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Expedition 5 Status Reports

Nov. 15, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-52
The Expedition 5 crew members – Commander Valery Korzun, NASA ISS Science Officer Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Sergei Treschev – spent their 23rd week in space continuing preparations for the arrival of their replacements, the Expedition 6 crew.
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Nov. 9, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-51
A Russian-Belgian cosmonaut crew departed the International Space Station today after delivering a new Soyuz return vehicle to the complex and conducting more than a week’s worth of joint scientific experiments with the residents on board.
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Nov. 8, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-50
All six people living aboard the International Space Station have started packing up for their return to Earth.
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Nov. 1, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-49
A Russian-Belgian cosmonaut crew arrived at the International Space Station in the wee hours this morning in a newly modified Soyuz capsule after a flawless two-day flight following launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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Oct. 29, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-48
Right on time, a Russian-Belgian cosmonaut crew blasted off in a newly modified Soyuz capsule from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan tonight, headed for a linkup to the International Space Station later this week to deliver a fresh crew return vehicle.
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Oct. 25, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-47
Having bid farewell to a visiting space shuttle crew last week, the Expedition 5 crewmembers began preparing for the arrival of the next two groups of visitors to the International Space Station, the Soyuz 5 taxi crew and the STS-113 space shuttle crew.
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Oct. 4, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-46
With Houston’s Mission Control Center (MCC) back in operation, the deliberate power up of the International Space Station is proceeding as planned. The huge U.S. solar wings are again tracking the sun after being put in a fixed position when the Mission Control Center here was powered down in the face of a threat from Hurricane Lili.
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Oct. 2, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-45
U.S. flight control of the International Space Station was shifted early today from Houston’s Mission Control Center to Houston Support Group personnel in Mission Control Moscow as Hurricane Lili threatened the Johnson Space Center.
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Sept. 29, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-44
An unmanned Russian resupply craft successfully docked to the International Space Station Sunday, bringing almost a ton of food, fuel and supplies to the residents on board, and for the next trio of space travelers, which will arrive on the ISS in November.
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Sept. 25, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-43
A fresh resupply vehicle – Progress 9 – is on its way to the International Space Station following launch at 12:58 p.m. Eastern Time Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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Sept. 20, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-42
Expedition 5 Commander Valery Korzun, NASA International Space Station Science Officer Peggy Whitson, and Cosmonaut Sergei Treschev wrapped up a busy workweek on Friday, their 107th day in space.
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Sept. 13, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-41
The fifth resident crew on the International Space Station completed 100 days in space at 4:23 p.m. CDT today as it wrapped up a week that saw the first-ever on orbit operational use of ultrasound for medical diagnosis.
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Sept. 6, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-40
Canadarm2 got another workout Thursday as the Expedition 5 crew aboard the International Space Station set to work in earnest to prepare for the arrival of the station’s next major component on the STS-112 shuttle mission.
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Aug. 30, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-39
Work on the International Space Station this week started out with a spacewalk, moved back inside with extensive laboratory research work, and wound up with a series of maintenance tasks before the Expedition 5 crew began a long holiday weekend.
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Aug. 26, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-38
Expedition Five Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineer Sergei Treschev stepped outside the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station today to swap out Japanese space exposure experiments and a Russian experiment measuring jet thruster residue on the exterior of the Zvezda Service Module in a 5 hour, 21 minute spacewalk.
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Aug. 23, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-37
The Expedition Five crew spent a large portion of its week preparing for the next scheduled spacewalk.
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Aug. 16, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-36
Expedition Five Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson stepped outside the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station today and installed debris shields on the Russian Zvezda Service Module in a 4 hour, 25 minute spacewalk.
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Aug. 9, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-35
Commander Valery Korzun, Astronaut Peggy Whitson and Cosmonaut Sergei Treschev completed their ninth week aboard the International Space Station making preparations for the first spacewalk of their five-month mission.
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Sept. 2, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-34
Commander Valery Korzun, Astronaut Peggy Whitson and Cosmonaut Sergei Treschev completed their eighth week aboard the International Space Station, conducting scientific research, maintenance work and daily exercise routines.
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July 26, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-33
Commander Valery Korzun, Astronaut Peggy Whitson and Cosmonaut Sergei Treschev passed 50 days in space aboard the International Space Station this week, conducting scientific research, maintenance work, educational demonstrations and hometown news interviews.
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July 19, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-32
Expedition 5 crewmembers, Commander Valery Korzun, Astronaut Peggy Whitson and Cosmonaut Sergei Treschev, wrapped up a busy week of successful science and maintenance work, a week that saw completion of one major repair task on the environmental control system of the International Space Station.
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July 12, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-31
The Expedition 5 crew had a busy and successful week aboard the International Space Station, completing the activation and checkout of the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG), beginning the first experiment in that glovebox, and operating the Canadarm2 from the Mobile Base System (MBS) for the first time.
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July 5, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-30
Crewmembers aboard the International Space Station today continued to unload the Progress 8 unpiloted Russian cargo carrier docked to the aft port of the station’s Zvezda Service Module.
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June 29, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-29
A Russian Progress resupply craft docked to the International Space Station early today, three days after its launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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June 26, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-28
A Russian Progress resupply craft was successfully launched today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to bring fuel, supplies and equipment to the International Space Station.
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June 25, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-27
An unpiloted Russian Progress resupply craft undocked from the International Space Station this morning in preparation for the arrival of a new cargo carrier on Saturday.
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June 21, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-26
The Expedition 5 crew of the International Space Station began its third week in space initiating new scientific investigations and preparing for next week’s arrival of a cargo ship of new supplies.
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