STS-92

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STS-92

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Mission name:	STS-92
Shuttle:	Discovery
Launch pad:	39-A
Launch:	October 11, 2000, 7:17:00 p.m EDT
Landing:	October 24, 2000, 4:59:47 p.m. EDT, Edwards Air Force Base, Runway 22
Duration:	12 days, 21 hours, 43 minutes, 47 seconds
Orbit altitude:	177 nautical miles (328 km)
Orbit inclination:	51.60 degrees
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STS-92 was a flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station. STS-92 marked the 100th mission of the Space Shuttle.

Contents 1 Crew 2 Mission parameters 2.1 Docking with ISS 2.2 Space walks 3 Mission highlights 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Crew

• Brian Duffy (4), Commander
• Pamela A. Melroy (1), Pilot
• Koichi Wakata (2), Mission Specialist - Japan
• Leroy Chiao (3), Mission Specialist
• Peter J.K. Wisoff (4), Mission Specialist
• Michael E. Lopez-Alegria (2), Mission Specialist
• William S. McArthur (3), Mission Specialist

[edit] Mission parameters

• Mass:
  • Orbiter Liftoff: 115,127 kg
  • Orbiter Landing: 92,741 kg
  • Payload: 9,513 kg
• Perigee: 386 km
• Apogee: 394 km
• Inclination: 51.6°
• Period: 92.3 min

[edit] Docking with ISS

• Docked: October 13, 2000, 17:45:10 UTC
• Undocked: October 20, 2000, 15:08:39 UTC
• Time Docked: 6 days, 21 h, 23 min, 29 s

[edit] Space walks

• Chiao and McArthur - EVA 1
• EVA 1 Start: October 15, 2000 - 14:27 UTC
• EVA 1 End: October 15, - 20:55 UTC
• Duration: 6 hours, 28 minutes
• Lopez-Alegria and Wisoff - EVA 2
• EVA 2 Start: October 16, 2000 - 14:15 UTC
• EVA 2 End: October 16, - 21:22 UTC
• Duration: 7 hours, 07 minutes
• Chiao and McArthur - EVA 3
• EVA 3 Start: October 17, 2000 - 14:30 UTC
• EVA 3 End: October 17, - 21:18 UTC
• Duration: 6 hours, 48 minutes
• Lopez-Alegria and Wisoff - EVA 4
• EVA 4 Start: October 18, 2000 - 15:00 UTC
• EVA 4 End: October 18, - 21:56 UTC
• Duration: 6 hours, 56 minutes

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[edit] Mission highlights

STS-92 was a space station Assembly flight that brought the Z-1 Truss, Control Moment Gyros, Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 (PMA-3)(mounted on a Spacelab pallet) and two DDCU (Heat pipes) to the International Space Station.

ITS Z1 is an early exterior framework to allow first U.S. solar arrays on flight 4A to be temporarily installed on Unity for early power. The Ku-band communication system supports early science capability and U.S. television on 6A. The CMGs (Control Moment Gyros) weigh about 600 lb (27 kg) and provide non-propulsive (electrically powered) attitude control when activated on 5A, and PMA-3 provides shuttle docking port for solar array installation on 4A, Lab installation on 5A.

The mission included 7 docked days to Space station, 4 EVA's and 2 ingress opportunities.

Over the course of four scheduled spacewalks, two teams of space walkers and an experienced robot arm operator collaborated to install the so-called Z1 (Z for zenith port) truss structure on top of the U.S. Unity connecting node on the growing station and to deliver the third Pressurized Mating Adapter (PMA 3) to the ISS for the future berthing of new station components and to accommodate shuttle dockings.

The Z1 truss is the first permanent lattice-work structure for the ISS, very much like a girder, setting the stage for the future addition of the station's major trusses or backbones. The Z1 fixture also serves as the platform on which the huge U.S. solar arrays will be mounted on the next shuttle assembly flight, STS-97.

The Z1 contains four large gyroscopic devices, called Control Moment Gyros (CMGs), which will be used to maneuver the ISS into the proper orientation on orbit once they are activated following the installation of the U.S. laboratory.

[edit] See also

• Space science
• Space shuttle
• List of space shuttle missions
• List of human spaceflights chronologically
• List of ISS spacewalks
• List of spacewalks

[edit] External links

• NASA mission summary

	v • d • e  Manned spaceflights to the International Space Station
	STS-88 | STS-96 | STS-101 | STS-106 | STS-92 | Soyuz TM-31 | STS-97 | STS-98 | STS-102 | STS-100 | Soyuz TM-32 | STS-104 | STS-105 | Soyuz TM-33 | STS-108 | STS-110 | Soyuz TM-34 | STS-111 | STS-112 | Soyuz TMA-1 | STS-113 | Soyuz TMA-2 | Soyuz TMA-3 | Soyuz TMA-4 | Soyuz TMA-5 | Soyuz TMA-6 | STS-114 | Soyuz TMA-7 | Soyuz TMA-8 | STS-121 | STS-115
In progress: Soyuz TMA-9 | STS-116
Upcoming: STS-117 | Soyuz TMA-10 | STS-118 | STS-120