STS-108 Mission Highlights Resource Tape

Abstract

A continuation of 'STS-108 Mission Highlights Resource Tape, Part 1 of 3' (internal ID 2002049331) and 'STS-108 Mission Highlights Resource Tape, Part 2 of 3' (internal ID 2002049330), this video shows footage from flight days 9-12. The control of the International Space Station (ISS) is handed from the Expedition 3 crew (Commander Frank Culbertson, Jr. and Flight Engineers Mikhail Turin and Vladimir Dezhurov) to the Expedition 4 crew (Commander Yuri Onufrienko and Flight Engineers Carl Walz and Daniel Bursch) in an on-orbit ceremony. Both Expedition crews and the STS-108 crew (Commander Dominic Gorie, Pilot Mark Kelly, and Mission Specialists Linda Godwin and Daniel Tani) are seen reloading the Rafaello Multipurpose Logistics Module (MPLM). External shots show the MPLM demating from the ISS and returning to the payload bay of Endeavour. The three crews bid farewell to each other before closing the hatches between ISS and Endeavour. The orbiter undocks from ISS and performs its flyarounds. ISS is seen against a backdrop of stars as Endeavour flies away. On the return flight to Earth, the Starshine 2 satellite is deployed. The video ends with the orbiter's landing as seen from several viewpoints.