STS-97

**STS-97**
Organization	NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States)
Mission type	Engineering,Human Crew
Launch date	December 1, 2000
Launch vehicle	Space Shuttle
Launch site	Cape Canaveral, United States
COSPAR ID	2000-078A
Inclination	51.6 degrees
Experiments	Here
Alternate Names	26630
Additional Information	Here
Data Collection	Here
Payload Mass Up	17007.9 kg
Payload Mass Down	872.73 kg
Orbiter	Endeavour
Lift Off Mass	2,056,725.00 kg
Orbiter Weight at Liftoff	121,168.18 kg
Orbiter Weight at Landing	89,716.82 kg
Landed	Concrete runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Orbits of Earth	170
Orbital Altitude	205 nautical miles

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[edit] Crew

Commander: Brent W. Jett Jr.
Pilot: Michael J. Bloomfield
- Payload Commander:
- Mission Specialist 1: Marc Garneau, Canadian Space Agency
- Mission Specialist 2: Joseph R. Tanner
- Mission Specialist 3: Carlos I. Noriega
- Mission Specialist 4:
- Mission Specialist 5:
- Payload Specialist 1:
- Payload Specialist 2:

ISS/Mir Crew Transport

[edit] Mission

STS 97 is an American shuttle spacecraft that was launched from Cape Canaveral at 03:06 UT. The main mission was to install a 72 m x 11.4 m, 65 kW double-wing solar panel on the UNITY module of the International Space Station (ISS). Including the support beams, radiators and batteries, the power generator has a mass of 15.75 tons. The previously docked Progress-M1 4 cargo spacecraft had to be temporarily evicted from the ISS before the installation. It required several spacewalks by the crew to extend the panel taut enough. The shuttle landed back in Cape Canaveral at 23:03 UT on 11 December.

[edit] EVA

Extravehicular Activity (EVA) conducted by Joseph Tanner and Carlos Noriega during three spacewalks for a total of 19 hours, 20 minutes. EVA 1, Tanner and Noriega, 7 hours, 33 minutes; Tanner and Noriega attached the P6 integrated truss structure to the Z1 truss, prepared the solar arrays for deployment, and prepared the radiator for power system deployment. EVA 2, Tanner and Noriega, 6 hours, 37 minutes; Tanner and Noriega configured the ISS for use of the power from the P6, positioned the S-band for use by the space station, and prepared the ISS for the arrival of the U.S. Laboratory on mission ISS-5A. EVA 3, Tanner and Noriega, 5 hours, 10 minutes; Tanner and Noriega performed repair work to increase tension in the starboard solar array blankets and performed get-ahead tasks that were planned for future space station assembly missions.