STS-100
The launch of STS-100
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| Mission type | ISS assembly/logistics |
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| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 2001-016A |
| SATCAT no. | 26747 |
| Mission duration | 11 days, 21 hours, 31 minutes, 14 seconds |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Endeavour |
| Launch mass | 103,506 kilograms (228,192 lb) |
| Landing mass | 99,742 kilograms (219,893 lb) |
| Payload mass | 4,899 kilograms (10,800 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 7 |
| Members |
Kent V. Rominger Jeffrey S. Ashby Chris Hadfield John L. Phillips Scott E. Parazynski Umberto Guidoni Yuri Lonchakov |
| EVAs | 2 |
| EVA duration | 14 hours, 50 minutes |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 19 April 2001, 18:40:42 UTC |
| Launch site | Kennedy LC-39A |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 1 May 2001, 16:11:56 UTC |
| Landing site | Edwards Runway 22 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee | 331 kilometres (206 mi) |
| Apogee | 375 kilometres (233 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.5 deg |
| Period | 91.59 minutes |
| Epoch | 21 April 2001 |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port |
PMA-2 (Destiny forward) |
| Docking date | 21 April 2001, 13:59 UTC |
| Undocking date | 29 April 2001, 17:34 UTC |
| Time docked | 8 days, 3 hours, 35 minutes |
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 Left to right: Front row - Lonchakov, Rominger (commander), Guidoni, Ashby (pilot), Phillips; Back row - Parazynski, Hadfield |
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STS-100 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour. STS-100 installed the ISS Canadarm2 robotic arm.
The highest priority objectives of the flight were the installation, activation and checkout of the Canadarm2 robotic arm on the station. The arm, which went into operation on April 28, 2001, was critical to the capability to continue assembly of the International Space Station. The arm was also necessary to attach a new airlock to the station on the subsequent shuttle flight, mission STS-104. A final component of the Canadarm is the Mobile Base System (MBS), installed on board the station during the STS-111 flight.
Other major objectives for Endeavour’s mission were to berth the Raffaello logistics module to the station, activate it, transfer cargo between Raffaello and the station, and reberth Raffaello in the shuttle's payload bay. Raffaello is the second of three Italian Space Agency-developed Multi-Purpose Logistics Module that were launched to the station. The Leonardo module was launched and returned on the previous shuttle flight, STS-102, in March.
Remaining objectives included the transfer of other equipment to the station such as an Ultra-High Frequency communications antenna and a spare electronics component to be attached to the exterior during space walks. Finally, the transfer of supplies and water for use aboard the station, the transfer of experiments and experiment racks to the complex, and the transfer of items for return to Earth from the station to the shuttle were among the objectives.
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