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STS-69 Flight Day 4 Highlights

On the fourth day of the STS-69 mission, the astronauts, Cmdr. Dave Walker, Pilot Ken Cockrell, and Mission Specialists Jim Voss, Jim Newman, and Mike Gernhardt, were awakened by 5 year old Madeline Cockrell (Ken Cockrell's daughter) singing the song 'Bingo Was His Name.' The interception and retrieval of the SPARTAN-201 satellite was the first task of the day. The SPARTAN-201's mission was the study of the solar corona and the solar wind. The rest of the day was spent preparing for the deployment of the Wake Shield Facility (WSF), whose purpose during its two day orbit of the Earth, is to grow films for semiconductors in a vacuum-like environment. Earth views included some cloud cover and different areas of South America.

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STS-69 Flight Day 5 Video File

Awakening to the theme song of the television show 'Rin Tin Tin', the astronauts, Cmdr. Dave Walker, Pilot Ken Cockrell, and Mission Specialists Jim Voss, Jim Newman, and Mike Gernhardt, of the STS-69 mission began their fifth day in orbit. The deployment of the Wake Shield Facility (WSF) was accomplished successfully, although it was delayed several hours due to communication problems between the satellite and its carrier platform located in the shuttle's cargo bay. The WSF satellite's main purpose was to grow up to seven layers of semiconductor films in a vacuum-like state while orbiting behind the space shuttle. The shuttle's Global Positioning System and Satellite Tracking System were both given checkout tests.

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STS-69 Flight Day 6 Highlights

After being awakened by the Beatles song, 'A Hard Days Night', the flightcrew of the STS-69 mission, Cmdr. Dave Walker, Pilot Ken Cockrell, and Mission Specialists Jim Voss, Jim Newman, and Mike Gernhardt, began their sixth day in orbit by monitoring the free orbiting Wake Shield Facility (WSF). Later Cmdr. Walker conducted an interview with television reporters from Atlanta and Boston, answering questions about the mission and general questions about NASA's space program. The crew filmed a video for themselves performing daily routines (eating, shaving, exercising), as well as some of the physiological experiments, and shuttle equipment maintenance and checkout. One of the secondary experiments included the Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus-7 (CGBA-7), which served as an incubator and experiment station for a variety of tests (agricultural, pharmaceutical, biomedical, and environmental). Earth views included some cloud cover, the Gulf of Mexico, Texas, and the Atlantic Ocean.

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STS-69 Flight Day 7 Video File

On the seventh day of the STS-69 mission, the astronauts, Cmdr. Dave Walker, Pilot Ken Cockrell, and Mission Specialists Jim Voss, Jim Newman, and Mike Gernhardt, were awakened by the theme song from the movie 'Patten.' Voss and Gernhardt performed a pre-EVA (Extravehicular Activity) checkout of the new thermal spacesuits that they will be wearing in two days. Solving problems with the Wake Shield Facility (WSF) occupied the other astronauts for most of this day. Earth views included tropical storm Marilyn in the Caribbean.

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STS-69 Flight Day 8 Video File

The astronauts, Cmdr. Dave Walker, Pilot Ken Cockrell, and Mission Specialists Jim Voss, Jim Newman, and Mike Gernhardt were awakened by the theme song of the television cartoon show 'Underdog' on this eighth day of the STS-69 mission. The retrieval of the Wake Shield Facility (WSF) occurred without any major problems. The WSF was unable to grow all seven layers of films before its retrieval. Only four were grown due to thermal problems.

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STS-69 Flight Day 9 Video File

The song, 'He's A Tramp', from the Walt Disney cartoon movie, 'Lady and the Tramp', awakened the astronauts, Cmdr. Dave Walker, Pilot Ken Cockrell, and Mission Specialists Jim Voss, Jim Newman, and Mike Gernhardt, on the ninth day of the STS-69 mission. The Wake Shield Facility (WSF) was again unberthed from the shuttle cargo bay and , using the shuttle's robot arm, held over the side of the shuttle for five hours where it collected data on the electrical field build-up around the spacecraft as part of the Charging Hazards and Wake Studies Experiment (CHAWS). Voss and Gernhardt rehearsed their Extravehicular Activity (EVA) spacewalk, which was planned for the next day. Earth views included cloud cover, a hurricane, and its eye.

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STS-69 Flight Day 10 Highlights

In honor of the Extravehicular Activity (EVA) spacewalk today, the tenth day of the STS-69 mission, the astronauts, Cmdr. Dave Walker, Pilot Ken Cockrell, and Mission Specialists Jim Voss, Jim Newman, and Mike Gernhardt, were awakened to the Frankie Valle and the Four Seasons tune, 'Walk Like A Man.' Voss and Gernhardt tested the new thermal spacesuits and some new tools in the shuttle's cargo bay for six hours. The EVA was successful. The rest of the astronauts monitored the EVA and packed up the equipment and experiments in preparation for their reentry flight tomorrow.

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STS-74 Flight Day 2

On the second day of the STS-74 mission, the flight crew, Cmdr. Kenneth Cameron, Pilot James Halsell, and Mission Specialists William McArthur, Jerry Ross, and Chris Hadfield, were awakened to music from the play 'The Nutcracker'. The astronauts hosted an in-orbit interview with Canadian reporters and journalists from Toronto, answering general questions about living in space and space flight, and explaining the delicate maneuvers that the shuttle will have to perform for the Mir docking procedures scheduled for the next day. Due to the awkward angle that the shuttle will use to approach the Mir, the docking procedure will be done in an almost blind state.

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STS-74 Flight Day 5

On this fifth day of the STS-74 mission, the flight crew, Cmdr. Kenneth Cameron, Pilot James Halsell, and Mission Specialists William McArthur, Jerry Ross, and Chris Hadfield, were awakened to the theme from the movie '2001: A Space Odyssey.' The Mir 20 cosmonauts, Cmdr. Yuri Gidzenko, Flight Engineer Sergei Avdeyev, and Cosmonaut-Researcher (ESA) Thomas Reiter, and shuttle astronauts are shown giving each other plaques and presents to commemorate their historic docking event and the start towards the development of the International Space Station. There is a press conference from Moscow by a one of the officers of the Russian Space Agency with both flight crews and an additional separate press interview of the crews by Canadian reporters. There is video footage of the two docked spacecraft taken from various angles.

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STS-72 Flight Day 2

On this second day of the STS-72 mission, the flight crew, Cmdr. Brian Duffy, Pilot Brent W. Jett, and Mission Specialists Leroy Chiao, Daniel T. Barry, Winston E. Scott, and Koichi Wakata (NASDA), awakened to music from the motion picture 'Star Wars.' The crew performed a systems checkout, prepared for the retrieval of the Japanese Space Flyer Unit (SFU), tested the spacesuits for the EVA, and activated some of the secondary experiments. An in-orbit news interview was conducted with the crew via satellite downlinking. Questions asked ranged from the logistics of the mission to the avoidance procedures the Endeavour Orbiter performed to miss hitting the inactive Air Force satellite, nicknamed 'Misty' (MSTI). Earth views included cloud cover, several storm systems, and various land masses with several views of the shuttle's open cargo bay in the foreground.

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STS-72 Flight Day 3

On this third day of the STS-72 mission, the flight crew, Cmdr. Brian Duffy, Pilot Brent W. Jett, and Mission Specialists Leroy Chiao, Daniel T. Barry, Winston E. Scott, and Koichi Wakata (NASDA), awakened to a traditional Japanese song, 'Sea in Springtime.' Wakata, using the shuttle's robot arm, successfully retrieved the Japanese Space Flyer Unit (SFU) satellite and berthed it in the shuttle's cargo bay. Duffy and Wakata were interviewed, via satellite, by Japanese journalists and reporters in Houston, Texas. Earth views include cloud cover, storm systems, Africa and several other land masses.

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STS-77 Flight Day 7

On this seventh day of the STS-77 mission, the flight crew, Cmdr. John H. Casper, Pilot Curtis L. Brown, Jr., and Mission Specialists Andrew S.W. Thomas, Ph.D., Daniel W. Bursch, Mario Runco, Jr., and Marc Garneau, Ph.D., return to the small, cylindrical PAMS-STU satellite and begin eight hours of station-keeping about 1,800 feet away. The second rendezvous with the Passive Aerodynamically Stabilized Magnetically Damped Satellite (PAMS) begins shortly after the crew is awakened by the song 'Down Under' performed by Men At Work, in honor of Australian-born Mission Specialist Andy Thomas. For several hours Commander John Casper and Pilot Curt Brown perform a series of thruster firings which allow Endeavour to close in on the 2 foot by 3 foot satellite. The rendezvous takes place as other crewmembers monitor ongoing science experiments in the Spacehab module and on the middeck of the orbiter.

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STS-78 Flight Day 15

On this fifteenth day of the STS-78 mission, the 4th of July, Cmdr. Terence T. Henricks, Pilot Kevin R. Kregel, Payload Cmdr. Susan J. Helms, Mission Specialists Richard M. Linnehan, Charles E. Brady, Jr., and Payload Specialists Jean-Jacques Favier, Ph.D. and Robert B. Thirsk, M.D., are awakened with Bruce Springsteen's 'Born in the USA' and Lee Greenwood's 'I'm Proud to be an American' to begin another a day on orbit. Mission Commander Tom Henricks responded to Mission Control's wake up call by saying that the five US-born crew members were very proud to be Americans, particularly on the day America celebrates its 220th anniversary. Work in the Spacelab module will continue with investigations into the effects of microgravity on muscle strength and endurance, lung function, and adaptation of the neurovestibular system to a microgravity environment. Henricks and Pilot Kevin Kregel will complete work with a laptop computer designed to test the crew's critical thinking skills and reaction time. They also will test a voice control system that allows them to reposition Columbia's closed-circuit television cameras with verbal cues, keeping their hands free to perform other tasks.

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STS-78 Flight Day 12

On this twelfth day of the STS-78 mission, the flight crew, Cmdr. Terence T. Henricks, Pilot Kevin R. Kregel, Payload Cmdr. Susan J. Helms, Mission Specialists Richard M. Linnehan, Charles E. Brady, Jr., and Payload Specialists Jean-Jacques Favier, Ph.D. and Robert B. Thirsk, M.D., are awakened by the Canadian national anthem, 'Oh Canada.' This morning, Thirsk is shown delivering a holiday message to Prime Minister Jean Chretien and other dignitaries gathered at Parliament Hill in Ottawa. The crew is then shown celebrating Canada Day aboard the Space Shuttle. Also this morning, Mission Specialist Susan Helms discusses the progress of Columbia's flight with WBBM Radio in Chicago.

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STS-80 Flight Day 6

On this sixth day of the STS-80 mission, the flight crew, Cmdr. Kenneth D. Cockrell, Pilot Kent V. Rominger, Mission Specialists, Tamara E. Jernigan, Thomas D. Jones, and F. Story Musgrave, are awakened to news from Mission Control that the ORFEUS-SPAS astronomy satellite may be closing in on the Wake Shield Facility satellite slightly faster than originally predicted. The Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer, or ORFEUS-SPAS satellite, has conducted 77 different astronomical observations since being deployed on launch day. Jernigan reports that the VIEW-CAPL experiment, designed by students at the University of Maryland, is working well. The experiment tests capillary pumped loop technology that one day may be used for more reliable spacecraft cooling systems. The crew also sends down television pictures of the flight deck and address half a dozen questions posed via the NASA Shuttle Web on the Internet.

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STS-72 Flight Day 9

On this ninth day of the STS-72 mission, the flight crew, Cmdr. Brian Duffy, Pilot Brent W. Jett, and Mission Specialists Leroy Chiao, Daniel T. Barry, Winston E. Scott, and Koichi Wakata (NASDA), awakened to music from the movie Star Wars. The astronauts conducted a news conference via satellite and answered questions from both Japanese and U.S. reporters at the Kennedy Space Center and the Johnson Space Center. The preparation for the scheduled night landing continues from the previous day's activities.

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STS-72 Flight Day 5

On this fifth day of the STS-72 mission, the flight crew, Cmdr. Brian Duffy, Pilot Brent W. Jett, and Mission Specialists Leroy Chiao, Daniel T. Barry, Winston E. Scott, and Koichi Wakata (NASDA), awakened to music from the television show, 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'. Chiao and Barry are shown suiting up for the first of the two scheduled 6 1/2 hour spacewalks and, later, conducting tests with various tools and materials from the shuttle's cargo bay during the spacewalk. The new heating and cooling units in the spacesuits will be tested during these EVAs.

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STS-72 Flight Day 8

On this eighth day of the STS-72 mission, the flight crew, Cmdr. Brian Duffy, Pilot Brent W. Jett, and Mission Specialists Leroy Chiao, Daniel T. Barry, Winston E. Scott, and Koichi Wakata (NASDA), awakened to the Alanis Morissette song, 'All I Really Want.' Secondary middeck experiments were completed along with the crew having some free personal time. Duffy, Scott, and Wakata were interviewed via satellite by students from Johannesburg, South Africa as part of the U.S. Information Agency's 'Worldnet' program. They answered general questions from the students regarding their mission, the spacewalks, and the International Space Station. Earth views included cloud cover, land masses, a close-up of a storm system over Houston, Texas, and various other night time shots of the Earth.

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