SPACE STATION

Daily Departures Begin Spring 2002 SPACE STATION, the newest space film produced by IMAX Space Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of IMAX Corporation, and sponsored by Lockheed Martin Corporation, in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA,) takes moviegoers into space for an IMAX® 3D experience on the International Space Station. Twenty-five astronauts serve as our guides and are the stars and filmmakers of this incredible space adventure. SPACE STATION challenges the mind and fulfills our human need for space exploration. To produce its first-ever 3D film from space, IMAX Corporation used innovative new 3D technology to design and integrate two new IMAX® 3D cameras into the Space Station and Shuttle to enable astronauts to film this unmatched epic into 21st Century space travel.

From Kazakhstan to Kennedy Space Center, to 220 miles above the Earth, travel with SPACE STATION into zero gravity to participate in the most challenging engineering feat since landing a man on the Moon: the on-orbit construction of the International Space Station. At 17,500 mph, join astronauts and cosmonauts from the U.S., Canada, Japan, Russia and Europe, as they construct a truly international human outpost in space.

At its completion in 2006, more than 100,000 individuals will have contributed their talents to the building of the International Space Station. The credits of SPACE STATION include 25 Astronaut and Cosmonaut filmmakers. Their personal and mission profiles follow: Film Highlights: "The 'Dawn' of a New Era"

SPACE STATION features dramatic footage from the Earth-shaking launch of the PROTON Rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the delivery of the first component of the International Space Station, the Functional Cargo Block (FGB), called "Zarya," which means "Dawn" in Russian.

STS-88 (December 4-15, 1998)

Film Highlights: "Birth of the International Space Station" The Space Station's first two modules are joined in space during U.S. Shuttle mission STS-88 The first U.S.-built component, the Node named "Unity" links with the first Russian component, "Zarya," the Functional Cargo Block, already in orbit. (note: filming in 2D for STS-88).

James H. Newman (Ph.D.), Mission Specialist, IMAX Filmmaker Previously a space physics and astronomy professor at Rice University, Dr. Newman became a NASA astronaut in July 1990. Newman served as a mission specialist on STS-51 (1993), STS-69 (1995) and STS-88 (1998). He is currently assigned as a space walker to upgrade and service the Hubble Space Telescope during the STS-109 mission scheduled for launch in late 200l.

Jerry L. Ross (Colonel, USAF, Ret.), Mission Specialist, IMAX Filmmaker Ross was selected as an astronaut in May 1980. His technical assignments have included space walks, remote servicing, and chase teams. He served as support crewman for STS 41-B, 41-C and 51-A; spacecraft communicator during STS 41-B, 41-C, 41-D, 51-A and 51-D. Ross was Chief of the Mission Support Branch and a member of the 1990 Astronaut Selection Board, as well as Acting Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office. Ross was a mission specialist on the crew of STS 61-B (1985), STS-27 (1988) and on board STS-37. He served again as a mission specialist on the second Space Shuttle to rendezvous and dock with the Russian Space Station Mir, STS-74 (1995) and STS-88 (1998). Ross also flew as Payload Commander and Mission Specialist on STS-55 aboard the Orbiter Columbia. Currently, Ross is assigned to the space walk crew of STS-110, a 10-day mission to the International Space Station scheduled for early 2002.

STS-92 (October 11-24, 2000)

Film Highlights: "The Hip Bone's Connected to the Back Bone" The Shuttle Discovery crew prepares the International Space Station for its first resident crew. From the unique perspective of the U.S. Shuttle's Cargo Bay on Mission STS-92, the IMAX ICBC3D camera captures the installation of the huge Z1 truss, which is the "backbone" of the International Space Station. Using the ICBC3D's multiple lenses, the shuttle crew captures three space walks on film, as the astronauts install an important communications antenna and the Pressurized Mating Adaptor (PMA) to the station. The PMA is a vital interface between the Node and other station elements.

Pamela Ann Melroy (Lieutenant Colonel, USAF), Pilot, IMAX Filmmaker
Melroy is a veteran of JUST CAUSE and DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM, with more than 200 combat and combat support hours. She was assigned to the C-17 Combined Test Force, where she served as a test pilot until her selection for the astronaut program in December 1994. Melroy was initially assigned to astronaut support duties for launch and landing.

Koichi Wakata (Japan - NASDA Astronaut), Mission Specialist, IMAX Filmmaker
Wakata, a multi-engine and instrument-rated pilot, was selected as an astronaut candidate by the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) in June 1992 and reported to the NASA Johnson Space Center. He completed one year of training and is qualified as a mission specialist on U.S. Space Shuttle flight crews. Wakata flew as the first Japanese mission specialist on STS-72 Endeavour (1996), during which the crew retrieved the Space Flyer Unit launched from Japan 10 months earlier.

EXPEDITION ONE (Oct. 31, 2000 to March 21, 2001)

Film Highlights: "Home Sweet Home…220 Miles Above Earth" As they set up house in their new surroundings, the first resident crew of the International Space Station, Expedition One, filmed their daily life and work onboard the Station with the IMAX3D camera. Highlights include showering and shaving in zero gravity, a fitness session with a unique view of earth, repair work on one of the station's many complex support systems, and views of the expanding and changing interior.

Starring:

William M. Shepherd (Captain, USN), Commander, IMAX Filmmaker
Selected by NASA in May 1984, "Shep" is a veteran of four space flights. Most recently, he was the Commander of the Expedition One crew, the first resident crew on the International Space Station. Earlier, he made three flights as a mission specialist on STS-27 (1988), STS-41 (1990) and STS-52 (1992). From March 1993 to January 1996, Shepherd was assigned to the Space Station Program and served in various management positions.

Sergei K. Krikalev (Russia), Flight Engineer, IMAX Filmmaker
Krikalev was selected as a cosmonaut in 1985 and flew to the Russian Mir Space Station as flight engineer onboard the Soyuz TM-7 in 1988 and the Soyuz TM-12 in 1991. In July 1991, he remained on MIR as a flight engineer for the next crew, and returned to Earth on March 25, 1992. Krikalev flew on STS-60, the first joint U.S.-Russian Space Shuttle Mission launched in February 1994, and on STS-88 (1998). Prior to his second launch to the ISS, Krikalev logged more than 1.3 years in space. Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko (Russia), Soyuz Commander

(Lieutenant Colonel, Air Force Russia), Cosmonaut of the Yu. A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, IMAX Filmmaker
From September 1995 through February 1996, Gidzenko was the commander of the Euromir-95 mission on the Russian Space Station Mir. He launched on a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur to successfully dock with the International Space Station on November 2, 2000. During his stay on the Station, the crew prepared the inside of the orbital outpost for future crews.

STS-97 (November 30 - December 11, 2000)

Film Highlights: "Life in Free Fall"
First on-orbit scenes of the Expedition One crew inside their new home in orbit around the Earth, filmed by the In-Cabin IMAX3D Camera. STS-97 was the first visit of a shuttle crew to a resident crew of the International Space Station. They shared their first meal and filmed the first scenes of Expedition One in their new home.

Starring:

Brent W. Jett, Jr. (Commander, USN), Commander, IMAX Filmmaker
Selected by NASA in March 1992, former Naval Aviator Jett was assigned to his first mission as the pilot of STS-72 Endeavour (January 11-20, 1996), and one year later he again served as pilot on STS-81. From June 1997 to February 1998, he served as NASA Director of Operations at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Star City, Russia.

Michael J. Bloomfield (Lieutenant Colonel, USAF), Pilot, IMAX Filmmaker
While a member of the U.S. Air Force 416th Flight Test Squadron, Bloomfield served as squadron safety officer and flight commander until March 1995 when he was assigned to NASA as an astronaut candidate. Bloomfield served as a pilot on two space flights, STS-86 in 1997 and STS-97. Bloomfield is assigned to command the crew of STS-110 on a 10-day mission to the International Space Station scheduled for early 2002.

Joseph R. "Joe" Tanner, Mission Specialist, IMAX Filmmaker
Tanner started working for NASA Johnson Space Center in 1984 as an aerospace engineer and research pilot and was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in March 1992. Tanner flew aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-66 in 1994, and performed two space walks as a member of the STS-82 crew to service the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in February 1997.

Marc Garneau (Ph.D.), (Canada), - CSA Astronaut, Mission Specialist, IMAX Filmmaker
Dr. Garneau was the first Canadian to fly on NASA's first mission to carry a seven-person crew STS-41G aboard Space Shuttle Challenger. Dr. Garneau served as mission specialist for STS-77 and STS-97. In February 2001, Dr. Garneau was appointed Executive Vice President of the Canadian Space Agency.

STS-98 (February 7-20, 2001)

Film Highlights: "Journey of Discovery" The STS-98 and Expedition One crews filmed the historic first entry into the station's "Destiny" laboratory module. When the new science and research facility was added, it almost doubled the station's interior space. With this addition, audiences see the Space Station evolve, as human habitation changes it from a series of modules to an integrated living 'work space' and 'home-away-from-home" in space. The STS-98 and Expedition One crews also used "Destiny's" window as unique vantage point from which to capture space walk activities in the cargo bay of the docked shuttle, as the EVA crews assembled critical parts of the station and practiced crew rescue procedures.

Marsha S. Ivins, Mission Specialist, IMAX Filmmaker
Ivins was selected into the NASA Astronaut Class of 1984 as a mission specialist and is a veteran of five space flights, (STS-32 in 1990, STS-46 in 1992, STS-62 in 1994, STS-81 in 1997, and STS-98 in 2001). Ivins is an IMAX veteran, known for her photographic skills, and has filmed dramatic scenes of the recapture of LDEF and Tethered Satellite, featured in the IMAX film production Destiny in Space. As mission specialist on STS-98 Atlantis, Ivins and the crew continued the task of building and outfitting the International Space Station, moving and installing the first of several huge experiment racks into the "Destiny" laboratory.

Thomas D. Jones (Ph.D.), Mission Specialist, IMAX Filmmaker
After serving on active duty for the Air Force, obtaining his Ph.D. and working for the CIA, Dr. Jones became an astronaut in July 1991. In 1994 he flew as a mission specialist on successive flights of space shuttle Endeavour. First, in April 1994, he ran science operations on the "night shift" during STS-59, the first flight of the Space Radar Laboratory (SRL-1). Then, in October 1994, he was the payload commander on the SRL-2 mission, STS-68. Dr. Jones next flew in late 1996 on Columbia STS-80. While helping set a Shuttle endurance record of nearly 18 days in orbit, Dr. Jones used Columbia's robot arm to release the Wake Shield satellite and later grapple it from orbit. His latest space flight was aboard Atlantis on STS-98, which delivered the "Destiny" Laboratory to the station.

STS-102 (March 8-21, 2001)

Film Highlights: "Making Room For More Cupboard Space"
The eighth U.S. Shuttle mission to the International Space Station delivered the Expedition Two crew and returned the Expedition One crew to Earth. It also saw the temporary installation of the Italian-built "Leonardo" Multi-Purpose Logistics Module, which carried up additional science experiments and equipment racks for the U.S. lab "Destiny."

James D. Wetherbee (Captain, USN), Commander, IMAX Filmmaker
Another IMAX-trained veteran, "Wexbee" has completed five space flights. He was the pilot on STS-32 in 1990, and was the Mission Commander on STS-52 in 1992, STS-63 in 1995, STS-86 in 1997, and STS-102 in 2001. Wetherbee is Director of the Flight Crew Operations Directorate.

James M. Kelly (Lieutenant Colonel, USAF), Pilot, IMAX Filmmaker
Kelly was designated an Air Force Pilot in October 1987, and logged 1500 flight hours in 35 different aircraft. Selected by NASA in April 1996, "Vegas" reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1996. Having completed two years of training and evaluation, he qualified for selection as a pilot on a Space Shuttle flight crew. Initially, Kelly was assigned to the Astronaut Office Flight Support Branch where he served as a member of the Astronaut Support Personnel team responsible for shuttle launch preparation.

EXPEDITION TWO (March 8-July 25, 2001)

Film Highlights: "We'll Keep the Lights On…"
The arrival of Expedition Two, the second resident Space Station crew, and return to Earth of the Expedition One crew.

Starring:

James S. Voss (Colonel, USA, Ret.), Flight Engineer, IMAX Filmmaker
Voss has been working at the Johnson Space Center since November 1984. In his capacity as a Vehicle Integration Test Engineer, he supported Shuttle and payload testing at the Kennedy Space Center for STS- 51-D, 51-F, 61-C and 51-L. He participated in the STS 51-L Challenger accident investigation, and supported the resulting reviews dedicated to returning the Space Shuttle safely to flight. Voss served as the back-up crewmember for two missions to the Russian Space Station MIR. A veteran of four space flights, he has performed two space walks totalling13 and half hours. He served as a mission specialist on STS-44 in 1991 and STS-53 in 1992, was the Payload Commander on STS-69 in 1995, and again was a Mission Specialist on STS-101 in 2000. Voss is currently living and working aboard the International Space Station as a Flight Engineer for the resident Expedition Two crew.

STS-100 (April 19 - May 1, 2001)

Film Highlights: "Canada Lends An Arm"
While docked with the International Space Station, the seven-member crew delivered and installed Canadarm2, a new-generation robotic arm supplied by the Canadian Space Agency. On Mission STS-100 both interior and exterior IMAX3D cameras capture the installation and testing of the giant robotic arm, which is detachable at both ends so that it can "walk" around the surface of the Space Station.

Starring:

Kent V. Rominger (Captain, USN). Commander, IMAX Filmmaker
When serving for the U.S. Naval Airforce in September 1990, Rominger, known as "Rommel" in the Astronaut Corps, reported to Fighter Squadron Two Hundred Eleven (VF-211) where he served as Operations Officer and completed a Desert Storm Deployment to the Arabian Gulf aboard USS Nimitz. Selected by NASA in March 1992, Rominger flew as pilot on STS-73 in 1995, STS-80 in 1996 and STS-85 in 1997, and was crew commander on STS-96 in 1999. STS-96 Discovery (May 27 to June 6, 1999) was a 10-day mission during which the crew directed by Rominger delivered 4 tons of logistics and supplies to the International Space Station in preparation for the arrival of the first crew to live on the station. The mission also included the first docking of a Space Shuttle to the International Space Station.

John L. Phillips (Ph.D.), Mission Specialist, IMAX Filmmaker
Phillips has been a Navy reservist since 1982, serving as an A-7 pilot. While working at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, he has authored 156 scientific papers dealing with the plasma environments of the sun, Earth, other planets, comets and spacecraft. Selected by NASA in April 1996, Phillips held various jobs in the Astronaut Office, including systems engineering, and was CAPCOM for the International Space Station.

Yuri Valentinovich Lonchakov (Lieutenant Colonel, Russian Air Force), Mission Specialist and Test-Cosmonaut Candidate of Yu. A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, IMAX Filmmaker
After graduation from the Zhukovski Air Force Academy, Lonchakov served as a second crew commander, crew commander, squadron senior pilot, aviation brigade commander in the Air Force. He flew L-29, Tu-134 and Tu-16 aircraft. Lonchakov was selected as a test-cosmonaut candidate of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center Cosmonaut Office in December of 1997.

STS-104 (July 12-25, 2001)

Film Highlights: "It's a Wrap"
During STS-104, the astronaut filmmakers document the continuing activities of the Expedition Two crew as outfitting of the "Destiny" lab nears completion, and as they configure the space suits and prepare the interior of the Station's new airlock for egress. This flight, the Cargo Bay cameras' last mission for SPACE STATION will feature the installation of the station's airlock on the station's exterior, the first space walk to be conducted from the International Space Station, and after the shuttle Atlantis separates from it, breathtaking views of the completed Phase 2 station from a distance, with its giant solar wings outstretched against the magnificent backdrop of Earth in space.

Starring:

Steven W. Lindsey (Lieutenant Colonel, USAF), Commander, IMAX Filmmaker
Lindsey graduated from Air Force undergraduate Pilot Training in 1983. In 1989, he won the Liethen-Tittle Award as the outstanding test pilot of the USAF Test Pilot School, Class 89A. After serving in the U.S. Air Force for 13 years, Lindsey was assigned to NASA as an astronaut candidate in March 1995. As a NASA pilot, he flew on STS-87 in 1997 and STS-95 in 1998.

Charles Owen Hobaugh (Major, USMC), Pilot, IMAX Filmmaker
"Scorch" received his commission in U.S. Marine Corps in 1984, and became a Naval aviator in 1987. He flew combat missions in the Persian Gulf during Desert Shield/Desert Storm. In April 1996, while assigned to the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, NASA selected him for the astronaut program.

Michael L. Gernhardt (Ph.D.), Mission Specialist, IMAX Filmmaker
A three-flight veteran, Dr. Gernhardt was a mission specialist on STS-69 (1995), STS-83 (1997) and STS-94 (1997). On STS-69, Dr. Gernhardt was one of two astronauts to perform a space walk to evaluate future Space Station tools and hardware, logging 6 hours and 46 minutes of EVA. On STS-104, Gernhardt will perform three space walks related to the assembly of the International Space Station. He is currently leading an international effort to develop new pre-breathe procedures for future space walks from an International Space Station.

Janet Lynn Kavandi (Ph.D.), Mission Specialist, IMAX Filmmaker
Dr. Kavandi was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in December 1994 and was assigned to the Payloads and Habitability Branch where she supported payload integration for the International Space Station. A veteran of two space flights, Dr. Kavandi served as a mission specialist on STS-91 (1998), the ninth and final Shuttle-Mir docking mission, concluding the joint U.S./Russian Phase 1 program. Most recently, she served aboard STS-99 (2000), the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, which mapped more than 47 million miles of the Earth's land surface to provide data for a 3D topographical map. Between flights, Dr. Kavandi has served in the Robotics Branch and as a CAPCOM (spacecraft communicator) in NASA's Mission Control Center. Her work on pressure indicating paints, has resulted in two patents. Dr. Kavandi has also published and presented several papers at technical conferences and in scientific journals.

Daily Departures to SPACE STATION Begin Spring 2002

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