STS-112

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STS-112
Organization NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States)
Mission type Human Crew
Launch date October 7, 2002 (2002-10-07)
Launch vehicle Space Shuttle
Launch site Cape Canaveral, United States
COSPAR ID 2002-047A
Experiments Here
Alternate Names 27537
Additional Information Here
Data Collection Here
Payload Mass Up 13381.88 kg


STS 112 is an American shuttle spacecraft that was launched from Cape Canaveral at 19:46 UT on 7 October 2002. It carried a crew of five American and one Russian astronauts, and material to the International Space Station (ISS) to augment that facility. During the 11-day mission, the crew extended the truss system of the exterior rail line by a 14 m, 13 tonne girder. The crew also tested a manual cart on the rails; the cart named CETA (Crew and Equipment Transportation Aid) will enable mobility of crew and equipment during the installation phases. It landed back in Cape Canaveral at 15:43 UT on 18 October 2002 carrying back the same crew of six.


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