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VIDEO
* On STS-101, Atlantis will fly as the most updated Space Shuttle ever, with more
than 100 new modifications incorporated during a 10-month period at Boeing's
Palmdale, CA, Shuttle facility in 1998. Atlantis last flight in space was in
support of the STS-86 mission in 1997.
New Technology
* Space Shuttle Atlantis is the first shuttle to fly with the new glass cockpit.
The glass cockpit replaces obsolete instruments and three monochrome computer
screens with 11 full-color graphical displays.
* The glass cockpit, or the Multifunction Electronic Display Subsystem, paves the
way for the next cockpit improvements that are planned for 2005: a smart cockpit
that reduces a pilot's workload during critical periods.
Space Walk
* Mission Specialists James Voss and Jeffrey Williams will perform a planned
space walk during the second logistics mission to the International Space Station.
On flight day 4, Voss and Williams will leave Space Shuttle Atlantis to complete
the assembly of a Russian crane, test the integrity of a U.S. crane, replace a
faulty communications antenna, install handrails and set up a camera cable. The
space walk is expected to last about 6 1/2 hours.
Astronaut Interview
* Astronaut Edward Tsang Lu (Ph.D.), originally scheduled to serve as a mission
specialist on STS-101, will be available to answer questions from 6:30 9:30 am
at the Kennedy Space Center, FL. Born July 1, 1963, in Springfield, MA, Lu
Considers Honolulu, HI, and Webster, NY, to be his hometowns. Dr Lu is
scheduled
to fly on STS-106 as a mission specialist.
* What are the advantages of the new cockpit over the previous
model?
* How will the glass cockpit benefit commercial aviation?
* What work will be done on the International Space Station?
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