STS-102
Sign in to saveSTS-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. It was Discovery's 29th flight. The first EVA performed on the mission, at eight hours and 56 minutes, held the title of the longest spacewalk ever undertaken until the 17th of December 2024 when it was surpassed by Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong during the Shenzhou 19 spaceflight.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.crew_photo_caption
- Top group, from left: Kelly, Thomas, Wetherbee and RichardsBottom left is the landing Expedition 1 crew, from left: Krikalev, Shepherd and GidzenkoBottom right is the launching Expedition 2 crew, from left: Voss, Usachov and Helms
- Spaceflight.programme
- Space Shuttle program
- Spaceflight.previous_mission
- STS-98 (102)
- Spaceflight.next_mission
- STS-100 (104)
- Spaceflight/Dock.docking_target
- ISS
- Spaceflight/Dock.docking_type
- dock
- Spaceflight/Dock.docking_port
- Destiny forward
- Spaceflight/Dock.docking_date
- 10 March 2001, 06:38UTC
- Spaceflight/Dock.undocking_date
- 19 March 2001, 04:32UTC
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-102
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-102
- Spaceflight.image
- Mplm in shuttle.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- ICC (left) and the MPLM Leonardo (center) in Discoverys payload bay
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- ISS crew transport and resupply
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 102
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 7
- Spaceflight.crew_EVAs
- 2
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 1108140
- Mass
- 5760
- Orbital period
- 92.1
- Image
- STS-102 crew.jpg
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- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2001-03-08
- orbits completed
- 102
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- STS-102
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- STS-102
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 2001-04-21
- orbital inclination
- 51.6
- periapsis
- 370
- apoapsis
- 381
- maximum capacity
- 7
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8 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Crew seat assignments
- Spacewalks
- Mission highlights
- Wake-up calls
- See also
- References
- External links
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. It was Discovery's 29th flight. The first EVA performed on the mission, at eight hours and 56 minutes, held the title of the longest spacewalk ever undertaken until the 17th of December 2024 when it was surpassed by Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong during the Shenzhou 19 spaceflight.
== Crew ==