Saturday, June 2, 2001

The World Spaceflight News video catalog

STS-65 IML-2 MISSION / JULY 1994 / 12 hours / TWO CASSETTES

STS-64 LITE - SAFER EVA / SEPT. 1994 / 12 hours / TWO CASSETTES

STS-68 SRL-2 MISSION / SEPT. 1994 / 12 hours / TWO CASSETTES

STS-66 ATLAS-3 / NOVEMBER 1994 / 12 hours / TWO CASSETTES

STS-63 MIR RENDEZVOUS / EVA / FEBRUARY 1995 / 24 hours / 4 CASSETTES

STS-67 ASTRO-2; MIR-18 THAGARD / MARCH 1995 / 18 hours / 3 CASSETTES

STS-71 FIRST MIR DOCKING / JUNE 1995 / 30 hours / FIVE CASSETTES

STS-70 TDRS-G MISSION / JULY 1995 / 12 hours / TWO CASSETTES

STS-69 WSF-2, SPARTAN, EVA / SEPT. 1995 / 18 hours / THREE CASSETTES

STS-73 USML-2 MISSION / October 1995 / 12 hours / TWO CASSETTES

STS-74 SECOND MIR DOCKING / NOV. 1995 / 18 hours / THREE CASSETTES

STS-72 SFU RETRIEVAL, 2 EVAS / JAN. 1996 / 24 hours / FOUR CASSETTES

STS-75 TSS-1R includes break / FEBRUARY 1996 / 18 hours / THREE CASSETTES

STS-76 THIRD MIR DOCKING, EVA / MARCH 1996 / 18 hours / 3 CASSETTES

STS-77 SPACEHAB-04 / MAY 1996 / 12 hours / TWO CASSETTES

STS-78 LMS / JUNE 1996 / includes in-cockpit launch-landing video / 12 hours / THREE CASSETTES

STS-79 FOURTH MIR DOCKING / SEPT. 1996 / 6 hours / ONE CASSETTE

STS-80 WSF-3, ORFEUS / NOVEMBER 1996 / 18 hours / THREE CASSETTES

STS-81 FIFTH MIR DOCKING / JANUARY 1997 / 12 hours / TWO CASSETTES

STS-82 SECOND HST SERVICING / FEBRUARY 1997 / 42 hours / SEVEN CASSETTES

STS-83 MSL-1 / APRIL 1997 / 12 hours / TWO CASSETTES

STS-84 SIXTH MIR DOCKING / MAY 1997 / 12 hours / TWO CASSETTES

STS-94 MSL-1R / JULY 1997 / in-cabin ascent and landing / 12 hours / TWO CASSETTES

STS-85 Orfeus-Spas/MFD / AUGUST 1997 / in-cabin crew entry and strap-in / 12 hours / TWO CASSETTES

STS-86 7th MIR DOCKING, EVA / SEPTEMBER 1997 / 18 hours / THREE CASSETTES

STS-87 USMP-4, SPARTAN, 2 EVAS / NOVEMBER 1997 / 30 hours / FIVE CASSETTES

STS-89 8th MIR DOCKING / January 1998 / 12 hours / TWO CASSETTES

STS-90 NEUROLAB / APRIL 1998 / 12 hours / TWO CASSETTES

STS-91 9th and final MIR DOCKING / June 1998 / TWO CASSETTES

STS-95 "John Glenn flight" / October - November 1998 / THREE CASSETTES

STS-88 Historic first assembly flight of the International Space Station / December 1998 / / EIGHT CASSETTES

STS-96 Second ISS Shuttle Mission / May 1999 / FOUR CASSETTES

STS-93 Chandra Deployment Flight / July 1999 / TWO CASSETTES

STS-103 * HST SERVICING MISSION / DECEMBER 1999 / SEVEN TAPES

STS-99 * SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION (SRTM) / ENDEAVOUR / FEBRUARY 2000 / THREE CASSETTES

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1995

VOLUME #1 CONTENTS: STS-67 landing; PEGASUS launch attempt (great views of carrier aircraft); MIR 17/18 crew news conference 3/20; Mars spacecraft; Aerogel; Installation of SSME; HST: MARS and VENUS (motion views); SEMINAR The Universe: Now and Beyond; docking adapter / Spacelab installation; Thagard tour of MIR.

VOLUME #2 CONTENTS: STS-67 Post-flight conference; Hubble: storms on Jupiter; MIR 18 MISSION UPDATES; Hubble: Supernova; Apollo 13; MIR 18 NEWS CONFERENCE (includes Progress approach) 4/12; Columbia mods; STS-1; Mt Pinatubo SRL; El Nino; NEPTUNE AND VESTA (rotation images) (1 hour);Thagard 4/19/95.

VOLUME #3 CONTENTS: MIR 18 MISSION UPDATE: 4/21; 4/28; 5/05; 5/12/95; 1960'S historic film first stratospheric manned flights by Picard; ATLANTIS ROLLOUT 4/28; bucket ejection from Mir; MATING TO SRBs; DISCOVERY ROLLS OUT TO LAUNCH PAD; SPACE WELDING TOOL; STS-70 BRIEFINGS 5/15: BLOCK I SSME included

VOLUME #4 CONTENTS: CONTINUATION OF STS-70 BRIEFINGS FROM MAY 15: DOD SECONDARY PAYLOADS; FLIGHT DIRECTOR OVERVIEW OF MISSION; CREW PRESS CONFERENCE; NEW MISSION CONTROL; SECOND MIR EVA 5/17; AC-77 / NOAA GOES-J NEWS CONFERENCE, including new photos from GOES-8

VOLUME #5 CONTENTS: STS-70 crew at KSC; GOES-J briefings (includes material missing from earlier magazine volume); 5/19 Mir 18 Mission Update; AC-77/GOES-J first launch attempt (includes unique views of rain and wind battering rocket on launch pad); AC-77/GOES-J successful launch attempt, early countdown period.

VOLUME #6 CONTENTS: AC-77/GOES-J launch; 5/26 Mir 18 Update Spektr Proton launch;Russian zero-gravity plane; Energia; Spektr docking; Music video on 100th US flight; In-cabin launch video; Woodpecker drilling External Tank; STS-71 briefings: Docking System; Thagard endurance record; Skylab; damage to ET by woodpeckers.

VOLUME # 7 CONTENTS: STS-71 BRIEFINGS / CREW PREFLIGHT PRESS CONFERENCE. 6/02 Mir 18 Mission Update; Phase One Overview Briefing; Hubble star images; Saturn ring plane; HST: Stars Under Construction;Skylab; Sprites; aircraft simulation; Russian docking module; 6/09 Mir 18 Mission Update; Anniversary of B-52

VOLUME #8 CONTENTS: Gamma ray animation; Kuiper comets animation; Mars Pathfinder testing, designer interviews; Night launch Soyuz ; Mir 18 Status Report; Woodpecker preventive measures; STS-70 rollout; Ulysses; footage of Soyuz prep for ASTP; STS-71 crew simulates docking; Mir station animation; STS-71 crew training

VOLUME #9 CONTENTS: STS-71 & Mir-18 Post-Flight Crew News Conference, spectacular footage from the Mir of docking; Russian spacewalk material; HST sky survey; Cassini / Huygens animation; Galileo probe deployment/deflection maneuver; SRM O-ring anomaly Briefing; HST photo of new moons of Saturn; unique views of pad structure; STS-71 IMAX footage of Mir docking

VOLUME #10 CONTENTS: STS-71 Crew Post-landing conference; SRM O-ring anomaly Briefings (2); HST finds complex structures in galaxies; STS-69 roll; KSC wildlife (birds, turtles, more); Nozzle joint repair; preview of USML-2 / STS-73 science; STS-70 Crew Post-flight Presentation; 1995 International Space Station Status Report - great views of hardware and new construction animation

VOLUME #11 CONTENTS: STS-69 PREFLIGHT BRIEFINGS: Mission Overview, EVA, WSF, Spartan 201, Goddard Payloads, GAS, Crew Conference

VOLUME #12 CONTENTS: APOLLO 9 & 10 film; STS-69 pre-launch briefing; STS-69 Countdown Status Briefing; APOLLO 14 film; "Leap of Faith: Flight of Gordon Cooper"; GOES-9 photos, Hurricane Luis: first "live" 1 minute interval photos; last moments of STS-69 EVA including post-EVA activities, with unique television views inside of airlock.

VOLUME #13 CONTENTS: STS-69 post-landing video (one and a half hours) orbiter walkaround, post-landing press conference; STS-73 PREFLIGHT BRIEFINGS: Flight Director, USML-2 scientists; flight crew; World's largest balloon in VAB; Ting discusses Station experiments; Ocean currents; booster insulation; STS-73 crew arrival

VOLUME #14 CONTENTS: Station / Russian components; astronauts test station underwater; STS-73 crew ; completed Station modules; STS-73 L-1 news conference with mission managers; 9/28 Launch Postponement; 73 Countdown Briefings; Launch Postponement 10/06; collection of new HST photos, including Jupiter and satellites

VOLUME #15 CONTENTS: STS-73 LAUNCH ATTEMPT on 10/7/95 - crew entry, MEC problem and subsequent tense half-hour decision making on scrub; crew exit

VOLUME #16 CONTENTS: STS-73 ATTEMPT 10/15/95 - rain, crew entry. STS-73 LAUNCH DAY on October 20, 1995 - with early portion of countdown

VOLUME #17 CONTENTS: STS-74 PREFLIGHT BRIEFINGS - October 1995, details of second Mir docking mission, with flight director, experiments, docking module

VOLUME #18 CONTENTS: SOHO prelaunch briefing; HST photos of nebula, pillars of gas; RADARSAT prelaunch news conference; RADARSAT launch on November 4, 1995 with post-launch news conference; X-31 crash (interesting!), SurfSAT, SIR-C radar images Run time 4 hours 42 minutes

VOLUME #19 CONTENTS: STS-73 / USML-2 landing coverage November 5; STS-74 crew interviews, arrival; Seminar Series: "Probing the Primordial Constituents of the Solar System"; Space Station News Conference; Pre-launch STS-74 News Conference full 6 hours

VOLUME #20 CONTENTS: Galileo JPL pre-arrival conference (2 hours); HST - Young stars; edge-on disk; Orion Nebula fly-through; SOHO briefing; SOHO ATLAS Launch - December 2, 1995 - countdown, ascent, and post-launch video 6 hours 8 minutes

VOLUME #21 CONTENTS: Remaining SOHO coverage / orbital insertion; MAX Q band; GALILEO ARRIVES AT JUPITER ON DECEMBER 7, 1995: full coverage from JPL conference,Galileo movies asteroid images/animation; post-insertion conference, interview Carl Sagan; live control room scenes - historic probe entry & orbit insertion

VOLUME #22 CONTENTS: Conclusion 12/7/95 Galileo conference; post-landing views of STS-72 mission; GALILEO PROBE SCIENCE RESULTS BRIEFING JANUARY 22, 1996; POST-FLIGHT STS-73 and STS-74 CREW PRESENTATIONS WITH UNIQUE STILL PHOTOS AND VIDEO Total run time 6 hours 9 minutes

VOLUME #23 CONTENTS: Delta XTE LAUNCH ATTEMPT - ON-PAD ABORT (vernier LOX valve failure) 12/18/95; STS-72 COUNTDOWN EVENTS on January 11, 1996

1996

VOLUME #24 CONTENTS: STS-72 PRE-FLIGHT BRIEFINGS; X-33 animations, STS-72 crew interviews Total run time: 6 hours 9 minutes

VOLUME #25 CONTENTS: Space Station discussion show (one hour); Cassini construction; MIR 21 crew news conference; NEAR press conference and preview; POLAR press conference and preview - good animation with both conferences; STS-75 L-1 day press conference; POLAR L-1 day press conference 5 hours 50 minutes

VOLUME #26 CONTENTS: STS-75 (Tethered Satellite) preflight briefings, including crew press conference; Magnetic Storm news conference from JPL (2/15/96)

VOLUME #27 CONTENTS: NEAR countdown and launch; POLAR launch attempt; POLAR countdown and launch Total run time 6 hours 8 minutes

VOLUME #28 CONTENTS: Bursting pulsar news conference, pictures, and animation; STS-75 mission material; STS-76 at Cape; HST Pluto science update with unique photos and animation; STS-76 last-second entry wave-off decision (March 30); STS-76 postlanding material: replays, news conference, pictures of orbiter damage.

VOLUME #29 CONTENTS: STS-76 post wave-off payload bay door latch "crisis" (March 30); Weekly MIR status reports (Lucid mission); Marshall SRB film; "New Light on Solar Mysteries"; 5/03 Mission Update and station solar arrays

VOLUME #30 CONTENTS: STS-76 pre-flight briefings including full crew news conference; DCX rollout; Supersonic flight tests; new Galileo results; STS-76 crew interviews; FY 1997 NASA Budget Briefing (March 1996) Total run time 5 hours 57 minutes

VOLUME #31 CONTENTS: STS-77 pre-flight briefings - Overview; Crew; BETSCHE, GAS, Spacehab, Spartan-207 Inflatable Antenna Experiment; Hitchhiker; TEAMS

VOLUME #32 CONTENTS: ARIANE 501 LAUNCH EXPLOSION COVERAGE:two hours 30 minutes of the Ariane 5 launch June 4, 1996 including extensive views of the launch complex, computer graphics of the rocket, factory tours and assembly footage, main engine/SRB tests, control center details, a review of the weather situation in Kourou, followed by the launch, accident, and aftermath; Mir 21 conference; STS-77 post-landing events and replays; TSS-1R INVESTIGATION BOARD news conference with video simulation of tether breakage events

VOLUME #33 CONTENTS: Remaining TSS briefing; more ARIANE 501 explosion coverage, including a different camera angle of the explosion; June 7th Mission Update about Mir 21; DC-XA Second flight ; STS-78 mission pre-launch briefings

VOLUME #34 CONTENTS: MIR EVA, Station truss testing; STS-78 pre-launch briefings, news conference 6/17/96; new X-33 animations; JSC closed-loop life support system experiment; Al Gore X-33 announcement at JPL; X-33 news conference; STS-78 entry Pilot's Point of View camera video, including "fireball" scenes not on primary mission tapes; Theseus second flight; Earth views; July 10 RSRM Status Briefing with Holloway

VOLUME #35 CONTENTS: STS-78 Post-launch briefing at KSC June 20; STS-78 mission briefings, science briefings, crew on-orbit video (various flight days); MIR-22 crew pre-launch press conference; JSC life science experiment participant interview

VOLUME #36 CONTENTS: July 10 RSRM briefing conclusion; Ganymede Galileo photo briefing July 1996, includes 3-D flyover animation; July 12 RSRM briefing (announcement of launch delay for STS-79); STS-77 Crew Presentation to NASA Employees (great on-orbit photography); Mission Updates; Lucid press conference; Live from Mars Virtual Conference July 20.

VOLUME #37 CONTENTS: HISTORIC AUGUST 7, 1996 LIFE ON MARS NEWS CONFERENCE; Mission update 7/26/96; Clipper Graham DC-XA landing accident; Atlantis booster stacking; half-hour APOLLO-SOYUZ history film

VOLUME #38 CONTENTS: STS-79 pre-flight crew conference; station node pressure tests; Lucid interview; Mir mission updates, STS-79 post-landing video material

VOLUME #39 CONTENTS: Atlantis rollout; Europa Galileo flyby news conference; Mir mission update; FAST/Pegasus briefing; FAST launch; NASDA ADEOS launch (brief interruption in tape) – unique camera on H-2 rocket provides view looking back at launch pad; STS-79 pre-flight briefings

VOLUME #40 CONTENTS: Shuttle/Mir crew event; Lucid interview; Mars Pathfinder animation, payload processing, NASA Vision for Mars Exploration; Pathfinder and Mars Global Surveyor news briefings; Blaha event; Lucid post-flight news conference; Hurricane video

VOLUME #41 CONTENTS: STS-80 preflight briefings: Orfeus-SPAS, WSF, Flight Director, Medical experiments, EVA, crew news conference. Russian rover testing, Pegasus launch, tracking stations for Galileo

VOLUME #42 CONTENTS: Mars Global Surveyor launch attempt coverage November 6, 1996, launch 11/7; post-launch news conference, Blaha report from Mir

VOLUME #43 CONTENTS: Mars Pathfinder first and second launch attempts; includes launch; STS-80 rendezvous material; Pathfinder post-launch conference

VOLUME #44 CONTENTS: STS-80 Post-launch news conference; HST Update: Quasars; STS-80 mission material; status briefings, science and WSF briefings; Blaha interviews; Pathfinder pre-launch news conference

VOLUME #45 CONTENTS: STS-79 postlanding VOLUME with replays, Holloway news conference; Dan Goldin post-landing statement; United Space Alliance contract signing ceremony and news conference; Blaha interview; Cassini assembly; STS-79 crew presentation

VOLUME #46 CONTENTS: STS-80 postlanding VOLUME, Holloway and crew news conference; Nile radar, Mir news conference with Christmas tree; STS-81 crew news conference, mission overview, Spacehab, KidSat; cracks on MLP

VOLUME #47 CONTENTS: Mir mission update 12/96; STS-81 phase one interview, Blaha interview; STS-81 countdown status briefings; STS-81 countdown for night launch with in-cabin crew strap-in

1997

VOLUME #48 CONTENTS: Galileo science update EUROPA unveiled; STS-81 crew postlanding conference 1/22/97; Blaha interview; Highlights of 1970; SOHO observations and photos; STS-82 animation; STS-82 Mission Overview Briefings; Crew Interview clips; Goldin budget briefing; STS-82 countdown status briefings, crew arrival

VOLUME #49 CONTENTS: STS-82 postlanding VOLUME, crew news conference; Lunar Prospector; Hale-Bopp; STS-83 pre-flight briefings – flight director overview, crew news conference, mission science; Earth science mission announcement briefing; Mars life debate at JSC March 1997 (first part)

VOLUME #50 CONTENTS: Conclusion of Mars life debate at JSC; Linenger letters from Mir; AP interview includes fire discussion; HST Mars images; interviews with Dr. Alan Hale; History tapes: Biology and space; Skylab first four days; Comets and Asteroids; Atlas Mission to Earth; Hyper X vehicle; STS-82 post-flight presentation

VOLUME #51 CONTENTS: STS-82 post-flight presentation (conclusion); STS-83 countdown status, experiment preview, pre-flight briefings; Post-landing KSC runway coverage, including STS-83 crew postlanding news conference, Linenger interview

VOLUME #52 CONTENTS: Galileo update – new understanding of Europa, April 1997; SOHO observes solar eruption, X-33 wind tunnel tests; SOFIA airborne observatory; SSME testing; Project Mercury summation; History reports from 1960s: Apollo 1 pre-flight; 1966 highlights; Mir updates; Cassini heads for KSC; STS-84 crew at KSC; new X-33 animation, STS-84 countdown status briefing

VOLUME #53 CONTENTS: GOES-K AC-79 night launch, good views of satellite preparation April 1997; extensive coverage of Mir 23 EVA with Jerry Linenger April 29, 1997; first HST results after servicing mission, including new instrument photos; STS-84 prelaunch news conference May 13

VOLUME #54 CONTENTS: Mars: Dynamic View of Red Planet with new HST high-resolution pictures; News conference with First Space Station Crew (May 21, 1997); STS-84 post-landing runway video, news conference, Jerry Linenger interview

VOLUME #55 CONTENTS: STS-84 preflight briefings – crew, flight director, Mir/Russians, Spacehab, Phase One Overview; Space Station Status conference May 1997; discovery of comet snowballs; El Nino photographs

VOLUME #56 CONTENTS: Linenger June 13 conference; 51-G Crew Presentation; STS-94 Science briefing; STS-94 Mission Overview and Crew Conference; ISS Node 1 for shipment (extensive hardware views); NEAR encounter with Mathilde asteroid, pre-encounter briefing; breaking news of MIR collision and damage to Spektr; two Mir briefings with Frank Culbertson. 6 hrs 9 min

VOLUME #57 CONTENTS: Late June 1997: video feeds astronaut Bill Readdy; Node 1 News Conference with Cabana, Brinkley (6/26), four Mir status briefings Frank Culbertson (6/26, 27, 28, 29); first TV from Mir crew after accident; STS-94 countdown briefing.

VOLUME #58 CONTENTS: Mir Briefings Frank Culbertson 6/30 and 7/01; STS-94 countdown status; STS-94 Pre-launch Conference June 30; NEAR briefing on Mathilde encounter, first photos of asteroid; MARS PATHFINDER Preview briefings

VOLUME #59 CONTENTS: MARS PATHFINDER July 2 briefing; July 3 Mars Symposium with Administrator Dan Goldin; July 3 Mars Pathfinder briefing; July 5th 10 am EDT MARS PATHFINDER briefing; Mir status briefing with Frank Culbertson on July 5

VOLUME #60 CONTENTS: MARS PATHFINDER - HISTORIC JULY 4TH COVERAGE OF LIVE COMMENTARY FROM JPL AS THE LANDING TOOK PLACE - begins at 11:30 AM EDT from the JPL Mission Operations Center through late afternoon 6 hours

VOLUME #61 CONTENTS: MARS PATHFINDER - First post-landing briefing at 5:30 PM EDT includes Gore phone call to Goldin at JPL; another briefing at 6:30 PM; LIVE COVERAGE OF FIRST PHOTOS, followed by briefing with first color views of MARS

VOLUME #62 CONTENTS: MARS PATHFINDER - more photos through the evening of July 4 - 5; briefing at 2 AM EDT July 5th; resumed coverage 5 PM EDT July 5 with live downlink leading to Rover ramp deployment; Briefing at 8 PM EDT; photos of ramp deployment, followed by the excitement of the first photos of the ROVER on MARS!

VOLUME #63 CONTENTS: MARS PATHFINDER - BRIEFINGS - July 6 - 1 PM; July 7 at 1 PM; July 9 at 4 PM; July 10 and July 11

VOLUME #64 CONTENTS: Mars Pathfinder briefings: July 15 / 21/ 31. Mir Status Briefings: July 17, July 18, July 21

VOLUME #65 CONTENTS: STS-85 Pre-flight Briefings: Crew News Conference, Mission Overview, CRISTA-SPAS; Foale interview; Mir Status Briefing July 31; MIR 24 Soyuz launch video from Baikonur Cosmodrome

VOLUME #66 CONTENTS: STS-85 Prelaunch News Conference 8/6; Soyuz Mir 24 Docking to Mir; Mars Pathfinder briefing 8/8; STS-85 Japanese arm activities; Mir briefing 8/12; ACE prelaunch science briefing 8/12

VOLUME #67 CONTENTS: STS-85 Post-flight briefing, post-landing activities, crew post-flight conference; Mir internal spacewalk preview briefing, STS-84 Post-flight Presentation (great pictures); ACE countdown for scrubbed launch attempt 8/24/97

VOLUME #68 CONTENTS: Mir 24 Internal EVA to reconnect solar array power cables in Spektr module (complete)

VOLUME #69 CONTENTS: ACE launch coverage (8/25 includes spectacular view from first stage camera showing ascent, SRB sep!), Mars Pathfinder 8/27; Mars Global Suveyor orbit insertion briefings Sept. 9, 10, 11; STS-82 Post-Flight presentation; partial STS-47 post-flight video.

VOLUME #70 CONTENTS: Mir 24 EVA (with Foale) - Spektr module inspection and array repositioning September 5 (complete)

VOLUME #71 CONTENTS: Cassini Preview Briefing: Mission Overview, Hardware (RTGs), Science; Mir 24 Pre-EVA Briefing; NASA post-EVA briefing (August 6), Post-EVA video downlink of activities

VOLUME #72 CONTENTS: Mars Global Surveyor orbit insertion events and news conferences (several hours); STS-86 Pre-flight Briefings: Culbertson Phase One, Mission Overview, Spacehab.

VOLUME #73 CONTENTS: STS-86 Preflight Briefings continued: EVA, crew news conference; Foale status report; Wolf training for Mir stay; Mars Global Surveyor finds magnetic field around Mars

VOLUME #74 CONTENTS: Mars Global Surveyor science results briefing 10/2/97; STS-86 post-landing KSC video, including crew briefing; Mike Foale; Mars Pathfinder status briefing early October; JSC Moon-Mars Life Support System project briefing and interviews; El Nino graphics

VOLUME #75 CONTENTS: First CASSINI countdown / launch attempt 10/13/97; Successful CASSINI countdown and launch 10/14/97 - includes unique ground preparation footage of Titan IV launch vehicle, along with Cassini spacecraft

VOLUME #76 CONTENTS: Mir mission update 10/16/97; Hubble Space Telescope science briefing: Colliding Galaxies; Mike Foale post-flight news conference; Dave Wolf interview from Mir; X-33 engine test flights on SR-71; Mir 24 EVA Sputnik Replica Deployment; Mars Pathfinder "final" news briefing November 4

VOLUME #77 CONTENTS: SOHO briefing about discovery of Sun's magnetic carpet; news briefing on Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM); Mars Global Surveyor briefing; STS-87 pre-flight briefings

VOLUME #78 CONTENTS: STS-87 pre-flight briefings

VOLUME #79 CONTENTS: Lunar Prospector prelaunch mission science briefing 12/4/97; STS-87 landing replays and post-landing KSC ground processing coverage; post-landing crew news conference; Mir 24 crew news conference; Galileo update (end of primary mission at Jupiter) 12/16/97.

1998

VOLUME #80 CONTENTS: HST Update: Final Blaze of Glory; Mir "Inspector" European flying camera video; "Stars of Wonder" Holiday Music Video with HST images; Europa images; Mission Update 12/19; Lunar Prospector prelaunch conference; Lunar Prospector launch 1/6/98; Galileo lecture by Project Manager.

VOLUME #81 CONTENTS: STS-89 Crew at KSC; Mission Update 1/9/98; STS-69 post-flight presentation (history tape); STS-89 Preflight Briefings: Mission Overview, Phase One Status; Mir 24/Wolf EVA briefing; Astroculture; Crew Press Conference.

VOLUME #82 CONTENTS: Dave Wolf's Mir EVA on January 14; NASA news conference announcing John Glenn's Shuttle flight assignment; Mission Update January 16; International Space Station FGB Delivery Ceremony and news conference in Russia, January 17 (start).

VOLUME #83 CONTENTS: ISS FGB module ceremony in Russia January 1998; STS-89 countdown status reports; STS-89 Pre-launch Press Conference; Wolf from Mir; STS-89 crew training and interviews; NEAR Earth and Moon photo; STS-89 post-landing video including landing replays, post-landing conference, and Dave Wolf interview

VOLUME #84 CONTENTS: NASA FY'99 Budget Briefing with our one-and-only Dan Goldin; Dave Wolf post flight News Conference; ISS Teleconference: Countdown to Launch; Mission Update for 2/20/98; John Glenn in centrifuge; Mir 24 return to earth; STS-95 Crew News Conference with John Glenn; Glenn media interviews; Mir 25 Crew News Conference with Andy Thomas

VOLUME #85 CONTENTS: LUNAR PROSPECTOR WATER ON THE MOON BRIEFING 3/5/98; Mission Update for 3//6; Laser Mapping; Collins becomes first Female CDR; Glenn begins Shuttle training; Collins interviews; X-38 First Free flight with extensive post-landing "recovery" views 3/12/98

VOLUME #86 CONTENTS: STS-90 coverage: countdown status briefings; Pre-launch press conference; extensive material from countdown (crew module entry); post-launch press conference

VOLUME #87 CONTENTS: Andy Thomas from Mir; STS-90 pre-flight briefings: Mission Overview, Neurolab overview; Neurolab science briefing; Crew press conference; more Andy Thomas, Mission Update

VOLUME #88 CONTENTS: Science Astronomy Update: Massive Gamma-ray Explosion; STS-91 pre-flight briefings: Mission Overview, Phase One Overview; Spacehab; Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, Crew news conference

VOLUME #89 CONTENTS: INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION BACKGROUND AND STATUS BRIEFINGS - MAY 12, 1998: Overview, Research, First Elements Status, Assembly

VOLUME #90 CONTENTS: ISS Flight Control briefing; NOAA-K TITAN II Prelaunch Briefing from Vandenberg AFB May 12; NOAA-K launch May 13

VOLUME #91 CONTENTS: John Glenn training at JSC, TRACE/photos of Sun, STS-91 countdown status report, Phase One Lessons Learned press conference, STS-91 Pre-launch press conference with mission management and Russians, Mexican fires, SLWT manufacturing; STS-91 crew training, interviews, MORE

VOLUME #92 CONTENTS: STS-91 Countdown events, including in-cabin video of crew entry and strap-in, post-launch KSC press conference, Mars Pathfinder One-year Press Briefing June 29, 1998

VOLUME #93 CONTENTS: STS-91 postlanding runway video, Post-landing management press conference, Andy Thomas post-flight press conference July 8, 1998; Alan Shepard memorial video footage

VOLUME #94: Discovery rollout highlights (including meatball logo), Jupiter’s rings; October 1, 1998 “Happy Birthday NASA” ceremony; Hubble: Distant Galaxies conference; TCDT Q&A at launch pad

VOLUME #95: STS-95 pre-flight briefings (including crew, Glenn)

VOLUME #96: STS-95 Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test ; Deep Space 1 pre-launch briefing

VOLUME #97: Deep Space 1 countdown and launch 10/24/98; STS-95 countdown status reports, more

VOLUME #98: STS-95 pre-launch briefings and countdown events; Station news and training video

VOLUME #99 - STS-95 final pre-launch briefing, new Mars photos, ISS program briefing, Goldin host Houston event with Walter Cronkite; STS-95 post-landing coverage, including landing replays

VOLUME #100 - STS-95 post landing crew briefing (with Glenn); STS-95 crew return to JSC

VOLUME #101 - STS-88 and ISS briefings 11/13/98, including mission overview, Zarya and Unity, Mars 98 missions, Skylab 25th anniversary, and crew news conference

VOLUME #102 - INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION: ZARYA LAUNCH - complete coverage of the historic November 20, 1998 liftoff of the first Station module, including post-launch briefings

VOLUME #103 - STS-88 First Launch Attempt Countdown on December 3, 1998, including late-count scrub because of unexplained master alarm and post-scrub events with crew exit; STS-88 Launch Postponement Press Conference; STS-88 Mission Status Briefing; remainder of Top 10 Mars Global Surveyor briefing; STS-88 pre-EVA prep video; Flight Day 7 video; STS-95 Post Flight Presentation with John Glenn

VOLUME #104 - STS-88 Countdown for launch December 4, 1998

VOLUME #105 - Mars Orbiter Launch 12/11/98; Mars Polar Lander pre-launch news conference; Mars Polar Lander launch 1/3/99

1999

VOLUME #106—Mars Polar Lander events; Stardust press briefing; NASA FY 2000 Budget Briefing; X-38 drop test and post-test briefing; Mars Flyer Animation; Stardust launch attempt coverage 2/06/99

VOLUME #107—Stardust launch with fantastic launch views from Delta rocket; mapping ice in Greenland; X-38 free flight; X-33 launch site dedication; WIRE launch; Space Science briefing: Forecasting Solar Eruptions

VOLUME #108—Deep Space 1 update briefing 4/6/99; Space Interferometry Mission; Landsat 7 launch coverage; STS-96 countdown status briefings; Space science update: HST, Hubble’s Yardstick of the Universe

VOLUME #109— ISS Program Status Briefing; STS-96 Pre-flight Briefings—Flight Director, EVA, Starshine. STS-96 in-flight material

VOLUME #110— STS-96 Prelaunch News Conference, Crew Interviews; Countdown Status Briefings; First Global 3D View of Mars; STS-96 In-flight Material; STS-93 Chandra Mission Overview Briefing July 1999

VOLUME #111– STS-96 Countdown

VOLUME #112— STS-96 post-landing and crew conference; FUSE briefing; STS-93 (Chandra) crew, science briefings

VOLUME #113—QuikScat Titan II launch June 19, 1999; Pete Conrad career highlights; Apollo 11 anniversary special

VOLUME #114 CONTENTS – STS-93 Countdown briefings, countdown

VOLUME #115 CONTENTS – STS-93 countdown through scrub, July 20; Apollo 11 Crew Interview

VOLUME #116 CONTENTS – STS-93 second launch attempt countdown; Feb. 2000 budget briefing

VOLUME #117 CONTENTS – STS-93 countdown and scrub July 21, postponement briefing

VOLUME #118 CONTENTS – STS-93 SSME nozzle damage views after touchdown; postlanding crew conference and ceremony

VOLUME #119 CONTENTS – August 1999 x-vehicle briefings; Mars landing site briefing; Mars, An Active Planet? Shuttle wiring damage briefing

VOLUME #120 CONTENTS – X-33 Aerospike engine brieing; STS-93 post-flight presentation; Mars Climate Orbiter Orbit Insertion Failure

VOLUME #121 CONTENTS – STS-103 briefings, Mars Climate Orbiter investigation board briefing

VOLUME #122 CONTENTS - STS-95 post-flight presentation; Mars Polar Lander (MPL) briefings and Mars Background Briefings (search for water)

VOLUME #123 CONTENTS – MPL entry, descent and landing day December 3, 1999 – live coverage

VOLUME #124 CONTENTS – MPL early communications listening sessions, briefings through December 4

VOLUME #125 CONTENTS – MPL communications listening sessions, STS-103 countdown briefings

VOLUME #126 CONTENTS – Terra spacecraft briefings; first and second Terra launch attempts Dec. 1999

VOLUME #127 CONTENTS – STS-103 launch countdown and scrub 12/17/99

2000

VOLUME #128 CONTENTS – STS-99 SRTM pre-flight briefings Jan. 2000, pre-launch status briefings

VOLUME #129 CONTENTS – STS-99 launch countdown and scrub 1/31/00

VOLUME #130 CONTENTS – STS-99 first scrub (conclusion), STS-99 status briefings and countdown

VOLUME #131 CONTENTS – Terra spacecraft launch 12/99; STS-99 countdown and briefings

VOLUME #132 CONTENTS – NEAR EARTH ASTEROID RENDEZVOUS (NEAR) EROS ASTEROID ORBITAL INSERTION ON FEBRUARY 14, 2000; POST-INSERTION FIRST IMAGES AND NEWS BRIEFING; MORE

VOLUME #132 CONTENTS – NEAR encounter with asteroid EROS; Compton GRO deorbit plan briefing; IMAGE prelaunch briefing; X-34 drop

VOLUME #133 CONTENTS – IMAGE launch; ISS briefing;MARS REVIEW TEAM (Polar Lander failure) Report News Briefings; Planet Finding briefing

VOLUME #134 CONTENTS – STS-101 preflight briefings: Mission Overview, EVA, Orbiter Upgrades, Crew (March 27, 2000)

VOLUME #135 CONTENTS – STS-101 first (unsuccessful) Countdown—Launch Attempt; STS-101 second (unsuccessful) Countdown-Launch Attempt

VOLUME #136 CONTENTS – STS-101 third (unsuccessful) Countdown—Launch Attempt

VOLUME #137 CONTENTS – NOAA GOES satellite launch (May 2000); STS-101 preflight briefings

VOLUME #138 CONTENTS – STS-101 fourth (successful) Countdown—Launch attempt

VOLUME #139 CONTENTS – Terra video and Terra First Results Briefing; STS-101 preflight material

VOLUME #140 CONTENTS - Compton Gamma Ray Observatory controlled entry June 4, 2000

VOLUME #141 CONTENTS – TDRS-H Conference, ISS Service Module Briefing, TDRS-H Launch, STS-106 status

VOLUME #142 CONTENTS – Zvezda Service Module preflight footage, Faget tribute, ASTP films, educational programs

VOLUME #143 CONTENTS – Zvezda Service Module launch July 2000, “Time of Apollo” documentary, astronomy

VOLUME #144 CONTENTS – STS-106 Preflight Briefings, Progress docking - August 2000

VOLUME #145 CONTENTS – STS-92 Preflight Briefings, various video files, more

VOLUME #146 CONTENTS – ISS Expedition One prelaunch and launch coverage October 2000, more

VOLUME #147 CONTENTS – STS-92 Status/Postponement, Expedition 1 briefing, Mars Exploration Plans 10/00

VOLUME #148 CONTENTS – STS-97 Preflight briefings EVA, crew, more

VOLUME #149 CONTENTS - ISS Expedition 1 First Crew docking and ceremonies, X-33 test, Shuttle ferry flight, STS-97 preflight briefings - November 2000

VOLUME #150 CONTENTS - Progress docking to ISS, Delta/EO-1 launch from Vandenberg AFB November 21, ISS crew video, STS-97 Countdown status, Progress redocking December 26, 2000

Thursday, May 31, 2001

Kosmos 2368

 1999-073A


AOP 311 deg. Launch 1999 Dec 27 1912:44. Still operating 2003 Jan. On 2001 May 10 a fire in Serpukhov-15 inerrupted control of the constellation and the satellites began to drift but were recovered.


Kosmos-2368 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1999 Dec 27  1912:44 
 1921  MECO 
 2014? BOZ burn 
 2014?  Blok-L burn over 40S? 92W? 
 2014? BOZ sep 
  Blok-L MECO 
 2018? Blok-L sep  704.33 551 x 39137 x 62.87 
1999 Dec 30    716.14 555 x 39718 x 62.9 
2000 Jan 7    717.68 571 x 39778 x 62.9 
2000 Jan 30    717.78 581 x 39773 x 62.9 

Wednesday, May 30, 2001

XMM-Newton

 1999-066A


XMM (X-ray Multi Mirror) was the Cornerstone 2 (CS2) mission. Prime contractor is DaimlerChrysler Dornier/Friedrichshafen. Control from MOC/Darmstadt with science command from VILSPA. Ground stations at CSG and Perth. Mass is 3764 kg full 3234 kg dry.

Prop is 490 kg, SM is 810 kg, mirror is 1760 kg, FP assembly is 480 kg, tube is 210 kg.

The telescope tube is 7.0m long, total size 10.0m. Spacecraft is Focal plane assembly, service and propulsion module, and three mirror modules. Each mirror module has 58 X-ray mirrors. and has a diameter of 0.7m and focal length of 7.500m, spatial resolution of 5" FWHM and 15" HPD. Effective aperture is 8 cm at 1 keV.

AOCS orbit adjust with 4 thrusters of total 90N thrust. Loading capacity is 530 kg of hydrazine.

The EPC stage made a suborbital flight for impact near the Galapagos. The high inclination trajectory led to the first use of a French Navy ship, Monge, as a downrange tracking system. A paper on reentry observations shows that it descended through 80 km at MET 6096s, i.e. 1613:43 UTC, and the ascending node was -83.2 deg longitude at T=6000s. This corresponds to 238.8 deg RA.

The initial version of the Ariane 5 EPS upper stage can only make a single burn, so mission 504 flew an unusual direct ascent trajectory to its highly elliptical orbit. The EPC main stage separated at 1442 UTC in a high energy suborbital trajectory with a velocity of around 7.8 km/s, and impact near the Galapagos Islands (I don't know what the apogee was). The EPS upper stage ignited and made a long 16 minute burn to accelerate the vehicle to over 9 km/s and 1880 km altitude. XMM separated from the EPS upper stage at 1501 UTC, and is in an 838 x 112473 km x 40.0 deg transfer orbit, very close to the planned one. The first apogee burn will be on Dec 11. 

XMM is Arianespace's first commercial contract to fly on Ariane 5, albeit with ESA as the customer. The success of flight V119 will bolster confidence that the early problems with the vehicle are behind it, and 2000 should see a ramp up of commercial geostationary comsat launches on Ariane 5

XMM (X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission), built by DaimlerChrysler Dornier Satellitensystem, is a large X-ray observatory which will complement NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. XMM has larger collecting area but poorer spatial resolution, so it will be better at getting detailed spectra of bright and moderately faint X-ray sources, while Chandra will be better at detecting the very faintest X-ray sources and at distinguishing spectral details in different parts of a source (for instance, separating a pulsar from a supernova remnant or a quasar from a cluster of galaxies). The claim on the ESA web site that XMM "will see infinitely more than any previous X-ray satellite" (http://www.estec.esa.nl/spdwww/xmm/factsheet.html) is an embarrassingly ridiculous misstatement, but I certainly expect XMM to make many important discoveries and be one of the most important space science missions.

XMM has three similar X-ray telescopes. One of the telescopes images directly onto the EPIC-pn CCD camera; the other two have Reflection Grating Spectrometers (RGS) which split the light, sending images to the EPIC-MOS cameras and dispersed spectra to the RFC-MOS cameras. XMM also carries an 0.30-meter aperture optical/ultraviolet telescope, the Optical Monitor, which will allow simultaneous measurements of the optical and ultraviolet light from the source being studied with the X-ray telescopes.

XMM's hydrazine propulsion system has eight 22N thrusters which will be used to raise the perigee to around 7000 km. Dry mass of XMM is 3234 kg, and it carries 530 kg of hydrazine fuel at launch. Control of the XMM spacecraft will be from ESOC/Darmstadt, while the instruments will be controlled from the VILSPA/Madrid station. The instruments will not be fully activated until early next year, when XMM is in its final orbit and VILSPA is ready for operation, so it will be a while before we know whether the telescope is working correctly. The Leicester University X-ray group will support the scientific analysis of data from XMM. There's a strong heritage of world-class X-ray astronomy in Europe, with the British groups at Leicester and Mullard Space Science Lab flying early sounding rockets and the Ariel 5 satellite in the 1970s and the Birmingham group (TTM/Kvant), the Utrecht group and the ESA team at ESTEC in Holland, the German groups at MPE/Garching (ROSAT) and now AIP/Potsdam, and a number of institutes (Milano, Bologna, Palermo, Roma) in Italy (BeppoSAX), as well as a bunch of places that don't do hardware but are very strong in data analysis and theory, like Andy Fabian's team in Cambridge. Oh, and let's not forget the Danes and Toulouse and Southampton and ... I'm sure whoever else I left out will remind me in no uncertain terms. The point is that while in many fields of space exploration Europe plays second rank to the US, in X-ray astronomy it's an equal partner.

XMM was renamed XMM-Newton on 2000 Feb 9 after Isaac Newton (1642-1727).


XMM 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1999 Dec 10  1432:07  Launch by Ariane 504 CSG ELA3 
 1434:25  EAP sep, 68 km, 2.10 km/s 
 1435:16  Fairing sep 
 1440128 km, 6.0 km/s 
 
1442:00  T+9:53 EPC sep  50? x 2000?? x 40.0  
 1442:14 T+10:07 EPS-1 burn 
 1459:03 T+26:56 EPS MECO, 1882 km, 9.07 km/s  
 1501:45 T+29:08 EPS sep 8.82 km/s  850 x 114000 x 40 
 1521?  EPC apogee 
 1613:43 EPC reentry 80 km 
1999 Dec 10  1541  Solar array deploy 
1999 Dec 11  1220  AOCS DV-1A at apogee 1, 53min  2531 x 114042 x 39.9  
 1413  AOCS DV-1B 99min 4897 x 114002 x 39.9 
1999 Dec 13  1225  AOCS DV-2 64min 6480 x 113990 x 39.9 
1999 Dec 15  1210  AOCS DV-3 35min 7359 x 113975 x 39.9 
1999 Dec 16  1130  AOCS DV-4 1:32 7365 x 113774 x 39.9 (est) 
1999 Dec 17  1000 Outer X-ray Door open 
1999 Dec 18  1500s OM Door open 
1999 Dec 20  s  Quiescent mode 
2000 Jan 4  s  Reactivated 
2000 Jan 4   Commissioning phase 
2000 Jan   EPIC door open 
2000 Jan 25   RGS 2 door open 
2000 Feb 7   RGS 1 door open 

Payload:

  • X-ray mirror module 1

    • EPIC-pn CCD camera

  • X-ray mirror module 2

    • MOS-1 EPIC-MOS CCD camera

    • RGS-1 grating

    • RFC-1 RGS Focal Camera MOS CCD

  • X-ray mirror module 3

    • MOS-2 EPIC MOS CCD camera

    • RGS-2 grating

    • RFC-2 MOS CCD camera

  • OM Optical Monitor, 0.30m UV/Opt telescope f/12.7, 1600-6000A

    • OM CCD, 2048 x 2048 with MCP intensification

  • AOCS Hydrazine thrusters, 8 (Fiat Avio BPD)

May 13,2026

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