STS-111
2002 American crewed spaceflight to the ISS
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::summary 2002 American crewed spaceflight to the ISS ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox spaceflight"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | STS-111 |
| names_list | Space Transportation System-111 |
| image | STS-111 Installation of Mobile Base System.jpg |
| image_caption | Canadarm2 grapples the Mobile Base System, prior to its installation on the ISS' Mobile Servicing System |
| insignia | Sts-111-patch.png |
| spacecraft | |
| mission_type | ISS logistics |
| Crew rotation | |
| operator | NASA |
| COSPAR_ID | |
| SATCAT | |
| distance_travelled | 9300000 km |
| mission_duration | 13 days, 20 hours, 35 minutes, 56 seconds |
| launch_mass | 116523 kg |
| landing_mass | 99385 kg |
| payload_mass | 12058 kg |
| launch_site | Kennedy, LC-39A |
| launch_date | UTC |
| landing_date | UTC |
| landing_site | Edwards, Runway22 |
| crew_size | 7 |
| crew_members | |
| crew_launching | |
| crew_landing | |
| crew_photo | STS-111 crew.jpg |
| crew_photo_caption | (L-R): Philippe Perrin, Paul S. Lockhart, Kenneth D. Cockrell, Franklin R. Chang-Diaz |
| docking_target | ISS |
| docking_type | dock |
| docking_port | PMA-2 |
| (Destiny forward) | |
| docking_date | 7 June 2002 16:25 UTC |
| undocking_date | 15 June 2002 14:32 UTC |
| time_docked | 7 days, 22 hours, 7 minutes |
| apsis | gee |
| orbit_reference | Geocentric |
| orbit_regime | Low Earth |
| orbit_periapsis | 349 km |
| orbit_apoapsis | 387 km |
| orbit_period | 91.9 minutes |
| orbit_inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| programme | Space Shuttle program |
| previous_mission | STS-110 |
| next_mission | STS-112 |
| :: |
| name = STS-111 | names_list = Space Transportation System-111 | image = STS-111 Installation of Mobile Base System.jpg | image_caption = Canadarm2 grapples the Mobile Base System, prior to its installation on the ISS' Mobile Servicing System | insignia = Sts-111-patch.png
| spacecraft = | mission_type = ISS logistics Crew rotation | operator = NASA | COSPAR_ID = | SATCAT = | orbits_completed = | distance_travelled = 9300000 km | mission_duration = 13 days, 20 hours, 35 minutes, 56 seconds | launch_mass = 116523 kg | landing_mass = 99385 kg | payload_mass = 12058 kg
| launch_site = Kennedy, LC-39A | launch_date = UTC
| landing_date = UTC | landing_site = Edwards, Runway22
| crew_size = 7 | crew_members = | crew_launching = | crew_landing = | crew_photo = STS-111 crew.jpg | crew_photo_caption = (L-R): Philippe Perrin, Paul S. Lockhart, Kenneth D. Cockrell, Franklin R. Chang-Diaz
| docking = |docking_target = ISS |docking_type = dock |docking_port = PMA-2 (Destiny forward) |docking_date = 7 June 2002 16:25 UTC |undocking_date = 15 June 2002 14:32 UTC |time_docked = 7 days, 22 hours, 7 minutes
| apsis = gee | orbit_epoch = | orbit_reference = Geocentric | orbit_regime = Low Earth | orbit_periapsis = 349 km | orbit_apoapsis = 387 km | orbit_period = 91.9 minutes | orbit_inclination = 51.6 degrees
| programme = Space Shuttle program | previous_mission = STS-110 | next_mission = STS-112
STS-111 was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour. STS-111 resupplied the station and replaced the Expedition 4 crew with the Expedition 5 crew. It was launched on 5 June 2002, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
Crew
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/ISS_Expedition_5_crew.jpg" caption="Launched [[Expedition 5]] crew"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/ISS_Expedition_4_crew.jpg" caption="Landed [[Expedition 4]] crew"] ::
|terminology = Astronaut |colwidth = 175 |position1 = Commander |crew1_up = USA Kenneth D. Cockrell |flights1_up = Fifth and last |position2 = Pilot |crew2_up = USA Paul S. Lockhart |flights2_up = First |position3 = Mission Specialist 1 |crew3_up = FRA Philippe Perrin |flights3_up = Only |agency3_up = CNES |position4 = Mission Specialist 2 Flight Engineer |crew4_up = USA/CRC Franklin Chang-Díaz |flights4_up = Seventh and last |position5 = Mission Specialist 3 |crew5_up = RUS Valery G. Korzun |flights5_up = Second and last |expedition5_up = Expedition 5 |details5_up = ISS Commander/Soyuz Commander |agency5_up = RKA |crew5_down = RUS Yury I. Onufriyenko |flights5_down = Second and last |expedition5_down = Expedition 4 |details5_down = ISS Commander/Soyuz Commander |agency5_down = RKA |position6 = Mission Specialist 4 |crew6_up = USA Peggy A. Whitson |flights6_up = First |expedition6_up = Expedition 5 |details6_up = ISS Flight Engineer |crew6_down = USA Carl E. Walz |flights6_down = Fourth and last |expedition6_down = Expedition 4 |details6_down = ISS Flight Engineer |position7 = Mission Specialist 5 |crew7_up = RUS Sergey Y. Treshchov |flights7_up = Only |expedition7_up = Expedition 5 |details7_up = ISS Flight Engineer |agency7_up = RKA |crew7_down = USA Daniel W. Bursch |flights7_down = Fourth and last |expedition7_down = Expedition 4 |details7_down = ISS Flight Engineer
Mission highlights
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/STS-111_launch.jpg" caption="STS-111 launches from [[Kennedy Space Center]], 5 June 2002."] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Space_Shuttle_Endeavour_touches_down_on_the_runway_at_Edwards_Air_Force_Base,California_to_conclude_International_Space_Station_construction_and_supply_mission_STS-111(EC02-0131-1).jpg" caption="STS-111 lands at [[Edwards Air Force Base]], 19 June 2002."] ::
STS-111, in addition to providing supplies, rotated the crews aboard the International Space Station, exchanging the three Expedition 4 members (1 Russian, 2 American) for the three Expedition 5 members (2 Russian, 1 American).
The Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) carried experiment racks and three stowage and resupply racks to the station. The mission also installed a component of the Canadarm2 called the Mobile Base System (MBS) to the Mobile Transporter (MT) (which was installed during STS-110); This was the second component of the Canadian Mobile Servicing System, or MSS. This gave the mechanical arm the capability to "inchworm" from the U.S. Lab fixture to the MBS and travel along the Truss to work sites.
STS-111 was the last flight of a CNES astronaut, the French agency having disbanded its astronaut group and transferred them to the ESA.
Crew seat assignments
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| Seat | Launch | Landing | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Space Shuttle seating plan.svg | 150px]] | |||||||||
| Seats 1–4 are on the flight deck. | ||||||||||
| Seats 5–7 are on the mid-deck. | ||||||||||
| Cockrell | ||||||||||
| Lockhart | ||||||||||
| Perrin | Unused | |||||||||
| Chang-Diaz | ||||||||||
| Whitson | Perrin | |||||||||
| Korzun | Walz | |||||||||
| Treshchov | Onufriyenko | |||||||||
| Unused | Bursch | |||||||||
| :: |
Spacewalks
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/STS-111_approach_with_MPLM.jpg" caption="ISS]] on STS-111"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/ISSAfterSTS111.jpg" caption="Illustration of the International Space Station during STS-111"] ::
::data[format=table]
| Mission | Spacewalkers | Start – UTC | End – UTC | Duration | Mission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39. | STS-111 | ||||
| EVA 1 | Franklin R. Chang-Diaz | ||||
| Philippe Perrin | 9 June 2002 | ||||
| 15:27 | 9 June 2002 | ||||
| 22:41 | 7 h, 14 min | ||||
| 40. | STS-111 | ||||
| EVA 2 | Franklin R. Chang-Diaz | ||||
| Philippe Perrin | 11 June 2002 | ||||
| 15:20 | 11 June 2002 | ||||
| 20:20 | 5 h, 00 min | ||||
| 41. | STS-111 | ||||
| EVA 3 | Franklin R. Chang-Diaz | ||||
| Philippe Perrin | 13 June 2002 | ||||
| 15:16 | 13 June 2002 | ||||
| 22:33 | 7 h, 17 min | ||||
| :: |
| date1 = 2002-05-30 19:44:26 | result1 = Scrubbed | reason1 = Weather | decision_date1 = 2002-05-30 19:21 | decision_clock1 = −00:09:00 hold | weathergo1 = 40% | notes1 = Thunderstorms and electrical activity. Due to a post 9/11 security policy, NASA did not reveal the exact launch time until 24 hours before liftoff. | date2 = 2002-05-31 19:21:52 | result2 = Scrubbed | reason2 = Weather | decision_date2 = 2002-05-31 09:45 | decision_clock2 = | weathergo2 = 20% | notes2 = Scrubbed before tanking had begun, concerns of continued bad weather including hail. | date3 = 2002-06-03 16:00 | result3 = Scrubbed | reason3 = Technical | decision_date3 = 2002-06-02 | decision_clock3 = | weathergo3 = 20% | notes3 = Nitrogen valve problems. The exact launch time had not been released, with NASA only stating that launch would occur between 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM. | date4 = 2002-06-05 17:22:49 | result4 = Success | weathergo4 = Initially 60%, later improved.
Media
File:STS-111 launch.ogv|Launch video (3 mins 11 secs) File:STS-111 landing.ogv|Landing video (2 mins 29 secs)
References
References
- "STS-111". Spacefacts.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20021015003950/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/archives/sts-111/eva/index.html NASA.gov]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20020614002216/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/sts111/STS-111-14.html NASA.gov]
- Harwood, William. (2002-05-30). "Shuttle grounded by stormy weather problem". CBS News.
- Harwood, William. (2002-05-29). "Weather 'iffy' for Thursday launch". CBS News.
- Harwood, William. (2002-05-31). "NASA orders additional delay due to weather". CBS News.
- Harwood, William. (2002-06-01). "Launch delayed because of nitrogen valve problem". CBS News.
- Harwood, William. (2002-05-31). "Shuttle grounded until Monday". CBS News.
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