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Expedition 4 Status Reports

May 24, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-25
The Expedition 4 crew of the International Space Station spent much of this week preparing for the arrival of Endeavour on STS-111 and their return home.
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May 17, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-24
As Expedition 4 entered its 24th week aboard the International Space Station this week, the crew split time between preparations for the trip home early next month, continuing science experiments and recovering the use of an onboard oxygen generator.
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May 10, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-23
Expedition 4 Commander Yury Onufrienko and Flight Engineers Carl Walz and Dan Bursch spent most of their time this week packing for the arrival of the Expedition 5 crew aboard STS-111.
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May 4, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-22
A multinational “taxi” crew departed the International Space Station this evening, having delivered a new Soyuz return vehicle to the residents of the orbital outpost.
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April 27, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-21
A multinational “taxi” crew arrived at the International Space Station today, delivering a new Soyuz return vehicle at the start of eight days of joint activities with the residents on board the complex.
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April 25, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-20
A Soyuz rocket blasted off today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying a multinational “taxi” crew to the International Space Station to deliver a fresh return vehicle to the orbital outpost.
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April 20, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-19
The resident crew aboard the International Space Station took a short ride in their Russian Soyuz capsule this morning, relocating the rescue craft from one docking port to another to clear the way for the arrival of a fresh return vehicle in one week
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March 29, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-18
Expedition 4 astronauts Carl Walz and Dan Bursch successfully completed an exercise of the International Space Station’s robotic arm today, using six of its joints and a software patch to mask the seventh, the failed wrist roll joint.
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March 24, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-17
An unpiloted Russian Progress resupply craft successfully docked to the International Space Station today, three days after its launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to bring food, fuel and supplies to the residents on board.
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March 21, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-16
An unpiloted Russian Progress resupply craft was successfully launched today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to bring food, fuel and supplies to the residents on board the International Space Station.
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March 19, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-15
An unpiloted Russian Progress resupply craft undocked from the International Space Station today to set the stage for this weekend’s arrival of a new Progress cargo vehicle.
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March 15, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-14
Expedition Four Commander Yury Onufrienko and Flight Engineers Dan Bursch and Carl Walz aboard the International Space Station continued science experiments and prepared for two spacecraft that will soon visit the outpost.
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March 8, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-13
Science experiments and robotic arm operations were the focus for Expedition Four Commander Yury Onufrienko and Flight Engineers Dan Bursch and Carl Walz aboard the International Space Station this week.
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Feb. 22, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-12
The International Space Station Expedition 4 crew returned to normal activities today after Wednesday’s successful spacewalk and what largely was a day of rest on Thursday.
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Feb. 20, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-11
The International Space Station Expedition 4 crew was kept awake about two hours later than planned today after reporting a strong, unpleasant odor apparently originating from a system that cleanses spacesuit air scrubbers in the complex’s Quest airlock.
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Feb. 20, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-10
Expedition 4 astronauts Carl Walz and Dan Bursch completed a successful 5-hour, 47-minute spacewalk Wednesday, testing equipment and procedures for the Airlock Quest and performing other tasks to prepare for Space Shuttle Atlantis’ STS-110 mission to the International Space Station in April.
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Feb. 15, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-09
Activity on board the International Space Station this week focused on preparations for next week’s spacewalk – the first to be conducted from the U.S. Quest airlock without a space shuttle docked.
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Feb. 8, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-08
This week the Expedition Four crew – Commander Yury Onufrienko and Flight Engineers Carl Walz and Dan Bursch – worked with several of the science experiments aboard the International Space Station.
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Feb. 4, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-07
The Expedition Four crew’s normal work was interrupted this morning when a main computer in the International Space Station’s Russian Zvezda living quarters module unexpectedly went off-line, disrupting the system which controls the spacecraft’s orientation for a few hours.
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Feb. 1, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-06
Finishing up a month which saw the crew conduct two spacewalks, Expedition Four Commander Yury Onufrienko and Astronauts Dan Bursch and Carl Walz spent a quiet week aboard the complex this week, completing a host of maintenance tasks, physical exercise and evaluations, and science experiments.
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Jan. 25, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-05
Expedition Four Commander Yury Onufrienko and Astronaut Dan Bursch completed a five-hour, 59-minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station today.
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Jan. 18, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-04
The Expedition Four crew of the International Space Station wrapped up a busy week Friday, installing a new, more robust computer storage device and preparing for the second spacewalk of its duty tour a little more than a week after the first.
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Jan. 14, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-03
Commander Yury Onufrienko and Flight Engineer Carl Walz floated outside the International Space Station on the first spacewalk of their expedition and finished installing a second Russian cargo boom, part of which had been delivered to the station two and a half years ago.
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Jan. 11, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-02
The Expedition Four crew is completing its fifth week in space aboard the International Space Station, continuing preparations for the first spacewalk of the five-month mission.
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Jan. 4, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-01
The International Space Station’s Expedition Four crew began a new year in space this week conducting a variety of experiments, testing new techniques with the station’s robotic arm and beginning to prepare for a spacewalk planned later this month.
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Dec. 21, 2001 – International Space Station Status Report #01-50
Expedition Four Commander Yury Onufrienko and Flight Engineers Carl Walz and Dan Bursch have completed their first week of independent operations aboard the International Space Station.
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