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Mission Overview - At a Glance
STS-111
- Stands for “Space Transportation System”, mission number 111.
- Shuttle flight No. 110; Endeavour flight No. 18
- Launch Pad: 39A of Kennedy Space Center, Florida
- Launch window: less than 5 minutes
- Estimated Mission Duration: 10 days
ISS Assembly
- UF-2 is the 14th assembly mission of the International Space Station
Mission Objectives
- Deliver and install the Mobile Base System on the Mobile Transporter.
- Replace a wrist roll joint on Canadarm2.
- Outfit the Destiny Lab Module with Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) contents (supplies and equipment) and return trash from the ISS to Earth.
- Three confirmed spacewalks (EVAs: Extravehicular Activities) by astronauts Franklin Chang-Diaz and Philippe Perrin to install the MBS
STS-111 Shuttle Crew
- Mission Commander : Kenneth Cockrell
- Pilot: Paul Lockhard
- Mission Specialist: Franklin Chang-Diaz
- Mission Specialist: Philippe Perrin (France/CNES)
Space Station Crew going up
Expedition 5
Expedition 5
- Valeri Korzun
- Peggy Whitson
- Sergei Treschev
Space Station Crew coming back Expedition 4
- Yuri Onufrieyenko
- Carl Walz
- Dan Bursch
STS-111/UF2 Canadian Elements
- The Shuttle’s robotic arm (the original Canadarm) was used to remove the MBS (while still on its pallet) from Endeavour’s cargo bay and install it on the Destiny lab. The Shuttle arm also installed and retrieved the MPLM.
- Canadarm2, from the Power Data Grapple Fixture on the US Destiny lab, was used to install the MBS on the Mobile Transporter.
- The Canadian-designed Space Vision System assisted in installing the MBS and the MPLM;
- CSA Astronauts Steve MacLean and Bob Thirsk acted as CAPCOMs for the Shuttle and the ISS respectively.
- The Robotic WorkStation (RWS), built by MD Robotics of Brampton, Ontario and EMS Technologies of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec was used to control and monitor Canadarm2.
