STS-102

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STS-102
Organization NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States)
Mission type Engineering,Human Crew
Launch date March 8, 2001 (2001-03-08)
Launch vehicle Space Shuttle
Launch site Cape Canaveral, United States
COSPAR ID 2001-010A
Inclination 51.6 degrees
Experiments Here
Alternate Names 26718
Additional Information Here
Data Collection Here
Payload Mass Up 13035.79 kg
Payload Mass Down 9267.73 kg
Orbiter Discovery
Lift Off Mass 2,045,454.55 kg
Orbiter Weight at Liftoff 120,362.27 kg
Orbiter Weight at Landing 98,986.82 kg
Landed Concrete runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Orbits of Earth 202
Orbital Altitude 205 nautical miles


Contents

Crew

  • Commander: James D. Weatherbee
  • Pilot: James M. Kelly
    • Mission Specialist 1: Andrew S.W. Thomas
    • Mission Specialist 2: Paul W. Richards

Mission

STS 102 is an American shutte spacecraft that was launched from Cape Canaveral at 11:42 UT. It carried a crew of seven astronauts (six American and one Russian). The primary mission is to deliver a multi-rack Italian container LMPLM (Leonardo MultiPurpose Logistics Module) to the Destiny Module of the International Space Station, ISS. It docked with the ISS at 05:34 UT on 9 March. The 6.4 m x 4.6 m cylindrical LMPLM delivered new equipment to Destiny, and retrieved used/unwanted equipment, and trach back to the shuttle. The crew did a few spacewalks to install a platform on the ISS to support a Canadian robot arm when it arrives next month. The STS 102 left behind three of the astronauts (two American and one Russian) and brought back the three astronauts (one American and two Russian) who had been inhabiting the ISS for about four and a half months, when it landed at Cape Canaveral at 07:31 UT on 21 March.


EVA

Extravehicular Activity (EVA) conducted by Susan Helms, James Voss, Paul Richards, and Andy Thomas during two spacewalks for a total of 15 hours, 16 minutes. EVA 1, Helms and Voss, 8 hours, 56 minutes; Helms and Voss prepared one of ISS's berthing ports for the Leonardo transfer module. EVA 2, Richards and Thomas, 6 hours, 30 minutes; Richards and Thomas continued work to outfit the station and prepare for delivery of its own robotic arm on the next mission.


Payload

ISS Assembly Flight 5A.1; Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module; External Stowage Platform 1


Mission patch:

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