STS-113
From The Space Library
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| Organization | NationalAeronauticsandSpaceAdministration(UnitedStates) |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Human Crew,Resupply/Refurbishment/Repair |
| Launch date | November 24, 2002 |
| Launch vehicle | Space Shuttle |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, United States |
| COSPAR ID | 2002-052A |
| Experiments | Here |
| Alternate Names | 27556 |
| Additional Information | Here |
| Data Collection | Here |
| Payload Mass Up | 13706.20 kg |
STS 113 was an American shuttle spacecraft. It was the 19th flight of the Endeavour orbiter and the 112th shuttle mission to be flown. It carried a crew of seven astronauts (six American and one Russian) and the main hardware, a 13.7 m truss of 12.5 tonne to the International Space Station (ISS). During several hours of EVA, the crew installed and secured the truss assembly which now has a total length of 40.8 m. The truss will provide structural support to the station's thermal control radiators, besides enabling a manually operated cart to move along it during EVAs. The total mass of the ISS is now about 200 tonnes. Prior to leaving the ISS, the shuttle deployed a pair of tethered (15 m long) picosatellites, called MEPSI. It left the ISS on 02 December 2002 and returned to Earth on 04 December 2002, leaving behind three of its astronauts for a long stay at the ISS and bringing back the rest of the crew and the three astronauts who had stayed in ISS for about six months.
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