Spaceflight Now: Space Station/STS-98

Preparing to step outside
BY SPACEFLIGHT NOW
SPACEFLIGHT NOW

Posted: February 10, 2001

 
Space suits
Spacewalker Tom Jones (rear) checks out one of the space suits that will be used during the excursion to install the Destiny laboratory. Atlantis pilot Mark Polansky (foreground) will help coordinate the EVA from inside the cabin. Photo: Spaceflight Now/NASA TV
 

Ride a rocket!
DeltaA 50-minute VHS video cassette from Spaceflight Now features spectacular "rocketcam" footage from April's launch of NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey probe. Available from the Astronomy Now Store in NTSC format (North America and Japan) and PAL (UK, most of Europe, Australia and other countries).

Status Summary
The Progress M-44 resupply ship docked with the station automatically at 0950 GMT (4:50 a.m. EST) on Wednesday.

The Alpha crew moved their Soyuz capsule from the aft of Zvezda to the Zarya module's Earth-facing port on Saturday.


See the Status Center for full play-by-play coverage.


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