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| Mission name | STS-113 | ||||
| Space shuttle | Endeavour | ||||
| Launch pad | 39-A | ||||
| Launch date | 24 November 2002 00:49:47 UTC | ||||
| Landing | 7 December 2002 19:38:25 UTC KSC Runway 33 | ||||
| Mission duration | 13d 18h 48m 38s | ||||
| Orbital altitude | 226 kilometres (140 mi) | ||||
| Orbital inclination | 51.6 degrees | ||||
| Distance traveled | 9,000,000 kilometres (5,600,000 mi) | ||||
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| Docking date | 25 November 2002 21:59 UTC | ||||
| Undocking date | 2 December 2002 20:50 UTC | ||||
| Time docked | 6 days, 22 hours, 51 minutes | ||||
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| (L-R): Paul S. Lockhart, Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, John B. Herrington, and James D. Wetherbee | |||||
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STS-113 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour. During the 14-day mission in late 2002, Endeavour and its crew extended the ISS backbone with the P1 truss and exchanged the Expedition 5 and Expedition 6 crews aboard the station. With Commander Jim Wetherbee and Pilot Paul Lockhart at the controls, Endeavour docked with the station on 25 November 2002 to begin seven days of station assembly, spacewalks and crew and equipment transfers. This was Endeavour’s last flight before entering its Orbiter Major Modification period until 2007, and also the last shuttle mission before the Columbia disaster.
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| Position | Launching Astronaut | Landing Astronaut |
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| Commander | James D. Wetherbee Sixth spaceflight |
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| Pilot | Paul S. Lockhart Second spaceflight |
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| Mission Specialist 1 | Michael Lopez-Alegria Third spaceflight |
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| Mission Specialist 2 | John B. Herrington First spaceflight Flight Engineer |
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| Mission Specialist 3 | Kenneth D. Bowersox Expedition 6 Fifth spaceflight ISS Commander |
Valery G. Korzun, RKA Expedition 5 Second spaceflight ISS Commander |
| Mission Specialist 4 | Nikolai M. Budarin, RKA Expedition 6 Third spaceflight ISS Flight Engineer |
Peggy A. Whitson Expedition 5 First spaceflight ISS Flight Engineer |
| Mission Specialist 5 | Donald R. Pettit Expedition 6 First spaceflight ISS Flight Engineer |
Sergei Y. Treshchev, RKA Expedition 5 First spaceflight ISS Flight Engineer |
STS-113 was an Assembly Mission (11A) to the International Space Station, delivering the P1 Truss segment, which provides structural support for the Space Station radiators. Mission Specialists John Herrington and Michael Lopez-Alegria performed three spacewalks to activate and outfit the P1. The STS-113 crew and both Expedition crews transferred about 1,969 kilograms (4,340 pounds) of cargo between the shuttle and station.
STS-113 delivered the Expedition 6 crew to the station for a four-month increment. The Expedition 5 crew returned to Earth aboard STS-113, ending an 185-day stay in space.
STS-113 came to a close when Endeavour glided in to a landing at Kennedy Space Center on 7 December. It was the 19th flight of Endeavour, the 112th shuttle mission, and the 16th shuttle mission to the station. The landing was the first time a mission ended on the fourth day of landing attempts.
Also carried aboard STS-113 was the Micro-Electromechanical System (MEMS) based Pico Satellite Inspector. This payload deployed two small satellites which are connected via a 15 metres (49 ft) tether.
STS-113 was the last successful mission before STS-107. Gus Loria was originally scheduled to fly as the pilot for this mission, but was replaced due to an injury. His replacement was Paul S. Lockhart
STS-113 was the final mission during which Russian cosmonauts flew on the Space Shuttle.
| Attempt | Planned | Result | Turnaround | Reason | Decision point | Weather go % | Notes |
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| 1 | 11 Nov 2002, 12:58:40 am | scrubbed | --- | technical | 10 Nov 2002, 9:00 pm | 90%[1] | problems with an oxygen system in the orbiter's midbody[2] |
| 2 | 22 Nov 2002, 8:15:30 pm | scrubbed | 11 days, 19 hours, 17 minutes | weather | 22 Nov 2002, 8:05 pm | 90% | weather at TAL sites Zaragoza and Moron, Spain[3] |
| 3 | 23 Nov 2002, 7:49:47 pm | success | 0 days, 23 hours, 34 minutes | 95%[3] | initial weather reports for TAL sites was not favorable but cleared in time for launch. |
| Mission | Spacewalkers | Start – UTC | End – UTC | Duration | Mission | |
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| 47. | STS-113 EVA 1 |
Michael Lopez-Alegria John Herrington |
26 November 2002 19:49 |
27 November 2002 02:34 |
6 h, 45 min | Install P1 truss |
| 48. | STS-113 EVA 2 |
Michael Lopez-Alegria John Herrington |
28 November 2002 18:36 |
29 November 2002 00:46 |
6 h, 10 min | Install TV cameras, move CETA |
| 49. | STS-113 EVA 3 |
Michael Lopez-Alegria John Herrington |
30 November 2002 19:25 |
1 December 2002 02:25 |
7 h, 00 min | Inspect Mobile Transporter |
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