![]() Roy makes his way to the Lima Project space station and finds Clifford in a shaggier, moodier state than Helen's video message. But, because Roy is only human, he remains convinced he can bring his father back to Earth and they can sort through their issues on terra firma. Roy is finally forced to confront the awful truth that his father is way more disappointing than he was led to believe. This shocking message is shared in a video message sent to SpaceCom years ago which Helen has managed to obtain. Clifford, dead-set on proving intelligent, non-human life was out there and, as it is implied, driven to the fringes of sanity by the possibility no such life exists, reveals he locked all other Lima Project team members in one corridor of their space station and opened the airlock, effectively killing them. She breaks the awful truth to Roy: The Lima Project's search for alien life didn't yield the desired result in an expected window of time, leading to restlessness from the crew, who wanted to return home. Helen was born on Mars and is the child of two Lima Project scientists. While struggling to understand why he isn't good enough to warrant some response from his father, Roy is visited by Helen Lantos (Negga). The calm, cool, collected façade which has shielded him from confronting any real emotions through his life begins to crack as the impassioned, pathos-driven pleas he sends out to his father seemingly go unanswered. ![]() Preparations continue for space shuttle Discovery's scheduled launch in October of the STS-120 mission to deliver the pressurized Node 2 connecting module to the station.So, what actually happens at the end of Ad Astra? Numerous failed attempts to send a message via laser (yes, really) from a base on Mars cause Roy to crack. With Endeavour and its crew safely home, the stage is set for the next phase of International Space Station assembly. ![]() The orbiter will be processed immediately for its next flight, targeted for February 2008. Endeavour's thermal protection system was declared safe for re-entry on Monday. STS-118 was the 119th space shuttle flight, the 22nd flight to the station, the 20th flight for Endeavour and the second of four missions planned for 2007.Īlthough managers addressed several issues with Endeavour's heat shield, including a small gouge in the protective tile on the orbiter's belly, inspections in orbit revealed no critical damage. Because the system worked, two additional days were added to Endeavour's mission. The spacewalkers also completed work in preparation for upcoming assembly missions, such as relocating an equipment cart and installing support equipment and communication upgrades.ĭuring the mission, a new system that enables docked shuttles to draw electrical power from the station to extend visits to the outpost was activated successfully. Williams, Mastracchio and station flight engineer Clayton Anderson, with the help of their crewmates, made four spacewalks to accomplish the construction tasks. Morgan, Alvin Drew and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Dave Williams landed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday at 12:32 p.m. Endeavour's STS-118 mission successfully added another truss segment, a new gyroscope and external spare parts platform to the International Space Station.Įndeavour's Commander Scott Kelly, Pilot Charlie Hobaugh and mission specialists Tracy Caldwell, Rick Mastracchio, Barbara R. The space shuttle Endeavour and its crew are home after completing a 13-day journey of more than 5.2 million miles in space.
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