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STS-100 Mission Calendar

The primary purpose of STS-100 was to install Canadarm2 (the Space Station Remote Manipulator System or SSRMS) on the International Space Station and to dock the Rafaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM), which carried scientific equipment to be transferred to the International Space Station (ISS).

Pre-launch Pictures

Countdown

Flight Day 1 - April 19

Launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida scheduled for 2:41 p.m. EDT.

Flight Day 2 - April 20

The astronauts do an inspection of the Canadarm, the EVA (extravehicular activity) suits and the equipment required for docking.

Flight Day 3 - April 21

Space Shuttle rendezvous with ISS, docking at 9:28 a.m. (EDT).

Flight Day 4 - April 22

Space Lab Pallet (SLP) removed from cargo bay and installed on US Lab

Canadarm2 EVA deployment by Chris Hadfield (on the Canadarm) and Scott Parazynski (free floating).

"Robotic Boom Raise" operation.

Flight Day 5 - April 23

Canadarm2 Walk-Over to US Lab

Shuttle crew meets Station crew

MPLM Install using Shuttle Canadarm

Flight Day 6 - April 24

EVA to reconfigure Lab Power Data Grappling Fixture (PDGF) cabling (route power/data/video from Flight Support Equipment Grapple Fixture FSEGF to Lab PDGF)

Flight Day 7 - April 25

Canadarm2 Dynamic Checkout

Canadian "Handshake" Delayed:The manoeuvre dubbed as the "first Canadian robotic handshake in space" was put on hold as flight controllers evaluate a computer problem onboard the International Space Station.

Flight Day 8 - April 26

Contingency EVA (no planned activities)

Flight Day 9 - April 27

Canadarm2 Unloaded Checkout

Raffaello MPLM Deberth and re-install in Space Shuttle

Flight Day 10 - April 28

Canadarm2 hands its pallet back to the Shuttle's Canadarm.

In a delicate choreography 400 km above the Earth two generations of Canadian robotic arms worked together in space.

Flight Day 11 - April 29

The Expedition Two and STS-100 crews said goodbye and closed the hatches between the International Space Station and Space Shuttle Endeavour for the final time this morning. Endeavour undocked from the station at 12:34 p.m. CDT (1:34 EDT) as the two spacecraft flew over the southern Pacific Ocean east of Australia.

The undocking was filmed with an IMAX camera

Flight Day 12 - April 30

Landing preparations for Space Shuttle landing, currently planned on May 1st.

Flight Day 13 - May 1

The Shuttle leaves orbit, re-enters the Earth’s atmosphere and returns to the Kennedy Space Center for landing. Landing is scheduled for 12:11 p.m. (EDT).