STS-115 crew (L-R): Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Christopher Ferguson, Joseph Tanner, Daniel Burbank, Brent Jett, Steve MacLean
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Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-115), launched September 9, 2006, was the first assembly mission to the International Space Station following the Challenger disaster in 2003. Its crew consisted of Commander Brent Jett, Pilot Christopher Ferguson, Steven MacLean (CSA), Daniel Burbank, Joseph Tanner, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper.
Burbank and MacLean conducted 3 EVAs to install trusses and new solar arrays on the ISS.
Front row (L-R): Front: Brent Jett, Michael Baker;
Back Row (L-R): John Grunsfeld, John Blaha, Peter Wisoff, Jerry Linenger, Marsha Ivins
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Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-81), launched January 12, 1997, was the fifth mission to the space station Mir. Its crew consisted of Commander Michael Baker, Pilot Brent Jett, Peter Wisoff, John Gunsfeld, Marsha Ivins and Jerry Linenger.
Linenger stayed on board Mir as part of Expedition EO-22 and John Blaha returned with the rest of the crew January 22. Linenger became the third American to live on Mir. Blaha had spent 118 days aboard.
Brent Jett, born October 5, 1958 in Pontiac, Michigan, is a veteran of four space shuttle missions. He became a Naval aviator, and was deployed overseas aboard the USS Saratoga to the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean.
Jett's first mission into space aboard Endeavour (STS-72) in January 1996 as pilot. He spent almost 9 days in space.
His second mission was aboard Atlantis (STS-81) as pilot in January 1997 to the space station Mir, spending just over 10 days in space.
His third trip into space was aboard Endeavour (STS-97) as commander in December 2000 to the International Space Station.
His fourth and final mission was aboard Atlantis (STS-115) as commander in September 2006, the first assembly mission to the International Space Station since the Columbia disaster.
Standing: Winston Scott, Leroy Chiao, Koichi Wakata, Daniel Barry
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Space Shuttle Endeavour blasted off January 11, 1996 on its tenth mission (STS-72). Its primary mission was to capture a Japanese microgravity research satellite and return it to Earth.
Endeavour's crew consisted of Commander Brian Duffy, Pilot Brent Jett, Mission Specialist Leroy Chiao, Mission Specialist Winston Scott, Mission Specialist Koichi Wakata (JAXA) and Mission Specialist Daniel Barry.
Wakata operated the remote manipulator system arm on the shuttle to capture the satellite.
On the seventh day of the flight, Scott climbed into the payload bay and Endeavour was maneuvered into a position where he would be exposed to the extreme cold of space (-104 °F) to test how his spacesuit would protect him.
Seated (L-R): Michael Bloomfield, Marc Garneau, Brent Jett
Standing (L-R): Carlos Noriega, Joseph Tanner
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Space Shuttle Endeavour launched November 30, 2000, carried the first set of solar arrays to the International Space Station. Her crew was Commander Brent Jett, Pilot Michael Bloomfield, Mission Specialist Joseph Tanner, Mission Specialist Marc Garneau (Canadian Space Agency) and Mission Specialist Carlos Noriega (first Peruvian in space, but this wasn't his first flight).
On Flight Day 3, Endeavour linked to the ISS. Joseph Tanner and Carlos Noriega moved through Endeavour's docking tunnel and opened the hatch to the ISS docking port to leave supplies and computer hardware on the "doorstep" of the ISS.
The next day, the crew of Expedition 1, Commander Bill Shepherd, Pilot Yuri Gidzenko and Flight Engineer Sergei Krikalev, retrieved the items left for them.
Tanner and Noriega performed 3 EVAs to install the solar arrays on the ISS and installed a camera cable outside the Unity Module.
On Flight Day 8, Endeavour's crew met Expedition 1's crew in the ISS. Up until now, they had kept one hatch closed between the shuttle and the station to maintain respective atmospheres.
Flight Day 9, the crews finished transferring supplies to the station and stuff to be brought back to Earth. Endeavour landed December 11.
