STS-102
STS-102 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery and launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. STS-102 flew in March 2001; its primary objectives were resupplying the ISS and rotating the Expedition 1 and Expedition 2 crews. At eight hours 56 minutes, the first EVA performed on the mission remains the longest spacewalk ever undertaken.
ICC (left) and the MPLM Leonardo (center) in Discovery's payload bay | |
| Names | Space Transportation System-102 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS crew rotation |
| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 2001-010A |
| SATCAT no. | 26718 |
| Mission duration | 12 days, 19 hours, 51 minutes, 57 seconds |
| Distance travelled | 8.5 million kilometres (5.3 million miles) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Discovery |
| Launch mass | 99,503 kilograms (219,367 lb) |
| Landing mass | 90,043 kilograms (198,511 lb) |
| Payload mass | 5,760 kilograms (12,700 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 7 |
| Members | |
| Launching | |
| Landing | |
| EVAs | 2 |
| EVA duration | 15 hours, 17 minutes |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 8 March 2001, 11:42 UTC |
| Launch site | Kennedy LC-39B |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 21 March 2001, 07:33:06 UTC |
| Landing site | Kennedy SLF Runway 15 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 370 kilometres (230 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 381 kilometres (237 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.5 degrees |
| Period | 92.1 minutes |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | PMA-2 (Destiny forward) |
| Docking date | 10 March 2001, 06:38 UTC |
| Undocking date | 19 March 2001, 04:32 UTC |
| Time docked | 8 days, 21 hours, 54 minutes |
| The STS-102 crew portrait. | |
Crew edit
| Position | Launching Astronaut | Landing Astronaut |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | James D. Wetherbee Fifth spaceflight | |
| Pilot | James M. Kelly First spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 1 | / Andrew S. W. Thomas Third spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 2 | Paul W. Richards Only spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 3 | Yury V. Usachev, RKA Expedition 2 Fourth and last spaceflight ISS Commander/ISS Soyuz Commander | William M. Shepherd Expedition 1 Fourth and last spaceflight ISS Commander |
| Mission Specialist 4 | James S. Voss Expedition 2 Fifth and last spaceflight ISS Flight Engineer | Yuri P. Gidzenko, RKA Expedition 1 Second spaceflight ISS Soyuz Commander [1] |
| Mission Specialist 5 | Susan J. Helms Expedition 2 Fifth and last spaceflight ISS Flight Engineer 2[2] | Sergei K. Krikalev, RKA Expedition 1 Fifth spaceflight ISS Flight Engineer |
Spacewalks edit
- Voss and Helms – EVA 1
- EVA 1 Start: 11 March 2001 – 05:12 UTC
- EVA 1 End: 11 March 2001 – 14:08 UTC
- Duration: 8 hours, 56 minutes
- Thomas and Richards – EVA 2
- EVA 2 Start:13 March 2001 – 05:23 UTC
- EVA 2 End: 13 March 2001 – 11:44 UTC
- Duration: 6 hours, 21 minutes
Mission highlights edit
Space Station Assembly Flight ISS-5A.1 was the first use of the Multi Purpose Logistics Module (Leonardo) to bring supplies to the station. The steel modules were equipped with up to 16 International Standard Payload Racks for installation in the US Lab. Also carried an Integrated Cargo Carrier (ICC). The ICC had the External Stowage Platform-1 mounted on its underside. ESP-1 was placed on the port side of 'Destiny' as a storage location for ORUs. The mission also included two spacewalks to relocate the units carried up by the ICC to the Destiny module exterior.
Wake-up calls edit
NASA began a tradition of playing music to astronauts during the Gemini program, which was first used to wake up a flight crew during Apollo 15.[3] Each track is specially chosen, often by their families, and usually has a special meaning to an individual member of the crew, or is applicable to their daily activities.[3][4]
| Flight Day | Song | Artist/Composer |
|---|---|---|
| Day 2 | "Living the Life" | Rockit Scientists |
| Day 4 | "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" | Starship |
| Day 6 | "From A Distance" | Nancy Griffith |
| Day 7 | "Free Fallin'" | Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers |
| Day 8 | "Should I Stay or Should I Go" | The Clash |
| Day 12 | "Moscow Windows" | Unknown |
See also edit
References edit
This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (May 2008) |
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- ^ (PDF). NASA. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2001. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
From left, they are Flight Engineer and Russian Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev; International Space Station Commander and U.S. Astronaut Bill Shepherd; and Soyuz Commander and Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko.
- ^ (PDF). NASA. 6 March 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2001. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
During her four-month stay on the ISS, Helms will serve as Flight Engineer-2.
- ^ a b Fries, Colin (25 June 2007). (PDF). NASA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 June 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2007.
- ^ NASA (11 May 2009). . NASA. Archived from the original on 13 April 2001. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
External links edit
- NASA mission summary 10 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- STS-102 Video Highlights 4 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine