Shuttle Crew Enters Station, First Spacewalk Delayed (Illness on Board ISS and/or Shuttle?)

NASA TV ^ | 2/9/2008 | NASA

[SERKIT]

Update:

Shuttle Crew Enters Station, First Spacewalk Delayed

The STS-122 crew entered the International Space Station for the first time after the hatches between the station and space shuttle Atlantis opened at 1:40 p.m. EST today.

Space Shuttle Atlantis and the STS-122 crew arrived at the International Space Station at 12:17 p.m., delivering the European Space Agency's Columbus laboratory and a new crew member to the orbital outpost.

Mission Control informed the shuttle and space station crews that the first spacewalk will be delayed by one day and astronaut Stan Love will replace Hans Schlegel on that spacewalk.

STS-122 is the 24th shuttle mission to visit the station. Atlantis is scheduled to return to Earth Feb. 18.

NASA

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Press conference just concluded (15:31 hrs CDT) today. Very contentious questions about the health of a space-walker, delay of space walk due to illness, and overall health of crew(s).

[SERKIT]

Any word on what this may be about?

[safeasthebanks]

Did one of them say they have a strange feeling in their gut, like something was about to pop out? (if so, I recommend a call to Sigourney Weaver immediately!)

[i_dont_chat]

bookmark for later

[G Larry]

Somebody likely convinced the crew that “flu-shots” were a must.....

[Tennessee_Bob]

They all ate the fish!!

[Brian S. Fitzgerald]

O-2 system leak check. Everything sounds dangerous.

[RightWhale]

Any word on what this may be about?

You appear to be the only one with a clue on this. So, what is going on? The Shuttle just docked and it looks good.

[GRRRRR]

Too much CO2??

Hope they know what they are doing!

[Brian S. Fitzgerald]

Was the woman ground controller crossing her fingers? I’m watching NASA TV.

[SERKIT]

There is a 24 hour delay on the first spacewalk due to crew health concerns, but they refused any additional details. Reporters pressed the questions, and the “talking heads” of NASA didn’t bite. NASA-TV PAO still referring to the delays and health concerns during lulls in other comms.

[Cementjungle]

Did they forget their Tang, loaded with vitamin-C?

[Brian S. Fitzgerald]

All they are showing on NASA from the Stations is the end of one of the manipulator arms, which is not doing much at the moment.

I suppose if the crew were busy cleaning up vomit in zero G that wouldn't make for good TV.

[cabojoe]

Tomorrow’s Spacewalk Delayed, Astronaut Replaced for Event
9 February 2007 4:10 p.m. EST

HOUSTON – Mission Control here at Johnson Space Center recently notified astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) that they will be delaying tomorrow’s spacewalk by 24 hours.

Chris Cassidy, spacecraft communicator, also told the seven astronauts of the shuttle STS-122 crew and the three Expedition 16 space station crew members that and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Hans Schlegel will be replaced by mission specialist Stanley Love.

“We’ll have [tomorrow’s plans] to you as soon as we have them,” Cassidy said. http://www.space.com/spaceshuttle/index.html

[RightWhale]

Don’t know. They had a large spacewalk just last week and fixed their solar panels again.

[Brian S. Fitzgerald]

Big change in the timeline?

[RightWhale]

Just heard on ABC radio news on the hour that one of the astronauts has taken ill. Might be a bug, might be motion sickness.

[exhaustedmomma]

Surely they make provisions for illness in space. Space field manual, etc.

[Brian S. Fitzgerald]

	National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, Texas 77058
Biographical Data

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Hans Schlegel
ESA Astronaut (Germany)

PERSONAL DATA: Born August 3, 1951 in Überlingen, Germany, but considers Aachen to be his hometown. He has seven children. Married to Heike Schlegel-Walpot. Recreational interests include skiing, scuba diving and flying. He also enjoys reading, and being a handyman.

EDUCATION:

1957-70	Attended schools in Refrath, Bensberg and Cologne, Germany.
1968-69	American Field Service (AFS) exchange student. Graduated from Lewis Central High School, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
1970	Graduated from Hansa Gymnasium (secondary school emphasizing mathematics & science), Cologne, Germany.
1972-79	Studied at the University of Aachen, Germany, graduated with a Diploma in Physics.

ORGANIZATIONS:Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (German Physical Society); AFS - Interkulturelle Begegnungen (American Field Service Germany).

PUBLICATIONS: Publications and scientific reports in the field of semiconductor physics.

HONORS: Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Service Cross 1st Class, Federal Republic of Germany). Medal of Friendship of Russia. NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal.

EXPERIENCE:

1970-72	Served as a paratrooper with the Federal Armed Forces. Left with the rank of second lieutenant.
1979-86	Member of the academic staff at Rheinisch Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen (University of Aachen) as an experimental Solid State Physicist. Research in the field of electronic transport properties and optical properties of semiconductors.
1986-88	Specialist in non-destructive testing methodology in the research and development department of the company "Institut Dr. Förster Gmbh & Co. KG" in Reutlingen, Germany.
1988-90	Basic Astronaut Training at the German Aerospace Center (DLR). In addition to academic education he gained microgravity experience by conducting various experiments during approximately 1300 parabolas on the KC-135. He also became a certified research diver and holds a private pilot’s licence, covering instrument rating and aerobatics.
1990	Assigned as payload specialist for the D-2 Mission (second German Spacelab mission).
1990-93	Payload Training in Cologne, Germany and at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
1995-97	Cosmonaut Training for the German-Russian Mir-‘97 Mission at Yuri A. Gagarin Training Centre (Moscow). During the mission (February 10 to March 2, 1997) served as Crew Interface Coordinator.
1997-98	Additional training and certification as 2nd board engineer for Mir at Yuri A. Gagarin Training Centre.
1998	Integrated into ESA’s single European astronaut corps, which is involved in the assembly and on-board operations of the International Space Station.
1998	ESA sent him to NASA JSC in Houston for Mission Specialist Training (Astronaut Class of 1998).
1999-02	Worked in the ISS Branch on mechanisms & structures, on crew equipment and on the ISS systems.
2002-04	Worked in the Robotics Branch and as ISS CAPCOM (spacecraft communicator).
2004-05	Lead ISS CAPCOM for Increment 10.
Currently	Assigned by ESA in May 2005 as ESA Lead Astronaut at JSC. Since September 2005 has worked as Shuttle CAPCOM, as ISS Instructor CAPCOM, and in the ISS Branch as lead for systems and crew interfaces, heading up a team of 12. Schlegel is assigned to the STS-122 mission that will deliver the European Space Agency’s Columbus Laboratory to the International Space Station.

NASA SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE:

04/26/93 -05/06/93

Served as payload specialist on STS-55 aboard Space Shuttle Columbia. Nearly 90 experiments were conducted during the German-sponsored Spacelab D-2 mission to investigate life sciences, material sciences, physics, robotics, astronomy, and the Earth and its atmosphere.

JANUARY 2008

[Brian S. Fitzgerald]

Not a rookie.

[cabojoe]

The German dude has been up in space before. Must be a bug or he closed a hatch on his hand or something.