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James S. Voss
Jim Voss, 52, a retired Army colonel, will return from his second visit to the space station after his months aboard the orbiting laboratory as part of the Expedition Two crew. Voss and commander Yury Usachev did an internal spacewalk, the first from the space station. They repositioned a docking cone in preparation for the arrival later this year of the Russian docking compartment. Voss was instrumental in the successful effort to recover from station computer problems that began during the STS-100 mission in April 2001. Voss worked with Helms in the checkout and troubleshooting for the station's robotic arm, Canadarm2. Previous Space Flights:
Entry Seating: Mid Deck - Port |
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Yury V. Usachev
Yury Usachev, 43, is ending his fourth flight into space with his return to Earth on Discovery. He is the first Russian to command the International Space Station. During his Discovery flight, Usachev will be designated Mission Specialist 5. During his months on the ISS, Usachev was responsible for the safety of his crew and the success of the mission, which saw the beginning of substantial science aboard the International Space Station. He did a spacewalk with Voss in the Zvezda module and helped Voss and Helms in the checkout and troubleshooting of Canadarm2. Previous Space Flights:
Entry Seating: Mid Deck - Starboard |
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Susan J. Helms
Susan Helms, 43, is an Air Force colonel returning from her fifth spaceflight. She operated the station's Canadarm2 during checkout and troubleshooting operations. She and fellow Expedition Two crewmember Voss performed a spacewalk from Discovery after Expedition Two arrived at the space station in March 2000. She was choreographer for the second spacewalk, performed by Andy Thomas and Paul Richards, operating from Discovery's aft flight deck. She also was responsible for transfer of vital racks from the Multipurpose Logistics Module to the U.S. laboratory Destiny. With Usachev and Voss, she conducted and participated in a number of scientific experiments during the Expedition Two mission. Previous Space Flights:
Entry Seating: Mid Deck - Center |
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Vladimir N. Dezhurov
Vladimir Nikolaevich Dezhurov is a veteran of one long-duration spaceflight, having served as commander of a mission aboard the Russian space station Mir in 1995. That crew returned to Earth aboard the shuttle Atlantis July 7, 1995, after 115 days in orbit. Dezhurov is a lieutenant colonel in his country's air force and served as a pilot and senior pilot, earning three Armed Forces Medals. He was first assigned to the Cosmonaut Training Center in 1987. Since 1989 he has trained with a group of test cosmonauts. He served as a backup member of the Expedition One crew to the International Space Station. Previous Space Flights:
Ascent Seating: Mid Deck - Center |
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Frank L. Culbertson, Jr.
Frank Culbertson, 52, a retired Navy captain, former test pilot, and former manager of the ISS Phase One (Shuttle-Mir) Program, will command the Expedition Three mission to the space station. As commander, he will have overall responsibility for expedition safety and success as the station's size and scientific capabilities continue to increase. Culbertson also will have a number of responsibilities aboard Discovery during STS-105. Among them will be primary responsibility for shuttle communication with the station and with Mission Control Moscow during rendezvous and docking and for pressure and leak checks once docking is complete. He also will be responsible for water transfer from Discovery to the station and for MPLM commanding and vestibule preparation. Previous Space Flights:
Ascent Seating: Mid Deck - Port |
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Mikhail Tyurin
Mikhail Tyurin, 41, worked as an engineer at the RSC-Energia Corporation after his graduation from the Moscow Aviation Institute in 1984. At Energia he worked in dynamics, ballistics and software development. He continues graduate studies, and his personal scientific research relating to psychological aspects of cosmonauts' training for manual control of spacecraft. Tyurin himself was selected to begin cosmonaut training in 1993. Since 1998 he has trained as an ISS flight engineer. He was a backup crewmember for Expedition One before being named an Expedition Three crewmember. Previous Space Flights:
Ascent Seating: Mid Deck - Starboard |
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Scott J. Horowitz
Scott Horowitz, 44, an Air Force colonel and former test pilot with a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering, will command Discovery's STS-105 mission and be responsible for its safety and success. He will fly Discovery through its rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station on the fifth shuttle flight of the year. He will operate the shuttle's robotic arm during the mission's two spacewalks and act as backup arm operator during the berthing and unberthing of the Multipurpose Logistics Module. He will assist pilot Rick Sturckow in Discovery's flyaround of the station after undocking. Finally, he will land Discovery at mission's end. Previous Space Flights:
Ascent Seating: Flight Deck - Port Forward |
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Frederick (Rick) W. Sturckow
A Marine major, a veteran of 41 Desert Storm combat missions and former test pilot, Rick Sturckow, 39, [40 on Aug. 11] will be responsible for monitoring critical shuttle systems during ascent and entry. He also will play a major role during rendezvous and docking operations, responsible for many of the shuttle's navigational tools. He will be responsible for operating still and video cameras. He will serve as the intravehicular crewmember during the mission's two spacewalks, monitoring and coordinating activities of the spacewalkers. Sturckow himself is the backup spacewalker. After participating in Discovery's undocking from the station, he will perform the flyaround of the orbiting laboratory. Previous Space Flights:
Ascent Seating: Flight Deck - Starboard Forward |
 Mission Specialist 1:
Patrick G. Forrester
Patrick Forrester, 44, is an Army lieutenant colonel, former test pilot and Army Ranger with a master's in mechanical and aerospace engineering. He will do two spacewalks during STS-105. He also will be primary operator of the shuttle's robotic arm during berthing and unberthing of the Multipurpose Logistics Module. Among his other responsibilities will be opening and closing of Discovery's payload bay doors and the shuttle's communications equipment and instruments, as well as flight data file. He will serve as a backup in still photography and video. Previous Space Flights:
Ascent Seating: Flight Deck - Starboard Aft |
 Mission Specialist 2:
Daniel T. Barry
Daniel Barry, 47, a veteran of two space flights, earned a Ph.D. in electrical engineering/computer science and an M.D. degree. As EV1 he will be the lead for the two spacewalks during Discovery's flight to the space station. Barry will serve as Discovery's flight engineer during ascent and entry. He will have primary responsibility in post-insertion activities, converting the shuttle from a launch vehicle to an orbiting spacecraft, and in deorbit preparations. He will provide information to the commander and pilot during rendezvous with the station and after undocking. He will serve as loadmaster on the shuttle side for transfer of equipment and supplies to the space station and for items being returned to Earth from the station. Previous Space Flights:
Ascent Seating: Flight Deck - Center Aft |
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