Paul Hill, STS-114 Lead Flight Director, and John Shannon, Flight Operations and Integrations Manager for the Space Shuttle Program were present. Paul gave a detailed description of the Orbiter's performance upon its arrival on the International Space Station, orbital rendezvous and docking was completed, performance was nominal by all measures, and crew is already inside the ISS. He also briefly mentioned the next day crew activities, robotics work and first space walk. John emphasized on ground technical engineering tasks, data gathering and inspection of data, imagery and damage assessment, assessing the performance of the external tank, engineering analysis, and the increase of understanding of the overall condition of the vehicle. Safety of the vehicle, battery lifetime, foam loss, tile damage, post launch analysis were some of the topics discussed with the News Media.


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    Title :

    STS-114: Discovery Day 3/Mission Status Briefing


    Publication date :

    2005-07-28


    Type of media :

    Audio-visual


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English