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Space Shuttle Missions Summary - Book 2 Sts- 97 Through Sts-131 Revision T Pcn-5 June 2010 SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS SUMMARY - BOOK 2 STS- 97 THROUGH STS-131 REVISION T PCN-5 JUNE 2010 Authors: DA8/Robert D. Legler & DA8/Floyd V. Bennett Book Manager: DA8/Mary C. Thomas 281-483-9018 Typist: DA8/Karen.J. Chisholm 281-483-1091 281-483-5988 IN MEMORIAM Bob Legler April 4, 1927 - March 16, 2007 Bob Legler, the originator of this Space Shuttle Missions Summary Book, was born a natural Corn Husker and lived a full life. His true love was serving his country in the US Coast Guard, Merchant Marines, United Nations, US Army, and the NASA Space Programs as an aerospace engineer. As one of a handful of people to ever support the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Space Shuttle, and International Space Station missions, Bob was an icon to his peers. He spent 44 years in this noble endeavor called manned space flight. In the memorial service for Bob, Milt Heflin provided the following insight: “Bob was about making things happen, no matter what his position or rank, in whatever the enterprise was at that time…it might have been dodging bullets and bombs while establishing communication systems for United Nations outposts in crazy places…it might have been while riding the Coastal Sentry Quebec Tracking ship in the Indian Ocean…watching over the Lunar Module electrical power system or the operation of the Apollo Telescope Mount…serving as a SPAN Manager in the MCC (where a lot of really good stories were told during crew sleep)…or even while serving as the Chairman of the Annual FOD Chili Cook-off or his beloved Chairmanship of the Apollo Flight Operations Association…in each case he gave of himself so that the “mission,” no matter what it was, could be successful…Bob might not have been the most efficient chairman… story telling could get in the way from time to time…but he made up for it by being a catalyst, causing the team to rise to the occasion… And, we all know quite well his love of capturing the history of manned space flight…Apollo reunions and producing the Space Shuttle Missions Summary Book are two of his legacies…events and things with Bob’s hands that were done for the enjoyment of all…he took great pride in keeping the “official” Flight Director Log, a listing of those that have served as a Flight Director in Mission Control…the Log today lists 69 Flight Directors beginning with Red Flight, Chris Kraft…even I had a hard time in convincing Bob that I would not abuse my electronic copy of this list, if he would just send it to me…this list also contains the names of only five individuals designated as an Honorary Flight Director…Bob is number 5, known as ‘History Flight,’ given that honor upon his retirement…” From Randy Stone: “Bob mentored all of the new Flight Controller’s with his wisdom, knowledge, but more importantly his passion for human space flight.” Others commented: “Bob was a walking encyclopedia of space knowledge and also had a great sense of humor.” “Bob was a rarity in the annuals of human space flight – a joyful cheerleader [with] unabashed love of the space program.” “I could always rely on Bob for hard to find info. His enthusiasm for his work was obvious.” “Bob was good natured and enjoyed a good joke, even if it was on him. I love Bob and will miss him.” And, shortly before Bob died, he received the following note from Bob Cabana: “Bob, I look forward to your summary Shuttle book after the last [final] Shuttle mission. I think it's the only way I'm ever going to remember what missions I capcom'ed on and who was on console with me.” The detail, the accuracy, the completeness of this Space Shuttle Missions Summary Book are a testament to Bob Legler’s “passion and knowledge” for human space flight. We will finish it for him with the same dedication. Floyd Bennett Friend & Colleague SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION SUMMARY REV T PCN 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAG LAUNC TITLE PAG LAUNC TITLE PAG LAUNC TITLE PAGE LAUNC TITLE PAG LAUNC E H E H E H H E H DATE DATE D D D A A AT T T E E E BOOK 1 STS-30 32 05/04/ STS-65 75 07/08/ STS-99 121 02/11/ STS-119/15A 202 03/15/ 89 94 00 09 TABLE OF i STS-28 33 08/08/ STS-64 76 09/09/ STS-101/2A.2a 123 05/19/ STS-125 206 05/11/ CONTENTS 89 94 00 09 INTRODUCTION iii STS-34 34 10/18/ STS-68 77 09/30/ STS-106/2A.2b 125 09/08/ STS-127/2JA 210 07/15/ 89 94 00 09 ACRONYM LIST vii STS-33 35 11/22/ STS-66 78 11/03/ STS-92/3A 127 10/11/ STS-128(17A) 214 08/28/ 89 94 00 09 STS-1 1 04/12/ STS-32 36 01/09/ STS-63 79 02/03/ WEIGHT 1 REV Q STS-129/ULF3 218 11/16/ 81 90 95 SUMMARY 09 STS-2 2 11/12/ STS-36 38 02/28/ STS-67 80 03/02/ BOOK 2 STS-130/(20A) 222 02/08/ 81 90 95 10 STS-3 3 03/22/ STS-31 39 04/24/ STS-71 83 06/27/ IN MEMORIAM --- STS-131/(19A) 226 04/05/ 82 90 95 10 STS-4 4 06/27/ STS-41 40 10/06/ STS-70 85 07/13/ TABLE OF i 82 90 95 CONTENTS STS-5 5 11/11/ STS-38 41 11/15/ STS-69 86 09/07/ INTRODUCTION iii 82 90 95 STS-6 6 04/04/ STS-35 43 12/02/ STS-73 87 10/20/ ACRONYM LIST vii 83 90 95 STS-7 7 06/18/ STS-37 45 04/05/ STS-74 88 11/12/ STS-97/4A 131 11/30/ DATA SOURCES A-1 REV T - 83 91 95 00 2 STS-8 8 08/30/ STS-39 47 04/28/ STS-72 89 01/11/ STS-98/5A 133 02/07/ WEIGHT 1 REV T - 83 91 96 01 SUMMARY 2 STS-9 9 11/28/ STS-40 48 06/05/ STS-75 90 02/22/ STS-102/5A.1 135 03/08/ WEIGHT 7 REV T- 83 91 96 01 SUMMARY 5 STS 41-B 10 02/03/ STS-43 49 08/02/ STS-76 91 03/22/ STS-100/6A 137 04/19/ 84 91 96 01 STS 41-C 11 04/06/ STS-48 50 09/12/ STS-77 93 05/19/ STS-104/7A 139 07/12/ NOTE: Yellow 84 91 96 01 STS 41-DR 12 08/30/ STS-44 51 11/24/ STS-78 94 06/20/ STS-105/7A.1 141 08/10/ denotes REV T, 84 91 96 01 STS 41-G 13 10/05/ STS-42 52 01/22/ STS-79 95 09/16/ STS-108/UF-1 143 12/05/ PCN -5 Files 84 92 96 01 STS 51-A 14 11/08/ STS-45 53 03/24/ STS-80 97 11/19/ STS-109 145 03/01/ i June 2010 SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION SUMMARY REV T PCN 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS 84 92 96 02 STS 51-C 15 01/24/ STS-49 54 05/07/ STS-81 98 01/12/ STS-110/8A 147 04/08/ 85 92 97 02 STS 51-E 16 N\A STS-50 56 06/25/ STS-82 99 02/11/ STS-111/UF-2 149 06/05/ 92 97 02 STS 51-D 17 04/12/ STS-46 58 07/31/ STS-83 101 04/04/ STS-112/9A 152 10/07/ 85 92 97 02 STS 51-B 18 04/29/ STS-47 60 09/12/ STS-84 102 05/15/ STS-113/11A 155 11/23/ 85 92 97 02 STS 51-G 19 06/17/ STS-52 61 10/22/ STS-94 103 07/01/ STS-107 158 01/16/ 85 92 97 03 STS 51-F 20 07/29/ STS-53 62 12/02/ STS-85 104 08/07/ STS-114/LF1 160 07/26/ 85 92 97 05 STS 51-I 21 08/27/ STS-54 63 01/13/ STS-86 105 09/25/ STS-121/ULF1.1 164 07/04/ 85 93 97 06 STS 51-J 22 10/03/ STS-56 64 04/08/ STS-87 107 11/19/ STS-115/12A 167 09/09/ 85 93 97 06 STS 61-A 23 10/30/ STS-55 65 04/26/ STS-89 108 01/22/ STS-116/12A.1 171 12/09/ 85 93 98 06 STS 61-B 24 11/26/ STS-57 66 06/21/ STS-90 109 04/17/ STS-117/13A 175 06/08/ 85 93 98 07 STS 61-C 25 01/12/ STS-51 68 09/12/ STS-91 110 06/02/ STS-118/13A.1 179 08/08/ 86 93 98 07 STS 51-L 27 01/28/ STS-58 69 10/18/ STS-95 111 10/29/ STS-120/10A 183 10/23/ 86 93 98 07 STS-61 70 12/02/ STS- 113 12/04/ STS-122/1E 186 02/07/ 93 88/2A 98 08 STS-26 28 09/29/ STS-60 72 02/03/ STS- 115 05/27/ STS-123/1JA 190 03/11/ 88 94 96/2A.1 99 08 STS-27 29 12/02/ STS-62 73 03/04/ STS-93 117 07/23/ STS-124/1J 194 05/31/ 88 94 99 08 STS-29 30 03/13/ STS-59 74 04/09/ STS-103 119 12/19/ STS-126/ULF2 198 11/14/ 89 94 99 08 ii June 2010 SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION SUMMARY REV T PCN 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK iii June 2010 CHANGE SHEET FOR Space Shuttle Missions Summary BOOK 2 REV T PCN-5 JUNE 2010 _______________________________________________________________________________________________ CHANGE INSTRUCTIONS 1.
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