Space Forum / Space Station / May 2004

ISS On-Orbit Status 27 May 2004
All ISS systems continue to function nominally except those noted
previously or below.
Progress 14P (M-249) docked successfully at the Service Module (SM) aft port

A unit of value that the US, Russia, and other ISS partners have used in
pricing the exchange of goods and services on ISS is the unit of
"crew time". Is there a standard dollar rate for, say,
"one hundred hours of crew time"?

I remember once seeing Mir being trailed by a Progress/Soyuz spacecraft.
Tonight ISS will be visible again for me, and I wonder where the Progress
supplyship is currently. Since it will dock ISS tomorrow, should it already
be "close" to ISS (like seeing booth craft at the same time ...

Just a curiosity -- at what pressure does the Orlan suit function?  And
does it use pure oxygen or a gas mix?
Doug
dvandorn@NOSPAM.mn.rr.com

NASA may have to evacuate ISS if Russian rocket mission fails
BY JOHN KELLY AND TODD HALVORSON
FLORIDA TODAY
CAPE CANAVERAL -- The two men living on the International Space

'Gewichtloos zijn valt niet mee'
ESA-astronaut André Kuipers weet als tweede Nederlander hoe het is om in
de ruimte te verblijven. Na Wubbo Ockels (1985) reisde hij eind april af
naar het Internationale Ruimtestation, waar hij in negen dagen een breed

Wetenschappelijke experimenten Missie DELTA: hoe zijn ze verlopen?
De meeste wetenschappers betrokken bij het onderzoeksprogramma van Missie
DELTA konden na de veilige landing van Kuipers op 30 april direct aan de
slag om te inventariseren of hun experimenten geslaagd zijn. Van een

ISS On-Orbit Status 7 May 2004
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted
previously or below.   Today in 1610 (394 years ago), Galileo discovered the
"Galilean" moons of Jupiter  --- Io, Europa and Ganymede.

ASTRONAUT DOUGLAS HURLEY JOINS LOCKHEED MARTIN, BAE SYSTEMS AND AREA SCHOOLS
TO CO-SPONSOR LOCAL SPACE DAY EVENT
OWEGO, NY, May 6, 2004
Southern Tier's native son and NASA Astronaut Douglas Hurley joined Lockheed

April 28, 2004
Marta R. Metelko
Headquarters, Washington
202/358-1642

Boeing Executive Inducted Into Astronaut Hall of Fame
ST. LOUIS, May 4, 2004 - Richard Covey, vice president of Support Operations
for Boeing [NYSE: BA] Integrated Defense Systems, was inducted Saturday into
the Astronaut Hall of Fame at a special ceremony at the Kennedy Space ...

ISS On-Orbit Status 4 May 2004
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted
previously or below.   Crew was commended on a great job yesterday on their
first full "official work day" as Expedition 9.

Is there any clue what this nut refers to by 'dinosaurs'?
Filers Files #19 - 2004
From: George A. Filer <Majorstar@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 16:16:43 EDT

Any progress on NASA's studying
the Russian proposal for the next ISS
crew to stay up for 12 months?
From what i can hear, there's