STS-113
Names | Space Transportation System-113 |
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Mission type | ISS assembly Crew rotation |
Operator | NASA |
COSPAR ID | 2002-052A |
SATCAT no. | 27556 |
Mission duration | 13 days, 18 hours, 48 minutes, 38 seconds |
Distance travelled | 9,000,000 kilometres (5,600,000 mi) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Endeavour |
Launch mass | 116,460 kilograms (256,750 lb) |
Landing mass | 91,498 kilograms (201,719 lb) |
Payload mass | 12,477 kilograms (27,507 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 7 |
Members |
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Start of mission | |
Launch date | 24 November 2002, 00:49:47 | UTC
Launch site | Kennedy LC-39A |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 7 December 2002, 19:38:25 | UTC
Landing site | Kennedy SLF Runway 33 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 379 kilometres (235 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 397 kilometres (247 mi) |
Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
Period | 92.3 min |
Docking with PMA-2 (Destiny forward) | |
Docking date | 25 November 2002, 21:59 UTC |
Undocking date | 2 December 2002, 20:50 UTC |
Time docked | 6 days, 22 hours, 51 minutes |
James D. Wetherbee → |
STS-113 was a
Crew
Position | Launching Astronaut | Landing Astronaut |
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Commander | James D. Wetherbee Sixth and last spaceflight | |
Pilot | Paul S. Lockhart Second and last spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 1 | Michael López-Alegría Third spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 2 | John B. Herrington Only spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 3 | Kenneth D. Bowersox Expedition 6 Fifth and last spaceflight ISS Commander |
RKA Expedition 5 Second and last spaceflight ISS Commander/Soyuz Commander |
Mission Specialist 4 | RKA Expedition 6 Third and last spaceflight ISS Flight Engineer/Soyuz Commander |
Peggy A. Whitson Expedition 5 First spaceflight ISS Flight Engineer |
Mission Specialist 5 | Donald R. Pettit Expedition 6 First spaceflight ISS Flight Engineer |
RKA Expedition 5 Only spaceflight ISS Flight Engineer |
Mission highlights
STS-113 was an Assembly Mission (11A) to the International Space Station, delivering the P1 Truss segment, which provides structural support for the Space Station radiators. Mission Specialists John Herrington and Michael López-Alegría performed three spacewalks to activate and outfit the P1. The STS-113 crew and both Expedition crews transferred about 1,969 kilograms (4,340 pounds) of cargo between the shuttle and station.
STS-113 delivered the Expedition 6 crew to the station for a four-month increment. The Expedition 5 crew returned to Earth aboard STS-113, ending a 185-day stay in space.
STS-113 came to a close when Endeavour glided in to a landing at Kennedy Space Center on 7 December. It was the 19th flight of Endeavour, the 112th shuttle mission, and the 16th shuttle mission to the station. The landing was the first (and only) time a mission ended on the fourth day of landing attempts.
Also carried aboard STS-113 was the Micro-Electromechanical System (
STS-113 was the last successful mission before
STS-113 was the final mission during which Russian cosmonauts flew on the Space Shuttle.
Because Endeavour entered its Orbiter Major Modification period after the
Attempt | Planned | Result | Turnaround | Reason | Decision point | Weather go (%) | Notes |
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1 | 11 Nov 2002, 12:58:40 am | scrubbed | — | technical | 10 Nov 2002, 9:00 pm | 90%[1] | problems with an oxygen system in the orbiter's midbody[2] |
2 | 22 Nov 2002, 8:15:30 pm | scrubbed | 11 days, 19 hours, 17 minutes | weather | 22 Nov 2002, 8:05 pm | 90% | weather at TAL sites Zaragoza and Moron, Spain[3] |
3 | 23 Nov 2002, 7:49:47 pm | success | 0 days, 23 hours, 34 minutes | 95%[3] | initial weather reports for TAL sites was not favorable but cleared in time for launch. |
Mission parameters
Docking with ISS
- Docked: 25 November 2002, 21:59:00 UTC
- Undocked: 2 December 2002, 20:50:00 UTC
- Time Docked: 6 days, 22 h, 51 min, 00 s
Spacewalks
Mission | Spacewalkers | Start – UTC | End – UTC | Duration | Mission | |
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47. | STS-113 EVA 1 |
Michael López-Alegría John Herrington |
26 November 2002 19:49 |
27 November 2002 02:34 |
6 h, 45 min | Install P1 truss |
48. | STS-113 EVA 2 |
Michael López-Alegría John Herrington |
28 November 2002 18:36 |
29 November 2002 00:46 |
6 h, 10 min | Install TV cameras, move CETA |
49. | STS-113 EVA 3 |
Michael López-Alegría John Herrington |
30 November 2002 19:25 |
1 December 2002 02:25 |
7 h, 00 min | Inspect Mobile Transporter |
Gallery
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Endeavour with the P1 Truss segment in its payload bay
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LandedSergei Y. Treshchev
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Illustration of the International Space Station after STS-113
See also
- List of human spaceflights
- List of International Space Station spacewalks
- List of Space Shuttle missions
- List of spacewalks and moonwalks 1965–1999
- Outline of space science
Notes
References
This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (May 2008) |
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the
- ^ "Shuttle fueling begins". CBS News. 10 November 2002. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
- ^ "Launch scrubbed by oxygen problem". CBS News. 10 November 2002. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
- ^ a b "Shuttle grounded by rain in Spain". CBS News. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
External links
- NASA mission summary Archived 16 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- Status reports – Detailed NASA status reports for each day of the mission.
- STS-113 Video Highlights Archived 6 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine