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ArchivesText SizeSTS-105 Mission: International Space Station Assembly Flight 
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Space Shuttle: Discovery
Launch Pad: 39A 
Launched: August 10, 2001, 5:10:14 p.m. EDT
Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Landing: August 22, 2001, 2:23 p.m. EDT
Runway: 15
Rollout Distance: 10,036 feet
Rollout Time: 68 seconds
Revolution: 186
Mission Duration: 11 days, 19 hours, 38 minutes
Miles Traveled: 4.3 million 

Crew Members

                    

Image above: STS-105 Crew photo with Commander Scott Horowitz, Pilot Rick 
Sturckow, Mission Specialists Daniel Barry and Patrick Forrester. Also pictured 
are Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. (center in the upper right grouping) flanked by 
cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin and Vladimir N. Dezhurov - (uupper left gathering) 
astronaut James S. Voss, cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev and astronaut Susan J. Helms. 
Image Credit: NASA 

Mission Highlights

 After linkup of shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station, hatches 
were opened and crews greeted one another. Part of the mission was to bring the 
next resident crew, Expedition 3, to the ISS and return Expedition 2 to Earth. 
The payload included the Early Ammonia Servicer (EAS), to be installed on the 
outside of the ISS, and the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Leonardo.

On the fifth day of the mission, August 16, Discovery maintained control of the 
space station while Russian flight controllers completed loading and upgraded 
software commands to the Zvezda module. After completion of the upgrade, the 
Zvezda module again assumed control of the station's attitude, or position in 
space.

During this time docked with the ISS, crews unloaded 7,000 pounds of supplies, 
equipment and science racks from the MPLM Leonardo, storing it on the space 
station. This was the second flight of the Leonardo to the ISS.

EVA No. 1: 6 hours, 16 minutes -- Mission Specialists Forrester and Barry 
completed the first of two Extra-Vehicular Activities to install the EAS on 
August 16, 2001. The EAS contains spare ammonia that can be used in the space 
station's cooling systems if needed. During the EVA, Discovery Commander 
Horowitz operated the shuttle robot arm and Pilot Sturckow choreographed the 
spacewalk from the orbiter's flight deck.

On August 17, in a special ceremony, the Expedition 2 crew handed over command 
of the ISS to Expedition 3. Briefings followed as well as stowing equipment, 
discarded items and belongings of Expedition 2 into the MPLM Leonardo. 

EVA No. 2: 5 hours, 29 minutes -- Barry and Forrester completed their second EVA 
on August 18, 2001, setting the stage for delivery of the S0 Integrated Truss 
Structure that is planned for 2002. They strung heater cables and installed hand 
rails on both sides of the U.S. Lab Destiny.

This EVA was the 26th devoted to assembly of the ISS, and the 68th spacewalk in 
shuttle program history. It also marked 431 hours, 39 minutes of total spacewalk 
time in shuttle history.

On August 20, the Discovery crew undocked from the ISS and performed a 
fly-around. They later deployed a small science satellite, Simplesat, via a 
spring ejection from a canister at the rear of the cargo bay.

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