STS-101
From The Space Library
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| Organization | NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States) |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Human Crew |
| Launch date | May 19, 2000 |
| Launch vehicle | Space Shuttle |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, United States |
| COSPAR ID | 2000-027A |
| Experiments | Here |
| Alternate Names | 26368 |
| 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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