National Aeronautics and Space Administration Wiki
Register
Advertisement

Template:Infobox spaceflight STS-101 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis. The mission was a 10-day mission conducted between 19 May 2000 and 29 May 2000. The mission was designated 2A.2a and was a resupply mission to the International Space Station. STS-101 was delayed 3 times in April due to high winds. STS-101 traveled 4.1 million miles and completed 155 revolutions of the earth and landed on runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center. The mission was the first to fly with the "glass cockpit".

Crew[]

Position Astronaut
Commander James D. Halsell, Jr.
Fifth spaceflight
Pilot Scott J. Horowitz
Third spaceflight
Mission Specialist 1 Mary E. Weber
Second spaceflight
Mission Specialist 2 Jeffrey N. Williams
First spaceflight
Mission Specialist 3 James S. Voss
Fourth spaceflight
Mission Specialist 4 Susan J. Helms
Fourth spaceflight
Mission Specialist 5 Yury V. Usachev, RSA
Third spaceflight

Spacewalks[]

  • Voss and Williams – EVA 1
  • EVA 1 Start: 22 May 2000 – 01:48 UTC
  • EVA 1 End: 22 May 2000 – 08:32 UTC
  • Duration: 6 hours, 44 minutes

Mission highlights[]

STS-101 ICC

ICC STS-101 with SOAR, SHOSS Box & Strela

STS-101 launch

STS-101 launches from Kennedy Space Center, 19 May 2000.

File:ISSafterSTS101.jpg

Illustration of the ISS during STS-101

STS-101 landing

STS-101 landing at the Shuttle Landing Facility, 29 May 2000.

STS-101 delivered supplies to the International Space Station, hauled up using a Spacehab double module and an Integrated Cargo Carrier pallet. The crew performed a spacewalk and then reboosted the station from 230 miles (Template:Convert/round km) to 250 miles (Template:Convert/round km).

Detailed objectives included ISS ingress/safety to take air samples, monitor carbon dioxide, deploy portable, personal fans, measure air flow, rework/modify ISS ducting, replace air filters, and replace Zarya fire extinguishers and smoke detectors. Critical replacements, repairs and spares were also done to replace four suspect batteries on Zarya, replace failed or suspect electronics for Zarya's batteries, replace Radio Telemetry System memory unit, replace port early communications antenna, replace Radio Frequency Power Distribution Box and clear Space Vision System target.

The mission also included incremental assembly/upgrades such as assembly of Strela crane, installation of additional exterior handrails, set up of center-line camera cable, installation of "Komparus" cable inserts and reseating the U.S. crane. Assembly parts, tools and equipment were also transferred to the station and equipment stowed for future missions.

The station was also resupplied with water, a docking mechanism accessory kit, film and video tape for documentation, office supplies and personal items. Crew health maintenance items were also transferred including exercise equipment, medical support supplies, formaldehyde monitor kit and a passive dosimetry system.

This mission was almost similar to the Columbia disaster. A damaged tile seam caused a breach which allowed superheated gas to enter the left wing during reentry. The gas did not penetrate deeply and the damage was repaired before the next flight. If it had penetrated deeply the Shuttle could have been destroyed during reentry.

This mission was the first mission to fly with a glass cockpit.

STSCPanel

During STS-101, Atlantis was the first Shuttle to fly with a glass cockpit.

Wake-up calls[]

NASA began a tradition of playing music to astronauts during the Gemini program, which was first used to wake up a flight crew during Apollo 15. Each track is specially chosen, often by their families, and usually has a special meaning to an individual member of the crew, or is applicable to their daily activities.[1][2]

Flight Day Song Artist Played for Links
Day 2 Free Fallin Tom Petty Susan Helms wav, mp3
Transcript[dead link]
Day 3 “Lookin' Out The Window” Stevie Ray Vaughan wav, mp3[dead link]
Transcript[dead link]
Day 4 “Haunted House” Roy Buchanan wav, mp3[dead link]
Transcript[dead link]
Day 5 "I Only Have Eyes for You" Flamingos Jim Halsell wav, mp3[dead link]
Transcript[dead link]
Day 6 "I'm Gonna Fly" Amy Grant Scott Horowitz wav, mp3[dead link]
Transcript[dead link]
Day 7 “Don't It Make You Wanna Dance” Jerry Jeff Walker Jeffrey Williams wav, mp3[dead link]
Transcript[dead link]
Day 8 Untitled Russian song Unknown Yury Usachev wav, mp3[dead link]
Transcript[dead link]
Day 9 25 or 6 to 4 Chicago wav, mp3[dead link]
Transcript[dead link]
Day 10 El Capitan John Philip Sousa wav, mp3[dead link]
Transcript[dead link]

Media[]

See also[]

References[]

PD-icon This article incorporates http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/policies.html#Guidelines public domain material from websites or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

  1. Template:Cite news
  2. "STS-130 Wakeup Calls". NASA. 5 April 2010. http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-130/html/ndxpage1.html. Retrieved 5 April 2010. 

External links[]

This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia (view authors). Smallwikipedialogo.png
Advertisement