Jun 19 2002
From The Space Library
Space Shuttle Endeavour landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California at 2:58 p.m. (EDT), ending a mission of 13 days, 20 hours, and 35 minutes. During STS-111, the crew had used the ISS's robotic arm, Canadarm2, to move the MBS from Endeavour to the Mobile Transporter (MT) on the ISS's Destiny laboratory module. In addition, crew members Franklin R. Chang-Diaz and Philippe Perrin had performed three EVAs lasting a total of 19 hours and 31 minutes. During the first EVA, the astronauts had installed a Power and Data Grapple Fixture to the ISS's P6 Truss, the sixth truss segment on the port side of the ISS's Integrated Truss Structure, and moved six micrometeoroid debris shields from the Shuttle to a portion of the ISS called the PMA-1 (Pressurized Mating Adapter-One) for eventual installation on the Russian-made Zvezda service module. During the second spacewalk, the crew had connected data, power, and video cables between the MT rail car and the MBS; positioned the Payload Orbital Replacement Unit Accommodation (POA) on the MBS; and completed the installation of the MBS platform. In the final EVA, Chang-Diaz and Perrin had performed repairs on the ISS's Canadarm2, restoring the instrument to full operational status. In addition, STS-111 had returned the members of Expedition 4~ Daniel E. Bursch, Yuri I. Onufrienko, and Carl W. Walz~ to Earth. (NASA, “Space Shuttle Mission Archives: STS-111,” http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/STS-111.html (accessed 18 August 2008); NASA, “Continuing the Human Presence in Space: STS-111,” press kit, 16 May 2001, 24-29, http://www.JSC.nasa.gov/history/shuttle_pk/pk/Flight_110_STS-111_Press_Kit.pdf (accessed 2 January 2009).)
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