STS-101

**STS-101**
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
Inclination	51.6 degrees
Experiments	Here
Alternate Names	26368
Additional Information	Here
Data Collection	Here
Payload Mass Up	11218.7 kg
Payload Mass Down	10488.18 kg
Orbiter	Atlantis
Lift Off Mass	2,054,384.09 kg
Orbiter Weight at Liftoff	119,330.91 kg
Orbiter Weight at Landing	100,577.73 kg
Landed	Concrete runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Orbits of Earth	156
Orbital Altitude	173 nautical miles (259 statute miles)

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[edit] Crew

Commander: James D. Halsell
Pilot: Scott J. Horowitz
- Payload Commander:
- Mission Specialist 1: Mary Ellen Weber
- Mission Specialist 2: Jeffrey N. Williams
- Mission Specialist 3: James S. Voss
- Mission Specialist 4: Susan J. Helms
- Mission Specialist 5: Yuri V. Usachev
- Payload Specialist 1:
- Payload Specialist 2:

ISS/Mir Crew Transport

[edit] Mission

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.

[edit] EVA

Extravehicular Activity (EVA) conducted by James Voss and Jeffrey Williams, 6 hours, 44 minutes. During the EVA, Voss and Williams made the last planned equipment changes prior to the arrival of the ISS's third element, Russia's service module Zvezda. They completed assembly of a Russian crane, tested the integrity of a U.S. crane, replaced a faulty communications antenna, installed handrails, and set up a camera cable.

[edit] Payload

BioTube precursor experiment; SPACEHAB; integrated cargo carrier; mission to America's remarkable schools; space experiment module 6; HTD 1403 micro wireless instrumentation system HEDS technology demonstration

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