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 STS-102 Mission Theater Updated: March 21, 2001
Welcome to the STS-102 Mission Theater! From countdown to touchdown we will provide the internet's most comprehensive video coverage of Discovery's mission to the International Space Station. Note: These video clips are available to our Mission Theater subscribers only. Sign-up now to get your password.
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Ride a rocket! A 50-minute VHS video cassette from Spaceflight Now features spectacular "rocketcam" footage from April's launch of NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey probe. Available from the Astronomy Now Store in NTSC format (North America and Japan) and PAL (UK, most of Europe, Australia and other countries). QuickTime Spaceflight Now uses QuickTime to deliver exceptional video and audio quality in fast-loading, compact files. QuickTime version 4 is required. For more information about QuickTime visit the Apple web site or click the button below to download the free software for Windows PCs or Macs. 
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Space shuttle Discovery's landing at the Kennedy Space Center as seen on NASA television.
Several hours after landing, Expedition One commander Bill Shepherd spoke with NASA Public Affairs Officer Bruce Buckingham.
NASA's Crew Activity Report features the highlights of flight day 13 of mission STS-102.
The expedition 1 crew bids farewell to the International Space Station as Bill Shepherd hands command to Expedition 2's Yury Usachev.
The space shuttle Discovery departs the International Space Station after an exchange of crews and supplies.
Mission operations representative Wayne Hale, Bill Gerstenmaier, ISS deputy program manager, and Expedition One lead flight surgeon Dr Terry Taddeo brief the news media on flight day 12.
NASA's Crew Activity Report features the highlights of flight day 12 of mission STS-102.
NASA's Crew Activity Report features the highlights of flight day 11 of mission STS-102.
STS-102 lead flight director John Shannon, ISS flight director Rick La Brode and launch package manager Bernestine Dickey brief the news media on flight day 11.
NASA's Crew Activity Report features the highlights of flight day ten of mission STS-102.
Discovery astronauts Jim Kelly, Andy Thomas and Paul Richards speak with ABC News reporter Jim Slade on the progress of their mission.
Mission control's Cady Coleman informs Discovery commander Jim Wetherbee that the mission has been extended one more day.
NASA's Crew Activity Report features the highlights of flight day nine of mission STS-102.
The crews of space shuttle Discovery and space station Alpha hold a joint news conference. We present the English portion in full.
STS-102 lead flight director John Shannon and ISS flight director Rick La Brode brief the news media on flight day nine.
NASA's Crew Activity Report features the highlights of flight day eight of mission STS-102.
Pat Ryan looks back on the major events of the four-month stay of the Expedition 1 crew aboard the International Space Station.
NASA's Crew Activity Report features the highlights of flight day seven of mission STS-102.
STS-102 lead flight director John Shannon, ISS flight director Rick La Brode and launch package manager Bernestine Dickey brief the news media.
Susan Helms unpacks her Soyuz seat liner from the Leonardo logistics module as she prepares to take her place on the Expedition 2 crew.
Discovery commander Jim Wetherbee and Expedition 2 crew members Jim Voss, Yury Usachev and Susan Helms are interviewed by television reporters from Helm's home town of Portland, Oregon.
Follow the astronauts' path from the Leonardo multi-purpose logistics module to the Destiny laboratory module.
NASA's Crew Activity Report features the highlights of flight day 6 of mission STS-102.
ISS flight director Rick La Brode and STS-102, lead flight director John Shannon and lead EVA officer Kieth Johnson provide reporters with an update on the progress of the mission. 
Pat Ryan reports on the Multi-Purpose Logistics Modules that will haul cargo to and from the International Space Station.
ISS flight director Rick La Brode and STS-102 lead flight director John Shannon provide reporters with an update on the progress of the mission.
NASA's Pat Ryan presents a short feature on the goals of the two spacewalks of mission STS-102.
Jim Voss and Susan Helms are assisted into the lower part of their space suits prior to the first spacewalk of the mission.
NASA's Crew Activity Report features the highlights of flight day four of mission STS-102.
STS-102 lead flight director John Shannon, ISS flight director Rick La Brode and lead EVA officer Kieth Johnson provide reporters with an update on the progress of the mission.
The space shuttle Discovery docks with the International Space Station in this sequential still video beamed to the ground.
NASA's Crew Activity Report carries the highlights of flight day three of mission STS-102.
Crew of space shuttle Discovery open the hatch and float aboard the International Space Station. Editor's note: this is hand-held video in zero-g! 
STS-102 lead flight director John Shannon provides reporters with an update on the progress of the mission.
NASA's Crew Activity Report carries the highlights of flight day two of mission STS-102.
Expedition 2 crew member Yury Usachev speaks to NASA's Pat Ryan.
Expedition 2 crew member Jim Voss speaks to NASA's Pat Ryan.
Expedition 2 crew member Susan Helms speaks to NASA's Pat Ryan.
NASA's Pat Ryan profiles the three members of the Expedition Two crew as they prepare to take up residence aboard the International Space Station.
Space shuttle Discovery lifts off at dawn from the Kennedy Space Center carrying a new crew and supplies to the International Space Station.
Space shuttle Discovery's solid rocket boosters separate two minutes, 5 seconds into flight.
A camera mounted in Discovery's overhead cockpit window captures a "rear-view mirror" angle of the shuttle's dawn liftoff. Mission commander Jim Wetherbee narrates.
The space shuttle Discovery eclipses the rising sun as it lifts off on a mission to the International Space Station.
A camera mounted on the water tower at launch complex 39B captures a rear view of Discovery's launch.
Camera 161, located on the launch pad tower, clearly shows the "twang" that occurs as the main engines ignite flexing the entire vehicle.
A black and white camera mounted on the mobile launcher platform records main engine ignition and then attempts to capture the vehicle's climb away from the pad.
A tracking camera at Playalinda Beach, north of the pad, focuses on the shuttle's main engines.
A camera on Beach Road tracks Discovery's lift off and climb toward orbit.
A camera at the perimeter of launch complex 39B captures a side view of Discovery's blast off.
Camera 170 at launch pad 39B records Discovery's dawn lift off.
Launch pad camera 171 focuses on the main engine ignition sequence.
Camera 109, located on the fixed service structure at launch pad 39B, focuses on the quick disconnect area between the shuttle and external fuel tank.
Tracking camera UCS-23, south of the launch pad, tracks Discovery's climb toward orbit.
A camera atop the 160-meter (525-ft) tall Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center captures the dramatic sunrise launch of the space shuttle Discovery.
NASA's Crew Activity Report carries the highlights of flight day one of mission STS-102.
Watch the STS-102 pre-launch news conference in its entirety. The participants are shuttle program manager Ron Dittemore, ISS program manager Tommy Holloway, director of shuttle processing Dave King, and U.S. Air Force weather officer Clif Stargardt.
Watch the Launch-2 Day Countdown Status Briefing in its entirety. The participants are NASA Test Director Pete Nickolenko, Leonardo Payload Manager Glenn Chin and Shuttle Weather Officer Ed Priselac.
The seven astronauts who will ride shuttle Discovery's into space make comments to reporters at Kennedy Space Center following their late-night arrival on Sunday.
Watch the Launch-3 Day Countdown Status Briefing in its entirety. The participants are NASA Test Director Jeff Spaulding, Leonardo Payload Manager Glenn Chin and Shuttle Weather Officer Ed Priselac.
Learn about the payloads riding riding aboard space shuttle Discovery and what each will do in this narrated NASA animation.
NASA animation shows Discovery's approach and docking to the international space station, which will occur in a different fashion on this mission. This occurs on Flight Day 3.
A detailed preview of the work to be performed during the mission's first spacewalk by Jim Voss and Susan Helms on Flight Day 4.
The international space station's newest docking port is relocated using Discovery's robot arm to make way for attachment of the "Leonardo" module as EVA 1 concludes.
The Italian-built "Leonardo" logistics module to hoisted out of Discovery's payload bay and attached to the Unity node of the space station using the shuttle's robotic arm on Flight Day 5.
Watch a preview of the mission's second spacewalk to be performed by Andy Thomas and Paul Richards. It will occur on Flight Day 6.
With its cargo off-loaded into the station, the "Leonardo" module is detached from Unity and placed back into the shuttle's payload bay for return to Earth. This occurs on Flight Day 10.
Discovery undocks from the international space station on Flight Day 11 and performs a one-lap "fly-around" maneuver to allow the astronauts to photo document the outpost's current state.
The seven astronauts that will ride space shuttle Discovery to orbit receive training on launch pad evacuation procedures at Kennedy Space Center.
As the shuttle Discovery astronauts don their day-glow orange spacesuits for a fit check, we can see the sequence of how the crew puts on these partial-pressure suits.
Riding atop an Apollo-era crawler-transporter, shuttle Discovery emerges from Kennedy Space Center's 52-story Vehicle Assembly Building on February 12 bound for the launch pad 39B.
After a six-hour, 4.2-mile journey, space shuttle Discovery arrives at its seaside launch pad at Kennedy Space Center on a day when thick fog blanketed the Cape.