STS-113

STS-113
	Lopez-Alegria climbs the newly-installed P1 truss during the mission's second EVA
Names	Space Transportation System-112
Mission type	ISS assembly; Crew rotation
Operator	NASA
COSPAR ID	2002-052A
SATCAT no.	27556
Mission duration	13 days, 18 hours, 48 minutes, 38 seconds
Distance travelled	9,000,000 kilometres (5,600,000 mi)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Space Shuttle Endeavour
Launch mass	116,460 kilograms (256,750 lb)
Landing mass	91,498 kilograms (201,719 lb)
Payload mass	12,477 kilograms (27,507 lb)
Crew
Crew size	7
Members	James D. Wetherbee ; Paul S. Lockhart ; Michael López-Alegría ; John B. Herrington ;
Launching	Kenneth D. Bowersox ; Nikolai M. Budarin ; Donald R. Pettit ;
Landing	Valery G. Korzun ; Peggy A. Whitson ; Sergei Y. Treshchov ;
Start of mission
Launch date	24 November 2002, 00:49:47 UTC
Launch site	Kennedy LC-39A
End of mission
Landing date	7 December 2002, 19:38:25 UTC
Landing site	Kennedy SLF Runway 33
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	379 kilometres (235 mi)
Apogee altitude	397 kilometres (247 mi)
Inclination	51.6 degrees
Period	92.3 min
Docking with ISS
Docking port	PMA-2 (Destiny forward)
Docking date	25 November 2002, 21:59 UTC
Undocking date	2 December 2002, 20:50 UTC
Time docked	6 days, 22 hours, 51 minutes
	; (L-R): Paul S. Lockhart, Michael E. López-Alegría, John B. Herrington, and James D. Wetherbee Space Shuttle program ← STS-112 STS-107 →

Last updated November 03, 2022

STS-113 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour . During the 14-day mission in late 2002, Endeavour and its crew extended the ISS backbone with the P1 truss and exchanged the Expedition 5 and Expedition 6 crews aboard the station. With Commander Jim Wetherbee and Pilot Paul Lockhart at the controls, Endeavour docked with the station on 25 November 2002 to begin seven days of station assembly, spacewalks and crew and equipment transfers. This was the last flight of Endeavour before entering its Orbiter Major Modification period until STS-118 in 2007 which include modernizing the cockpit, and also the penultimate shuttle mission before the Columbia disaster.

Crew


Position	Launching Astronaut	Landing Astronaut
Commander	James D. Wetherbee Sixth and last spaceflight
Pilot	Paul S. Lockhart Second and last spaceflight
Mission Specialist 1	Michael López-Alegría Third spaceflight
Mission Specialist 2	John B. Herrington Only spaceflight
Mission Specialist 3	Kenneth D. Bowersox Expedition 6 Fifth and last spaceflight ISS Commander	Valery G. Korzun, RKA Expedition 5 Second and last spaceflight ISS Commander/Soyuz Commander
Mission Specialist 4	Nikolai M. Budarin, RKA Expedition 6 Third and last spaceflight ISS Flight Engineer/Soyuz Commander	Peggy A. Whitson Expedition 5 First spaceflight ISS Flight Engineer
Mission Specialist 5	Donald R. Pettit Expedition 6 First spaceflight ISS Flight Engineer	Sergei Y. Treshchov, RKA Expedition 5 Only spaceflight ISS Flight Engineer

Mission highlights

STS-113 was an Assembly Mission (11A) to the International Space Station, delivering the P1 Truss segment, which provides structural support for the Space Station radiators. Mission Specialists John Herrington and Michael López-Alegría performed three spacewalks to activate and outfit the P1. The STS-113 crew and both Expedition crews transferred about 1,969 kilograms (4,340 pounds) of cargo between the shuttle and station.

STS-113 delivered the Expedition 6 crew to the station for a four-month increment. The Expedition 5 crew returned to Earth aboard STS-113, ending a 185-day stay in space.

STS-113 came to a close when Endeavour glided in to a landing at Kennedy Space Center on 7 December. It was the 19th flight of Endeavour, the 112th shuttle mission, and the 16th shuttle mission to the station. The landing was the first (and only) time a mission ended on the fourth day of landing attempts.

Also carried aboard STS-113 was the Micro-Electromechanical System (MEMS) based Pico Satellite Inspector (MEPSI). This payload deployed two small satellites which are connected via a 15 metres (49 ft) tether.

STS-113 was the last successful mission before STS-107. Gus Loria was originally scheduled to fly as the pilot for this mission, but was replaced due to an injury. His replacement was Paul S. Lockhart. John Herrington, a member of the Chickasaw Nation, became the first enrolled member of a Native American tribe to fly in space.^{[note 1]}

STS-113 was the final mission during which Russian cosmonauts flew on the Space Shuttle.

Because Endeavour entered its Orbiter Major Modification period after the Columbia disaster, this was the last shuttle mission to fly with an analog-style cockpit.

Attempt	Planned	Result	Turnaround	Reason	Decision point	Weather go (%)	Notes
1	11 Nov 2002, 12:58:40 am	scrubbed	—	technical	10 Nov 2002, 9:00 pm	90%^[1]	problems with an oxygen system in the orbiter's midbody^[2]
2	22 Nov 2002, 8:15:30 pm	scrubbed	11 days, 19 hours, 17 minutes	weather	22 Nov 2002, 8:05 pm	90%	weather at TAL sites Zaragoza and Moron, Spain^[3]
3	23 Nov 2002, 7:49:47 pm	success	0 days, 23 hours, 34 minutes			95%^[3]	initial weather reports for TAL sites was not favorable but cleared in time for launch.

Mission parameters

Docking with ISS

Docked: 25 November 2002, 21:59:00 UTC
Undocked: 2 December 2002, 20:50:00 UTC
Time Docked: 6 days, 22 h, 51 min, 00 s

Spacewalks

	Mission	Spacewalkers	Start – UTC	End – UTC	Duration	Mission
47.	STS-113 EVA 1	Michael López-Alegría John Herrington	26 November 2002 19:49	27 November 2002 02:34	6 h, 45 min	Install P1 truss
48.	STS-113 EVA 2	Michael López-Alegría John Herrington	28 November 2002 18:36	29 November 2002 00:46	6 h, 10 min	Install TV cameras, move CETA
49.	STS-113 EVA 3	Michael López-Alegría John Herrington	30 November 2002 19:25	1 December 2002 02:25	7 h, 00 min	Inspect Mobile Transporter

Gallery

Endeavour with the P1 Truss segment in its payload bay
Launched Expedition 6 crew
L-R: Donald Pettit, Ken Bowersox and Nikolai Budarin
Landed Expedition 5 crew
L-R: Valery G. Korzun, Peggy Whitson, and Sergei Y. Treshchev
View of Earth's horizon at sunrise as seen from Endeavour on STS-113.
Illustration of the International Space Station after STS-113

Notes

↑ William R. Pogue was of Choctaw ancestry and was a crewman aboard Skylab 4 in 1973–1974, but he was not an enrolled member of the Choctaw.

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References

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

↑ "Shuttle fueling begins". CBS News. 10 November 2002. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
↑ "Launch scrubbed by oxygen problem". CBS News. 10 November 2002. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
1 2 "Shuttle grounded by rain in Spain". CBS News. Retrieved 30 August 2009.

External links

NASA mission summary Archived 16 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
Status reports – Detailed NASA status reports for each day of the mission.
STS-113 Video Highlights Archived 6 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] William R. Pogue was of Choctaw ancestry and was a crewman aboard Skylab 4 in 1973–1974, but he was not an enrolled member of the Choctaw.

[2] "Shuttle fueling begins". CBS News. 10 November 2002. Retrieved 30 August 2009.

[3] "Launch scrubbed by oxygen problem". CBS News. 10 November 2002. Retrieved 30 August 2009.

[raininspain-4] 1 2 "Shuttle grounded by rain in Spain". CBS News. Retrieved 30 August 2009.

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v t e Human spaceflights to the International Space Station
See also: {{ ISS expeditions }}, {{ Uncrewed ISS flights }}
1998–2004	1998 STS-88 1999 STS-96 2000 STS-101 106 92 Soyuz TM-31 STS-97 2001 STS-98 102 100 Soyuz TM-32 STS-104 105 Soyuz TM-33 STS-108 2002 STS-110 Soyuz TM-34 STS-111 112 Soyuz TMA-1 STS-113 2003 Soyuz TMA-2 TMA-3 2004 Soyuz TMA-4 TMA-5	International Space Station Insignia International Space Station Emblem
2005–2009	2005 Soyuz TMA-6 STS-114 Soyuz TMA-7 2006 Soyuz TMA-8 STS-121 115 Soyuz TMA-9 STS-116 2007 Soyuz TMA-10 STS-117 118 Soyuz TMA-11 STS-120 2008 STS-122 123 Soyuz TMA-12 STS-124 Soyuz TMA-13 STS-126 2009 STS-119 Soyuz TMA-14 TMA-15 STS-127 128 Soyuz TMA-16 STS-129 Soyuz TMA-17
2010–2014	2010 STS-130 Soyuz TMA-18 STS-131 132 Soyuz TMA-19 TMA-01M TMA-20 2011 STS-133 Soyuz TMA-21 STS-134 Soyuz TMA-02M STS-135 Soyuz TMA-22 TMA-03M 2012 Soyuz TMA-04M TMA-05M TMA-06M TMA-07M 2013 Soyuz TMA-08M TMA-09M TMA-10M TMA-11M 2014 Soyuz TMA-12M TMA-13M TMA-14M TMA-15M
2015–2019	2015 Soyuz TMA-16M TMA-17M TMA-18M TMA-19M 2016 Soyuz TMA-20M MS-01 MS-02 MS-03 2017 Soyuz MS-04 MS-05 MS-06 MS-07 2018 Soyuz MS-08 MS-09 MS-10† MS-11 2019 Soyuz MS-12 MS-13 MS-15
Since 2020	2020 Soyuz MS-16 SpaceX Demo-2 Soyuz MS-17 SpaceX Crew-1 2021 Soyuz MS-18 SpaceX Crew-2 Soyuz MS-19 SpaceX Crew-3 Soyuz MS-20 2022 Soyuz MS-21 Axiom-1 SpaceX Crew-4 Soyuz MS-22 SpaceX Crew-5
Future	2023 Axiom-2 Boeing Crewed Flight Test Soyuz MS-23 SpaceX Crew-6 Boeing Starliner-1 Axiom-3
Individuals	List of ISS visitors crew
Vehicles	Past Space Shuttle Present Crew Dragon Soyuz Future Boeing Starliner Orel
Ongoing spaceflights are in underline † - mission failed to reach ISS

v t e Space Shuttle Endeavour (OV-105)
Flights	STS-49 STS-47 STS-54 STS-57 STS-61 STS-59 STS-68 STS-67 STS-69 STS-72 STS-77 STS-89 STS-88 STS-99 STS-97 STS-100 STS-108 STS-111 STS-113 STS-118 STS-123 STS-126 STS-127 STS-130 STS-134
Status	Retired
On display	California Science Center, Los Angeles

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January	USA-164 INSAT-3C
February	Tsubasa, DASH, VEP-3 HESSI Iridium 90, Iridium 91, Iridium 94, Iridium 95, Iridium 96 EchoStar VII Intelsat 904 Kosmos 2387
March	Envisat STS-109 TDRS-9 GRACE Progress M1-8 Shenzhou 3 JCSAT-8, Astra 3A Intelsat 903
April	Kosmos 2388 STS-110 (ITS S0) NSS-7 Soyuz TM-34
May	SPOT-5, Idefix Aqua DirecTV-5 Feng Yun 1D, Hai Yang 1A Ofek-5 Kosmos 2389
June	Intelsat 905 STS-111 (Leonardo MPLM) Ekspress A1R Galaxy 3C Iridium 97, Iridium 98 NOAA-17 Progress M-46
July	CONTOUR Stellat 5, N-STAR c Kosmos 2390, Kosmos 2391 Kosmos 2392
August	Hot Bird 6 EchoStar VIII Atlantic Bird 1, MSG-1
September	Intelsat 906 USERS, Kodama METSAT Tsinghua 2 Hispasat 1D Progress M1-9 Nadezhda 7
October	STS-112 (ITS S1) Foton-M No.1 INTEGRAL Zi Yuan 2B Soyuz TMA-1
November	STS-113 (ITS P1, MEPSI 1A, MEPSI 1B) Astra 1K AlSAT-1, Mozhayets 3, Rubin-3
December	TDRS-10 Hot Bird 7, Stentor, MFD-A, MFD-B ADEOS II, Kanta Kun, FedSat, µ-LabSat 1 (RITE 1, RITE 2) NSS-6 TrailBlazer-2001 STA, Saudisat 1C, LatinSat A, LatinSat B, UniSat 2, Rubin 2 Kosmos 2393 Kosmos 2394, Kosmos 2395, Kosmos 2396 Shenzhou 4 Nimiq 2
Launches are separated by dots ( •), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Cubesats are smaller. Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).