STS-102

STS-102
ICC (left) and the MPLM Leonardo (center) in Discovery's payload bay
NamesSpace Transportation System-102
Mission typeISS crew rotation
OperatorNASA
COSPAR ID2001-010A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.26718
Mission duration12 days, 19 hours, 51 minutes, 57 seconds
Distance travelled8.5 million kilometres (5.3 million miles)
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSpace Shuttle Discovery
Launch mass99,503 kilograms (219,367 lb)
Landing mass90,043 kilograms (198,511 lb)
Payload mass5,760 kilograms (12,700 lb)
Crew
Crew size7
Members
Launching
Landing
EVAs2
EVA duration15 hours, 17 minutes
Start of mission
Launch date8 March 2001, 11:42 (2001-03-08UTC11:42Z) UTC
Launch siteKennedy LC-39B
End of mission
Landing date21 March 2001, 07:33:06 (2001-03-21UTC07:33:07Z) UTC
Landing siteKennedy SLF Runway 15
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude370 kilometres (230 mi)
Apogee altitude381 kilometres (237 mi)
Inclination51.5 degrees
Period92.1 minutes
Docking with ISS
Docking portPMA-2
(Destiny forward)
Docking date10 March 2001, 06:38 UTC
Undocking date19 March 2001, 04:32 UTC
Time docked8 days, 21 hours, 54 minutes

The STS-102 crew portrait.
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STS-102 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery and launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. STS-102 flew in March 2001; its primary objectives were resupplying the ISS and rotating the Expedition 1 and Expedition 2 crews. At eight hours 56 minutes, the first EVA performed on the mission remains the longest spacewalk ever undertaken.


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