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Expedition 3 Status Reports

Dec. 03, 2001 – International Space Station Status Report #01-49
Expedition Three Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin cleared the way for the launch of the shuttle Endeavour tomorrow afternoon by removing debris in the form of a rubberized seal from the docking interface between a Russian Progress resupply craft and the Zvezda Service Module at the International Space Station.
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Nov. 28, 2001 – International Space Station Status Report #01-48
The International Space Station resumed its normal orientation control about three hours later than planned this afternoon to allow Russian flight controllers time to evaluate a potential technical problem seen following the docking of a Progress resupply craft today.
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Nov. 28, 2001 – International Space Station Status Report #01-47
An unmanned Russian Progress resupply vehicle successfully docked to the International Space Station this afternoon, carrying food, fuel and supplies for the next residents of the orbital outpost.
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Nov. 26, 2001 – International Space Station Status Report #01-46
During their 107th day aboard the International Space Station, Expedition Three Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin continued their preparations for the arrival of the Space Shuttle Endeavour and the Expedition Four crew.
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Nov. 21, 2001 – International Space Station Status Report #01-45
During their 103rd day aboard the International Space Station, Expedition Three Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin Wednesday began activation of the Progress unpiloted supply vehicle in preparation for its undocking.
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Nov. 15, 2001 – International Space Station Status Report #01-44
After completing the final space walk planned for Expedition Three, the crew of the International Space Station this week begins to get ready for the arrival of a cargo vessel, a space shuttle and a replacement crew later this month.
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Nov. 12, 2001 – International Space Station Status Report #01-43
Expedition Three Commander Frank Culbertson and Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov completed the external outfitting of the Pirs Docking Compartment on the International Space Station (ISS) this evening, conducting a 5 hour, 4 minute spacewalk outside the orbital outpost.
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Nov. 7, 2001 – International Space Station Status Report #01-42
The Expedition Three crew, Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin, continue to make preparations for the third and final space walk of their mission to be conducted on Monday, the fifth space walk to take place from the International Space Station (ISS).
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Oct. 30, 2001 – International Space Station Status Report #01-41
Two Russian cosmonauts and a French researcher left the International Space Station (ISS) this evening, wrapping up almost eight days of experiments and joint activities with the Station’s residents while delivering a fresh Soyuz return vehicle for the orbital outpost.
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Oct. 23, 2001 – International Space Station Status Report #01-40
Two Russian cosmonauts and a French researcher arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) this morning, delivering a fresh Soyuz return vehicle for the residents on board to begin eight days of joint operations and research.
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Oct. 21, 2001 – International Space Station Status Report #01-39
Russian “taxi” crew Commander Victor Afanasyev, rookie Flight Engineer Konstantin Kozeev and European Space Agency Flight Engineer Claudie Haignere began their trip to the ISS at 3:59:34 a.m. CDT (8:59:34 GMT) as their Soyuz rocket climbed away from their cloudy desert launch site in Central Asia.
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Oct. 19, 2001 – International Space Station Status Report #01-38
Expedition Three crew members climbed into their Soyuz early today, backed the Earth return vehicle away from one International Space Station docking port, and successfully redocked, using the new Pirs docking port for the first time.
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Oct. 17, 2001 – International Space Station Status Report #01-37
Expedition Three crewmembers are preparing to board their Soyuz return vehicle at the International Space Station (ISS) early Friday to move it from the Earth-facing port of the Zarya module for the first-ever linkup to the new Pirs Docking Compartment.
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Oct. 15, 2001 – International Space Station Status Report #01-36
Scientific research moved outside the International Space Station today as two Russian cosmonauts mounted a variety of instruments outside the Zvezda service module in a 5 hour, 52 minute space walk.
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Oct. 10, 2001 – International Space Station Status Report #01-35
After completing one successful spacewalk, the Expedition Three crew of the International Space Station (ISS) is preparing for another, to be conducted on Monday, Oct. 15. Russian cosmonauts Vladimir Dezhurov and Mikhail Tyurin will perform this one, like the one conducted last Monday, while Commander Frank Culbertson remains inside to coordinate activities.
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Oct. 8, 2001 – International Space Station Status Report #01-34
The assembly of the International Space Station (ISS) passed another major milestone today as two Russian cosmonauts executed a 4 hour, 58 minute spacewalk outside the complex to begin to outfit the Station’s newest module.
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Oct. 3, 2001 – International Space Station Status Report #01-33
The International Space Station’s Expedition Three crew – Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin – is spending the week preparing for the first of three spacewalks next Monday to outfit the new Pirs Docking Compartment and to attach scientific experiments to the outside of the Zvezda Service Module.
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Sept. 26, 2001 – International Space Station Status Report #01-32
The International Space Station’s Expedition Three crew – Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin – is poised for the first of three planned space walks following today’s successful jettison of a segment of a new docking port and airlock now attached to the orbiting complex.
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Sept. 20, 2001 – International Space Station Status Report #01-31
The International Space Station’s Expedition Three crew – Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin – spent this week outfitting and activating the station’s latest addition, a four-ton Russian airlock and docking port named Pirs that arrived at the orbiting complex Sunday.
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Sept. 16, 2001 – International Space Station Status Report #01-30
The International Space Station gained another entryway tonight when Pirs, the new Russian docking compartment, docked automatically to a port on the Zvezda service module at 8:05 p.m. CDT as the station orbited 250 miles above Mongolia.
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Sept. 14, 2001 – International Space Station Status Report #01-29
On its way to provide additional capabilities to the International Space Station, the Russian Docking Compartment lifted off from the Baikonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan today. Pirs, the Russian word for pier, was successfully launched atop a Russian Soyuz rocket at 6:35 p.m. CDT.
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Sept. 13, 2001 – International Space Station Status Report #01-28
On board the International Space Station, the Expedition Three crew, Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin continue their work aboard the orbiting laboratory.
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Sept. 5, 2001 – International Space Station Status Report #01-27
After completing a three-day holiday weekend of light activities that provided time to settle into their new home, members of the International Space Station crew this week began a busy slate of scientific work, performed some minor repairs and maintenance, and prepared for the continued expansion of the orbiting complex with the upcoming launch of a new Russian module.
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Aug. 29, 2001 – International Space Station Status Report #01-26
Well into their four-month stay on board the International Space Station (ISS), the Expedition Three crew continues to unpack and stow equipment from the Russian Progress cargo ship that arrived at the outpost nearly a week ago.
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Aug. 23, 2001 – International Space Station Status Report #01-25
Just hours after the return of the Expedition Two crew to the Kennedy Space Center, the Expedition Three crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) received new supplies and fuel this morning following the flawless docking of a Progress resupply freighter.
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