STS-111 was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour. STS-111 resupplied the station and replaced the Expedition 4 crew with the Expedition 5 crew. It was launched on 5 June 2002, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

Crew

thumb|left|150px|Launched [[Expedition 5 crew]]

thumb|left|150px|Landed [[Expedition 4 crew]]

Mission highlights

thumb|left|STS-111 launches from [[Kennedy Space Center, 5 June 2002.]]

thumb|STS-111 lands at [[Edwards Air Force Base, 19 June 2002.]]

STS-111, in addition to providing supplies, rotated the crews aboard the International Space Station, exchanging the three Expedition 4 members (1 Russian, 2 American) for the three Expedition 5 members (2 Russian, 1 American).

The Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) carried experiment racks and three stowage and resupply racks to the station. The mission also installed a component of the Canadarm2 called the Mobile Base System (MBS) to the Mobile Transporter (MT) (which was installed during STS-110); This was the second component of the Canadian Mobile Servicing System, or MSS. This gave the mechanical arm the capability to "inchworm" from the U.S. Lab fixture to the MBS and travel along the Truss to work sites.

STS-111 was the last flight of a CNES astronaut, the French agency having disbanded its astronaut group and transferred them to the ESA.

Crew seat assignments

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! Seat

! Launch

! Landing

|rowspan=8| 150px<br />Seats 1–4 are on the flight deck.<br />Seats 5–7 are on the mid-deck.

|-

! 1

|colspan=2| Cockrell

|-

! 2

|colspan=2| Lockhart

|-

! 3

|Perrin

|style="background-color:lightgray"| Unused

|-

! 4

|colspan=2| Chang-Diaz

|-

! 5

| Whitson

| Perrin

|-

! 6

|Korzun

|Walz

|-

! 7

|Treshchov

|Onufriyenko

|-

! 8

|style="background-color:lightgray"| Unused

|Bursch

|}

Spacewalks

thumb|100px|[[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavour carrying the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module on its approach to the ISS on STS-111]]

thumb|100px|Illustration of the International Space Station during STS-111

{| class="wikitable"

|- style="background:#efefef;"

! width="2.5%"|

! width="10%"|Mission

! width="20%"|Spacewalkers

! width="16%"|Start – UTC

! width="16%"|End – UTC

! width="12%"|Duration

! width="22%"|Mission

|-

|39.

| STS-111<br><small>EVA 1</small>

| Franklin R. Chang-Diaz<br>Philippe Perrin

| 9 June 2002<br> 15:27

| 9 June 2002<br> 22:41

| 7 h, 14 min

| Attached Power and Data Grapple Fixture to P6 Truss

|-

|40.

| STS-111<br><small>EVA 2</small>

| Franklin R. Chang-Diaz<br>Philippe Perrin

| 11 June 2002<br> 15:20

| 11 June 2002<br> 20:20

| 5 h, 00 min

| Attached Mobile Base System to Mobile Transporter

|-

|41.

| STS-111<br><small>EVA 3</small>

| Franklin R. Chang-Diaz<br>Philippe Perrin

| 13 June 2002<br> 15:16

| 13 June 2002<br> 22:33

| 7 h, 17 min

| Replace Canadarm2 wrist joint

|}

Media

<gallery class="center" widths="256px">

File:STS-111 launch.ogv|Launch video (3 mins 11 secs)

File:STS-111 landing.ogv|Landing video (2 mins 29 secs)

</gallery>

See also

  • List of human spaceflights
  • List of International Space Station spacewalks
  • List of Space Shuttle missions
  • List of spacewalks and moonwalks 1965–1999
  • Outline of space science

References

  • NASA mission archive
  • NASA mission summary
  • Status reports – Detailed NASA status reports for each day of the mission.
  • STS-111 Video Highlights