STS-101
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STS-101 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis. The mission was a 10-day mission conducted between 19 May 2000 and 29 May 2000. The mission was designated 2A.2a and was a resupply mission to the International Space Station. STS-101 was delayed 3 times in April due to high winds. STS-101 traveled 4.1 million miles and completed 155 revolutions of the earth and landed on runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center. The mission was the first to fly with a glass cockpit.
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Names | Space Transportation System-101 |
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Mission type | ISS assembly/logistics |
Operator | NASA |
COSPAR ID | 2000-027A |
SATCAT no. | 26368 |
Mission duration | 9 days, 21 hours, 10 minutes, 10 seconds |
Distance travelled | 6.6 million kilometres (4.1 million miles) |
Orbits completed | 155 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Atlantis |
Landing mass | 100,369 kilograms (221,276 lb) |
Payload mass | 1,801 kilograms (3,971 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 7 |
Members | |
EVAs | 1 |
EVA duration | 6 hours, 44 minutes |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 19 May 2000, 10:11 (2000-05-19UTC10:11Z) UTC |
Launch site | Kennedy LC-39A |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 29 May 2000, 06:20 (2000-05-29UTC06:21Z) UTC |
Landing site | Kennedy SLF Runway 15 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 319 kilometres (198 mi)[1] |
Apogee altitude | 332 kilometres (206 mi)[1] |
Inclination | 51.5 degrees[1] |
Period | 91.04 minutes[1] |
Epoch | 21 May 2000 |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | PMA-2 Unity forward |
Docking date | 21 May 2000, 04:31 UTC[2] |
Undocking date | 26 May 2000, 23:03 UTC |
Time docked | 5 days, 18 hours, 32 minutes |
STS-101 crew (left to right): Weber, Williams, Horowitz, Usachov, Voss (in white suit), Halsell, Helms |
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