The International Space Station Vol 2

The ISS Russian Segment: Recent Developments and Future Prospects 
Bart Hendrickx

This chapter covers Russian ISS operations between early 2002 and the middle of 2005 and looks at future plans.  All the three modules of the ISS Russian segment continued to operate well during this period and three more permanent elements are scheduled to be attached to the Russian segment between 2007 and 2011.  Meanwhile, Soyuz and Progress ships formed a lifeline for the ISS during the Shuttle stand down resulting from the February 2003 Columbia accident. These spacecraft will continue to play a vital role in ISS operations for the remainder of the decade before being replaced by a new generation of transportation systems, notably the Kliper vehicle.

NASA  Shuttle  Missions  to  ISS (2002-2005) 
David J. Shayler

At the close of 2001 NASA was hoping for a series of 19 Shuttle missions between 2002-2005 to support the expansion of the ISS. The programme called for the delivery of the remaining solar power trusses and arrays, major elements from Europe and Japan and continued logistics and supply flights. However the loss of Columbia in February 2003 grounded the Shuttle after only four of these missions were flown. With no further Shuttle missions flown until July 2005 this article reviews only the 2002 ISS flight operations and initial changes to the manifest following the Columbia tragedy.

Phase Three of the Construction of the International Space Station: Assembling the Backbone of the Station
Roelof Schuiling

NASA's Phase Three for the ISS flights consisted of Atlantis' STS-110, Endeavour's STS-111, Atlantis' STS-112, and Endeavour's STS-113 missions. The next flight in the sequence would have been Atlantis flying the STS-114 mission in March 2003; however the loss of Columbia on STS-107 halted Shuttle flight launches.

ISS Crewing
Bert Vis

By the end of 2001, a crewing system for missions to the International Space station had evolved. Then, the accident with the Space Shuttle Columbia resulted in the reassigning of crews, which were brought back from three to two crew members: one American and one Russian. This chapter describes the many changes that occurred in both the expedition and the Soyuz crews.

The Expedition Crews - Life in Orbit
Neville Kidger

The section deals with the on-orbit activities of the Expedition crews 4 through 10 and shows how daily operations on the ISS were conducted with insights from the crews themselves. Following the loss of the Columbia Orbiter and her crew on 1 February 2003, and the subsequent grounding of the remaining three Space Shuttle orbiters, the pace of the construction of the orbital facility slowed for a 2 1/2 year period and the crews of the complex were reduced to 2 people. The section also details the flights of these "caretaker" crews and their work to keep the systems of the station operational with a much reduced flow of materials and consumables from the ground in the period when replacement crews and supplies were flown to the station exclusively on Russian spacecraft.

The International Space Station - Orbital Considerations and Related Topics, January 2002 - April 2005
Phillip Clark

This review is built around two major tables and continues the format established in the first review of International Space Station (ISS) orbital evolution. The first table is a listing of all of the orbital manoeuvres completed by the ISS or visiting spacecraft while docked with the station during the period January 2002 to the end of April 2005 (thus covering the completion of the ISS-10 expedition to the station). The second table is a listing of all of the spacecraft - manned and unmanned, Russian and American - which have been launched towards ISS on docking missions during the same period.

ISS EVA Log 1998-2005 
Philip Corneille

The chapter gives an overview of the Extra Vehicular Activities (EVA) performed to build up the ISS between 1998 and 2005. Spacewalkers' portraits and logged EVA times are given for both Space Transportation System (STS - Shuttle orbiter) and ISS Expedition crews.

Conclusion
Rex Hall