Human Spaceflights

International Flight-No. 226

STS-108

Endeavour (17)

USA

Patch STS-108 Patch STS-108 UF-1

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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:  05.12.2001
Launch time:  22:19 UT
Launch site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)
Launch pad:  39-B
Altitude:  354 - 377 km
Inclination:  51,64°
Landing date:  17.12.2001
Landing time:  17:55 UT
Landing site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)
Crew STS-108

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Crew

No.   Surname Given name Job Flight No. Duration Orbits
1 USA  Gorie  Dominic Lee Pudwill  CDR 3 11d 19h 36m  186 
2 USA  Kelly  Mark Edward  PLT 1 11d 19h 36m  186 
3 USA  Godwin  Linda Maxine  MSP 4 11d 19h 36m  186 
4 USA  Tani  Daniel Michio MSP  1 11d 19h 36m  186 
5 Russian Federation  Onufriyenko  Yuri Ivanovich  ISS-CDR 2 195d 19h 39m  3081 
6 USA  Bursch  Daniel Wheeler  Flight Engineer 4 195d 19h 39m  3081 
7 USA  Walz  Carl Erwin  Flight Engineer 4 195d 19h 39m  3081 

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1  Gorie
2  Kelly
3  Godwin
4  Tani
5  Walz
6  Onufriyenko
7  Bursch
8  
Space Shuttle cockpit
Landing
1  Gorie
2  Kelly
3  
4  Tani
5  Godwin
6  Culbertson
7  Tyurin
8  Dezhurov

Backup Crew

No.   Surname Given name Job
5 Russian Federation  Padalka  Gennadi Ivanovich  ISS-CDR
6 USA  Robinson  Stephen Kern  Flight Engineer
7 USA  Fincke  Edward Michael "Mike"  Flight Engineer
Crew STS-108 (backup)

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Flight

Launch from Cape Canaveral (KSC); landing on Cape Canaveral (KSC); Mission ISS-12-UF1.

Docking on ISS; Onufriyenko, Walz and Bursch as "Expedition-4" new resident crew of the ISS.

EVA by Godwin and Tani on 10.12.2001 (4h 15m) to add insulation blankets around two critical solar array drives, but they were unable to tighten up a solar array support truss.

The crew unpacked three tons of supplies brought from earth in the Raffaello cargo module; the module contained two tons of unneeded equipment, food containers, clothes and other cargo, when returned home; before leaving the ISS the altitude of the station was raised to fly well clear of an old Russian rocket body; the crew deployed the small STARSHINE-satellite.

Note

Onufriyenko, Walz and Bursch landed on 19.06.2002, 17:58 UT with STS-111-spacecraft.

Photos / Drawings

Space Shuttle Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM)
ISS after STS-108 STS-108 on launch pad
STS-108 launch Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM)
EVA Godwin STS-108 in orbit
STS-108 landing  

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