STS-111

STS-111
Operator	NASA
Mission duration	13 days, 20:35:56
Distance travelled	9,300,000 kilometres (5,800,000 mi)
	Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Space Shuttle Endeavour
	Start of mission
Launch date	5 June 2002 21:22:49 UTC
Launch site	Kennedy LC-39A
	End of mission
Landing date	19 June 2002 17:58:45 UTC
Landing site	Edwards
	Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Inclination	51.6 degrees
Docking with ISS
Docking date	7 June 2002 16:25 UTC
Undocking date	15 June 2002 14:32 UTC
Time docked	7 days, 22 hours, 07 minutes
← STS-110	STS-112 →

STS-111 was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour. STS-111 resupplied the station and replaced the Expedition 4 crew with the Expedition 5 crew. It was launched on 5 June 2002, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

Crew [edit]

Launched Expedition 5 crew

Landed Expedition 4 crew

Position	Launching Astronaut	Landing Astronaut
Commander	Kenneth D. Cockrell Fifth spaceflight
Pilot	Paul S. Lockhart First spaceflight
Mission Specialist 1	Franklin Chang-Diaz Seventh spaceflight
Mission Specialist 2	Philippe Perrin, CNES Only spaceflight
Mission Specialist 3	Valery G. Korzun, RKA Expedition 5 Second spaceflight ISS Commander	Yuri I. Onufrienko, RKA Expedition 4 Second spaceflight ISS Commander
Mission Specialist 4	Peggy A. Whitson Expedition 5 First spaceflight ISS Flight Engineer	Carl E. Walz Expedition 4 Fourth spaceflight ISS Flight Engineer
Mission Specialist 5	Sergei Y. Treshchev, RKA Expedition 5 First spaceflight ISS Flight Engineer	Daniel W. Bursch Expedition 4 Fourth spaceflight ISS Flight Engineer

Mission parameters [edit]

Mass:
- Orbiter Liftoff: 116,523 kilograms (256,890 lb)
- Orbiter Landing: 99,385 kilograms (219,110 lb)
- Payload: 12,058 kilograms (26,580 lb)
Perigee: 349 kilometres (217 mi)
Apogee: 387 kilometres (240 mi)
Inclination: 51.6°
Period: 91.9 min

Mission highlights [edit]

STS-111 launches from Kennedy Space Center, 5 June 2002.

STS-111 lands at Edwards Air Force Base, 19 June 2002.

STS-111, in addition to providing supplies, rotated the crews aboard the International Space Station, exchanging the three Expedition 4 members (1 Russian, 2 American) for the three Expedition 5 members (2 Russian, 1 American).

The Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) carried experiment racks and three stowage and resupply racks to the station. The mission also installed a component of the Canadarm2 called the Mobile Base System (MBS) to the Mobile Transporter (MT) (which was installed during STS-110); This completed the Canadian Mobile Servicing System, or MSS. This gave the mechanical arm the capability to "inchworm" from the U.S. Lab fixture to the MSS and travel along the Truss to work sites.

STS-111 was the last flight of a CNES astronaut, the French agency having disbanded its astronaut group and transferred them to the ESA.

Spacewalks [edit]

Endeavour carrying the MPLM on its approach to the ISS on STS-111

Illustration of the International Space Station during STS-111

	Mission	Spacewalkers	Start – UTC	End – UTC	Duration	Mission
39.	STS-111 EVA 1	Franklin R. Chang-Diaz Philippe Perrin	9 June 2002 15:27	9 June 2002 22:41	7 h, 14 min	Attached Power and Data Grapple Fixture to P6 Truss
40.	STS-111 EVA 2	Franklin R. Chang-Diaz Philippe Perrin	11 June 2002 15:20	11 June 2002 20:20^[1]^[2]	5 h, 00 min	Attached Mobile Base System to Mobile Transporter
41.	STS-111 EVA 3	Franklin R. Chang-Diaz Philippe Perrin	13 June 2002 15:16	13 June 2002 22:33	7 h, 17 min	Replace Canadarm2 wrist joint

Attempt	Planned	Result	Turnaround	Reason	Decision point	Weather go (%)	Notes
1	2002-05-30 19:44:26 !30 May 2002, 7:44:26 pm	scrubbed	---	weather		40%	thunderstorms and electrical activity
2	2002-05-31 19:21:52 !31 May 2002, 7:21:52 pm	scrubbed	0 days, 23 hours, 37 minutes	weather	2002-05-31 09:45 !31 May 2002, 9:45 am	80%	scrubbed before tanking had begun, concerns of continued bad weather including hail
3	2002-06-05 5:22:48 !5 Jun 2002, 5:22:48 am	success	4 days, 10 hours, 1 minute				initial plans for Monday launch were delayed due to nitrogen valve problems^[3]