STS-105
Sign in to saveSTS-105 was the 30th mission of Space Shuttle Discovery, in which Discovery went to the International Space Station. It launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 10 August 2001. This mission was Discovery's final mission until STS-114, because Discovery was grounded for a refit, and then all Shuttles were grounded in the wake of the Columbia disaster. The refit included an update of the flight deck to the glass cockpit layout, which was already installed on Atlantis and Columbia.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-105
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-105
- Spaceflight.image
- ISS on 20 August 2001.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Aft view of the ISS from the departing Discovery
- Spaceflight.insignia
- Sts-105-patch.png
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- ISS crew rotation/logistics
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- 11 days, 21 hours, 13 minutes, 52 seconds
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 7
- Spaceflight.crew_EVAs
- 2
- Spaceflight.crew_EVA_duration
- 11 hours, 45 minutes
- Spaceflight.crew_photo
- STS-105 crew.jpg
- Spaceflight.crew_photo_caption
- Left to right. Centre group: Sturckow, Forrester, Barry, Horowitz. Top left (Expedition 2): Voss, Usachov, Helms. Top right (Expedition 3): Tyurin, Culbertson, Dezhurov
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39A
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Kennedy, SLF Runway 15
- Spaceflight.apsis
- gee
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human spaceflight
- Part of
- Space Shuttle program
- Operator
- NASA
- Followed by
- STS-108
- Follows
- STS-104
- Duration
- 1026832
- Mass
- 9072
- Orbital period
- 92.3
- Image
- STS-105 launches.jpg
- Significant event
- landing
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- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2001-08-10
- type of orbit
- low Earth orbit
- Commons gallery
- STS-105
- Commons category
- STS-105
- crew members
- Susan J. Helms
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 2001-08-22
- start point
- Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
- vessel
- Discovery
- location of landing
- Launch and Landing Facility
- orbits completed
- 186
- orbital inclination
- 51.6
- periapsis
- 373
- apoapsis
- 402
- maximum capacity
- 7
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Space walks
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission highlights
- Wake-up calls
- Media
- See also
- References
- External links
STS-105 was the 30th mission of Space Shuttle Discovery, in which Discovery went to the International Space Station. It launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 10 August 2001. This mission was Discovery's final mission until STS-114, because Discovery was grounded for a refit, and then all Shuttles were grounded in the wake of the Columbia disaster. The refit included an update of the flight deck to the glass cockpit layout, which was already installed on Atlantis and Columbia.
==Crew==
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