STS-101

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STS-101
Organization NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States)
Mission type Human Crew
Launch date May 19, 2000 (2000-05-19)
Launch vehicle Space Shuttle
Carrier rocket {$Carrier Rocket}
Launch site Cape Canaveral, United States
COSPAR ID 2000-027A
Mass {$Mass}
Experiments Here
Alternate Names 26368
Nominal Power {$Nominal Power}
Additional Information Here
Data Collection Here
Payload Mass Up 11218.7 kg


STS 101 was an American shuttle craft that was launched from Cape Canaveral at 10:11 UT. The main mission was to carry out repairs and upgrades to the International Space Station (ISS): to replace four of the six solar charged batteries on the Zarya module, to stabilize a wobbly 3-meter construction crane that was installed during an earlier shuttle mission, to complete the installation of a partially installed Russian 15-meter crane on the Zarya module, to replace a faulty communications antenna, to boost by 32 km the altitude of the station which has been loosing 2.4 km/week, to deliver a ton of food, fuel and supplies to the station, and prepare the station for the arrival of the Russian service module, Zvezda, in mid-July. All objectives were implemented and STS 101 landed back in Cape Canaveral at 06:20 UT on 29 May.


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