NASA : Astronauts Kate Rubins and Jeff Williams Prepare For a Spacewalk .- Los astronautas Kate Rubins y Jeff Williams SE preparan para una caminata espacial

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Expedition 48 crew members Kate Rubins (left) and Jeff Williams (right) of NASA outfit spacesuits inside of the Quest airlock aboard the International Space Station. Rubins and Williams will conduct a spacewalk on Friday, Aug. 19, 2016, to install the first International Docking Adapter (IDA), the new docking port that will enable the future arrival of U.S. commercial crew spacecraft. This will be the fourth spacewalk in Williams’ career, the first for Rubins, and the 194th for the space station.

The docking adapter was launched on a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft and arrived at the station July 20. It stands about 42 inches tall and is 63 inches in diameter on the inside. Sensors and other fittings ring the perimeter of the adapter and give it an overall diameter of about 94 inches. Spacecraft flying to the station will use the sensors on the IDA to track to and help the spacecraft's navigation system steer the spacecraft to a safe docking without astronaut involvement.

 

The adapter also represents the first on-orbit element built to the docking measurements that are standardized for all the spacecraft builders across the world. Its first users are expected to be the Boeing Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft now in development in partnership with NASA's Commercial Crew Program. Because the adapter is designed to an international standard, future spacecraft will be able to dock there, too.

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Last Updated: Aug. 15, 2016

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NASA : May 19, 2000, Early Morning Liftoff of Atlantis on STS-101 Mission.- Despegue del Atlantis en la misión STS-10119 de mayo de 2000, en la madrugada

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Flames from the solid rocket boosters lit up the clouds of smoke and steam trailing behind space shuttle Atlantis on May 19, 2000, as it lifted off into the pre-dawn sky on mission STS-101. Launch from pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center occurred on time at 6:11:10 a.m. EDT. The mission took the crew of six American astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut to the International Space Station to deliver logistics and supplies, as well as to prepare the station for the arrival of the Zvezda Service Module, launched by Russia on July 12, 2000.

 

The astronauts equipped the station with new or replacement gear and transferred more than a ton of supplies into the space station for use by future residents of the orbiting laboratory, and Mission Specialists James Voss and Jeff Williams completed one spacewalk. After a 10-day mission, Atlantis landed on May 29 at 2:20 a.m. EDT.

 

STS-101 was the shuttle program's third space station assembly flight. It was the first space flight and spacewalk for NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, who is currently living and working aboard the station as a member of the Expedition 47 crew.

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Last Updated: May 19, 2016

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