STS-113

STS-113
	Lopez-Alegria climbs the newly-installed P1 truss during the mission's second EVA
Mission type	ISS assembly; Crew rotation
Operator	NASA
COSPAR ID	2002-052A
SATCAT no.	27556
Mission duration	13 days, 18 hours, 48 minutes, 38 seconds
Distance travelled	9,000,000 kilometres (5,600,000 mi)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Space Shuttle Endeavour
Launch mass	116,460 kilograms (256,750 lb)
Landing mass	91,498 kilograms (201,719 lb)
Payload mass	12,477 kilograms (27,507 lb)
Crew
Crew size	7
Members	James D. Wetherbee; Paul S. Lockhart; Michael López-Alegría; John B. Herrington;
Launching	Kenneth D. Bowersox; Nikolai M. Budarin; Donald R. Pettit;
Landing	Valery G. Korzun; Peggy A. Whitson; Sergei Y. Treshchov;
Start of mission
Launch date	24 November 2002, 00:49:47 UTC
Launch site	Kennedy LC-39A
End of mission
Landing date	7 December 2002, 19:38:25 UTC
Landing site	Kennedy SLF Runway 33
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	379 kilometres (235 mi)
Apogee altitude	397 kilometres (247 mi)
Inclination	51.6 degrees
Period	92.3 min
Docking with ISS
Docking port	PMA-2 (Destiny forward)
Docking date	25 November 2002, 21:59 UTC
Undocking date	2 December 2002, 20:50 UTC
Time docked	6 days, 22 hours, 51 minutes
	; (L-R): Paul S. Lockhart, Michael E. López-Alegría, John B. Herrington, and James D. Wetherbee Space Shuttle program ← STS-112 STS-107 →

STS-113 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour. During the 14-day mission in late 2002, Endeavour and its crew extended the ISS backbone with the P1 truss and exchanged the Expedition 5 and Expedition 6 crews aboard the station. With Commander Jim Wetherbee and Pilot Paul Lockhart at the controls, Endeavour docked with the station on 25 November 2002 to begin seven days of station assembly, spacewalks and crew and equipment transfers. This was the last flight of Endeavour before entering its Orbiter Major Modification period until STS-118 in 2007 which include modernizing the cockpit, and also the last shuttle mission before the Columbia disaster.

Crew[]


Position	Launching Astronaut	Landing Astronaut
Commander	James D. Wetherbee Sixth and last spaceflight
Pilot	Paul S. Lockhart Second and last spaceflight
Mission Specialist 1	Michael López-Alegría Third spaceflight
Mission Specialist 2	John B. Herrington Only spaceflight
Mission Specialist 3	Kenneth D. Bowersox Expedition 6 Fifth and last spaceflight ISS Commander	Valery G. Korzun, RKA Expedition 5 Second and last spaceflight ISS Commander/Soyuz Commander
Mission Specialist 4	Nikolai M. Budarin, RKA Expedition 6 Third and last spaceflight ISS Flight Engineer/Soyuz Commander	Peggy A. Whitson Expedition 5 First spaceflight ISS Flight Engineer
Mission Specialist 5	Donald R. Pettit Expedition 6 First spaceflight ISS Flight Engineer	Sergei Y. Treshchov, RKA Expedition 5 Only spaceflight ISS Flight Engineer

Mission highlights[]

STS-113 was an Assembly Mission (11A) to the International Space Station, delivering the P1 Truss segment, which provides structural support for the Space Station radiators. Mission Specialists John Herrington and Michael López-Alegría performed three spacewalks to activate and outfit the P1. The STS-113 crew and both Expedition crews transferred about 1,969 kilograms (4,340 pounds) of cargo between the shuttle and station.

STS-113 delivered the Expedition 6 crew to the station for a four-month increment. The Expedition 5 crew returned to Earth aboard STS-113, ending a 185-day stay in space.

STS-113 came to a close when Endeavour glided in to a landing at Kennedy Space Center on 7 December. It was the 19th flight of Endeavour, the 112th shuttle mission, and the 16th shuttle mission to the station. The landing was the first (and only) time a mission ended on the fourth day of landing attempts.

Also carried aboard STS-113 was the Micro-Electromechanical System (MEMS) based Pico Satellite Inspector (MEPSI). This payload deployed two small satellites which are connected via a 15 metres (49 ft) tether.

STS-113 was the last successful mission before STS-107. Gus Loria was originally scheduled to fly as the pilot for this mission, but was replaced due to an injury. His replacement was Paul S. Lockhart. John Herrington, a member of the Chickasaw Nation, became the first enrolled member of a Native American tribe to fly in space.^{[note 1]}

STS-113 was the final mission during which Russian cosmonauts flew on the Space Shuttle.

Because Endeavour entered its Orbiter Major Modification period after the Columbia disaster, this was the last shuttle mission to fly with an analog-style cockpit.

Attempt	Planned	Result	Turnaround	Reason	Decision point	Weather go (%)	Notes
1	11 Nov 2002, 12:58:40 am	scrubbed	—	technical	10 Nov 2002, 9:00 pm	90%^[1]	problems with an oxygen system in the orbiter's midbody^[2]
2	22 Nov 2002, 8:15:30 pm	scrubbed	11 days, 19 hours, 17 minutes	weather	22 Nov 2002, 8:05 pm	90%	weather at TAL sites Zaragoza and Moron, Spain^[3]
3	23 Nov 2002, 7:49:47 pm	success	0 days, 23 hours, 34 minutes			95%^[3]	initial weather reports for TAL sites was not favorable but cleared in time for launch.

Mission parameters[]

Docking with ISS[]

Docked: 25 November 2002, 21:59:00 UTC
Undocked: 2 December 2002, 20:50:00 UTC
Time Docked: 6 days, 22 h, 51 min, 00 s

Spacewalks[]

	Mission	Spacewalkers	Start – UTC	End – UTC	Duration	Mission
47.	STS-113 EVA 1	Michael López-Alegría John Herrington	26 November 2002 19:49	27 November 2002 02:34	6 h, 45 min	Install P1 truss
48.	STS-113 EVA 2	Michael López-Alegría John Herrington	28 November 2002 18:36	29 November 2002 00:46	6 h, 10 min	Install TV cameras, move CETA
49.	STS-113 EVA 3	Michael López-Alegría John Herrington	30 November 2002 19:25	1 December 2002 02:25	7 h, 00 min	Inspect Mobile Transporter

Gallery[]

Endeavour with the P1 Truss segment in its payload bay
Launched Expedition 6 crew
L-R: Donald Pettit, Ken Bowersox and Nikolai Budarin
Landed Expedition 5 crew
L-R: Valery G. Korzun, Peggy Whitson, and Sergei Y. Treshchev
View of Earth's horizon at sunrise as seen from Endeavour on STS-113.
Illustration of the International Space Station after STS-113

Notes[]

^ William R. Pogue was of Choctaw ancestry and was a crewman aboard Skylab 4 in 1973–1974, but he was not an enrolled member of the Choctaw.

References[]

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

^ "Shuttle fueling begins". CBS News. 10 November 2002. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
^ "Launch scrubbed by oxygen problem". CBS News. 10 November 2002. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Shuttle grounded by rain in Spain". CBS News. Retrieved 30 August 2009.

External links[]

NASA mission summary
Status reports – Detailed NASA status reports for each day of the mission.
STS-113 Video Highlights

[1] William R. Pogue was of Choctaw ancestry and was a crewman aboard Skylab 4 in 1973–1974, but he was not an enrolled member of the Choctaw.

[2] "Shuttle fueling begins". CBS News. 10 November 2002. Retrieved 30 August 2009.

[3] "Launch scrubbed by oxygen problem". CBS News. 10 November 2002. Retrieved 30 August 2009.

[raininspain-4] "Shuttle grounded by rain in Spain". CBS News. Retrieved 30 August 2009.

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