STS-111

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STS-111
Organization NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States)
Mission type Human Crew,Resupply/Refurbishment/Repair
Launch date June 5, 2002 (2002-06-05)
Launch vehicle Space Shuttle
Launch site Cape Canaveral, United States
COSPAR ID 2002-028A
Experiments Here
Alternate Names 27440
Additional Information Here
Data Collection Here
Payload Mass Up 13521.58 kg


STS 111 is an American shuttle spacecraft that was launched from Cape Canaveral at 21:23 UT on 5 June 2002. It carried a crew of seven astronauts (four American, two Russian and a French) and material to the International Space Station (ISS). Three of the astronauts (one american and two Russians) will remain on ISS for four months, relieving its earlier crew of three. The crew repaired a malfunctioning gyroscope and installed debris sheilds on the Zvesda module. They repaired the wrist joints on the canadian robotic arm/crane, and also facilitated its (eventual) full mobility across the full length of the ISS. The shuttle returned on 19 June 2002 to Edwards AFB in California with four of its crew, plus the three astronauts who had stayed on the ISS for over six months.


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