JULY 2007 CONTENTS i
CONTENTS
Section
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STS-118 MISSION OVERVIEW: BUILD THE STATION…BUILD THE FUTURE ........................... 1
TIMELINE OVERVIEW.............................................................................................................. 13
MISSION PROFILE................................................................................................................... 17
MISSION PRIORITIES............................................................................................................. 19
MISSION PERSONNEL ............................................................................................................. 21
STS-118 ENDEAVOUR PROCESSING MILESTONES ................................................................. 23
STS-118 ENDEAVOUR CREW................................................................................................... 27
PAYLOAD OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................. 37
STARBOARD 5 (S5) SHORT SPACER ................................................................................................... 37
EXTERNAL STOWAGE PLATFORM-3...................................................................................................... 39
SPACEHAB’S LOGISTICS SINGLE MODULE........................................................................................... 41
MOTION CONTROL SUBSYSTEM .......................................................................................................... 43
STATION-TO-SHUTTLE POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM (SSPTS)............................................................... 44
RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING .................................................................................................. 47
UNDOCKING, SEPARATION AND DEPARTURE ....................................................................................... 50
SPACEWALKS ......................................................................................................................... 53
EDUCATOR ASTRONAUT PROJECT.......................................................................................... 61
EXPERIMENTS......................................................................................................................... 67
DETAILED TEST OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................................... 67
SHORT-DURATION RESEARCH TO BE COMPLETED DURING STS-118/13A.1 ......................................... 68
SPACE SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINE ADVANCED HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ........................ 75
SHUTTLE REFERENCE DATA .................................................................................................... 77