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| Mission Statistics | |
| Mission: | STS-51 |
| Shuttle: | Atlantis |
| Launch Pad: | 39-B |
| Launch: | October 7, 2002 3:46 p.m. EDT |
| Landing: | 11:44 a.m. EDT, October 18, 2002. KSC Runway 33 |
| Duration: | 10 days, 19 hours, 58 minutes, 44 seconds. |
| Orbit Altitude: | 122 nautical miles (226 km) |
| Orbit Inclination: | 51.6 degrees |
| Distance traveled: | 4.5 million miles (7.2 million km) |
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Crew
- Jeffrey S. Ashby (3), Commander
- Pamela A. Melroy (2), Pilot
- David A. Wolf (3), Mission Specialist
- Piers J. Sellers (1), Mission Specialist
- Sandra H. Magnus (1), Mission Specialist
- Fyodor N. Yurchikhin (1) (RSC), Mission Specialist
Mission Highlights
International Space Station Assembly Mission 9A. This mission delivered the Integrated Truss Assembly S1 (Starboard Side Thermal Radiator Truss) and the Crew Equipment Translation Aid (CETA) Cart to the Space Station. The S1 Truss is 45 ft (13.7 m) long, 15 ft (4.6 m) wide and 10 ft (3.0 m) tall. It weighs approximately 31,000 lb (14 t). The S1 truss was attached to the S0 truss (Launched April 8, 2002 onboard STS-110) and uses 637 lb (289 kg) of anhydrous ammonia in three heat rejection radiators. The CETA cart was attached to the Mobile Transporter (also launched on STS-110) to be used by assembly crews on later missions. STS-112 also carried several science experiments to the station including the Plant Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus (PGBA), Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus (CGBA), the Protein Crystal Growth Single-locker Thermal Enclosure System housing the Protein Crystillization Apparatus for Microgravity (PCG-STES-PCAM) and samples for the Zeolite Crystal Growth Furnace (ZCG) experiment.
Shuttlecam
A camera mounted to the shuttle's external tank captured Atlantis' ascent to orbit. This was the first time such footage was recorded. Shuttlecam video
Related articles
- Space science
- Space shuttle
- List of space shuttle missions
- List of human spaceflights chronologically
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