STS-110
From The Space Library
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| Organization | NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States) |
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| Mission type | Human Crew,Resupply/Refurbishment/Repair |
| Launch date | April 8, 2002 |
| Launch vehicle | Space Shuttle |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, United States |
| COSPAR ID | 2002-018A |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Experiments | Here |
| Alternate Names | 27413 |
| Additional Information | Here |
| Data Collection | Here |
| Payload Mass Up | 12872.49 kg |
| Payload Mass Down | 678.64 kg |
| Orbiter | Atlantis |
| Lift Off Mass | 2,054,972.73 kg |
| Orbiter Weight at Liftoff | 116,854.09 kg |
| Orbiter Weight at Landing | 91,207.73 kg |
| Landed | Concrete runway 33 at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. |
| Orbits of Earth | 171 |
| Orbital Altitude | 247 nautical miles |
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Crew
- Commander: Michael J. Bloomfield
- Pilot: Stephen N. Frick
- Mission Specialist 1: Jerry L. Ross
- Mission Specialist 2: Steven L. Smith
- Mission Specialist 3: Ellen Ochoa
- Mission Specialist 4: Lee M.E. Morin
- Mission Specialist 5: Rex J. Walheim
Mission
STS 110 is an American shuttle spacecraft that was launched from Cape Canaveral at 20:44 UT on 8 April 2002. It carried a crew of seven American astronauts to the International Space Station where it docked at 16:06 UT on 9 April. The crew installed on the ISS a 13 meter, 13.5 tonne, initial segment of a long truss, and overlaid a railroad track. But the test drive of a 885 kg car on the track was not successful. It stopped after moving 5 meters, and commands to move further proved unsuccessful; speculation has been that weightlessness of the train engendered poor electrical contact with the track. Eventually the truss and the railing will be extended to 110 meters. In addition to that primary mission, the shuttle had transported to the station 290 biological samples prepared by high school students, as part of NASA's education outreach program. The 11-day mission ended when it returned to Earth on 19 April.
EVA
Extravehicular Activity (EVA) conducted by Steven Smith, Rex Walheim, Jerry Ross, and Lee Morin during four spacewalks for a total of 28 hours, 10 minutes. EVA 1, 7 hours, 48 minutes; after the S0 truss was lifted by the Canadarm2 from Atlantis's cargo bay and installed on the U.S. Laboratory, Smith and Walheim made power and data connections and bolted two forward struts. EVA 2, 7 hours, 30 minutes; Ross and Morin continued power and data connections between the S0 and ISS and bolted two aft struts. EVA 3, 6 hours, 27 minutes; Smith and Walheim installed power connections for Canadarm2 to use when on the truss. EVA 4, 6 hours, 25 minutes; Ross and Morin installed a beam called the Airlock Spur between the Quest airlock and the S0 and installed handrails on the S0. Ross set new record for most spacewalks (nine), as well as a new record for most space shuttle missions (seven).
Payload
ISS Assembly Flight 8A; Starboard-zero (S0) Central Integrated Truss Structure; Mobile Transporter, which will be attached to the Mobile Base System during STS-111 to create the first "railroad in space"; first flight of three Block II main engines
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