STS-97

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STS-97
Organization NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States)
Mission type Engineering,Human Crew
Launch date December 1, 2000 (2000-12-01)
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


Contents

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


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.


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.


Payload

International Space Station (4A); P6 photovoltaic array assembly; integrated equipment assembly


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