STS-111

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STS-111
Canadarm2 grapples the Mobile Base System, prior to its installation on the ISS' Mobile Servicing System
NamesSpace Transportation System-111
Mission typeISS logistics
Crew rotation
OperatorNASA
COSPAR ID2002-028A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.27440
Mission duration13 days, 20 hours, 35 minutes, 56 seconds
Distance travelled9,300,000 kilometres (5,800,000 mi)
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSpace Shuttle Endeavour
Launch mass116,523 kilograms (256,889 lb)
Landing mass99,385 kilograms (219,106 lb)
Payload mass12,058 kilograms (26,583 lb)
Crew
Crew size7
Members
Start of mission
Launch date5 June 2002 21:22:49 (2002-06-05UTC21:22:49Z) UTC
Launch siteKennedy LC-39A
End of mission
Landing date19 June 2002 17:58:45 (2002-06-19UTC17:58:46Z) UTC
Landing siteEdwards Runway 22
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude349 kilometres (217 mi)
Apogee altitude387 kilometres (240 mi)
Inclination51.6 degrees
Period91.9 minutes
Docking with
PMA-2

(Destiny forward)
Docking date7 June 2002 16:25 UTC
Undocking date15 June 2002 14:32 UTC
Time docked7 days, 22 hours, 7 minutes
Franklin R. Chang-Diaz
 

STS-111 was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour. STS-111 resupplied the station and replaced the Expedition 4 crew with the Expedition 5 crew. It was launched on 5 June 2002, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

Crew

Launched Expedition 5 crew
Landed Expedition 4 crew
Position Launching Astronaut Landing Astronaut
Commander
Kenneth D. Cockrell

Fifth and last spaceflight
Pilot United States Paul S. Lockhart
First spaceflight
Mission Specialist 1 France Philippe Perrin, CNES
Only spaceflight
Mission Specialist 2 Costa Rica/United States Franklin Chang-Díaz
Seventh and last spaceflight
Mission Specialist 3
Second and last spaceflight
ISS Commander/Soyuz Commander

Second and last spaceflight
ISS Commander/Soyuz Commander
Mission Specialist 4
Peggy A. Whitson
Expedition 5

First spaceflight
ISS Flight Engineer
United States Carl E. Walz
Expedition 4
Fourth and last spaceflight
ISS Flight Engineer
Mission Specialist 5
Only spaceflight
ISS Flight Engineer
United States Daniel W. Bursch
Expedition 4
Fourth and last spaceflight
ISS Flight Engineer

Mission highlights

STS-111 launches from Kennedy Space Center, 5 June 2002.
STS-111 lands at Edwards Air Force Base, 19 June 2002.

STS-111, in addition to providing supplies, rotated the crews aboard the International Space Station, exchanging the three Expedition 4 members (1 Russian, 2 American) for the three Expedition 5 members (2 Russian, 1 American).

The Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) carried experiment racks and three stowage and resupply racks to the station. The mission also installed a component of the Canadarm2 called the Mobile Base System (MBS) to the Mobile Transporter (MT) (which was installed during STS-110); This was the second component of the Canadian Mobile Servicing System, or MSS. This gave the mechanical arm the capability to "inchworm" from the U.S. Lab fixture to the MBS and travel along the Truss to work sites.

STS-111 was the last flight of a CNES astronaut, the French agency having disbanded its astronaut group and transferred them to the ESA.

Spacewalks

Endeavour carrying the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module on its approach to the ISS on STS-111
Illustration of the International Space Station during STS-111
Mission Spacewalkers Start – UTC End – UTC Duration Mission
39. STS-111
EVA 1
Franklin R. Chang-Diaz
Philippe Perrin
9 June 2002
15:27
9 June 2002
22:41
7 h, 14 min Attached Power and Data Grapple Fixture to
P6 Truss
40. STS-111
EVA 2
Franklin R. Chang-Diaz
Philippe Perrin
11 June 2002
15:20
11 June 2002
20:20[1][2]
5 h, 00 min Attached Mobile Base System to Mobile Transporter
41. STS-111
EVA 3
Franklin R. Chang-Diaz
Philippe Perrin
13 June 2002
15:16
13 June 2002
22:33
7 h, 17 min Replace
Canadarm2
wrist joint
Attempt Planned Result Turnaround Reason Decision point Weather go (%) Notes
1 30 May 2002, 7:44:26 pm scrubbed weather 40% thunderstorms and electrical activity
2 31 May 2002, 7:21:52 pm scrubbed 0 days, 23 hours, 37 minutes weather 31 May 2002, 9:45 am 80% scrubbed before tanking had begun, concerns of continued bad weather including hail
3 5 Jun 2002, 5:22:48 am success 4 days, 10 hours, 1 minute initial plans for Monday launch were delayed due to nitrogen valve problems[3]

Media

  • Launch video (3 mins 11 secs)
  • Landing video (2 mins 29 secs)

See also

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
.

  1. ^ NASA.gov
  2. ^ NASA.gov
  3. ^ "Launch delayed because of nitrogen valve problem". CBS News. 1 June 2002. Retrieved 30 August 2009.

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