News on ISS
- SpaceX cargoship to ISS succesfully launched
- ISS-astronauts to cath the Lyrid-meteor-shower in 3D
- ESA' heavist launch ever
- Worlds best view
- SpaecX prepares for ISS-mission
- Astronauts captures unprecedented view of comet
- ESA to test experimental reentry vehicle in 2014
- Time-laps video of Earth from ISS
- Space tekescope on ISS could reveal neutron stars interior
- Spaceflights affect astronauts vision
- China starts construction of spacestation
- Chinese launch accompanied by "America"
- Sunrise over the Earth and ISS
- NASA reveals the space-shuttle's successor
- Assembly start of NASA's new Orion space modules
- Russian supply-ship crashed
- Live 3D video from space
- SpaceX prepares for launches to ISS
- A tribute to the space-shuttles
- Spacedebris on collision-course with ISS
- Spaceshuttle Atlantis arrived at ISS
- End of the spaceshuttle era
- Spacejunk passes closely by ISS
- Spaceshuttle Endeavour landed and Atlantis ready for launch
- Space shuttle Endeavour at ISS
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Crowd on the ISS
Monday, 14 March 2011 22:56
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Prior to the spaceshuttle Discovery's visit to the ISS, the japanese supplyship KOUNOTORI2 had to be relocated to an inactive zenith port
With the space shuttle Discovery (STS-133) completed its docked mission at the International Space Station (ISS), the crew aboard the ISS performed relocation of the KOUNOTORI2 from March 10 through March 11, to return the KOUNOTORI2 to its original berthing port, the nadir port of Harmony. The other 2 ports are occupied with the ESA ATV and a russian Souyz module that serves as escape-vehicle The KOUNOTORI2, which was temporarily relocated to the Harmony's zenith port during Discovery's visit, was grappled by the station’s robotic arm (Space Station Remote Manipulator System: SSRMS), and the relocation operation began March 10. The KOUNOTORI2 was moved to the Harmony's bottom side and attached to the Common Berthing Mechanism (CBM) at the nadir port of Harmony, and the CBM bolts were fastened. on March 11. The relocation was completed March 11 when the ISS crew completed the vestibule outfitting, including connections of the electrical cables/lines between the KOUNOTORI’s Pressurized Logistics Module (PLC) and Harmony. Source: JAXA |




