CBS News Space Reporter's Handbook - Mission Supplement! Page 1 The CBS News Space Reporter's Handbook Mission Supplement Shuttle Mission STS-134/ISS-ULF6: International Space Station Assembly and Resupply Written and Produced By William G. Harwood CBS News Space Analyst [email protected] CBS News!!! 4/26/11 Page 2 ! CBS News Space Reporter's Handbook - Mission Supplement Revision History Editor's Note Mission-specific sections of the Space Reporter's Handbook are posted as flight data becomes available. Readers should check the CBS News "Space Place" web site in the weeks before a launch to download the latest edition: http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/current.html DATE RELEASE NOTES 03/18/11 Initial STS-134 release 04/27/11 Updating throughout Introduction This document is an outgrowth of my original UPI Space Reporter's Handbook, prepared prior to STS-26 for United Press International and updated for several flights thereafter due to popular demand. The current version is prepared for CBS News. As with the original, the goal here is to provide useful information on U.S. and Russian space flights so reporters and producers will not be forced to rely on government or industry public affairs officers at times when it might be difficult to get timely responses. All of these data are available elsewhere, of course, but not necessarily in one place. The STS-134 version of the CBS News Space Reporter's Handbook was compiled from NASA news releases, JSC flight plans, the Shuttle Flight Data and In-Flight Anomaly List, NASA Public Affairs and the Flight Dynamics office (abort boundaries) at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Sections of NASA's STS-132 press kit, crew bios and the mission TV schedule are downloaded via the Internet, formatted and included in this document. Word-for-word passages (other than lists) are clearly indicated. The SRH is a work in progress and while every effort is made to insure accuracy, errors are inevitable in a document of this nature and readers should double check critical data before publication. As always, questions, comments and suggestions for improvements are always welcome. And if you spot a mistake or a typo, please let me know! Written, Compiled and Edited By William G. Harwood CBS News Space Consultant LC-39 Press Site Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899 [email protected] Cover photo: NASA 4/26/11!! ! !!! CBS News CBS News Space Reporter's Handbook - Mission Supplement! Page 3 Table of Contents Topic Page NASA Media Information ...............................................................................................4 NASA Public Affairs Contacts .........................................................................................5 STS-134: Internet Pages of Interest ..................................................................................5 CBS News: STS-134 Mission Preview .............................................................................7 STS-134 Mission Priorities ...........................................................................................29 NASA STS-134 Mission Overview ................................................................................31 NASA STS-134 Payload Overview ................................................................................35 NASA STS-134 Spacewalk Overview ...........................................................................53 Space Shuttle Endeavour ..............................................................................................61 STS-134: Quick-Look Mission Data .............................................................................65 Current Space Demographics (post Soyuz TMA-21) ......................................................68 Projected Space Demographics (post STS-134) .............................................................69 Space Fatalities ............................................................................................................70 STS-134/ISS-27 NASA Crew Biographies ......................................................................71 1. STS-134 Commander: Navy Capt. Mark E. Kelly, 47 .........................................71 2. STS-134 Pilot: Gregory H. Johnson, 48 .............................................................73 3. STS-134 MS-1/EV: Air Force Col. Edward Michael Fincke, 44 ............................75 4. STS-134 MS-2/FE: Roberto Vittori, 46 (European Space Agency) ........................77 5. STS-134 MS-3/EV: Andrew J. Feustel, 45, Ph.D. .................................................79 6. STS-134 MS-4/EV: Gregory E. Chamitoff, 48, Ph.D. ...........................................81 1. ISS-26 FE/ISS-27 CDR: Russian Air Force Col. Dmitry Y. Kondratyev, 40 ............83 2. ISS-26/27 FE: Catherine Coleman, 49, Ph.D. .....................................................85 3. ISS-26/27 FE: Paolo A. Nespoli, 53 (Italy/European Space Agency) ...................87 4. ISS-27 FE/ISS-28 CDR: Andrey I. Borisenko, 47 ................................................89 5. ISS-27/28 FE: Ronald J. Garan Jr., 49 ................................................................91 6. ISS-27/28 FE: Russian Air Force Lt. Col. Alexander M. Samokutyaev, 41 ...........93 STS-134 Crew Photographs ..........................................................................................95 ISS-27/28 Crew Photographs ........................................................................................96 Soyuz TMA-20 (launch: 12/15/10) ................................................................................96 Soyuz TMA-21 (launch: 04/04/11) ................................................................................96 STS-134 Launch Windows ...........................................................................................97 STS-134 Launch and Flight Control Personnel ..............................................................99 STS-134 Flight Hardware/Software .............................................................................101 Endeavour Flight History ............................................................................................102 STS-134 Countdown Timeline ....................................................................................103 STS-134 Weather Guidelines .....................................................................................107 STS-134 Ascent Events Summary ...............................................................................111 STS-134 Trajectory Data .............................................................................................112 STS-134 Flight Plan ....................................................................................................115 STS-134 Television Schedule ......................................................................................123 Appendix 1: Space Shuttle Flight and Abort Scenarios ...............................................129 Appendix 2: STS-51L and STS-107 .............................................................................141 Appendix 3: NASA Acronyms ....................................................................................177 CBS News!!! 4/26/11 Page 4 ! CBS News Space Reporter's Handbook - Mission Supplement NASA Media Information NASA Television Transmission NASA Television is now carried on an MPEG-2 digital signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical polarization. A Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) - compliant Integrated Receiver Decoder (IRD) with modulation of QPSK/DBV, data rate of 36.86 and FEC 3/4 is needed for reception. NASA TV Multichannel Broadcast includes: Public Services Channel (Channel 101); the Education Channel (Channel 102) and the Media Services Channel (Channel 103). The new Digital NASA TV will have four digital channels: 1. NASA Public Service ("Free to Air"), featuring documentaries, archival programming, and coverage of NASA missions and events; 2. NASA Education Services ("Free to Air/Addressable"), dedicated to providing educational programming to schools, educational institutions and museums; 3. NASA Media Services ("Addressable"), for broadcast news organizations; and 4. NASA Mission Operations (Internal Only) The new digital NASA Public Service Channel will be streamed on the Web. All you'll need is access to a computer. You may want to check with your local cable or satellite service provider whether it plans to continue carrying the NASA Public Service "Free to Air" Channel. If your C-Band-sized satellite dish is capable of receiving digital television signals, you'll still need a Digital Video Broadcast (DVB)-compliant MPEG-2 Integrated Receiver Decoder, or IRD, to get the new Digital NASA's Public Service "Free to Air" Channel. An IRD that receives "Free to Air" programming like the new Digital NASA Public Service Channel can be purchased from many sources, including "off-the-shelf" at your local electronics store. The new Digital NASA TV will be on the same satellite (AMC 6) as current analog NASA TV, but on a different transponder (17). In Alaska and Hawaii, we'll be on AMC 7, Transponder 18. Satellite Downlink for continental North America: Uplink provider = Americom Satellite = AMC 6 Transponder = 17C 72 Degrees West Downlink frequency: 4040 Mhz Polarity: Vertical FEC = 3/4 Data Rate r= 36.860 Mhz Symbol = 26.665 Ms Transmission = DVB "Public" Programming: Program = 101, Video PID = 111, Audio PID = 114 "Education" Programming: Program = 102, Video PID = 121,