fincke, Lonchakov and Garriott are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station in a Soyuz spacecraft in October.

NASA astronauts Michael Fincke (left), Expedition 18 commander; Sandra Magnus, flight engineer; and Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov, flight engineer, pose for a portrait following an Expedition 18/Soyuz 17 pre-flight press conference at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Fincke and Lonchakov are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station in a Soyuz spacecraft in October. Magnus is scheduled to join Expedition 18 as flight engineer after launching to the station on mission STS-126.

NASA astronaut Michael Fincke (center), Expedition 18 commander; Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov (left), and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, both flight engineers, pose for a portrait following an Expedition 18/Soyuz 17 pre-flight press conference at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Fincke and Lonchakov are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station in a Soyuz spacecraft in October. Wakata is scheduled to join Expedition 18 as flight engineer after launching to the station on mission STS-119.

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STS-124 Crew To Land in Norfolk

STS-124 Visit Norfolk

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This may be part of a wider nationwide tour - we'll keep you posted. In the mean time the crew portrait and individual astronaut portraits can be obtained from the SPACEBOOSTERS Online Store.

These seven astronauts take a break from training to pose for the STS-124 crew portrait. From the left are astronauts Gregory E. Chamitoff, Michael E. Fossum, both STS-124 mission specialists; Kenneth T. Ham, pilot; Mark E. Kelly, commander; Karen L. Nyberg, Ronald J. Garan and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) Akihiko Hoshide, all mission specialists. Chamitoff is scheduled to join Expedition 17 as flight engineer after launching to the International Space Station on mission STS-124. The crewmembers are attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits. Photo Credit: NASA. Crew Portrait

Astronaut Gregory E. Chamitoff, flight engineer. Photo Credit:NASA

Astronaut Michael E. Fossum, mission specialist. Photo Credit:NASA

Astronaut Mark E. Kelly, commander : Photo Credit:NASA

Astronaut Ronald J. Garan Jr., mission specialist ; Photo Credit: NASA

Astronaut Kenneth T. Ham, pilot . Photo Credit:NASA

Astronaut Karen L. Nyberg, mission specialist. Photo Credit: NASA

Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, mission specialist representing the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) . Photo Credit:NASA

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Project Mercury

Project Mercury

Initiated in 1958, completed in 1963, Project Mercury was the United States' first man-in-space program. The objectives of the program, which made six manned flights from 1961 to 1963, were specific:

• To orbit a manned spacecraft around Earth;
  
• To investigate man's ability to function in space;
  
• To recover both man and spacecraft safely.

The Manned Flights Summary

Mercury-Redstone 3 FREEDOM 7

May 5, 1961 Alan B. Shepard, Jr.

15 minutes, 28 secondsSuborbital flight that successfully put the first American in space.

Launch of Freedom 7, the first American manned suborbital space flight. Astronaut Alan Shepard aboard, the Mercury-Redstone (MR-3) rocket is launched from Pad 5. NASA Image.

Mercury-Redstone 4 LIBERTY BELL 7

July 21, 1961 Virgil I. Grissom

15 minutes, 37 secondsAlso suborbital; successful flight but the spacecraft sank shortly after splashdown.

Prior to his own historic mission Astronaut Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom checks the installation of the periscope from which astronaut Alan B. Sheppard, Jr. viewed the Earth on his historic ride into space in the Freedom 7 space capsule. NASA Image

Mercury-Atlas 6 FRIENDSHIP 7

February 20, 1962John H. Glenn, Jr.

04 hours, 55 minutes 23 seconds Three-orbit flight that placed the first American into orbit.

Overall view of astronaut John Glenn, Jr., as he enters into the spacecraft Friendship 7 prior to MA-6 launch operations at Launch Complex 14. Astronaut Glenn is entering his spacecraft to begin the first American manned Earth orbital mission. NASA Image.

Mercury-Atlas 7 AURORA 7

May 24, 1962 M. Scott Carpenter

04 hours, 56 minutes, 5 seconds Confirmed the success of Mercury-Atlas 6 by duplicating flight.

Inside Hangar S at the White Room Facility at Cape Canaveral, Florida, Mercury astronaut M. Scott Carpenter examines the honeycomb protective material on the main pressure bulkhead (heat shield) of his Mercury capsule nicknamed "Aurora 7." NASA Image.

Mercury-Atlas 8 SIGMA 7

October 03, 1962 Walter M. Schirra, Jr.

09 hours, 13 minutes, 11 secondsSix-orbit engineering test flight.

Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. in Mercury pressure suit with model of Mercury capsule behind him. NASA Image.

Mercury-Atlas 9 FAITH 7

May 15-16, 1963L. Gordon Cooper, Jr.

34 hours, 19 minutes, 49 secondsLast Mercury mission; completed 22 orbits to evaluate effects of one day in space.

Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper in white room, waiting for Terminal Countdown Demonstrations Test (TCDT) activities to resume in preparation for his Mercury- Atlas 9 launch. NASA Image.

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Repairs Continue to Launch Pad 39A

Launch Pad 39A

A backhoe is used during repair work under way on the flame trench on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Damage to the trench occurred during the launch of Discovery on the STS-124 mission. A 75- by 20-foot section of the east wall was destroyed and debris scattered as far as the pad perimeter fence. Repairs are to be completed before the targeted Oct. 8 launch of Atlantis on the STS-125 mission.

Image Credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller

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Suiting Up - NASA International Space Station

Suiting Up

Attired in his Russian Orlan spacesuit, Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Expedition 17 flight engineer, prepared for the July 10 spacewalk. During the full dress rehearsal "dry run" that took place on July 8, Kononenko and fellow cosmonaut Commander Sergei Volkov tested translation capability and the status of the suits' communications gear and other systems while in the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station.Durin the 6-hour, 18-minute spacewalk, they inspected their Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft and retrieved a pyro bolt from it.

Image Credit: NASA

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