STS-102
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| Organization | NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States) |
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| Mission type | Engineering,Human Crew |
| Launch date | March 8, 2001 |
| Launch vehicle | Space Shuttle |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, United States |
| COSPAR ID | 2001-010A |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Experiments | Here |
| Alternate Names | 26718 |
| Additional Information | Here |
| Data Collection | Here |
| Payload Mass Up | 13035.79 kg |
| Payload Mass Down | 9267.73 kg |
| Orbiter | Discovery |
| Lift Off Mass | 2,045,454.55 kg |
| Orbiter Weight at Liftoff | 120,362.27 kg |
| Orbiter Weight at Landing | 98,986.82 kg |
| Landed | Concrete runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. |
| Orbits of Earth | 202 |
| Orbital Altitude | 205 nautical miles |
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Crew
- Commander: James D. Weatherbee
- Pilot: James M. Kelly
- Mission Specialist 1: Andrew S.W. Thomas
- Mission Specialist 2: Paul W. Richards
Mission
STS 102 is an American shutte spacecraft that was launched from Cape Canaveral at 11:42 UT. It carried a crew of seven astronauts (six American and one Russian). The primary mission is to deliver a multi-rack Italian container LMPLM (Leonardo MultiPurpose Logistics Module) to the Destiny Module of the International Space Station, ISS. It docked with the ISS at 05:34 UT on 9 March. The 6.4 m x 4.6 m cylindrical LMPLM delivered new equipment to Destiny, and retrieved used/unwanted equipment, and trach back to the shuttle. The crew did a few spacewalks to install a platform on the ISS to support a Canadian robot arm when it arrives next month. The STS 102 left behind three of the astronauts (two American and one Russian) and brought back the three astronauts (one American and two Russian) who had been inhabiting the ISS for about four and a half months, when it landed at Cape Canaveral at 07:31 UT on 21 March.
EVA
Extravehicular Activity (EVA) conducted by Susan Helms, James Voss, Paul Richards, and Andy Thomas during two spacewalks for a total of 15 hours, 16 minutes. EVA 1, Helms and Voss, 8 hours, 56 minutes; Helms and Voss prepared one of ISS's berthing ports for the Leonardo transfer module. EVA 2, Richards and Thomas, 6 hours, 30 minutes; Richards and Thomas continued work to outfit the station and prepare for delivery of its own robotic arm on the next mission.
Payload
ISS Assembly Flight 5A.1; Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module; External Stowage Platform 1
Mission patch: 
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