STS-102

Space shuttle
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mission data
mission:	STS-102
shuttle name:	Discovery (OV-103)
starting point:	Kennedy space center, PAD 39B
start to:	8. March 2001 11:42: 09 UTC
landing to:	21. March 2001 07:31: 42 UTC
landing strip:	Kennedy space center, course 15
duration:	12d 19h 49m 33s
course height:	226 - 320 km
flight path angle:	51.6 degrees
of orbits around the earth:	201
put back distance:	9,8 millions km
crew photo
crew the space shuttle mission STS-102 (above), the crew EAT expedition 1 (at the bottom left hand corner) and the crew EAT expedition 2 (down right).
EAT expedition 1 and 2, together with the crew of STS 102, on board which EAT.
previous mission: STS-98	the following mission: STS-100

STS-102 (English. Space Transportation system) is a mission designation for the US-American space shuttle Discovery (OV -103) of NASA. The start took place to 8. March 2001. It was the 103. Space shuttle mission and the 29. Flight of the space shuttle Discovery, in addition the 8. Flight of a shuttle to the international space station EAT.

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1 crew
- 1,1 eating crew outward flight
- 1,2 eating crew return flight
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3 see also
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crew

James D. Wetherbee (5. Flight), commander
James M. Kelly (1. Flight), pilot
Paul W. Richards (1. Flight), mission specialist
Andrew S. W. Thomas (3. Flight), mission specialist

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eating crew outward flight

eating expedition 2:

Juri W. Ussatschow (4. Flight), commander
Susan J. Helmet (5. Flight), on-board engineer
James S. Voss (5. Flight), flight engineer

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eating crew return flight

eating expedition 1:

William M. Shepherd (4. Flight), commander
Juri P. Gidsenko (2. Flight), flight engineer
Sergei K. Krikaljow (5. Flight), flight engineer

(after a flying time turned from 140 days, 23 hours and 39 minutes to the earth back; Outward flight with Soyuz TM-31)

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Leonardo multi-PUR-float Logistics of modules in the load bay of the Discovery

the crew supplied beside further scientific Gerätschaften first of three Italian Leonardo - to general-purpose logistics modules with with experiments for the laboratory module Destiny to the international space station under construction (EAT). Altogether the Discovery was angedockt nearly nine days at the station, while the crew with 2 EVAs pre-working and. A. for the bionic arm arriving with the next mission (STS-100) carried Canadarm2 out. Further during this flight the first permanent eating crew was replaced by new personnel.

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