User:Leebrandoncremer

Lee Brandon-Cremer (former pen name Lee Robert Caldwell).

Born 1964 lived in Australia, Canada and England, worked in the US from Coast to Coast as a freelance writer.

Writer/Researcher on Manned Spaceflight and ICBM projects (namely Titan 1 and 2 ICBM histories).

Contributed to: the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, Spaceflight Magazine, Countdown Magazine and others.

Special interest in Russian Manned Spaceflight (Salyut, Mir, Buran and the ISS), also the US Space Shuttle Program.

Frequently visited every NASA Field Center as well as Vandenberg AFB SLC-6. Viewed Shuttle launches and Landings, as well as US ELV launches. Witnessed STS-1 and consider it the proudest moment of my free-lance career.

Co-authored a book entitled 'Space Shuttle Almanac: A Comprehensive Overview of 39 Years of Space Shuttle Development and Operations' ISBN# 0-9696313-0-8 Copyright 1992 (revised/re-released 2011). Co-author Joel W. Powell. View it at www.spaceshuttlealmanac.com.

My Wiki Contributions

Recently revamped/cleaned up the External Stowage Platform (ESP), ExPRESS Logistics Carrier (ELC) pages and created a page for the Integrated Cargo Carrier (ICC), Orbital Replacement Units (ORUs) and the External Active Thermal Control System (EATCS).

I have created or contributed to (and many others):

Mir Space Station

Mir Docking Module (DM)

International Space Station (ISS)

Russian Orbital Segment (ROS)

Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM)

Pressurized Mating Adapter (PMA)

Integrated Truss Structure (ITS)

Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS)

Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE)

Picosatellite Solar Cell Testbed 2 PSSC-2

Astronaut beach house

Titan (rocket family)

HGM-25A Titan I

LGM-25C Titan II

Titan IIIB

Titan 23G

As well as many Shuttle Mission pages including the final missions STS-134 and STS-135.

My Photos

At Pad 39
At Endeavour Rollout 1992 at Palmdale
On the Pad 39 crawlerway
Clean room at KSC SPF with my friend Joel Powell
At Pad 34 with my friend Phil Galbraith in 1988, photo by former USAF Col. Ernest Malnassy, former head of the CCAFS Museum

My Best Creations

A diagram showing the Konus drogue and module movements around Mir's docking node.
Composite view of the US Segment of the ISS from STS-124 EVA
Composite image of the Russian Segment during STS-128 EVA
Composite image of the Russian Segment during STS-129 EVA

Composite of images showing the view of the entire station as seen from ELC-3 during EVA 4
Virtual recreation from an STS-134 photo to reveal the station and shuttle as it would appear during STS-135
A composite of photos taken during the station spacewalk of the overall ISS from ELC-2, note MISSE-8 PEC on the right

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