COSPAR ID 2002-028A Period 1.5 hours Launch date 5 June 2002 Dates 5 Jun 2002 – 19 Jun 2002 | SATCAT no. 27440 Apogee 387,000 m Landing date 19 June 2002 | |
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Mission type ISS logisticsCrew rotation Mission duration 13 days, 20 hours, 35 minutes, 56 seconds Distance travelled 9,300,000 kilometres (5,800,000 mi) Members Kenneth Cockrell, Paul Lockhart, Philippe Perrin, Franklin Chang Díaz | ||
2002 space shuttle flight 110 sts 111 endeavour nasa
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.
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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 was the second component of the Canadian Mobile Servicing System, or MSS. This gave the mechanical arm the capability to "inchworm" from the U.S. Lab fixture to the MBS 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.
