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Gernhardt, Michael Landon

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Gernhardt Credit: www.spacefacts.de

Status: Inactive; Active 1992-2001. Born: 1956-05-04. Spaceflights: 4 . Total time in space: 43.29 days. Birth Place: Mansfield, Ohio.

Educated Vanderbilt; Pennsylvania.

Official NASA Biography as of June 2016:Michael L. Gernhardt (Ph.D.)
NASA ASTRONAUT, Manager of Environmental Physiology Laboratory and Principle Investigator of Prebreath Reduction Program, Johnson Space Center

PERSONAL DATA: Born May 4, 1956, in Mansfield, Ohio. He enjoys running, swimming, flying, fishing, and scuba diving. His father, George M. Gernhardt is deceased. His mother, Suzanne C. Winters, resides in Whitestone, Virginia.

HONORS: NASA Space Flight Medals (4); Exceptional Service Medals (2); Exceptional Achievement Medal (1), Distinguished Service Medal (1)

EDUCATION: Graduated from Malabar High School, Mansfield, Ohio, in 1974. Received a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from Vanderbilt University in 1978, and a Master of Science degree and a doctorate in bioengineering from University of Pennsylvania, in 1983 and 1991, respectively.

ORGANIZATIONS: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA); Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society; Sea Space Symposium; Aerospace Medical Association.

EXPERIENCE: From 1977 to 1984, Gernhardt worked as a professional deep sea diver and project engineer on a variety of sub sea oil field construction and repair projects around the world. He has logged over 700 deep sea dives and has experience in air, mixed gas, bounce bell and saturation diving. During his diving career Gernhardt attended graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania and developed a new theoretical decompression model based on tissue gas bubble dynamics. He then participated in the development and field implementation of a variety of new decompression tables. From 1984 to 1988, Gernhardt worked as Manager and then Vice President of Special Projects for Oceaneering International. During this time he led the development of a telerobotic system for sub sea platform cleaning and inspection as well as a variety of new diver and robot tools. In 1988 he founded Oceaneering Space Systems, a company formed to transfer sub sea technology and operational experience to the ISS program. From 1988 until his selection by NASA in 1992, he worked on the development of new astronaut and robot-compatible tools for performing maintenance on Space Station Freedom. He also worked on the development of new portable life support systems and decompression procedures for extravehicular activity.

NASA EXPERIENCE: Dr. Gernhardt was selected by NASA in March 1992, and reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1992. Technical assignments to date include: flight software verification in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL); development of nitrox diving to support training for the Hubble Space Telescope repair and on a variety of Space Station EVA developments; member of the astronaut support team at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, responsible for Shuttle prelaunch vehicle checkout, crew ingress/egress; spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) at Mission Control Center, Houston, during various Shuttle missions; lead an international research team in developing a new exercise prebreathe protocol that improved the safety and efficiency of space walks from the ISS. Gernhardt presently serves as a member of the astronaut office EVA branch, Project Scientist of the EVA Physiology System and Performance Project (EPSP), Manager of JSC’s Environmental Physiology Laboratory, and Project Manager of the Small Pressurize Rover project.

A four flight veteran, Dr. Gernhardt has logged over 43 days in space, including 4 spacewalks totaling 23 hours and 16 minutes. He was a mission specialist on STS-69 in 1995, STS-83 in 1997, STS-94 in 1997 and STS-104 in 2001. Additionally he was crewmember on the NEEMO (NASA Extreme Enviroment Mission Operations) One, and Commander of the NEEMO eight multi-day underwater missions. He also served as a submersible pilot on the Pavilion Lake Expedition focused on exploring a deep water lake in western Canada where unusual life forms called microbiolites have very recently been discovered.

SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE: STS-69 (September 7-18, 1995) whose prime objective was the successful deployment and retrieval of a SPARTAN satellite and the Wake Shield Facility (WSF). The WSF was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of using this free-flying experiment to grow semiconductors, high temperature superconductors and other materials using the ultra-high vacuum created behind the spacecraft near the experiment package. Dr. Gernhardt was one of two astronauts to perform a spacewalk to evaluate future Space Station tools and hardware, logging 6 hours and 46 minutes of EVA. Mission duration was 260 hours, 29 minutes, and 8 seconds, traveling 4.5 million miles in 171 orbits of the Earth.

STS-83 (April 4-8, 1997) the Microgravity Science Laboratory ( MSL-1) Spacelab mission was cut short because of problems with one of the Shuttle’s three fuel cell power generation units. Mission duration was 95 hours and 12 minutes, traveling 1.5 million miles in 63 orbits of the Earth.

STS-94 (July 1-17, 1997) was a re-flight of the Microgravity Science Laboratory ( MSL-1) Spacelab mission, and focused on materials and combustion science research in microgravity. Mission duration was 376 hours and 45 minutes, traveling 6.3 million miles in 251 orbits of the Earth.

STS-104 (July 12-24, 2001) was the 10th mission to the International Space Station (ISS). During the 13-day flight the crew conducted joint operations with the Expedition-2 crew. Dr. Gernhardt was one of two astronauts to perform three spacewalks to install the joint airlock “Quest” (including the first US space walk from the ISS) and to outfit it with four high-pressure gas tanks. The mission was accomplished in 200 Earth orbits, traveling 5.3 million miles in 306 hours and 35 minutes.

JULY 2008

NAME: Michael L. Gernhardt (Ph.D.)

NASA Astronaut

PERSONAL DATA:

Born May 4, 1956, in Mansfield, Ohio. Single. He enjoys running, swimming, triathlons, flying, fishing, snow skiing, tennis, and scuba diving. His father, George M. Gernhardt, resides in Marco Island, Florida. His mother, Suzanne C. Winters, resides in Whitestone, Virginia.

EDUCATION:

Graduated from Malabar High School, Mansfield, Ohio, in 1974; received a bachelor of science degree in physics from Vanderbilt University in 1978; master of science degree and a doctorate in bioengineering from University of Pennsylvania, in 1983 and 1991, respectively.

ORGANIZATIONS:

Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society.

EXPERIENCE:

From 1977 to 1984, Gernhardt worked as a professional deep sea diver and project engineer on a variety of subsea oil field construction and repair projects around the world. He has logged over 700 deep sea dives and has experience in air, mixed gas, bounce bell and saturation diving. During his diving career Gernhardt attended graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania and developed a new theoretical decompression model based on tissue gas bubble dynamics. He then participated in the development and field implementation of a variety of new decompression tables. From 1984 to 1988, Gernhardt worked as Manager and then Vice President of Special Projects for Oceaneering International. During this time he led the development of a telerobotic system for subsea platform cleaning and inspection as well as a variety of new diver and robot tools. In 1988 he founded Oceaneering Space Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Oceaneering International. From 1988 until his selection by NASA in 1992, he worked on the development of new astronaut and robot-compatible tools for performing maintenance on Space Station Freedom. He also worked on the development of new portable life support systems and decompression procedures for extravehicular activity.

NASA EXPERIENCE:

Dr. Gernhardt was selected by NASA in March 1992, and reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1992. His technical assignments include having served in the Astronaut Office Mission Support Branch, detailed to flight software verification in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL). He also worked on the development of nitrox diving to support training for the Hubble Space Telescope repair and on a variety of Space Station EVA developments. Twice flown, Dr. Gernhardt has logged over 355 hours in space, including 6 hours and 46 minutes of EVA. He was a mission specialist on STS-69 (September 7-18, 1995) and STS-83 (April 4-8, 1997).

The primary objective of STS-69 was the successful deployment and retrieval of a SPARTAN satellite and the Wake Shield Facility (WSF). The WSF is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of using this free-flying experiment to grow semiconductors, high temperature superconductors and other materials using the ultra-high vacuum created behind the spacecraft near the experiment package. Dr. Gernhardt was one of two astronauts to perform a space walk to evaluate future Space Station tools and hardware, logging 6 hours and 46 minutes of EVA. Mission duration was 260 hours, 29 minutes, and 8 seconds, traveling 4.5 million miles in 171 orbits of the Earth.

STS-83, the Microgravity Science Laboratory (MSL-1) Spacelab mission, was cut short because of problems with one of the Shuttle's three fuel cell power generation units. Mission duration was 95 hours and 12 minutes, traveling 1.5 million miles in 63 orbits of the Earth.

CURRENT ASSIGNMENT:

Dr. Gernhardt will serve as a mission specialist on STS-94. The 16-day re-flight of the Microgravity Science Laboratory (MSL-1) Spacelab mission will focus on materials and combustion science research in microgravity. Launch is scheduled for the Summer of 1997 aboard Space Shuttle Columbia.

• Birth of Dr Michael Landon Gernhardt - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt. American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1992-2001. 4 spaceflights, 43.3 days in space. Flew to orbit on STS-69 (1995), STS-83, STS-94, STS-104..

• NASA Astronaut Training Group 14 selected. - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Barry, Brady, Coleman, Catherine, Gernhardt, Grunsfeld, Horowitz, Jett, Kregel, Lawrence, Linenger, Linnehan, Lopez-Alegria, Parazynski, Rominger, Scott, Winston, Smith, Steven, Tanner, Thomas, Andrew, Weber, Mary.

  The group was selected to provide pilot, engineer, and scientist astronauts for space shuttle flights.. Qualifications: Pilots: Bachelor's degree in engineering, biological science, physical science or mathematics. Advanced degree desirable. At least 1,000 flight-hours of pilot-in-command time. Flight test experience desirable. Excellent health. Vision minimum 20/50 uncorrected, correctable to 20/20 vision; maximum sitting blood pressure 140/90. Height between 163 and 193 cm.

  Mission Specialists: Bachelor's degree in engineering, biological science, physical science or mathematics and minimum three years of related experience or an advanced degree. Vision minimum 20/150 uncorrected, correctable to 20/20. Maximum sitting blood pressure of 140/90. Height between 150 and 193 cm.. Four pilots and 15 mission specialists, nine civilians and ten military. Chosen from 2054 applicants, 87 of which screened in December 1991/January 1992. Five additional international astronauts.

• STS-69 - . Call Sign: Endeavour. Crew: Cockrell, Gernhardt, Newman, Voss, Walker, Dave. Payload: Endeavour F09 / Spartan / WSF. Mass: 11,499 kg (25,350 lb). Nation: USA. Related Persons: Cockrell, Gernhardt, Newman, Voss, Walker, Dave. Agency: NASA Houston. Program: STS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Flight: STS-69. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Endeavour. Duration: 10.85 days. Decay Date: 1995-09-18 . USAF Sat Cat: 23667 . COSPAR: 1995-048A. Apogee: 321 km (199 mi). Perigee: 321 km (199 mi). Inclination: 28.45 deg. Period: 91.40 min.

  Deployed and retrieved Spartan 201, WSF 2. Payloads: Wake Shield Facility (WSF) 2; Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for As-tronomy (SPARTAN) 201; International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker (IEH)1; Inter-Mars Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter (ITEPC); Extravehicular Activity Development Flight Test (EDFT) 2; Capillary Pumped Loop (CAPL) 2/ getaway special (GAS) bridge assembly with five GAS payloads; Auroral Photography Experiment (APE) B; Biological Research in Canisters (BRIC); Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus (CGBA), Configuration A; Electrolysis Perfor-mance Improvement Concept Study (EPICS); Space Tissue Loss (STL)/National Institutes of Health (NIH) Cells (C); Commercial Middeck Instrumentation Technology Associates Experiment (CMIX).

• EVA STS-69-1 - . Crew: Gernhardt, Voss. EVA Duration: 0.28 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Voss. Program: STS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Flight: STS-69. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Endeavour. Tested tools and techniques for extravehicular activity..

• Landing of STS-69 - . Return Crew: Cockrell, Gernhardt, Newman, Voss, Walker, Dave. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Cockrell, Gernhardt, Newman, Voss, Walker, Dave. Program: STS. Flight: STS-69. STS-69 landed at 11:38 GMT. .

• STS-83 - . Call Sign: Columbia. Crew: Crouch, Gernhardt, Halsell, Kilrain, Linteris, Thomas, Voss, Janice. Backup Crew: Coleman, Catherine. Payload: Columbia F22 / Spacelab LM Unit 1 / EDO. Mass: 115,900 kg (255,500 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Houston. Program: STS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Flight: STS-83. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Columbia. Duration: 3.97 days. Decay Date: 1997-04-08 . USAF Sat Cat: 24755 . COSPAR: 1997-013A. Apogee: 302 km (187 mi). Perigee: 298 km (185 mi). Inclination: 28.50 deg. Period: 90.50 min.

  The launch of STS-83, the first Microgravity Science Laboratory (MSL-1) mission, was postponed for a day to replace some insulation around a water coolant line in Columbia's payload bay. Liftoff was further delayed 20 minutes due to anomalous oxygen readings in the orbiter's payload bay. STS-83 was cut short due to a problem with one of the three fuel cells that provide electricity and water to Columbia (flight rules required that all three must be operating). At 14:30 GMT on April 6 the crew were ordered to begin a Minimum Duration Flight (MDF). On April 8 the OMS engines ignited at 17:30 GMT for the deorbit burn, and Columbia landed on Runway 33 at Kennedy Space Center at 18:33 GMT.

  With delays in International Space Station construction leaving ample room in the shuttle schedule, NASA made the unique decision to leave the equipment installed in Columbia and refly this mission with the same crew later in 1997 as STS-94.

• Landing of STS-83 - . Return Crew: Crouch, Gernhardt, Halsell, Kilrain, Linteris, Thomas, Voss, Janice. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Crouch, Gernhardt, Halsell, Kilrain, Linteris, Thomas, Voss, Janice. Program: Spacelab. Flight: STS-83. STS-83 landed at 18:33 GMT. .

• STS-94 - . Call Sign: Columbia. Crew: Crouch, Gernhardt, Halsell, Kilrain, Linteris, Thomas, Voss, Janice. Payload: Columbia F23 / Spacelab LM Unit 1 / EDO. Mass: 115,900 kg (255,500 lb). Nation: USA. Related Persons: Crouch, Gernhardt, Halsell, Kilrain, Linteris, Thomas, Voss, Janice. Agency: NASA Houston. Manufacturer: Bremen. Program: STS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Flight: STS-94. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Columbia. Duration: 15.70 days. Decay Date: 1997-07-17 . USAF Sat Cat: 24849 . COSPAR: 1997-032A. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). Perigee: 296 km (183 mi). Inclination: 28.50 deg. Period: 90.50 min.

  STS-94 was the reflight, with the same equipment and crew, of the curtailed STS-83 mission. Cargo Bay Payloads:

  • MSL-1: The Microgravity Science Laboratory included the first test of the International Space Station's EXPRESS Rack. MSL-1 also contained numerous other experiment payloads to test materials and combustion processes in zero gravity.
  • CRYOFD: The Cryogenic Flexible Diode (CRYOFD) heat pipe was a Hitchhiker payload.
  • OARE: The Orbital Acceleration Research Experiment was a self-calibrating instrument that monitored extremely small accelerations and vibrations experienced during orbit of the Shuttle.
  In-Cabin Payloads: SAREX, MSX

  The mission this time went for its full two week duration and the crew completed the full list of experiments. The deorbit burn was on July 17, 1997 at 09:44 GMT and Columbia landed on KSC's Runway 33 at 10:46:34 GMT.

• Landing of STS-94 - . Return Crew: Crouch, Gernhardt, Halsell, Kilrain, Linteris, Thomas, Voss, Janice. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Crouch, Gernhardt, Halsell, Kilrain, Linteris, Thomas, Voss, Janice. Program: STS. Flight: STS-94. STS-94 landed at 10:46 GMT. .

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #02 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104.

  The five-member crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis awoke to its first full day in space at 5:38 p.m. The crew was awakened by the song "Wallace Courts Murron" from the movie "Braveheart." The song, by James Horner, was played for Atlantis Pilot Charlie Hobaugh. The shuttle is en route to the International Space Station to deliver the station's new airlock, Quest, and is scheduled to dock with the station at 9:53 p.m. CDT Friday. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #01 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104. The Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off on time this morning at 4:04 a.m. Central from the Kennedy Space Center, FL, and, after a smooth climb to orbit, is now en route to deliver a new doorway to space to the International Space Station later this week.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 - . Call Sign: Atlantis. Crew: Gernhardt, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly. Payload: Atlantis F24 / Quest. Mass: 117,127 kg (258,220 lb). Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly. Agency: NASA Houston. Manufacturer: Boeing. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Flight: STS-104. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Atlantis. Duration: 12.77 days. Decay Date: 2001-07-25 . USAF Sat Cat: 26862 . COSPAR: 2001-028A. Apogee: 395 km (245 mi). Perigee: 378 km (234 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 92.30 min.

  STS-104 was an American ISS Assembly shuttle flight with a crew of five American astronauts and a major space station module, the Quest Airlock. Orbiter OV-104 Atlantis main engine cutoff and external tank separation was at 0913 GMT. Atlantis was then in an orbit of 59 x 235 km x 51.6 deg. The OMS-2 burn at 0942 GMT increased velocity by 29 m/s and raised the orbit to 157 x 235 km x 51.6 deg and another burn at 1240 GMT raised it further to 232 x 305 km. Atlantis docked with the International Space Station at 0308 GMT on July 14. The main payload on STS-104 was the Quest Joint Airlock, built by Boeing/Huntsville. It consisted of an Equipment Lock for storage and the Crew Lock, based on the Shuttle airlock. The 13,872 kg payload consisted of:

  • Bay 1-2: Orbiter Docking System/External Airlock - 2160 kg including 3 EMU spacesuits
  • Bay 4-5: Spacelab Pallet (Fwd) with O2-1/O2-2 oxygen tanks - 2500 kg
  • Bay 6-7: Spacelab Pallet (Aft) with N2-1/N2-2 nitrogen tanks - 2500 kg
  • Bay 8-12: Station Joint Airlock Adapter beam (6064 kg) with IMAX Cargo Bay Camera (238 kg)
  • Sill: RMS arm - 410 kg
  The Equipment Lock was berthed to the Unity module at one of the large-diameter CBM hatches. STS-104 then installed the Airlock onto the Unity module. In a series of spacewalks the astronauts moved the oxygen and nitrogen tanks onto the airlock exterior.

  The six tonne Airlock consisted of two cylinders of four meters diameter and a total length six meters. The Airlock could be pressurized by the externally-mounted high pressure oxygen-nitrogen tanks, and was to be the sole unit through which all future EVAs were to take place. (Until that point, all EVA entries/exits had been through a Russian module in ISS, with non-Russians having to wear Russian space suits). Another payload was the "EarthKAM" of middle/high school interest. It was to allow pupils to command picture-taking of chosen spots on Earth; they were expected to target 2,000 spots. The shuttle also carried out pulsed exhaust tests during maneuvers to enable better understanding of the formation of HF echoes from the shuttle exhaust. The echoes were obtained by ground based radars in an experiment called SIMPLEX (Shuttle Ionospheric Modification with Pulsed Local EXhaust). The STS-104 crew returned to Atlantis on July 22, and undocked at 0455 GMT. After flying around the station they departed the vicinity at 0615 GMT. Atlantis landed at 0338:55 GMT on July 25, touching down at Kennedy Space Center runway 15.

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #04 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104.

  The crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis was awakened at 3:04 p.m. CDT to the song "God of Wonders" by the group Caedmon's Call. On this, its third day in space, the five-member crew of Atlantis is focusing on a rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station around 9:53 p.m. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #03 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104. The crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis spent its first full day in space closing in on the International Space Station and testing the space suits and other equipment that will be used later in the mission to install a new station airlock.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #05 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104.

  Atlantis Commander Steve Lindsey smoothly docked the space shuttle with the International Space Station late Friday about 240 statute miles above the northeastern coast of South America. With both spacecraft moving at about 17,500 mph, Lindsey moved Atlantis to the station at a relative speed of about a tenth of a foot per second. Docking occurred at 10:08 p.m. CDT. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #06 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104.

  The five-member crew of Atlantis will spend today working in concert with the Expedition Two crew aboard the International Space Station to install the station's new airlock - Quest. The installation of that airlock will take place as part of a seven-hour space walk by Mission Specialists Mike Gernhardt and Jim Reilly, scheduled to begin at 9:09 p.m. Central. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Lindsey, Ross, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104. The five-member crew of Atlantis will spend its fifth day in space working with the Expedition Two crew aboard the International Space Station to continue the activation of the station's new airlock, named Quest.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104.

  The International Space Station received a new airlock early Sunday, an addition that will permit spacewalks without a space shuttle docked to the station. The airlock, named Quest, can accommodate either Russian or U.S. spacesuits and brings the mass of the space station to about 130 tons. Additional Details: here....

• EVA STS-104-1 - . Crew: Gernhardt, Reilly. EVA Duration: 0.25 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Reilly. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Flight: STS-104.

  The astronauts removed thermal covers from the Quest airlock module. Handrails were installed on Quest and the oxygen and nitrogen tanks stored in the Spacelab pallets. The Station SSRMS arm grappled Quest, unberthed it from Atlantis, and docked it to the Unity module. Quest was firmly bolted to Unity's +X CBM at 0740 GMT and the astronauts returned to the airlock just over an hour later.

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #10 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104.

  The shuttle and station crews will spend today continuing to set up and test the newly attached Quest station airlock, troubleshooting a suspected leaky ventilation valve, and preparing for the mission's second and third space walks, planned for Tuesday and Thursday evening. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #09 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104. Utilities for the International Space Station's newest addition were hooked up today as the Expedition Two and Atlantis crews prepared the station's new airlock, named Quest, for its first use later in the week.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #11 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104. Shuttle and station crews set aside work on a leaky ventilation valve and pressed forward with activation of the new Quest airlock and a dry run of the steps they'll use for the first space walk using the new station doorway to space.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #12 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104.

  The combined crews of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station will focus their efforts tonight on the mission's second spacewalk. During the 5½-hour spacewalk, scheduled to begin around 9:30 p.m., Atlantis Mission Specialists Mike Gernhardt and Jim Reilly will work with the Expedition Two crew in the installation of two high-pressure gas tanks on the station's new Quest airlock. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #13 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104. Six arms worked together outside the International Space Station again today to install supply tanks for the new joint airlock, accomplishing a bonus oxygen tank installation during a 6 hour, 29 minute space walk.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #14 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104.

  Atlantis and International Space Station crews will continue the activation of the station's new Quest airlock this evening. They also will replace a leaky valve in an Intermodule Ventilation (IMV) Assembly in the station's Unity node. That valve, which is now capped, will be replaced by another valve from the U.S. laboratory Destiny. The Destiny valve will not be needed until the station's second node arrives no earlier than November 2003. Additional Details: here....

• EVA STS-104-2 - . Crew: Gernhardt, Reilly. EVA Duration: 0.27 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Reilly. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Flight: STS-104.

  The astronauts assisted in the installation of the oxygen and nitrogen tanks on the Quest module. The tanks, mounted on the Spacelab pallet, were grappled by the Station's SSRMS arm and moved to Quest one by one. Minor problems with valve configurations and recalcitrant connectors were overcome.

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #15 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station complex successfully replaced a leaky air circulation valve and moved a hatch into position for the first space walk out of the new Quest airlock.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #16 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104.

  The eight Atlantis and International Space Station crewmembers will start their day with a dry run of a spacewalk from the station's new Quest airlock, completing their testing and activation of the airlock. Atlantis spacewalkers Mike Gernhardt and Jim Reilly, assisted by Pilot Charlie Hobaugh and Expedition Two Flight Engineer Jim Voss, will simulate spacewalk preparations beginning around 7 p.m. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #17 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104. The two crews on board the International Space Station today completed checkout and activation of the new Quest airlock and conducted a dry run of the steps they will take before christening the newest station component.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #18 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104.

  Atlantis and International Space Station crewmembers will mark the 32nd anniversary of the first human steps on the moon tonight by completing another phase of station construction. Atlantis spacewalkers Mike Gernhardt and Jim Reilly will float out of the station's new Quest airlock around 11 p.m., completing airlock activation and marking the beginning of independent operations aboard the space station. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #19 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104. The first space walk to originate from the International Space Station's new airlock, Quest, lasted 4 hours, 2 minutes, and established a higher degree of station independence in its own construction and maintenance.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #20 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Culbertson, Dezhurov, Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Tyurin, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104.

  The crews of Atlantis and the International Space Station will bid one another farewell and close the hatches between the vehicles at about 9 p.m. on Saturday. Undocking is scheduled for 11:54 p.m., to be followed by an hour-long fly around of the station by Pilot Charlie Hobaugh. The final separation burn that will move Atlantis away from the station to begin its journey home is scheduled for 1:14 a.m. Sunday. Additional Details: here....

• EVA STS-104-3 - . Crew: Gernhardt, Reilly. EVA Duration: 0.17 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Reilly. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Flight: STS-104. The astronauts made the first spacewalk from the Quest module. Nitrogen Tank 3 was transferred from the forward Spacelab pallet to the exterior of Quest. The astronauts then climbed the P6 tower to inspect the solar arrays and the FPP experiment. .

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #21 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Culbertson, Dezhurov, Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Tyurin, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104. The crew of Atlantis took a spin around the International Space Station this morning after undocking on time at 11:54 p.m. CDT Saturday, some 240 miles above the coast of Newfoundland.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #22 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104. Atlantis crewmembers, Commander Steve Lindsey, Pilot Charlie Hobaugh and Mission Specialists Janet Kavandi, Mike Gernhardt and Jim Reilly, will spend their day preparing the spacecraft for its return to Earth Monday night.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #23 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104. With the equipment used during the 10th International Space Station assembly mission securely stowed and all systems needed for landing checked out and ready to go, Atlantis' crew went to bed at 7:04 a.m. CDT today.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #24 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104.

  Atlantis Commander Steve Lindsey, Pilot Charlie Hobaugh and Mission Specialists Janet Kavandi, Mike Gernhardt and Jim Reilly were awakened at 3:04 p.m. CDT to begin preparations for a return trip to Earth with a planned landing tonight at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The wakeup song was "Honey, I'm Home" by Shania Twain, played for Kavandi. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #25 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104. Atlantis and its crew of five will spend at least one more day in orbit, after the weather in Florida refused to permit landing Monday night on either of two opportunities to Kennedy Space Center.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #27 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104. Atlantis and its crew of five glided to a landing at Kennedy Space Center late Tuesday, ending a 5.3-million-mile mission that saw successful installation of the International Space Station's new airlock Quest.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-104 Mission Status Report #26 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Helms, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly, Voss. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-102 ISS EO-2, STS-104.

  "Hold Back the Rain" by Duran Duran was the wakeup song for Atlantis crewmembers about 2:30 p.m. CDT Tuesday. Houston's Mission Control Center told the astronauts that the weather appears to be excellent for a landing late tonight to wrap up their 13-day mission. Additional Details: here....

• Landing of STS-104 - . Return Crew: Gernhardt, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gernhardt, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Lindsey, Reilly. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-104. STS-104 landed at 03:39 GMT with the crew of Lindsey, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Gernhardt and Reilly aboard..

• STS-119 (cancelled) - . Crew: Fincke, Gernhardt, Kelly, Mark, Kononenko, Lindsey, Noriega, Padalka. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Fincke, Gernhardt, Kelly, Mark, Kononenko, Lindsey, Noriega, Padalka. Agency: NASA. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-119A. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Atlantis. Flight delayed after the Columbia disaster. STS-119 was to have flown ISS Assembly mission ISS-15A and have carried out a crew rotation..