The International Space Station

Building for the Future

By: John E. Catchpole

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A comprehensive, highly readable account of complex, technical, political and human endeavor and a worthy successor to Creating the International Space Station (Springer Praxis, January 2002) by David Harland and John Catchpole. This volume details for the first time the construction and occupation of the International Space Station from 2002 through to 2008, when it should reach American "Core Complete".

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"This new volume picks up the story with the launch of STS-108 which delivered the Expedition 4 crew to the station in December 2001. ... given readers a good, detailed account of the missions and the construction activity, and the various problems inevitably encountered, which the crews and their support teams on Earth overcame. There are a good number of photos from the missions ... . Several appendices give a comprehensive list of acronyms used ... . All in all, a useful book ... ." (David Maclennan, Liftoff, Issue 260, November-December, 2010)

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Preface	p. ix
List of figures	p. xiii
Resources	p. xix
Conversion table	p. xxi
Early construction	p. 1
What is the International Space Station?	p. 1
Partners	p. 13
America	p. 14
Russia	p. 16
Canada	p. 20
Europe	p. 22
Japan	p. 26
Brazil	p. 28
The ISS Management and Cost Evaluation Task Force	p. 29
ISS Management and Cost Evaluation Task Force	p. 30
Special findings	p. 31
Special recommendations	p. 31
"Pioneer the future"	p. 33
Commencing the Integrated Truss Structure	p. 35
STS-108 begins Expedition-4	p. 35
Expedition-4	p. 43
Progress M1-8	p. 51
European commercialisation	p. 52
Words of warning	p. 52
NASA's costings criticised	p. 53
STS-110 delivers the Starboard-0 ITS	p. 53
Soyuz TM-34 delivers a fresh Crew Return Vehicle	p. 62
STS-111 delivers Expedition-5 and repairs the SSRMS	p. 65
Expedition-5	p. 73
Shuttle fleet grounded	p. 74
The International Partners have problems	p. 75
Progress M-46	p. 75
More criticism	p. 78
Revival of the Crew Return Vehicle	p. 79
In orbit, life goes on	p. 79
Progress M1-9	p. 83
STS-112 delivers the Starboard-1 ITS	p. 83
Soyuz TMA-1, first of a new class	p. 91
STS-113 installs the Port-1 ITS	p. 95
ISS, the future	p. 103
Expedition-6	p. 103
Triumph and tragedy	p. 109
"Columbia is lost-there are no survivors"	p. 109
Progress M-47	p. 114
Continued operations	p. 118
Soyuz TMA-2 delivers Expedition-7, the first "caretaker crew"	p. 122
ESA moves ahead	p. 126
Expedition-7	p. 126
Progress M1-10	p. 128
Theory tested, and confirmed	p. 132
Columbia Accident Investigation Report	p. 135
Progress M-48	p. 139
China joins the spacefaring nations	p. 141
ISS, safe haven for Shuttle crews	p. 142
Soyuz TMA-3 delivers the Expedition-8 crew	p. 142
Expedition-8	p. 147
"Let us continue the journey"	p. 154
Progress M1-11	p. 157
Soyuz TMA-4 delivers the Expedition-9 crew	p. 161
Expedition-9	p. 163
Progress M-49	p. 166
Russia calls for 12-month Expedition flights	p. 166
Progress M-50	p. 171
Hurricane Francis visits Cape Canaveral	p. 171
Soyuz TMA-5 delivers the Expedition-10 crew	p. 174
Expedition-10	p. 177
A new Russian launch schedule	p. 180
NASA's budget approved	p. 181
Soyuz TMA-5 relocated	p. 181
Progress M-51	p. 182
Progress M-52	p. 186
Michael Griffin takes over at NASA	p. 187
Soyuz TMA-6 delivers the Expedition-11 crew	p. 190
Expedition-11	p. 192
Progress M-53	p. 197
Return to flight	p. 198
STS-114: a temporary return to flight	p. 200
Expedition-11 continues	p. 210
Progress M-54	p. 211
Soyuz TMA-7 delivers the Expedition-12 crew	p. 212
Expedition-12	p. 214
Progress M-55	p. 217
Soyuz TMA-8 delivers the Expedition-13 crew	p. 223
Expedition-13	p. 225
Progress M-56	p. 227
Progress M-57	p. 230
Recovery and restructuring	p. 231
STS-121 returns the Shuttle to flight	p. 231
Return to three Expedition crew members	p. 240
STS-115 delivers the port-3/4 ITS	p. 243
Soyuz TMA-9 delivers the Expedition-14 crew	p. 251
Expedition-14	p. 254
Progress M-58	p. 256
STS-116 delivers "Puny"	p. 258
Continuing the routine	p. 266
Progress M-59	p. 268
The Lisa Nowak affair	p. 270
More extravehicular activity	p. 271
OKA-T module	p. 274
Soyuz TMA-10 delivers the Expedition-15 crew	p. 274
Expedition-15	p. 276
Progress M-60	p. 278
New schedules and new funding	p. 280
STS-117 delivers the starboard-3/4 ITS	p. 282
Planning the end	p. 294
More computer tests	p. 295
Progress M-61	p. 298
STS-118 delivers "Stubby"	p. 298
Alone again	p. 311
Soyuz TMA-11 delivers the Expedition-16 crew	p. 314
STS-120 delivers Harmony, "the piece that makes the rest possible"	p. 317
Preparing for the International Partner modules	p. 331
Project Constellation	p. 339
Ares-I Crew Launch Vehicle	p. 339
First stage	p. 339
Second stage	p. 341
"Orion" Crew Exploration Vehicle	p. 341
The Moon's place in a US-led international initiative to explore the solar system	p. 347
Postscript	p. 349
Appendices
List of abbreviations	p. 353
International Space Station Flight Log	p. 365
Extravehicular activity	p. 373
Index	p. 377
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