STS-131

STS-131

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English: STS-131 is a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Discovery, planned for the March of 2010 and launched on 5 April 2010.

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• Media archive link archive copy at the Wayback Machine
• NASA Spaceflight link archive copy at the Wayback Machine

Crew

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  Official crew portrait
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  Official crew poster
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  Crew photo
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  Press day event

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  Alan G. Poindexter, commander
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  James Dutton, pilot
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  Richard Mastracchio
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  Clayton Anderson
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  Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger
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  Stephanie Wilson
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  Naoko Yamazaki

Before Launch

Training

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  Full Fuselage Trainer (FFT) mock-up training session
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  Alan Poindexter and James P. Dutton Jr. in the shuttle mission simulator
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  Stephanie Wilson in the shuttle mission simulator
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  Alan Poindexter, Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger and James P. Dutton Jr.
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  James P. Dutton Jr. on the flight deck of the Full Fuselage Trainer
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  Rick Mastracchio, Clay Anderson and Naoko Yamazaki
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  Naoko Yamazaki and Stephanie Wilson
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  Clay Anderson in preparation for a water survival training session
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  Clayton Anderson and Rick Mastracchio, use virtual reality hardware
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  Poindexter and Metcalf-Lindenburger in the virtual reality lab
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  Spacesuit Fit Check - Metcalf-Lindenburger and Anderson
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  Spacesuit Fit Check - Metcalf-Lindenburger mirrored
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  Naoko Yamazaki in the Shuttle Mission Simulator
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  Full Fuselage Trainer - Stephanie Wilson and Naoko Yamazaki
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  Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger
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  Naoko Yamazaki in the virtual reality lab
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  Alan Poindexter in the Full Fuselage Trainer
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  Naoko Yamazaki in the Shuttle Mission Simulator
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  James Dutton and Rick Mastracchio in the Crew Systems Laboratory
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  Naoko Yamazaki - TPS OBSS training session
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  Naoko Yamazaki participates in an undocking timeline training session
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  Guidance and Navigation Simulator - Stephanie Wilson
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  Naoko Yamazaki - SSRMS simulator
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  Rick Mastracchio
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  Naoko Yamazaki in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility
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  Alan Poindexter in the Full Fuselage Trainer
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  Naoko Yamazaki in preparation for a water survival training session
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  James Dutton in the Shuttle Mission Simulator
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  Naoko Yamazaki uses the virtual reality lab
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  Stephanie Wilson
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  Naoko Yamazaki
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  Yamazaki, Wilson and Metcalf-Lindenburger
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  Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger
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  Rick Mastracchio
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  James Dutton

Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test

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  Crew arrival TCDT
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  Stephanie Wilson
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  Naoko Yamazaki
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  Mastracchio prepares to enter Discovery
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Payload

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  MPLM Leonardo
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  MPLM Leonardo preparations
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  MPLM Leonardo preparations
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  Inside Leonardo
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  Media representatives photopgraph Leonardo
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  Technicians move the zero-g storage rack into Leonardo
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  Leonardo before hatch closure
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  LMC carrying the Ammonia Tank Assembly
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  LMC
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  LMC is lowered into the payload canister
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  Leonardo at the payload canister
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  Payload canister at Launch Pad

Shuttle Stack

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  SSME on Hyster forklift
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  SSME with transporter
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  SSME visual inspection
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  SSME installation
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  Discovery in OPF-3
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  FRCS reinstall
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  External Tank ET-135
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  ET-135 inside VAB
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  Discovery begins its move from OPF-3
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  Workers accompany Discovery
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  Discovery rolls toward the VAB
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  Discovery is moved toward the VAB
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  Discovery inside VAB
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  Discovery is prepared for its lift
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Rollout

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Launch

• Launch video
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In Orbit

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  External Tank Separation
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  Earth
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  Poindexter and Dutton
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  Naoko Yamazaki
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  Metcalf-Lindenburger
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  Discovery's payload bay
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  Discovery approaches ISS
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  RPM Discovery's aft cargo bay
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  Crew cabin
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  Underside of the crew cabin
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  Aft portion
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  Discovery approaches ISS for docking
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  Kibo, photographed by a STS-131 crew member
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  Hatches are opened
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  The four women
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  Canadarm2 grapples Leonardo
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  Soichi Noguchi, Stephanie Wilson and Naoko Yamazaki
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  Discovery above the Gulf of Suez and Gulf of Aqaba
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  Metcalf-Lindenburger, Poindexter, Wilson, Yamazaki at Kibo
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  Oleg Kotov, Mikhail Kornienko and Alexander Skvortsov share a meal
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  Naoko Yamazaki installs WORF
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  Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger in the Leonardo MPLM
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  Oleg Kotov, Clayton Anderson and James Dutton in the Cupola
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  Group photo in the Quest airlock prior second spacewalk
• Flight Day 6 highlights (19 minutes 59 seconds)
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  Alexander Skvortsov uses COLBERT
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  ISS Expedition 23 in-flight crew portrait
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  Clayton Anderson playing with a water bubble
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  Stephanie Wilson and James Dutton at robotic workstation
• Flight Day 9 highlights (45 minutes 58 seconds)
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  STS-131 and Expedition 23 Group Portrait
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  2nd photo
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  Naoko Yamazaki eats a snack
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  STS-131 and Expedition 23 crew members share a meal
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  Fish-eye lens picture in the Unity node
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  Alan Poindexter works in the Leonardo MPLM
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  James Dutton in the Cupola
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  The Leonardo MPLM is placed back in Discovery's payload bay
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  Leonardo secured in Discovery's payload bay
• ISS flyaround (44 minutes 40 seconds)
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  Discovery flies around
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  Discovery separates from the station
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  In-flight crew portrait

First Spacewalk

• Video highlights (21 minutes 44 seconds)
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  Rick Mastracchio
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  Clayton Anderson
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  Rick Mastracchio
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  Clayton Anderson
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  Rick Mastracchio
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  Choreographer Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger
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  Rick Mastracchio

Second Spacewalk

• Video highlights (23 minutes 55 seconds)
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  Clayton Anderson
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  Rick Mastracchio and Clayton Anderson
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  Rick Mastracchio
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Third Spacewalk

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  Airlock preparations
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  Rick Mastracchio
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  Clayton Anderson
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  Rick Mastracchio and Clayton Anderson
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  Rick Mastracchio
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  Clayton Anderson
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Landing

• Landing video
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  Discovery lands
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  Crew on the tarmac

Others

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  Illustration of a deployed Ku-Band Antenna
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  Landing Ground Track - Orbit 238