DATE=12/10/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-242807
TITLE=SHUTTLE / STATION ENTRANCE (L)
BYLINE=DAVID MCALARY
DATELINE=WASHINGTON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: THE U-S SPACE SHUTTLE "ENDEAVOUR" CREW HAS ENTERED THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE JOINING THE
FIRST TWO MODULES EARLIER THIS WEEK. THEY ARE OUTFITTING IT WITH
NEW EQUIPMENT FOR FUTURE OPERATIONS, AS V-O-A SCIENCE
CORRESPONDENT DAVID MCALARY REPORTS.
TEXT: WIELDING SEARCHLIGHTS, U-S SHUTTLE COMMANDER BOB CABANA
AND RUSSIAN COSMONAUT SERGEI KRIKALEV LED THE WAY INTO THE
DARKENED, FLEDGLING STATION IN A DISPLAY OF INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION.
THEY FIRST ENTERED THE U-S-BUILT "UNITY" MODULE THROUGH A SHUTTLE
HATCH DOOR. FIVE HATCHES AND 90 MINUTES LATER, THEY WERE IN THE
HEART OF THE ADJOINING RUSSIAN "ZARYA" SECTION TO WHICH THE
"ENDEAVOUR" CREW JOINT "UNITY" EARLIER THIS WEEK.
AN EXULTANT COMMANDER CABANA BECAME THE FIRST TO USE THE CALL
SIGN "INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION" WHEN RADIOING TO U-S MISSION
CONTROL IN HOUSTON, TEXAS.
// CABANA - MISSION CONTROL ACT //
[CABANA:] HOUSTON, FROM THE DEEPEST PART OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FROM
"ENDEAVOUR," WE'D JUST LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT
TO COMMEMORATE AN HISTORIC MOMENT IN SPACE
EXPLORATION -- THE BEGINNING OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, WHERE COUNTRIES
FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE EXPLORING
TOGETHER IN SPACE FOR EVERYONE'S BENEFIT --
WHERE WE'RE GOING TO LEARN TO WORK TOGETHER
AND DO EVERYTHING THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN TO
EXPAND OUR KNOWLEDGE IN ALL AREAS OF
SCIENCE. IT'S JUST FANTASTIC.
[MISSION CONTROL:] ROGER, THAT. YOU'VE OPENED THE
DOORS TO A WHOLE NEW ERA IN
SPACEFLIGHT. IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU
THERE ATOP ZARYA. CONGRATULATIONS
TO THE WHOLE CREW.
/// END ACT ///
THE SHUTTLE CREW'S TASK TODAY IN "UNITY" IS TO INSTALL PORTABLE
FANS AND LIGHTS, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL ELECTRONICS GEAR AND
CABLES TO CONNECT TO ANTENNAS THAT A SPACEWALKING TEAM INSTALLED
EARLIER THURSDAY. IN ZARYA, THEY ARE CHECKING VIDEO
TELECONFERENCING EQUIPMENT, PHOTOGRAPHING THE INTERIOR, AND
REPLACING FILTERS AND A MALFUNCTIONING BATTERY CHARGING UNIT.
THE ASTRONAUTS ARE ALSO TRANSFERRING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FROM
"ENDEAVOUR" FOR USE BY FUTURE SPACE STATION INHABITANTS.
/// REST OPT ///
ONE MORE SPACEWALK IS SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, FEATURING TASKS
THAT PREPARE FOR FUTURE STATION ASSEMBLY WORK. IN TWO PREVIOUS
SPACEWALKS THIS WEEK, ASTRONAUTS JERRY ROSS AND JIM NEWMAN
BROUGHT THE STATION TO LIFE BY INSTALLING POWER AND
COMMUNICATIONS GEAR THAT CONNECT THE TWO MODULES TO EACH OTHER
ELECTRONICALLY, AND LINK "UNITY" TO U-S MISSION CONTROL.
(SIGNED)
NEB/DEM/WTW
10-Dec-98 6:23 PM EST (2323 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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