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Countdown
Crew arrival The STS-112 crew arrive at the Kennedy Space Center on September 29, 2002, to begin final pre-launch preparations. No audio. (6min 43sec file)   QuickTime or RealVideo		L-2 status briefing The L-2 day Countdown Status Briefing from Monday, Sept. 30 with Shuttle Test Director Jeff Spaulding, STS-112 Payload Mission Manager Gennaro Caliendo and Shuttle Weather Officer Kathy Winters. (10 min 22 sec)   QuickTime or RealVideo
Pre-launch briefing The STS-112 pre-launch news conference with Shuttle Program Manager Ron Dittemore, International Space Station Operations & Integration Manager Mike Suffredini, Director of Shuttle Processing Dave King and Launch Weather Officer Lt. Michael Jennings. (35 min 50 sec)   QuickTime or RealVideo		L-1 status briefing The L-1 Day Countdown Status Briefing from Tuesday, Oct. 1 with NASA Test Director Pete Nickolenko, STS-112 Payload Mission Manager Gennaro Caliendo and Shuttle Weather Officer Kathy Winters. (11 min 30 sec)   QuickTime or RealVideo
Launch delay briefing The launch postponement news conference on Oct. 2 with Mission Management Team chairman Jim Halsell and Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach. (35 min 50 sec)   QuickTime or RealVideo
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Interviews with Atlantis' astronauts
Commander An interview with STS-112 Commander Jeff Ashby. (6min 43sec file)   QuickTime or RealVideo		Pilot An interview with STS-112 Pilot Pamela Melroy. (8min 28sec file)   QuickTime or RealVideo
Spacewalker 1 An interview with STS-112 Mission Specialist No. 1 David Wolf, one of the mission spacewalkers. (6min 14sec file)   QuickTime or RealVideo		Flight engineer An interview with STS-112 Mission Specialist No. 2 Sandra Magnus, Atlantis' flight engineer. (3min 53sec file)   QuickTime or RealVideo
Spacewalker 2 An interview with STS-112 Mission Specialist No. 3 Piers Sellers, one of the mission's spacewalkers. (9min 07sec file)   QuickTime or RealVideo		Cosmonaut An interview with STS-112 Mission Specialist No. 4 Fyodor Yurchikhin, a Russian cosmonaut flying aboard Atlantis. (4min 50sec file)   QuickTime or RealVideo
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STS-112 pre-flight briefings
Mission overview Andy Algate, the STS-112 lead space station flight director, and Phil Engelauf, the STS-112 lead shuttle flight director, provide a detailed overview of Atlantis' mission to deliver the S1 truss. (41min 59sec file)   QuickTime or RealVideo		ISS update Bill Gerstenmaier, the International Space Station program manager, gives an update to reporters in advance of Atlantis' mission. (47min 54sec file)   QuickTime or RealVideo
S1 truss overview Learn all about the Starboard 1 truss element that will be launched to the International Space Station by shuttle Atlantis on STS-112 in this briefing by Launch Package Manager Ron Torcivia. (32min 14sec file)   QuickTime or RealVideo		Preview of spacewalks Oscar Koehler, the STS-112 lead EVA officer, previews the three spacewalks to be performed during shuttle Atlantis' mission to the International Space Station. (38min 45sec file)   QuickTime or RealVideo
Crew briefing Atlantis' six astronauts -- commander Jeff Ashby, pilot Pam Melroy and mission specialists Dave Wolf, Sandy Magnus, Piers Sellers and Fyodor Yurchikhin -- hold the traditional pre-flight crew news conference at Johnson Space Center. (46min 29sec file)   QuickTime or RealVideo
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STS-112 preview animation
The space station Animation depicts the current configuration of the International Space Station and then the addition of the S1 truss from the STS-112 mission. (41sec file)   QuickTime or RealVideo		The S1 truss See the various parts and pieces of the S1 space station truss segment to be launched by shuttle Atlantis in this animation package. (2min 53sec file)   QuickTime or RealVideo
S1 installation The S1 truss is lifted out of Atlantis' payload bay by the space station's robotic arm and attached to the orbiting complex. (54sec file)   QuickTime or RealVideo		Radiator extended One of the three radiators of the S1 truss is deployed to support the space station's cooling system. (18sec file)   QuickTime or RealVideo
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Preps for shuttle Atlantis
Hangar departure Riding atop a special transporter, Atlantis is backed out of its Orbiter Processing Facility hangar at Kennedy Space Center on Sept. 4. (1min 24sec file)   QuickTime or RealVideo		Heading for VAB Atlantis makes the quarter-mile trek from its hangar to the Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building for attachment to its external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters. (2min 09sec file)   QuickTime or RealVideo
Leaving VAB At 2:27 a.m. EDT on Sept. 10, the crawler-transporter begins the 4.2-mile trip to move space shuttle Atlantis from Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building to launch pad 39B. (1min 38sec file)   QuickTime or RealVideo		On the pad Space shuttle arrives on the seaside launch pad 39B in preparation for liftoff in early October to deliver the Starboard 1 truss segment to the International Space Station. The shuttle's mobile launch platform was firmly bolted down at 9:38 a.m. EDT. (1min 30sec file)   QuickTime or RealVideo
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