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STS-92
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STS-92 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery. STS-92 marked the 100th mission of the Space Shuttle. It was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, October 11, 2000.

Crew

Number in parentheses indicates number of spaceflights by each individual prior to and including this mission.

Mission parameters

Docking with ISS

  • Docked: October 13, 2000, 17:45:10 UTC
  • Undocked: October 20, 2000, 15:08:39 UTC
  • Time Docked: 6 days, 21 h, 23 min, 29 s

Space walks

  • Chiao and McArthur - EVA 1
  • EVA 1 Start: October 15, 2000 - 14:27 UTC
  • EVA 1 End: October 15, - 20:55 UTC
  • Duration: 6 hours, 28 minutes
  • Lopez-Alegria and Wisoff - EVA 2
  • EVA 2 Start: October 16, 2000 - 14:15 UTC
  • EVA 2 End: October 16, - 21:22 UTC
  • Duration: 7 hours, 07 minutes
  • Chiao and McArthur - EVA 3
  • EVA 3 Start: October 17, 2000 - 14:30 UTC
  • EVA 3 End: October 17, - 21:18 UTC
  • Duration: 6 hours, 48 minutes
  • Lopez-Alegria and Wisoff - EVA 4
  • EVA 4 Start: October 18, 2000 - 15:00 UTC
  • EVA 4 End: October 18, - 21:56 UTC
  • Duration: 6 hours, 56 minutes

Mission highlights

File:ISSafterSTS92.jpg
Illustration of the International Space Station after STS-92
Shuttle landing

STS-92 was an ISS assembly flight that brought the Z1 truss, Control Moment Gyros, Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 (PMA-3) (mounted on a Spacelab pallet) and two DDCU (Heat pipes) to the space station.

ITS Z1 is an early exterior framework to allow the first U.S. solar arrays on flight 4A to be temporarily installed on Unity for early power. The Ku-band communication system supports early science capability and U.S. television on 6A. The CMGs (Control Moment Gyros) weigh about 600 lb (27 kg) and provide non-propulsive (electrically powered) attitude control when activated on 5A, and PMA-3 provides shuttle docking port for solar array installation on 4A, Lab installation on 5A.

The mission included seven days docked with the ISS, four EVAs and two ingress opportunities.

Over the course of four scheduled spacewalks, two teams of space walkers and an experienced robot arm operator collaborated to install the Z1 (Z for zenith port) truss structure on top of the U.S. Unity connecting node on the growing station and to deliver the third Pressurized Mating Adapter (PMA 3) to the ISS for the future berthing of new station components and to accommodate shuttle dockings.

The Z1 truss was the first permanent lattice-work structure for the ISS, very much like a girder, setting the stage for the future addition of the station's major trusses or backbones. The Z1 fixture also served as the platform on which the huge U.S. solar arrays were mounted on the next shuttle assembly flight, STS-97.

The Z1 contains four large gyroscopic devices, called Control Moment Gyroscope (CMGs), which are used to maneuver the ISS into the proper orientation on orbit once they were activated following the installation of the U.S. laboratory.

See also

External links

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