STS-97

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STS-97
Noriega on the newly-installed P6 truss, during EVA 2
NamesSpace Transportation System-97
Mission typeISS assembly
OperatorNASA
COSPAR ID2000-078A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.26630
Mission duration10 days, 19 hours, 58 minutes, 20 seconds
Distance travelled7,203,000 kilometres (4,476,000 mi)
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSpace Shuttle Endeavour
Launch mass120,742 kilograms (266,191 lb)
Landing mass89,758 kilograms (197,883 lb)
Payload mass7,906 kilograms (17,430 lb)
Crew
Crew size5
Members
Start of mission
Launch date1 December 2000, 03:06 (2000-12-01UTC03:06Z) UTC
Launch siteKennedy LC-39B
End of mission
Landing date11 December 2000, 23:04 (2000-12-11UTC23:05Z) UTC
Landing siteKennedy SLF Runway 15
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude352 kilometres (219 mi)
Apogee altitude365 kilometres (227 mi)
Inclination51.6 degrees
Period91.7 min
Docking with ISS
Docking portPMA-3
(Unity nadir)
Docking date2 December 2000
Undocking date9 December 2000
Time docked6 days, 23 hours, 13 minutes

Left to right – Front: Bloomfield, Garneau, Jett; Back: Noriega, Tanner
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STS-97 was a

Destiny Laboratory Module, and delivered supplies for the station's crew. It was the last human spaceflight
of the 20th century.

Crew

Position Astronaut
Commander
Brent W. Jett

Third spaceflight
Pilot United States Michael J. Bloomfield
Second spaceflight
Mission Specialist 1 United States Joseph R. Tanner
Third spaceflight
Mission Specialist 2 Canada Marc Garneau, CSA
Third and last spaceflight
Mission Specialist 3 United States Carlos I. Noriega
Second and last spaceflight

Spacewalks

  • Tanner and Noriega – EVA 1
  • EVA 1 Start: 3 December 2000 – 18:35 UTC
  • EVA 1 End: 4 December 2000 – 02:08 UTC
  • Duration: 7 hours, 33 minutes
  • Tanner and Noriega – EVA 2
  • EVA 2 Start: 5 December 2000 – 17:21 UTC
  • EVA 2 End: 5 December 2000 – 23:58 UTC
  • Duration: 6 hours, 37 minutes
  • Tanner and Noriega – EVA 3
  • EVA 3 Start: 7 December 2000 – 16:13 UTC
  • EVA 3 End: 7 December 2000 – 21:23 UTC
  • Duration: 5 hours, 10 minutes

Mission highlights

Endeavour on Launch Pad 39-B before STS-97.
Launch of STS-97

During the 11-day mission, the primary objective was completed, which was to deliver and connect the first set of U.S.-provided

Unity Module, and transferred supplies, equipment and refuse between Endeavour and the station.[1]

On Flight Day 3, Commander Brent Jett linked Endeavour to the ISS while 370 kilometers (230 mi) above northeast Kazakhstan.

The successful checkout of the

Orbiter Docking System (ODS) were all completed nominally. Also, the ODS centerline camera was installed with no misalignment noted.[1]

From inside Endeavour,

Unity Module for the first time and retrieved the items left for them.[1]

At 09:36

solar arrays, transferred equipment, supplies and refuse back and forth between the spacecraft, and checked out the television camera cable installed by Tanner and Noriega for the upcoming mission.[1]

On 9 December 2000, the two crews completed final transfers of supplies to the station and other items being returned to Earth. The Endeavour crew bade farewell to the Expedition 1 crew at 10:51 EST and closed the hatches between the spacecraft. After being docked together for 6 days, 23 hours and 13 minutes, Endeavour undocked from the station at 14:13 EST. Piloted by Michael Bloomfield, it then made an hour-long, tail-first circle of the station. The undocking took place 235 statute miles above the border of Kazakhstan and China. The final separation burn took place near the northeast coast of South America.[1]

STS-97 was the 15th flight of Endeavour and the 101st Space Shuttle mission.

solar arrays
are visible at the top.

Wake-up calls

NASA began a tradition of playing music to astronauts during the

Gemini program, which was first used to wake up a flight crew during Apollo 15.[2]
Each track is specially chosen, often by their families, and usually has a special meaning to an individual member of the crew, or is applicable to their daily activities.[3][4]

Flight Day Song Artist/Composer
Day 2 "Stardust" Willie Nelson
Day 3 "I Believe I Can Fly" R. Kelly
Day 4 "Sunshine of Your Love" Cream
Day 7 "
O Mio Babbino Caro
"
Puccini
Day 8 "Here Comes the Sun" The Beatles
Day 9 "
Rattled
"
Traveling Wilburys
Day 10 "Back in the Saddle Again" Gene Autry
Day 11 "Beyond the Sea" Bobby Darin
Day 12 "I'll Be Home for Christmas" Bing Crosby

Images

  • Tanner on the final spacewalk of the mission on 7 December 2000. Part of the new solar arrays can be seen on the left.
    solar arrays
    can be seen on the left.
  • Illustration of the International Space Station after STS-97
    Illustration of the International Space Station after STS-97

See also

References

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

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
.

  1. ^ a b c d e "Mission Archive – STS-97 Highlights". Retrieved 15 September 2006.
  2. ^ Fries, Colin (25 June 2007), Chronology of Wakeup Calls (PDF), NASA, archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2010, retrieved 13 August 2007
  3. ^ Fries, Colin (25 June 2007). "Chronology of Wakeup Calls" (PDF). NASA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2007.
  4. ^ NASA (11 May 2009). "STS-97 Wakeup Calls". NASA. Archived from the original on 24 January 2001. Retrieved 31 July 2009.

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