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Space Shuttle
Flight Details 11
STS-102 (Discovery)Mission Statistics:
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Mission Highlights: The two main objectives of this mission were to rotate the ISS Expedition 1 and 2 crews and to deliver experiment racks and supplies to the Destiny module in the Leonardo MPLM. The Leonardo module was docked to Destiny, the experiment racks and supplies were off-loaded to Destiny, and then Leonardo was undocked for return to Earth aboard Discovery. During the first of 2 spacewalk, astronauts Helms and Voss repositioned the PMA 3 docking adapter. During the second spacewalk, astronauts Richards and Thomas attached various equipment items to the ISS and fixed a latch on the main solar array. The Expedition 2 crew was to remain aboard ISS for about 4 months. Discovery landed at the Kennedy Space Center at about 1:30 am on 03/21/2001.
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Mission Highlights: After a smooth lift off and docking with the International Space Station, astronauts Parazynski and Hadfield performed a 7-hour space walk to install a UHF antenna and the 50-foot long, Canadian-built SSRMS to the space station. The shuttle and station crews then worked jointly to complete electrical connections to the Canadian robotic arm and to attach the Italian-built Raffaello module to the station so that thousands of pounds of equipment and supplies could be off-loaded to the space station. In a second, almost 8-hour spacewalk, astronauts Parazynski and Hadfield completed electrical, data, and television connections to the Canadian arm so that it can operate independently from its base attached to the Destiny module of the space station. Before Endeavour departed the space station, the ISS Expedition 2 crew experienced some problems with the stations' three redundant command and control computers. Work-arounds were eventually made until new computer components could be brought up to the station on a future shuttle mission. Endeavour landed at Edwards AFB, California due to unsuitable weather at the Kennedy Space Center.
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Mission Highlights: The main purpose of this shuttle mission was to install the American-made "Quest" airlock on the International Space Station. Until now, American astronauts had to conduct spacewalks only from the shuttle's internal airlock, while Russian cosmonauts could conduct spacewalks only from an airlock on the Zarya module. The Quest airlock allows space station crews more flexibility in conducting spacewalks for routine station maintenance and during future assembly missions. Three spacewalks were performed by astronauts Gernhardt and Reilly to accomplish the installation of the airlock. During the first spacewalk, the spacewaling astronauts helped shuttle and station astronauts who were the shuttle and station robotic arms to attach the airlock module to the space station. During the second spacewal, the astronauts attached oxygen and nitrogen containers to the outside of the airlock for future use in repressurizing the airlock. During the final spacewalk, the astronauts actually used the airlock module (instead of the one in the space shuttle) to conduct their spacewalk to attach a second nitrogen container to the outside of the airlock. After a very successful mission, Atlantis landed at the Kennedy Space Center at around 10:40pm on 07/24/01.
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Mission Highlights: The main mission of this flight is to bring a new crew to the International Space Station, along with supplies and equipment aboard the Leonardo multi-purpose logistics module. During the first of two spacewalks, astronauts Barry and Forrester installed a device called the Early Ammonia Server to the station. This device contains spare ammonia that can be used to cool space station systems should it be needed. The astronauts also mounted a package containing material samples to be exposed to space to measure the effects of such long-term exposure. During the second spacewalk two days later, the astronauts connected heater cables for a truss structure that will be added to the space station on a future shuttle mission. On August 16, 2001, the shuttle and station crews marked the 1000th day in space of the first space station unit, the Zarya module. After the successful mission, Discovery landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center.
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Mission Highlights: In addition to delivering the ISS Expedition 4 crew to the space station and returning the Expedition 3 crew to Earth, this mission also brought some 6,000 pounds of equipment and supplies to the station aboard the Rafaello multi-purpose logistics module. Endeavour astronauts Godwin and Tani conducted a spacewalk to install a thermal blanket on the solar array bearing assemblies on the Z6 truss to prevent energy spikes that have been occurring. The shuttle and station astronauts also held ceremonies commemorating the 90-day anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. A U.S. flag that was flying on the WTC at the time of the attack and 6,000 small U.S. flags to be presented to survivors and families of attack victims were flown aboard Endeavour. After a completely successful flight, Endeavour landed at the Kennedy Space Center on 12/17/01.
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Mission Highlights: After some early concerns about a cooling system aboard the space shuttle, the astronauts had a marvelously successful flight to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. During five alternating space, each of about 7 hours, astronauts Grunsfeld/Linnehan and Newman/Massimino (1) installed a new starboard solar array, (2) installed a new port solar array and a new reaction wheel assembly, (3) installed a new power control unit, (4) installed a new Advanced Camera for Surveys to replace the Faint Objects Camera, and (5) installed an experimental cooling system for the non-functional Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer. With all system again operational, Hubble was released on 03/09/2002 to continue its deep space observations. After the successful mission, Columbia landed in the early morning hours of 03/12/2002 at the Kennedy Space Center.
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Mission Highlights: After a launch delay because of a hydrogen leak on launch pad facilities, the Atlantis crew began their main task of delivering and installing the S0 Truss and the Mobile Transport unit to the space station. During an almost 8-hour spacewalk on 04/11/02, astronauts Walheim and Smith bolted the S0 Truss to the space station. The truss will be the centerpiece for the large cross structure that will hold the stations main solar arrays, which will be installed in later missions. During a second 7 1/2-hour spacewalk on 04/13/02, astronauts Ross and Morin continued the attachment of the S0 Truss to the space station. In two more almost 7-hour spacewalks, the two astronaut teams completed the connection of electrical and other cables from the station to the truss unit and the railroad-like mobile transport unit, which will eventually be able to travel the length of the cross structure of the station. The spacewalks were made from the Quest airlock module of the space station. Atlantis landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center after a very successful mission of almost 11 days.
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