Archive of Current Events

Archive of Current Events


 * STS-120 in orbit (launched 10/23/07; landed 11/07/07)


 * 2007-11-09--Expedition 16 spacewalk to prepare the docking port on the forward end of the Destiny Laboratory to be detached.


 * 2007-11-10--STS-122 moved to launch pad (movement began 4:43 AM EST, hard down at 11:51 AM).


 * 2007-11-11--STS-122- The Columbus laboratory module installed into the orbiter's payload bay.


 * 2007-11-12--Expedition 16 robotic arm is used to detach the docking port (pressurized mating adapter-2) and relocate it to the forward end of the Harmony.


 * 2007-11-14--Expedition 16 robotic arm is used to detach Harmony and its new docking adapter from the Unity module to the forward end of the Destiny Lab (this will be the first time a major component of the station has been relocated without a shuttle present).


 * 2007-11-14--Ground breaking at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico for new test launch pad to test the launch abort system for the Orion spacecraft.


 * 2007-11-18 to 11-20--STS-122 Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test


 * 2007-11-20--Expedition 16 spacewalk to hook up fluid, electrical, and data lines for the relocated mating adapter and Harmony module.


 * 2007-11-24--Expedition 16 spacewalk to complete the hook up of the mating adpater and Harmony module to the station and leave them ready for the docking of Atlantis and delivery of Columbus.