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 STS-100 Mission Theater Updated: May 5, 2001
From countdown to touchdown we will provide the internet's most and comprehensive video coverage of Endeavour's mission to the International Space Station. This service will provide background information, daily mission highlights and press conferences in their entirety for space fans unable to watch shuttle missions around the clock, as well as creating the ultimate historical video archive of Endeavour's mission. We will update this index regularly with new movies.
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Questions? Why have you started charging for video? How long does a subscription last? For the answer to these and other queries see our Frequently Asked Questions.  Contents Soyuz undocks Landing Flight day 12 Tito checks in Flight day 11 Flight day 10 Tito launches Flight day 9 Flight day 8 Flight day 7 Flight day 6 Flight day 5 Flight day 4 Flight day 3 Flight day 2 Launch day Launch pad arms swing Astronauts get ready Space station operations Countdown Endeavour moves to launch Training for the worst Endeavour crew Mission Preview The full package 
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The Soyuz TM-31 space capsule -- with Dennis Tito onboard -- undocks from the aft port of the international space station's Zvezda service module on May 5 for the journey back to Earth.
Space shuttle Endeavour lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California as seen live on NASA Television.
Capcom Scott Altman informs the shuttle astronauts they will be diverted to Edwards Air Force Base in California due to poor weather at Florida's Kennedy Space Center.
Entry flight director Leroy Cain briefs the news media on the preparations for Endeavour's return to Earth and the landing weather forecast.
The crew of shuttle mission STS-100 reflect on their mission to the International Space Station in a news conference with reporters in the U.S., Canada and Italy.
The Soyuz TM-32 spacecraft carrying U.S. space tourist Dennis Tito docks with the International Space Station.
A camera on the space station's newly installed robot arm captures spectacular footage of the Soyuz TM-32 spacecraft's approach and docking.
The final approach of the Soyuz TM-32 capsule is captured by a camera in the optical quality window of the Destiny laboratory module.
Tito's first comments after arriving aboard the space station's Zvezda module.
Tito floats into the space station's Zvezda module shortly after arriving aboard Soyuz TM-32.
Space shuttle Endeavour departs the International Space Station after eight days of docked operations.
International Space Station manager for international operations Bob Cabana and lead STS-100 flight director Phil Englauf brief the news media.
The International Space Station silently glides high above the ice-locked circular Manicouagan meteor impact crater in Quebec, Canada.
Spaceflight Now's Anatoly Zak was inside the launch pad perimeter to capture this close up footage of the liftoff of the Soyuz TM-32 spacecraft.
Space tourist Dennis Tito undergoes final checks of his pressure suit before departing for the launch pad.
Mission operations representative Randy Stone, International Space Station manager for international operations Bob Cabana and Canadian Space Agency Director of Operations Benoit Marcotte brief the news media.
Mission operations representative Wayne Hale and International Space Station deputy program manager Bill Gerstenmaier brief the news media on efforts to restore the station's computer systems.
ABC News' Jim Slade interviews station crew member Susan Helms and shuttle fliers Jeff Ashby and John Philips on April 27.
Audio Only: Bill Gerstenmaier, ISS Deputy Program Manager speaks with mission control commentator Kelly Humphries about the decision to extend the shuttle's stay at the station.
Audio Only: NASA mission operations representative Wayne Hale speaks with mission control commentator Kelly Humphries about the impact of the decision to delay the shuttle's departure from the station.
Capcom Cady Coleman informs the shuttle and station crews that the shuttle's departure is being postponed by two days while flight controllers try to regain control of the station's computers.
Lead STS-100 flight director Phil Englauf, lead space station flight director John Curry, and ISS command and data handling systems office Mike Rodriggs brief the news media.
NASA's narrated crew activity report covers the events of Flight Day Seven inlcuding the computer problems that have delayed testing of the Canadian robot arm.
Bungee cords in the Raffaello logistics module allow for some impromptu trampoline exercise.
International Space Station flight director Andy Algate, and ISS command and data handling systems office Mike Rodriggs brief the news media on the computer problems affecting the station.
NASA's narrated crew activity report for Flight Day Six covers the second spacewalk of the mission, during which astronauts Hadfield and Parazynski wired up the new attachment point for the Canadian robot arm.
This NASA package highlights the capabilities and uses of the space station's newly installed Canadarm-2.
NASA's narrated crew activity report for Flight Day Five covers the checkout of the Canadian robot arm and the docking of the Raffaello logistics module.
Lead STS-100 flight director Phil Englauf, lead space station flight director John Curry, and Canadian Space Agency Director of Operations Benoit Marcotte brief the news media.
Shuttle skipper Kent Rominger leads the Endeavour crew aboard the International Space Station.
The Canadian-built space station robot arm reaches out for the first time during is checkout.
No, it's Endeavour astronaut Scott Parazynski doing his best impersonation of Superman flying through the Russian-built Zarya and Zvezda modules.
NASA's narrated crew activity report for Flight Day Four covers the first spacewalk of the mission in which and Canadian robot arm was installed on the space station.
Lead STS-100 flight director Phil Englauf, lead space station flight director John Curry, Canadian Space Agency Director of Operations Benoit Marcotte and STS-100 lead EVA officer Jeff Patrick brief the news media.
Spacewalking Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield unfolds the Canadarm 2 space station robot arm from its craddle.
Scott Parazynski deploys a UHF antenna on the exterior of the Destiny laboratory module during the first spacewalk of the mission.
The events planned for flight day four of the mission including the spacewalk and intial checkout of the Canadarm 2 are described in this NASA package.
Endeavour docks with the International Space Station at 1359 GMT (9:59 a.m. EDT) as seen live of NASA TV in sequential still video.
Endeavour's astronauts cram into the PMA-2 docking adapter to greet the Expedition 2 crew though the hatch porthole.
NASA's narrated crew activity report for Flight Day Three covers Endeavours rendezvous and docking with the space station.
Lead STS-100 flight director Phil Englauf and lead space station flight director John Curry brief the news media on flight day three of STS-100.
NASA's narrated crew activity report for Flight Day Two covers preparations for the space station docking and spacewalks.
Milt Heflin of NASA Mission Operations briefs the news media on flight day two of STS-100.
A narrated summary of what lies ahead for the crew of space shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-100.
Space shuttle Endeavour's lift off from the Kennedy Space Center as broadcast live on NASA TV.
NASA's narrated crew activity report for Flight Day One covers Endeavour's countdown and launch from the Kennedy Space Center.
The twin solid rocket boosters burn out and separation from space shuttle Endeavour just over two minutes into the flight.
The scene inside Endeavour's cockpit from liftoff through to separation of the twin solid rocket boosters.
Camera 009, located on the pad tower, focuses on the quick disconnect area between the shuttle and external fuel tank as Endeavour lifts off.
Positioned to the right of Endeavour's tail on the mobile launcher platform, Camera 051 provides a dramatic close-up view of the three main engines roaring to life.
Camera 161, located on the launch pad tower, clearly shows the "twang" that occurs as the main engines ignite flexing the entire vehicle.
Mounted on the mobile launcher platform, a camera shows the left-side T-0 umbilical holding Endeavour until the moment of SRB ignition as the shuttle strains to leap from the pad.
Positioned in front of pad 39A, a camera shows the steam billowing out as Endeavour's main engines roar to life and then the SRBs ignite to lift the shuttle skyward.
A powerful tracking camera located near the beach at launch pad 39A shows the beginning of Endeavour's trip to space.
Perched atop pad 39A's water tower, Camera 060 provides a shaking view of shuttle Endeavour's departure from planet Earth.
Positioned northwest of pad 39A, Camera 048 tracks Endeavour as it lifts off and performs the roll maneuver.
Endeavour's liftoff is seen from the west at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility runway.
A camera on the roof Kennedy Space Center's 52-story Vehicle Assembly Building captures the launch of Endeavour.
The Orbiter Access Arm -- the catwalk used by the astronauts to board Endeavour -- is pulled away from the shuttle's port side.
The gaseous oxygen vent hood -- the "Beanie Cap" -- is lifted off the top of the external tank and the swing arm moves away in the countdown's final minutes.
Endeavour's seven astronauts don their day-glow orange launch and entry suits in the Crew Quarters.
The astronauts walk out of their quarters to board the AstroVan for the 20-minute ride to launch pad 39A.
Commander Kent Rominger climbs into his seat on the flight deck of space shuttle Endeavour.
Russian cosmonaut Yuri Lonchakov makes his way through Endeavour's hatch and to a seat on the middeck for the ride to orbit.
Space station commander Yuri Usachev pilots a Soyuz TM craft to a docking at the aft port of the Zvezda service module on April 18.
Watch the Launch-1 Day Countdown Status Briefing in its entirety! The news conference provides a complete report on the shuttle, payloads and weather for Thursday's launch.
Watch the Launch-2 Day Countdown Status Briefing in its entirety! The news conference provides a complete report on the shuttle, payloads and weather for Thursday's launch.
Watch the Launch-3 Day Countdown Status Briefing in its entirety! The news conference provides a complete report on the shuttle, payloads and weather for Thursday's launch.
The STS-100 crew speak to the news media after arriving at the Kennedy Space Center on Monday ahead of their planned launch to the space station aboard the shuttle Endeavour.
Endeavour takes a quarter-mile trip on a special transporter from its hangar to the Vehicle Assembly Building for mating with a fuel tank and rocket boosters.
Attached to its external tank and solid rocket boosters, Endeavour makes the slow crawl from the Vehicle Assembly Building to launch pad 39A.
The seven Endeavour astronauts receive training on launch pad evacuation procedures at Kennedy Space Center. Here the crew is briefed on the pad's White Room area right outside the shuttle's hatch.
The training continues for the crew as they receive instructions of how to operate the slide-wire baskets available to whisk the astronauts from the pad's Fixed Service Structure to the ground where a concrete bunker awaits.
The Endeavour crew learns how to get out of the slide-wire baskets once they reach the ground just west of the launch pad. That is where a concrete bunker awaits the astronauts.
Should a major problem force the astronauts to escape the launch pad area, there is an armored tank at the ready. Here the crew is shown the controls and take turns driving the tank.
Excerpts from a NASA Public Affairs interview with STS-100 Mission Commander Kent Rominger..
Excerpts from a NASA Public Affairs interview with STS-100 pilot Jeff Ashby.
Excerpts from a NASA Public Affairs interview with STS-100 mission specialist Chris Hadfield.
Excerpts from a NASA Public Affairs interview with STS-100 mission specialist John Phillips.
Excerpts from a NASA Public Affairs interview with STS-100 mission specialist Scott Parazynski.
Excerpts from a NASA Public Affairs interview with STS-100 mission specialist Umberto Guidoni.
Excerpts from a NASA Public Affairs interview with STS-100 mission specialist Yuri Lonchakov.
This is the busiest time at the space station with the departure of a Progress cargo ship, relocation of the current Soyuz capsule, Endeavour's visit, delivery of a new Soyuz and departure of the old one.
Learn about the payloads riding riding aboard space shuttle Endeavour and what each will do in this narrated NASA animation.
NASA animation shows shuttle Endeavour's approach and docking to the international space station. This occurs on Flight Day 3.
NASA animation shows Endeavour's robot arm raising the Spacelab pallet containing the space station's Canadarm2 from the space shuttle payload bay and attaching the structure to the Destiny lab.
Now installed, the space station's Canadarm2 undergoes extensive testing and checks on Flight Day 5 of Endeavour's mission. That day will also see the Raffaello cargo module mounted to the station.
Endeavour undocks from the international space station and performs a one-lap "fly-around" maneuver to allow the astronauts to photo document the outpost's current state.