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STS-118: Space Shuttle and Station Expedition 15 Overview

This background material provides a detailed overview of the STS-118 mission, including information on the Expedition 15, station construction plans, and objectives. It also includes educational opportunities and other experiments conducted during the mission.

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STS-118: Space Shuttle and Station Expedition 15 Overview

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  1. STS – 118 ISS - Expedition 15

  2. OBJECTIVE • Background material for workshop • Provide detailed overview of STS-118 • Information on Station Expedition 15 • Station construction plans for ’07-’08 • Q&A

  3. ENDEAVOUR 119th Shuttle Flight 20th Flight for Endeavour First since 2002 Target Date: Aug 7 Window: 10 minutes Duration: 11-14 days 3 - 4 Spacewalks

  4. Mastrachio, Morgan, Hobaugh, Kelly, Caldwell, Williams, Drew

  5. MISSION OBJECTIVES • Station Construction (13A.1) Deliver/Install Truss Section (S5) Deliver External Storage Platform 3 (ESP-3) • Station Re-supply Spacehab Module • Station Repair Control Moment Gyro Replacement • Educational Opportunities • Test of Station-Shuttle Power Transfer System (SSPTS) • Other Experiments

  6. Video of Inspection

  7. Starboard Port

  8. Video of S5 Installation

  9. Video of ESP-3 Installation

  10. Replace Control Moment Gyro

  11. Educational Activities Basil Seeds

  12. Pennant Challenge

  13. Teachable Moments

  14. STS-118 Preparations

  15. Space Station ActivitiesExpedition 15

  16. Yurchikhin Kotov Anderson

  17. Minus Eighty Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI) Part of Nutrition Status Assessment Experiment Preserve experimental Materials for long duration

  18. Microgravity Science Glovebox

  19. Entering data from Oxygen Uptake Experiment

  20. International Polar Year

  21. Maintenance

  22. BCAT-3 - Experiment planned for Expedition 15 Binary Colloidal Alloy

  23. CFE - Capillary Flow Experiment

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