STS-102
The launch of STS-102
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| Mission type | ISS crew rotation |
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| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 2001-010A |
| SATCAT no. | 26718 |
| Mission duration | 12 days, 19 hours, 51 minutes, 57 seconds |
| Distance travelled | 8.5 million kilometres (5.3 million miles) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Discovery |
| Launch mass | 99,503 kilograms (219,367 lb) |
| Landing mass | 90,043 kilograms (198,511 lb) |
| Payload mass | 5,760 kilograms (12,700 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 7 |
| Members |
James D. Wetherbee James M. Kelly Andrew S. W. Thomas Paul W. Richards |
| Launching |
Yury V. Usachev James S. Voss Susan J. Helms |
| Landing |
William M. Shepherd Yuri P. Gidzenko Sergei K. Krikalev |
| EVAs | 2 |
| EVA duration | 15 hours, 17 minutes |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 8 March 2001, 11:42 UTC |
| Launch site | Kennedy LC-39B |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 21 March 2001, 07:33:06 UTC |
| Landing site | Kennedy SLF Runway 15 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee | 370 kilometres (230 mi) |
| Apogee | 381 kilometres (237 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.5 degrees |
| Period | 92.1 minutes |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port |
PMA-2 (Destiny forward) |
| Docking date | 10 March 2001, 06:38 UTC |
| Undocking date | 19 March 2001, 04:32 UTC |
| Time docked | 8 days, 21 hours, 54 minutes |
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 The STS-102 crew portrait. |
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STS-102 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery and launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. STS-102 flew in March 2001; its primary objectives were resupplying the ISS and rotating the Expedition 1 and Expedition 2 crews.
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