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Shuttle Crew Enters Station, First Spacewalk Delayed (Illness on Board ISS and/or Shuttle?)
NASA TV ^
| 2/9/2008
| NASA
Posted on 02/09/2008 1:32:24 PM PST by SERKIT
Edited on 02/09/2008 2:13:56 PM PST by Admin Moderator.
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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
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).
TOPICS: News/Current Events; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: iss; nasa; shuttle; shuttleatlantis; space
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To: cabojoe
I bet it’s motion sickness. Can happen to veterans. You never know.
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posted on
02/09/2008 2:10:17 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(Clam down! avoid ataque de nervosa)
To: SERKIT; mikrofon; Charles Henrickson; The Spirit Of Allegiance
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posted on
02/09/2008 2:11:45 PM PST
by
martin_fierro
(Star **BLECCCCCCCHHHHH**)
To: cabojoe
Well, the last time he was up in space was 15 years ago. In other words, not recently.
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posted on
02/09/2008 2:13:24 PM PST
by
tlj18
(2008 is the Year of the Rat. So say the Chinese (zhong ren).)
To: SERKIT
Space madness?
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posted on
02/09/2008 2:14:53 PM PST
by
Redcloak
("A plague o' both your houses!")
To: cabojoe
Please note - the guy is 56 years old.
I’m 58, and exceptionally fit, and I can tell you that a whole lot of things do start to go wrong with your body when you repeatedly stress it after 50.
To: martin_fierro
To: zeestephen
Yes. OTOH there was a news story once (one time only) this morning about flu being reported all over the country, which we probably knew already since a lot have been kind of under the weather the past month.
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posted on
02/09/2008 2:20:04 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(Clam down! avoid ataque de nervosa)
To: SERKIT
German? He probably forgot to pack his lunch.
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posted on
02/09/2008 2:20:58 PM PST
by
Azzurri
To: SERKIT
Looks like the quantine didn’t work. Or do they even bother with that, anymore?
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posted on
02/09/2008 2:23:52 PM PST
by
Mamzelle
(bull maverick party)
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
02/09/2008 2:28:20 PM PST
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG 49) "Checkmate Cruiser")
To: SERKIT; martin_fierro; Roscoe Karns
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posted on
02/09/2008 2:35:23 PM PST
by
The Spirit Of Allegiance
(Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
To: SERKIT
I just put on NASA-TV and they seem to be rescheduling the mission task duties.
They have changed all 3 spacewalks to one day later than scheduled. I imagine because of this illness.
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posted on
02/09/2008 2:38:19 PM PST
by
BallyBill
(Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
To: zeestephen
Yeah...he’s three days younger than me! Congrats to him for going up at that age. I can’t imagine me doing that.
To: exhaustedmomma
To get an idea of what goes on, at least back during the 1980s, read
Riding Rockets by Mike Mullane.
He has stories about "space sickness", pre-flight bugs, and sickness problems returning to gravity.
Oh, and the minimally trained "payload specialists" that all but freaked out when environmental problems occurred, such as not being able to use the toilet.
To: RightWhale
I’m getting queezy just thinking about how he must feel.
I sure hope it isn’t a bug.
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posted on
02/09/2008 2:54:32 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
To: RightWhale
"I bet its motion sickness. Can happen to veterans."I've flown as an instructor for years and I'm prone to get airsick when I'm sitting in the right seat instructing.
Sometime I just have to say, "I have the airplane," and take the controls.
Something about the feedback of controlling the aircraft settles the stomach.
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posted on
02/09/2008 2:57:25 PM PST
by
billorites
(Freepo ergo sum)
To: martin_fierro; Charles Henrickson; The Spirit Of Allegiance
“In space, no one can tell if you throw ‘up’...”
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posted on
02/09/2008 3:44:23 PM PST
by
mikrofon
(Vomit Comet)
To: Tennessee_Bob
He must get to the Hospital!
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posted on
02/09/2008 4:19:49 PM PST
by
jaz.357
(“O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us!”)
To: Charles Henrickson
The last thing he said to me
"Doc," he said, "Sometime when the crew is up against it, the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to get out there and give it all they got and win just one for the Zipper. I don't know where I'll be then, Doc," he said, "but I won't smell too good, that's for sure."
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posted on
02/09/2008 4:31:31 PM PST
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: SERKIT
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posted on
02/09/2008 5:25:23 PM PST
by
jaz.357
(“O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us!”)
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