Launch from Cape Canaveral (
KSC); landing in 460 km
southwest of the intended site in Kazakhstan (49° 27' 48'' N, 61° 20'
36'' E).
Docking on the
ISS; crew
replaced the
Expedition 5 crew; 19
experiments on different scientific fields.
EVA by
Bowersox and
Pettit on 15.01.2003 (6h 51m) to continue outfitting and
activating the International Space Station's newest component, the P1 (P-One)
Truss and relocate a toolbox from the Z1 Truss to one of the Crew and Equipment
Translation Aid.
Second
EVA by
Bowersox and
Pettit on 08.04.2003 (6h 26m) to reconfigure power
connections, provide a second power source for one of the Station's control
moment gyroscopes, secure thermal covers on quick disconnect fittings for the
station's thermal control system and to get a latch unstuck, which holds down a
support for a light on the Crew and Equipment Translation Aid (
CETA)
carts.
They were replaced by a crew of two, because of changed flight
plans after the Columbia-tragedy; the landing was more dramatical than planned;
the new
Soyuz
TMA-1 capsule, used first time as a lifeboat, made a ballistic landing
after a computer failure, resulting in a high deceleration force (8 g) and a
high-anxiety off-course landing 460 km far from the planned landing point,
north of the Aral-Sea. It took four hours, before the rescue team could safe
them. Statements then were, that the crew was not injured, only Don
Pettit had some problems with gravity-effects. Later on the
news said, that Donald
Pettit injured his shoulder badly during that
landing.
