STS-111

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STS-111
STS-111 Installation of Mobile Base System.jpg
Canadarm2 grapples the Mobile Base System, prior to its installation on the ISS' Mobile Servicing System
Names Space Transportation System-111
Mission typeISS logistics
Crew rotation
Operator NASA
COSPAR ID 2002-028A OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
SATCAT no. 27440
Mission duration13 days, 20 hours, 35 minutes, 56 seconds
Distance travelled9,300,000 kilometres (5,800,000 mi)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft Space Shuttle Endeavour
Launch mass116,523 kilograms (256,889 lb)
Landing mass99,385 kilograms (219,106 lb)
Payload mass12,058 kilograms (26,583 lb)
Crew
Crew size7
Members
Launching
Landing
Start of mission
Launch date5 June 2002 21:22:49 (2002-06-05UTC21:22:49Z) UTC
Launch site Kennedy, LC-39A
End of mission
Landing date19 June 2002 17:58:45 (2002-06-19UTC17:58:46Z) UTC
Landing site Edwards, Runway 22
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Perigee altitude 349 kilometres (217 mi)
Apogee altitude 387 kilometres (240 mi)
Inclination 51.6 degrees
Period 91.9 minutes
Docking with ISS
Docking port PMA-2
(Destiny forward)
Docking date7 June 2002 16:25 UTC
Undocking date15 June 2002 14:32 UTC
Time docked7 days, 22 hours, 7 minutes
Sts-111-patch.png STS-111 crew.jpg
(L-R): Philippe Perrin, Paul S. Lockhart, Kenneth D. Cockrell, Franklin R. Chang-Diaz
  STS-110
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.

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Crew

Launched Expedition 5 crew ISS Expedition 5 crew.jpg
Launched Expedition 5 crew
Landed Expedition 4 crew ISS Expedition 4 crew.jpg
Landed Expedition 4 crew
Position Launching AstronautLanding Astronaut
Commander Flag of the United States.svg Kenneth D. Cockrell
Fifth and last spaceflight
Pilot Flag of the United States.svg Paul S. Lockhart
First spaceflight
Mission Specialist 1 Flag of France.svg Philippe Perrin, CNES
Only spaceflight
Mission Specialist 2
Flight Engineer
Flag of the United States.svg / Flag of Costa Rica.svg Franklin Chang-Díaz
Seventh and last spaceflight
Mission Specialist 3 Flag of Russia.svg Valery G. Korzun, RKA
Expedition 5
Second and last spaceflight
ISS Commander/Soyuz Commander
Flag of Russia.svg Yuri I. Onufrienko, RKA
Expedition 4
Second and last spaceflight
ISS Commander/Soyuz Commander
Mission Specialist 4 Flag of the United States.svg Peggy A. Whitson
Expedition 5
First spaceflight
ISS Flight Engineer
Flag of the United States.svg Carl E. Walz
Expedition 4
Fourth and last spaceflight
ISS Flight Engineer
Mission Specialist 5 Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Y. Treshchov, RKA
Expedition 5
Only spaceflight
ISS Flight Engineer
Flag of the United States.svg Daniel W. Bursch
Expedition 4
Fourth and last spaceflight
ISS Flight Engineer

Mission highlights

STS-111 launches from Kennedy Space Center, 5 June 2002. STS-111 launch.jpg
STS-111 launches from Kennedy Space Center, 5 June 2002.
STS-111 lands at Edwards Air Force Base, 19 June 2002. STS-111 landing.jpg
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

Seat [1] LaunchLanding Space Shuttle seating plan.svg
Seats 1–4 are on the flight deck.
Seats 5–7 are on the mid-deck.
1Cockrell
2Lockhart
3PerrinUnused
4Chang-Diaz
5WhitsonPerrin
6KorzunWalz
7TreshchovOnufriyenko
8UnusedBursch

Spacewalks

Endeavour carrying the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module on its approach to the ISS on STS-111 STS-111 approach with MPLM.jpg
Endeavour carrying the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module on its approach to the ISS on STS-111
Illustration of the International Space Station during STS-111 ISSAfterSTS111.jpg
Illustration of the International Space Station during STS-111
MissionSpacewalkersStart – UTCEnd – UTCDurationMission
39.STS-111
EVA 1
Franklin R. Chang-Diaz
Philippe Perrin
9 June 2002
15:27
9 June 2002
22:41
7 h, 14 minAttached Power and Data Grapple Fixture to P6 Truss
40.STS-111
EVA 2
Franklin R. Chang-Diaz
Philippe Perrin
11 June 2002
15:20
11 June 2002
20:20 [2] [3]
5 h, 00 minAttached Mobile Base System to Mobile Transporter
41.STS-111
EVA 3
Franklin R. Chang-Diaz
Philippe Perrin
13 June 2002
15:16
13 June 2002
22:33
7 h, 17 minReplace Canadarm2 wrist joint
AttemptPlannedResultTurnaroundReasonDecision pointWeather go (%)Notes
130 May 2002, 7:44:26 pmScrubbedWeather30 May 2002, 7:21 pm (T−00:09:00 hold)40%Thunderstorms and electrical activity. [4]
231 May 2002, 7:21:52 pmScrubbed0 days 23 hours 37 minutesWeather31 May 2002, 9:45 am80%scrubbed before tanking had begun, concerns of continued bad weather including hail
35 Jun 2002, 5:22:48 amSuccess4 days 10 hours 1 minuteinitial plans for Monday launch were delayed due to nitrogen valve problems [5]

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