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STS-108: Exchanging Expedition crews 3 and 4 Shuttle Endeavour's STS-108 mission to exchange the resident crews of the International Space Station and commemorate America's fallen heroes from the September 11th attacks was flown in December 2001. The Expedition 4 crew launched aboard the shuttle and Expedition 3 returned to Earth on Endeavour. The following video clips are available to Spaceflight Now Plus subscribers. This premium service gives you access to our vast video collection and financially supports the continued operation of this web site. Find out how to get your subscription by clicking here.
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Riding atop a special transporter, shuttle Endeavour emerges from its Orbiter Processing Facility hangar on October 24 for the trip to the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center.
Endeavour travels to the 52-story Vehicle Assembly Building to be attached with an external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters atop a mobile platform. Sister-ship Discovery can be seen sitting VAB.
Shuttle Endeavour is rolled out to launch pad 39B on October 31 in preparation for liftoff November 29 to ferry the next resident crew to the international space station.
An F-15 Eagle tactical fighter jet can be seen flying over launch pad 39B as shuttle Endeavour arrives at the seaside complex.
Meet the fourth resident crew that will live aboard the international space station for five months. The Expedition Four crew will launch to Alpha aboard Endeavour. They provide a summary of their mission in this presentation.
Expedition Four commander Yuri Onufrienko and flight engineers Carl Walz and Dan Bursch answer questions from reporters during their preflight news conference.
A detailed preview of the five-month voyage of the Expedition Four crew aboard the International Space Station is provided in this briefing by Susan Brand, the Expedition Four Increment Manager.
A complete preview of the science experiments to be conducted during the Expedition Four mission aboard the International Space Station is provided by John Uri, the Lead Increment Scientist.
Tim Horvath, the Expedition Four Lead Payload Operations Director, presents a briefing on the international space station science control center.
Brand, Uri and Horvath answer questions from reporters following their presentations during the Expedition Four overview news conference.
Bill Gerstenmaier, the International Space Station Deputy Program Manager, briefs reporters on the current status of the orbiting outpost and the record year of assembly flights.
Gerstenmaier fields questions from reporters with a major focus on the newly released Young report about the station budget troubles.
The four shuttle Endeavour astronauts and three Expedition Four crewmembers hold a joint news conference to talk about their missions and answer questions from reporters.
Kieth Johnson, the STS-108 Lead EVA Officer, presents a comprehensive preview of the spacewalk to be performed during Endeavour's mission to install thermal blankets on the international space station.
Kieth Johnson answers questions from reporters in this second part of the STS-108 spacewalk preview news conference.
Take a tour through shuttle Endeavour's cargo bay for a description of the payloads flying onboard in this animation narrated by Lead Flight Director Wayne Hale.
Shuttle Endeavour is seen making its approach and docking to the international space station in this animation. Lead Flight Director Wayne Hale narrates.
The Italian-built Raffaello cargo module is lifted out of Endeavour's payload bay by the shuttle robotic arm and attached to the international space station as seen in animation.
After being unloaded by the astronauts, the Raffaello cargo module is detached from the international space station and returned to Endeavour's payload bay as seen in animation.
Endeavour undocks and then makes a complete lap flying around the international space station at the conclusion of the shuttle's visit to the outpost as seen in animation.
Learn about Endeavour's 11-day mission with this day-by-day preview from Wayne Hale, the STS-108 Lead Flight Director.
Sally Davis, the lead space station flight director during Endeavour's mission, provides a detailed summary of the activities that will occur while the shuttle is docked to Alpha including the crew rotation and Raffaello.
Suzan Voss, the STS-108 Launch Package Manager, describes the Italian-built Raffaello module and all the cargo Endeavour is carrying to the international space station.
Hale, Davis and Voss answer questions from reporters following their presentations during the STS-108 mission overview news conference.
Wednesday's countdown status briefing with NASA test director Pete Nickolenko, Todd Corey, STS-108 Mission Manager, and Ed Priselac, Shuttle Weather Officer.
Tuesday's countdown status briefing with NASA test director Jeff Spaulding, Todd Corey, STS-108 Mission Manager, and Ed Priselac, Shuttle Weather Officer.
Watch presentations on the shuttle, space station and processing status, the latest on security measures and the weather forecast from the traditional pre-launch news conference.
The briefers answer questions from reporters following their presentations during the STS-108 pre-launch news conference.
The seven astronauts who will ride Endeavour into orbit gather in the dining room of crew quarters for the traditional pre-launch photo with the mission cake.
Led by commander Dom Gorie, the astronauts walk out of the Kennedy Space Center crew quarters and board the AstroVan to be driven to launch pad 39B.
The seven astronauts who will ride Endeavour into orbit gather in the dining room of crew quarters for the traditional pre-launch photo with the mission cake.
Expedition Four astronaut Dan Bursch enters Endeavour's crew hatch and crawls across the middeck to take his seat for launch.
Endeavour pilot Mark Kelly climbs into his seat on the shuttle's flight deck, a tricky task since the shuttle is sitting upright on the launch pad.
The December 4 launch attempt for shuttle Endeavour is scrubbed at the T-minus 5 minute mark due to unacceptable weather conditions at Kennedy Space Center.
Ready to give it a second shot at launch, the seven astronauts depart their quarters to board the AstroVan for the ride to launch pad 39B.
A camera positioned on the front flight deck of Endeavour shows mission specialist Dan Tani climbing into his center seat with the help of Orbiter Closeout Crew personnel.
Endeavour launches from Kennedy Space Center carrying the next resident crew to live aboard the International Space Station as seen in this 2-minute, 35-second clip.
A camera atop the 52-story Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center shows shuttle Endeavour lifting off in shadow and then rising into sunlight.
A video camera mounted in Endeavour's cockpit recorded this extraordinary footage of the launch, giving you a sense of what it would be like to ride the shuttle.
This powerful tracking camera follows Endeavour from liftoff through solid rocket booster separation, providing close up video of the ascent.
Shuttle Endeavour's launch as seen by a camera located at the Launch Complex 39 Press Site with famous countdown clock in view.
A dramatic view of Endeavour's ignition and liftoff is shown in dramatic fashion from a camera positioned in front of launch pad 39B.
An engineering camera positioned atop the launch pad 39B water tower gives a unique view of Endeavour's launch and the umbilical arm falling away.
This view shows the "twang" as the shuttle stresses backward as the main engines roar to life before the solid rocket boosters ignite to lift Endeavour skyward.
Stationed at the south end of the Shuttle Landing Facility runway at Kennedy Space Center, this camera view gives another spectacular view of Endeavour's launch.
This is a more distant view of Endeavour's liftoff and climb into the sunlight as taken from the Tower 1 camera location.
About 90 minutes after launch, the astronauts open shuttle Endeavour's two 60-foot long payload bay doors.
The space shuttle Endeavour docks at space station Alpha, bringing a new crew to the international orbital outpost as seen live with animation.
A camera in shuttle Endeavour's payload bay captures this view of the docking with the international space station.
Shuttle commander Dom Gorie opens the hatch and the shuttle astronauts float into the international space station about two-and-a-half hours after Endeavour docked to the outpost.
All 10 astronauts gather in the Destiny laboratory module of the international space station for a welcoming ceremony after hatch opening.
Shuttle flight director Wayne Hale and international space station flight director Sally Davis brief reporters on the progress of the STS-108 mission after docking.
The Italian-built Raffaello cargo module is hoisted out of Endeavour's payload bay by the shuttle's robotic arm for attachment to the space station.
The joint shuttle and station crews have a joint meal together aboard the international space station.
International space station flight director Sally Davis and shuttle flight director Wayne Hale brief reporters on the progress of the STS-108 mission after the crew exchange.
The ten orbiting astronauts paused their work for a few minutes on Sunday and paid tribute to those killed in the September 11 terrorist attacks on America.
Endeavour mission specialist Linda Godwin makes her way out of the shuttle's airlock and into the payload bay at the beginning of four-hour spacewalk.
Spacewalkers Linda Godwin and Dan Tani take a ride on Endeavour's robotic arm from the payload bay to the P6 solar array truss of the international space station for their work to install thermal blankets.
This helmet-cam view shows the spacewalkers installing a thermal blanket around one of the solar array drive motors on the international space station for their work to install thermal blankets.
International space station flight director Sally Davis, STS-108 lead spacewalk officer Kieth Johnson and shuttle flight director Wayne Hale brief reporters on the progress of the STS-108 mission after the spacewalk.
Mission control joins the space station and shuttle crews in a ceremony to mark three months since terrorists struck America, killing more than three thousand people.
The shuttle and station astronauts hold the traditional in-flight news conference with reporters at Johnson Space Center and Kennedy Space Center.
Shuttle flight director Wayne Hale, international space station flight director Sally Davis and STS-108 launch package manager Suzan Voss brief reporters on the progress of the mission and supply transfer work.
International space station flight director Sally Davis, STS-108 launch package manager Suzan Voss and Hitchhiker program representative A.J. Alfonso brief reporters on the progress of the mission and payloads on Dec. 12.
The Expedition Three crew formally hands the command of the international space station to the Expedition Four crew in this ceremony.
STS-108 Lead Flight Director Wayne Hale, International space station flight director Sally Davis, STS-108 launch package manager Suzan Voss and environmental and life support system flight controller Baron Hall brief reporters on the progress of the mission on Dec. 13.
Astronaut Carl Walz closes the hatchway leading from the space station to the Italian-built Raffaello cargo module in advance of its detachment for return to Endeavour's payload bay.
With Endeavour pilot Mark Kelly at the controls, the shuttle's robotic arm grapples the Raffaello cargo module attached to the space station for the upcoming detachment.
Having delivered three tons of supplies to the space station for the Expedition Four crew and being loaded with trashed and unneeded equipment, the Raffaello cargo module is removed from the station and returned to Endeavour's payload bay.
Lead STS-108 flight director Wayne Hale, international space station flight director Sally Davis and STS-108 launch package manager Suzan Voss brief reporters on the progress of the mission on Dec. 14.
All 10 astronauts gather together for the farewell ceremony before the hatches were closed between Endeavour and the station in preparation for undocking. The Expedition 4 astronauts, beginning their 5-month stay on the outpost, received Christmas gifts from Expedition 3.
With handshakes and ringing of the space station's bell, the Expedition Three crew floats out of Alpha, leaving Expedition Four to continue the human presence aboard the outpost.
Shuttle Endeavour undocks from the international space station after an eight-day stay as seen live in computer-generated animation with the audio from the astronauts.
As captured by a hand-held camcorder in Endeavour's crew cabin, the shuttle undocks from the international space station.
The student-built Starshine-2 satellite was deployed from space shuttle Endeavour's payload bay as the ship flew 240 miles over the South Pacific.
This view of the Starshine-2 satellite deployment was recorded by a hand-held camcorder inside shuttle Endeavour's crew cabin.
CNN's Miles O'Brien interviews the Expedition Three crew of Frank Culbertson, Vladimir Dezhurov and Mikhail Turin and Endeavour's commander, Dom Gorie, and pilot Mark Kelly.
NBC Weekend Nightly News' John Seigenthaler interviews members of the Expedition Three and Endeavour crews.
STS-108 entry flight director Leroy Cain briefs reporters on plans for Endeavour's landing at Kennedy Space Center, including the weather forecast and strategy for calling up the alternate landing site.
Space shuttle Endeavour concludes the STS-108 mission with landing on Runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, bringing home the Expedition Three crew. This is a full landing clip with live audio.
Ride along with the Endeavour astronauts in this "pilot's point of view" video of the shuttle turning onto final approach, punching through the clouds, the runway appearing the final 5,000 or so feet and continuing to touchdown.
From this camera location on the south end of the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility, Endeavour can be seen dropping out of the sky, touching down and rolling to a stop.
Endeavour's landing at Kennedy Space Center is captured in dramatic fashion by this camera on the north end of Runway 15.
Positioned to the west of the Shuttle Landing Facility runway, this camera view shows Endeavour touching down with the launch pad and Vehicle Assembly Building in the background.
Endeavour commander Dom Gorie, pilot Mark Kelly and mission specialists Linda Godwin and Dan Tani speak on the runway after their landing at Kennedy Space Center.