STS-97
Names | Space Transportation System-97 |
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Mission type | ISS assembly |
Operator | NASA |
COSPAR ID | 2000-078A |
SATCAT no. | 26630 |
Mission duration | 10 days, 19 hours, 58 minutes, 20 seconds |
Distance travelled | 7,203,000 kilometres (4,476,000 mi) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Endeavour |
Launch mass | 120,742 kilograms (266,191 lb) |
Landing mass | 89,758 kilograms (197,883 lb) |
Payload mass | 7,906 kilograms (17,430 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 5 |
Members | |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 1 December 2000, 03:06 | UTC
Launch site | Kennedy LC-39B |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 11 December 2000, 23:04 | UTC
Landing site | Kennedy SLF Runway 15 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 352 kilometres (219 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 365 kilometres (227 mi) |
Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
Period | 91.7 min |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | PMA-3 (Unity nadir) |
Docking date | 2 December 2000 |
Undocking date | 9 December 2000 |
Time docked | 6 days, 23 hours, 13 minutes |
Left to right – Front: Bloomfield, Garneau, Jett; Back: Noriega, Tanner |
STS-97 was a
Crew
Position | Astronaut | |
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Commander | Brent W. Jett Third spaceflight | |
Pilot | Michael J. Bloomfield Second spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 1 | Joseph R. Tanner Third spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 2 | Marc Garneau, CSA Third and last spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 3 | 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
During the 11-day mission, the primary objective was completed, which was to deliver and connect the first set of U.S.-provided
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
From inside Endeavour,
At 09:36
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.
Wake-up calls
NASA began a tradition of playing music to astronauts during the
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 |
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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
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solar arrayscan be seen on the left.
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Illustration of the International Space Station after STS-97
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
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the
- ^ a b c d e "Mission Archive – STS-97 Highlights". Retrieved 15 September 2006.
- ^ Fries, Colin (25 June 2007), Chronology of Wakeup Calls (PDF), NASA, archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2010, retrieved 13 August 2007
- ^ Fries, Colin (25 June 2007). "Chronology of Wakeup Calls" (PDF). NASA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2007.
- ^ NASA (11 May 2009). "STS-97 Wakeup Calls". NASA. Archived from the original on 24 January 2001. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
External links
- NASA mission summary Archived 31 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- STS-97 Video Highlights Archived 12 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine