STS-111 - MTKK Endeavor space flight under the Space Shuttle program (110th flight of the program), the purpose of which is to continue the assembly of the International Space Station . Endeavor launched on June 5, 2002 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida . The main objective was the delivery to the International Space Station (ISS) of the 5th main expedition [3] , part of UF2 multipurpose supply module (MPLM) - Leonardo, a mobile service system MBS, scientific equipment and cargo [4] .
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| General information | |
| Organization | |
| Ship flight data | |
| Ship name | Endeavor |
| Shuttle Flight No. | 110 |
| Flight Endeavor No. | 18 |
| Launch pad | KC Kennedy , SP 39-A [1] |
| Launch | June 5, 2002 9:22:49 UTC |
| Docking | June 7, 2002 16:25:00 UTC |
| Docking place | ISS , PMA-2 |
| Undocking | June 15, 2002 14:32:23 UTC |
| Ship landing | June 19, 2002 17:57:41 UTC |
| Landing place | Air Force Base Edwards , Runway 22 [2] |
| Flight duration | 13 days 20 hours 34 minutes 52 seconds |
| Number of turns | 217 |
| Distance traveled | 9 300 000 km |
| Orbit height | 226 km |
| Apogee | 387 km |
| Perigee | 349 km |
| Mood | 51.6 ° |
| Circulation period | 91.9 min |
| NSSDC ID | 2002-028A |
| SCN | 27440 |
| Crew flight data | |
| Crew members | 7 |
| Crew photo | |
 (left to right): Perrin , Lockhart , Cockrell , Chang Diaz | |
| Associated Expeditions | |
Content
Crew
- (NASA) : Kenneth Cockrell (5) [5] - commander;
- (NASA) : Paul Lockhart (1) - pilot;
- (CNES) : Philippe Perrin (1) - Flight 1 Specialist;
- (NASA) : Franklin Chang-Diaz (7) - Flight 2 Specialist, Flight Engineer .
At the stage of flight to the ISS
At the stage of the flight to the ISS in the crew of STS-111, as flight specialists, there were participants in the 5th long-term expedition :
- (NASA) : Peggy Witson (1) - Flight 3 Specialist;
- (Roscosmos) : Valery Korzun (2) - flight specialist-4;
- (Roscosmos) : Sergey Treschev (1) - flight 5 specialist.
Return Stage
At the stage of returning, the STS-111 crew, as flight specialists, included members of the 4th long-term expedition :
- (NASA) : Carl Wals (4) - Flight 3 Specialist;
- (NASA) : Daniel Bursh (5) - Flight 4 Specialist;
- (Roscosmos) : Yuri Onufrienko (2) - flight 5 specialist.
Flight Options
- Apparatus weight
- at start - 116 521 kg ;
- at landing - 99,383 kg ;
- Payload - 12 058 kg ;
- Orbital inclination - 51.6 °;
- The circulation period is 91.9 minutes ;
- Perigee - 349 km;
- Apogee - 387 km.
Spacewalks
All spacewalks and extra-ship activities were carried out by astronauts Philippe Perrin and Franklin Chang-Diaz .
- June 9 from 15:27 to 22:41 ( UTC ), duration 7 hours 14 minutes - installation of the PDGF node, removal of anti-meteor screens, preparation for the transfer of MBS.
- June 11 from 15:20 to 20:20 ( UTC ), duration 5 hours 00 minutes - completion of the installation of MBS to MT, cable connection.
- June 13 from 15:16 to 22:13 ( UTC ), duration 7 hours 17 minutes - Replacing the failed "wrist joint" of the SSRMS manipulator .
Notes
- ↑ SP - launch pad No. 39-A (launch pad LC-39A, MLP-1 mobile launch pad).
- ↑ Runway - Runway No. 22 of Edwards Air Base in California .
- ↑ Lisov I. “Endeavor” changes the ISS crew (Russian) // Cosmonautics News: Journal. - 2002. - No. 8 .
- ↑ Lantratov K. Loads of Endeavor (Rus.) // Cosmonautics News: Journal. - 2002. - No. 8 .
- ↑ (5) - the number in brackets shows the number of completed space flights, including this, which this crew member has already completed.
Links
- Description of the mission on the NASA website. (eng.)
- Lisov I., Krasilnikov A. STS-111 - 110th flight under the Space Shuttl program (Russian) // Cosmonautics News: Journal. - 2002. - No. 8 .
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