Spaceflight Now: STS-97 Mission Report


STS-97 Video Vault
Updated: December 4, 2000

Full video coverage of space shuttle mission STS-97.

Docking
Bird's eye view
The Expedition One crew aboard the international space station watch the space shuttle Endeavour during the rendezvous for docking to the orbiting outpost.
  PLAY (501k, 1min04sec QuickTime file)

Linking up
Space shuttle Endeavour gently docks to the international space station while flying 235 miles above Kazakhstan.
  PLAY (221k, 1min56sec QuickTime file)
     
Launch
Endeavour blasts off
Endeavour lifts off bound for the international space station as seen on NASA Television with commentary.
  PLAY (300k, 28sec QuickTime file)

     
Pre-flight
Astronaut arrival
The five-man crew of Endeavour arrive at Kennedy Space Center aboard their T-38 jet trainers to begin final preparations for launch.
  PLAY (545k, 1min17sec QuickTime file)

Commander speaks
Commander Brent Jett addresses reporters at the runway after arrival and says he had spoken with the Expedition One crew aboard the space station.
  PLAY (279k, 1min06sec QuickTime file)
     
Mission preview
Payload bay tour
Take a guided tour through Endeavour's payload bay and see the space station cargo being carried aloft in this NASA animation.
  PLAY (166k, 26sec QuickTime file)

Docking with station
NASA animation shows Endeavour's rendezvous and docking to the international space station, which will occur in a different fashion than normal.
  PLAY (252k, 40sec QuickTime file)
     
P6 module unberthed
The P6 truss with the solar arrays is lifted out of space shuttle Endeavour's payload bay by the robot arm and parked overnight as seen in NASA animation.
  PLAY (130k, 23sec QuickTime file)

P6 module installed
NASA animation shows the solar array module being mounted atop the Z1 truss of the international space station.
  PLAY (235k, 32sec QuickTime file)
     
Solar arrays unfurled
The U.S.-made solar arrays are extended to generate power for the international space station as seen in NASA animation.
  PLAY (311k, 51sec QuickTime file)

Endeavour departs
Shuttle Endeavour undocks from the international space station and performs a flyaround the orbiting complex for IMAX as shown in NASA animation.
  PLAY (284k, 56sec QuickTime file)
     
Pre-flight testing
Solar arrays
One of the solar array structures is deployed in a factory test, giving you an idea of the massive size of the wing.
  PLAY (355k, 39sec QuickTime file)

Array mast
The extendable boom-like solar array mast is deployed from its container in a ground test. The mast is the structure that will support the solar array wing.
  PLAY (427k, 46sec QuickTime file)
     
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