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Video Vault Updated: May 22, 2000
Full video coverage of space shuttle mission STS-101.
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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. 
 Pre-launch briefing Launch timeline - Chart with times and descriptions of events to occur during the launch. Meet the crew - Get to know the seven astronauts that will fly aboard shuttle Atlantis' upcoming mission Launch windows - The predicted windows in which Atlantis could launch over the the next week. Mission timeline - Look ahead with a brief summary of events planned each day during the shuttle flight. Photo gallery In the VAB - Atlantis is hoisted vertically and attached to its fuel tank and solid rocket boosters in the Vehicle Assmbly Building. A main engine was also replaced. Rollout - The fully assembled shuttle Atlantis is rolled to launch pad 39A. Fixing Atlantis - Workers replace the faulty hydraulic unit aboard Atlantis last week. NewsAlert Sign up for Astronomy Now's NewsAlert service and have the latest news in astronomy and space e-mailed directly to your desktop (free of charge).
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The Russian Strela cargo boom is assembled and attached to the International Space Station by spacewalking astronauts.
Spacewalkers remove and replace a failed U.S. communications antenna assembly from the side of the International Space Station.
Space shuttle Atlantis blasts off at sunrise on May 19 on a 10-day repair mission to the International Space Station.
Atlantis' twin solid rocket boosters are separted just over two minutes into flight to fall into the Atlantic Ocean.
A tracking camera positioned in front of launch pad 39A gives this dramatic view of shuttle Atlantis lifting off.
The seven-member crew of space shuttle Atlantis leave their quarters on May 19 for the launch pad.
NASA animation, narrated by STS-101 lead flight director Phil Engelauf, depicts Atlantis space station docking and departure.
STS-101 Lead Flight Director Phil Engelauf describes the goals and objectives of Atlantis' mission to the International Space Station.
STS-101 commander Jim Halsell talks about the mission in a preflight interview with NASA public affairs.
STS-101 pilot Scott Horowitz talks about the mission in a preflight interview with NASA public affairs.
STS-101 mission specialist Mary Ellen Weber talks about the mission in a preflight interview with NASA public affairs.
STS-101 mission specialist Jeff Williams talks about the mission in a preflight interview with NASA public affairs.
STS-101 mission specialist James Voss talks about the mission in a preflight interview with NASA public affairs.
STS-101 mission specialist Susan Helms talks about the mission in a preflight interview with NASA public affairs.
STS-101 mission specialist Yuri Usachev talks about the mission in a preflight interview with NASA public affairs.
The seven-member crew of shuttle mission STS-101 speak to reporters after arriving at the Kennedy Space Center.
Atlantis' launch is postponed a third time because of weather. Rain, cloud and winds at the emergency landing sites in Africa and Spain are blamed. 
NASA launch director Dave King announces Atlantis' launch is scrubbed for a second time due to high crosswinds at the Shuttle Landing Facility.
NASA launch director Dave King announces the launch is scrubbed on April 24 due to high crosswinds at the Shuttle Landing Facility.
The sun sets on launch complex 39A and the rotating service structure is pulled away from the shuttle. One hour is compressed into seconds in this time lapsed video.
STS-101 commander Jim Halsell describes Atlantis' rudder speed brake problem to reporters on April 6 at Kennedy Space Center's pad 39A.
Shuttle technicians oversee the freezing of hydraulic lines leading to Atlantis' broken Power Drive Unit on April 12.
Workers remove the faulty Power Drive Unit from space shuttle Atlantis using a heavy-lift crane at launch pad 39A.
A replacement Power Drive Unit is installed inside space shuttle Atlantis' tail at launch pad 39A on April 12.