STS-104
Atlantis docked to the Destiny laboratory on the ISS, taken from atop the P6 truss during an EVA
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| Mission type | ISS assembly | ||||
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| Operator | NASA | ||||
| COSPAR ID | 2001-028A | ||||
| SATCAT № | 26862 | ||||
| Mission duration | 12 days, 18 hours, 36 minutes, 39 seconds | ||||
| Distance travelled | 8,500,000 kilometres (5,300,000 mi) | ||||
| Orbits completed | 200 | ||||
| Spacecraft properties | |||||
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Atlantis | ||||
| Launch mass | 117,129 kilograms (258,225 lb) | ||||
| Landing mass | 94,009 kilograms (207,254 lb) | ||||
| Payload mass | 8,241 kilograms (18,168 lb) | ||||
| Crew | |||||
| Crew size | 5 | ||||
| Members |
Steven W. Lindsey Charles O. Hobaugh Michael L. Gernhardt Janet L. Kavandi James F. Reilly |
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| EVAs | 3 | ||||
| EVA duration | 16 hours, 30 minutes | ||||
| Start of mission | |||||
| Launch date | 12 July 2001, 09:04 UTC | ||||
| Launch site | Kennedy LC-39B | ||||
| End of mission | |||||
| Landing date | 25 July 2001, 03:38 UTC | ||||
| Landing site | Kennedy SLF Runway 15 | ||||
| Orbital parameters | |||||
| Reference system | Geocentric | ||||
| Regime | Low Earth | ||||
| Perigee | 372 kilometres (231 mi) | ||||
| Apogee | 390 kilometres (240 mi) | ||||
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees | ||||
| Period | 92.2 minutes | ||||
| Docking with ISS | |||||
| Docking port |
PMA-2 (Destiny forward) |
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| Docking date | 14 July 2001 03:08 UTC | ||||
| Undocking date | 22 July 2001 04:54 UTC | ||||
| Time docked | 8 days, 1 hour, 46 minutes | ||||
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Left to right: Seated - Charles O. Hobaugh, Steven W. Lindsey; Standing - Michael L. Gernhardt, Janet L. Kavandi, James F. Reilly
STS-104 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis. Its primary objectives were to install the Quest Joint Airlock and help perform maintenance on the International Space Station. It was successful and returned to Earth without incident, after a successful docking, equipment installation and three spacewalks.
The primary purpose of the flight was to deliver and install the Quest airlock. The Joint Airlock is a pressurized flight element consisting of two cylindrical chambers attached end-to-end by a connecting bulkhead and hatch. Once installed and activated, the ISS airlock became the primary path for International Space Station space walk entry and departure for U.S. spacesuits, which are known as Extravehicular Mobility Units, or EMUs. In addition, the Joint Airlock is designed to support the Russian Orlan spacesuit for EVA activity.
The Joint Airlock is 20 ft (6.1 m) long, 13 ft (4.0 m) in diameter and weighs 6.5 short tons (5.9 metric tons). It was built at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) by the Space Station Prime Contractor Boeing. The ISS-airlock has two main components: a crew airlock and an equipment airlock for storing EVA gear and EVA preflight preps. STS-104 also carries a spacelab pallet with four High Pressure Gas Assembly containers that were attached to the exterior of the airlock.
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