STS-102

STS-102
	ICC (left) and the MPLM Leonardo (center) in Discovery's payload bay
Names	Space Transportation System-102
Mission type	ISS crew transport and resupply
Operator	NASA
COSPAR ID	2001-010A
SATCAT no.	26718
Mission duration	12 days, 19 hours, 49 minutes, 32 seconds
Distance travelled	8,621,951 km (5,357,432 mi)
Orbits completed	102
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Space Shuttle Discovery
Launch mass	99,503 kg (219,367 lb)
Landing mass	90,043 kg (198,511 lb)
Payload mass	5,760 kg (12,700 lb)
Crew
Crew size	7
Members	James D. Wetherbee ; James M. Kelly ; Andrew S. W. Thomas ; Paul W. Richards ;
Launching	Yuri V. Usachov ; James S. Voss ; Susan J. Helms ;
Landing	William M. Shepherd ; Yuri P. Gidzenko ; Sergei K. Krikalev ;
EVAs	2
EVA duration	15 hours, 17 minutes; 1st EVA: 8 hours, 56 minutes; 2nd EVA: 6 hours, 21 minutes;
Start of mission
Launch date	8 March 2001, 11:42:09 UTC (6:42:09 am EST)
Launch site	Kennedy, LC-39B
End of mission
Landing date	21 March 2001, 07:31:41 UTC (2:31:41 am EST)
Landing site	Kennedy, SLF Runway 15
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Low Earth orbit
Perigee altitude	370 km (230 mi)
Apogee altitude	381 km (237 mi)
Inclination	51.5°
Period	92.1 minutes
Docking with ISS
Docking port	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
	; Mission patch; ; Top group, from left: Kelly, Thomas, Wetherbee and Richards ; Bottom left is the landing Expedition 1 crew, from left: Krikalev, Shepherd and Gidzenko ; Bottom right is the launching Expedition 2 crew, from left: Voss, Usachov and Helms Space Shuttle program ← STS-98 (102) STS-100 (104) →

Last updated February 24, 2025

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. It was Discovery's 29th flight. The first EVA performed on the mission, at eight hours and 56 minutes, held the title of the longest spacewalk ever undertaken until the 17th of December 2024 when it was surpassed by Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong during the Shenzhou 19 spaceflight.

Crew


Position	Launching crew	Landing crew
Commander	Jim Wetherbee, NASA Fifth spaceflight
Pilot	James Kelly, NASA First spaceflight
Mission Specialist 1	/ Andy Thomas, NASA Third spaceflight
Mission Specialist 2 Flight Engineer	Paul Richards, NASA Only spaceflight
Mission Specialist 3	Yuri V. Usachov, RKA Expedition 2 Fourth and last spaceflight	William Shepherd, NASA Expedition 1 Fourth and last spaceflight
Mission Specialist 4	James Voss, NASA Expedition 2 Fifth and last spaceflight	Yuri Gidzenko, RKA Expedition 1 Second spaceflight
Mission Specialist 5	Susan Helms, NASA Expedition 2 Fifth and last spaceflight	Sergei Krikalev, RKA Expedition 1 Fifth spaceflight

Crew seat assignments

Seat^[1]	Launch	Landing	Seats 1–4 are on the flight deck. Seats 5–8 are on the mid-deck. Seat 8 was located to the starboard (right) side of Seat 7.^[1]
1	Wetherbee
2	Kelly
3	Thomas	Unused
4	Richards
5	Voss	Thomas
6	Helms	Krikalyov
7	Usachov	Gidzenko
8	Unused	Shepherd

Unique to this flight, Shepherd, Gidzenko, and Krikalev were all seated together on the mid-deck in special "recumbent couches" that allowed them to stay in a laid-back reclining position during landing, instead of the usual upright seats. It was thought that after their four months in space, their bodies would be deconditioned and the recumbent position would minimize the impacts of returning to a gravity environment.^[2] Because of the special seats, Thomas moved to the normal number 5 seat on the mid-deck to operate the side hatch as necessary. Future shuttle missions would not use the recumbent couches.

Spacewalks

EVA 1

Personnel: Voss and Helms
Start: 11 March 2001, 05:12 UTC
End: 11 March 2001, 14:08 UTC
Duration: 8 hours, 56 minutes

EVA 2

Personnel: Thomas and Richards
Start:13 March 2001, 05:23 UTC
End: 13 March 2001, 11:44 UTC
Duration: 6 hours, 21 minutes

Mission highlights

Space Station Assembly Flight ISS-5A.1 was the first use of the Multi Purpose Logistics Module (Leonardo) to bring supplies to the station. The steel modules were equipped with up to 16 International Standard Payload Racks for installation in the US Lab. Also carried an Integrated Cargo Carrier (ICC). The ICC had the External Stowage Platform-1 mounted on its underside. ESP-1 was placed on the port side of 'Destiny' as a storage location for ORUs. The mission also included two spacewalks to relocate the units carried up by the ICC to the Destiny module exterior.

Wake-up calls

NASA began a tradition of playing music to astronauts during the Gemini program, which was first used to wake up a flight crew during Apollo 15.^[3] Each track is specially chosen, often by their families, and usually has a special meaning to an individual member of the crew, or is applicable to their daily activities.^[3]^[4]

Flight Day	Song	Artist/Composer
Day 2	"Living the Life"	Rockit Scientists
Day 4	"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"	Starship
Day 6	"From A Distance"	Nancy Griffith
Day 7	"Free Fallin'"	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Day 8	"Should I Stay or Should I Go"	The Clash
Day 12	"Moscow Windows"	Unknown

References

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration .

1 2 "STS-102". Spacefacts. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
↑ "Space Station 20th: STS-102 Performs First International Space Station Crew Rotation, Returns Expedition 1 to Earth – NASA". 24 March 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
1 2 Fries, Colin (25 June 2007). "Chronology of Wakeup Calls" (PDF). NASA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 June 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2007.
↑ NASA (11 May 2009). "STS-102 Wakeup Calls". NASA. Archived from the original on 13 April 2001. Retrieved 31 July 2009.

External links

NASA mission summary Archived 10 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine
STS-102 Video Highlights Archived 4 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine

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[spacefacts-1] 1 2 "STS-102". Spacefacts. Retrieved 1 September 2024.

[2] "Space Station 20th: STS-102 Performs First International Space Station Crew Rotation, Returns Expedition 1 to Earth – NASA". 24 March 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2024.

[chronology-3] 1 2 Fries, Colin (25 June 2007). "Chronology of Wakeup Calls" (PDF). NASA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 June 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2007.

[wakeup-4] NASA (11 May 2009). "STS-102 Wakeup Calls". NASA. Archived from the original on 13 April 2001. Retrieved 31 July 2009.

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Ongoing spaceflights are in underline † - mission failed to reach ISS

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Completed flights	STS-41-D STS-51-A STS-51-C STS-51-D STS-51-G STS-51-I STS-26 STS-29 STS-33 STS-31 STS-41 STS-39 STS-48 STS-42 STS-53 STS-56 STS-51 STS-60 STS-64 STS-63 STS-70 STS-82 STS-85 STS-91 STS-95 STS-96 STS-103 STS-92 STS-102 STS-105 STS-114 STS-121 STS-116 STS-120 STS-124 STS-119 STS-128 STS-131 STS-133
Status	Retired
On display	Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Washington, D.C.
Related	Destiny in Space (1994 documentary)

v t e ← 2000 Orbital launches in 2001 2002 →
January ,	Shenzhou 2 Türksat 2A Progress M1-5 USA-156
February ,	Sicral 1, Skynet 4F STS-98 (Destiny) Odin Progress M-44 USA-157
March ,	STS-102 (Leonardo MPLM) Eurobird 1, BSAT-2a XM-2
April ,	Ekran-M No.18L 2001 Mars Odyssey GSAT-1 STS-100 (Raffaello MPLM) Soyuz TM-32
May ,	XM-1 PAS-10 USA-158 Progress M1-6 Kosmos 2377
June ,	Kosmos 2378 Intelsat 901 Astra 2C ICO F2 MAP
July ,	STS-104 (Quest) Artemis, BSAT-2b Molniya-3K No.11 GOES 12 Koronas-F
August ,	USA-159 Genesis STS-105 (Leonardo MPLM, Simplesat) Progress M-45 Kosmos 2379 VEP-2, LRE Intelsat 902
September ,	USA-160 Progress M-SO1 (Pirs) OrbView-4, QuickTOMS, SBD, Odyssey Atlantic Bird 2 Starshine 3, PICOSat, PCSat, SAPPHIRE
October ,	USA-161 Globus No.14L USA-162 QuickBird-2 Soyuz TM-33 TES, PROBA, BIRD Molniya-3 No.64
November ,	Progress M1-7 (Kolibri 2000) DirecTV-4S
December ,	Kosmos 2380, Kosmos 2381, Kosmos 2382 STS-108 (Raffaello MPLM, Starshine 2 Jason-1, TIMED Meteor-3M #1, Kompass, Badr-B, Maroc-Tubsat, Reflektor Kosmos 2383 Kosmos 2384, Kosmos 2385, Kosmos 2386, Gonets-D1 No.10, Gonets-D1 No.11, Gonets-D1 No.12
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).

Spacecraft properties
ICC (left) and the MPLM Leonardo (center) in Discovery's payload bay
Names	Space Transportation System-102

Mission type	ISS crew transport and resupply
Operator	NASA
COSPAR ID	2001-010A
SATCAT no.	26718
Mission duration	12 days, 19 hours, 49 minutes, 32 seconds
Distance travelled	8,621,951 km (5,357,432 mi)
Orbits completed	102


Spacecraft	Space Shuttle Discovery
Launch mass	99,503 kg (219,367 lb)
Landing mass	90,043 kg (198,511 lb)
Payload mass	5,760 kg (12,700 lb)


Crew
Crew size	7
Members	James D. Wetherbee James M. Kelly Andrew S. W. Thomas Paul W. Richards
Launching	Yuri V. Usachov James S. Voss Susan J. Helms
Landing	William M. Shepherd Yuri P. Gidzenko Sergei K. Krikalev
EVAs	2
EVA duration	15 hours, 17 minutes 1st EVA: 8 hours, 56 minutes 2nd EVA: 6 hours, 21 minutes


Start of mission
Launch date	8 March 2001, 11:42:09 (2001-03-08UTC11:42:09Z) UTC (6:42:09 am EST)
Launch site	Kennedy, LC-39B


End of mission
Landing date	21 March 2001, 07:31:41 (2001-03-21UTC07:31:42Z) UTC (2:31:41 am EST)
Landing site	Kennedy, SLF Runway 15


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Low Earth orbit
Perigee altitude	370 km (230 mi)
Apogee altitude	381 km (237 mi)
Inclination	51.5°
Period	92.1 minutes


Docking with ISS
Docking port	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

Mission patch Top group, from left: Kelly, Thomas, Wetherbee and Richards Bottom left is the landing Expedition 1 crew, from left: Krikalev, Shepherd and Gidzenko Bottom right is the launching Expedition 2 crew, from left: Voss, Usachov and Helms Space Shuttle program ← STS-98 (102) STS-100 (104) →