STS-119
From The Space Library
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| Organization | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (UnitedStates) |
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| Mission type | Human Crew,Resupply/Refurbishment/Repair |
| Launch date | March 15, 2009 |
| Launch vehicle | Space Shuttle |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, United States |
| COSPAR ID | 2009-012A |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Experiments | Here |
| Alternate Names | 34541 |
| Additional Information | Here |
| Data Collection | Here |
| Payload Mass Up | 14762.61 kg |
| Payload Mass Down | 892.27 kg |
| Orbiter | Discovery |
| Lift Off Mass | 2,055,407.73 kg |
| Orbiter Weight at Liftoff | 121,112.73 kg |
| Orbiter Weight at Landing | 91,357.27 kg |
| Landed | 3:15 p.m. EDT, concrete runway 15, Kennedy Space Center, Fla. |
| Orbits of Earth | 202 |
| Orbital Altitude | Approximately 195 nautical miles |
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Crew
- Commander: Lee J. Archambault
- Pilot: Dominic A. Antonelli
- Payload Commander:
- Mission Specialist 1: Mission Specialist/Educator Astronaut: Joseph M. Acaba
- Mission Specialist 2: Steven R. Swanson
- Mission Specialist 3: Richard R. Arnold II
- Mission Specialist 4: John L. Phillips
- Mission Specialist 5:
- Payload Specialist 1:
- Payload Specialist 2:
ISS/Mir Crew Transport
- Koichi Wakata - up only Sandra H. Magnus - down only
Mission
STS 119 is an American (NASA) shuttle craft that was launched from Cape Canaveral at 23:43 UT on 15 March 2009. It carried seven astronauts (six American and one Japanese) to the International Space Station (ISS). The shuttle docked at the ISS at 21:20 UT on 17 March 2009. The crew transfer brought aboard the ISS the first Japanese long-duration astronaut. The primary goal of the mission was to bring the final set of solar arrays, also known as the starboard 6 or S6 truss segment, to the ISS and install them. The crew performed three spacewalks to install the truss segment and carry out other activities. The crew also delivered a new urine processor distillation assembly as part of the crew life support system. The shuttle undocked from the ISS at 19:53 UT on 25 March and landed at Cape Canaveral at 19:14 UT on 28 March. The shuttle returned with samples of water cleaned by the recycling system and also frozen biological samples collected over several months as part of a medical experiment on human response to microgravity.
EVA
Extravehicular Activity (EVA) conducted by Steven Swanson, Richard Arnold, and Joseph Acaba during three spacewalks for a total of 19 hours, 4 minutes. EVA 1, 6 hours, 7 minutes; Phillips and Magnus had previously used Canadarm2 to grapple S6, remove it from the shuttle payload bay, and position the S6 near the outboard end of the starboard truss. Swanson and Arnold then provided guidance to Phillips and Wakata for the final positioning of the S6 using Canadarm2, installed the S6 truss to the S5 truss, connected S5/S6 umbilicals, released launch restraints, removed keel pins, stored and removed thermal covers, and deployed the S6 photovoltaic radiator. EVA 2, 6 hours, 30 minutes; Swanson and Acaba performed advanced preparation of a work-site for STS-127, completed partial installation of an unpressurized cargo carrier attachment system on the P3 truss, and installed a Global Positioning System antenna to the Kibo laboratory. EVA 3, 6 hours, 27 minutes; Arnold and Acaba relocated a crew equipment cart, lubricated station arm grapple snares, and attempted deployment of a cargo carrier.
Payload
ISS Assembly Flight 15A; ITS S6, fourth starboard truss segment; fourth set of solar arrays and batteries; replacement distillation assembly for ISS water recycling system; crew exchange
Mission patch: 
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