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2005 Space Shuttle Mission STS-114 Return-to-Flight Video Collection DVD Video of Launch Gap Filler Removal Spacewalk Flight Highlight Edwards Landing July-August 2005 - Four DVD-Video Set Author:U.S. Government This spectacular set of four DVD-Video discs presents over seven hours of high-quality, digital-source video of the historic mission of STS-114 in July-August 2005. These discs are designed to be played in regular DVD players (USA Region 1 format) and can also be viewed by most computer DVD drives. There are extensive views of the launch, includ... more »ing the final moments of the countdown, numerous KSC launch pad camera replays, the WB-57 chase aircraft videos, and tapes from both SRBs from launch to ocean splashdown. Mission highlights include station work and the gap filler removal EVA. NASA reports: After a two-and-a-half-year wait, everything finally came together on July 26, 2005, with launch at 10:39 a.m. EDT. During this test mission, NASA accomplished a variety of goals while also learning some important lessons. At liftoff, a large piece of insulating foam broke off the External Tank. Now, NASA engineers are working to determine what caused this and how to prevent it from happening in the future. The first of two Return to Flight missions, STS-114 included breathtaking in-orbit maneuvers, tests of new equipment and procedures, a first-of-its-kind spacewalking repair, and phone calls from two world leaders. Using the new Orbiter Boom Sensor System, Discovery crewmembers took an unprecedented up-close look at the orbiter's thermal protection system. This collection of new data was expanded on flight day three, when Commander Collins guided Discovery through the first-ever "rendezvous pitch maneuver" as the orbiter approached the International Space Station for docking. The slow-motion back flip allowed Station crewmembers Phillips and Krikalev to snap high-resolution photos. During the first of three spacewalks, Mission Specialists Stephen Robinson and Soichi Noguchi tested new repair techniques for the outer skin of the Space Shuttle's heat shield and installed equipment outside the Station. Two days later, Robinson and Noguchi again ventured out into the vacuum of space to replace a failed Control Moment Gyro. When two thermal protection tile gap-fillers were spotted jutting out of Discovery's underside, astronauts and other experts on the ground devised a plan for Robinson to ride the Station's robotic arm beneath the Shuttle and remove the gap-fillers. Work on the Shuttle underbelly had never been tried before, but with Mission Specialist Wendy Lawrence and Pilot Jim Kelly operating the robotic arms, Mission Specialist Andy Thomas coordinating and fellow spacewalker Noguchi keeping watch, Robinson delicately completed the extraction during the third and final spacewalk. "Okay, that came out very easily," Robinson said after carefully removing one of the fillers. "It looks like this big patient is cured." With the mission drawing to a close, the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Raffaello was removed from the Space Station and reinstalled in Discovery's payload bay. Raffaello arrived at the Station with more than 12,000 pounds of equipment and supplies and carried about 7,000 pounds of Station material on the trip back to Earth. After nine days of cooperative work, Discovery undocked from the International Space Station Aug. 6 and parted ways. The STS-114 crew was given an extra day in orbit Aug. 8, when the first attempt to land at Kennedy Space Center was foiled by uncooperative weather. But even though cloudy skies reappeared at the Shuttle's home port the next morning, NASA was ready with a backup plan: a landing at Edwards Air Force Base in the high desert of California, where the weather was perfect. Discovery touched down at 5:12 a.m. PDT on Aug. 9 at Edwards. "We have had a fantastic mission," Commander Eileen Collins said with a smile. At her side were her crewmates, Pilot James Kelly and Mission Specialists Soichi Noguchi, Stephen Robinson, Wendy Lawrence, Charles Camarda and Andy Thomas. "We are so glad to be able to come back and say it was successful. The crew was really anxious to walk around and« less
