STS-106

Launch, orbit & landing data: Designation  26489 / 00053A Launch date - time  08 Sep 2000 - 12:45:47 UT Launch site  KSC, LC39B Launch vehicle  Space Shuttle (#99) Orbiter  Atlantis #23 (OV-104) Primary payload   Mass (kg)   Flight Crew  Wilcutt, Altman, Lu, Mastracchio Burbank, Malenchenko, Morukov Docking date - time  10 Sep 2000 - 05:51 UT Target spacecraft/port  ISS/PMA-2 adapter Earth orbit on :    - Perigee / Apogee  374 x 386 km    - Inclination  51.6°    - Period   min Undocking date - time  18 Sep 2000 - 03:44 UT Landing date - time  20 Sep 2000 - 07:56:48 UT (19 Sep 2000 - 03:56 EDT) Landing location  KSC, Runway 15 Flight Duration  11d 19h 12m Nbr orbits  185

Flight crew

Summary:

Mission details:

Atlantis was launched from Kennedy Space Center′s Launch Complex 39B. Solid rocket boosters RSRM-75 and external tank ET-103 were used to loft the orbiter into space. The inital orbit of 72 x 328 km x 51.6 deg was circularised by the Shuttle's OMS engines at apogee.

Atlantis docked with the PMA-2 adapter on the International Space Station at 05:51 GMT on September 10. The orbiter's small RCS engines were used to gently reboost the station's orbit several times.

Astronauts Lu and Malenchenko made a spacewalk on September 11 beginning at 04:47 GMT. They rode the RMS arm up to Zvezda and began installing cables, reaching a distance of 30 meters from the airlock when installing Zvezda's magnetometer. Total EVA duration was 6 hours 21 minutes.

During their 12-day flight, the astronauts spent a week docked to the International Space Station during which they worked as movers, cleaners, plumbers, electricians and cable installers. In all, they spent 7 days, 21 hours and 54 minutes docked to the International Space Station, outfitting the new Zvezda module for the arrival of the Expedition One crew later this fall.

The Shuttle undocked from ISS at 03:44 GMT on September 18 and made two circuits of the station each lasting half an orbit, before separating finally at 05:34 GMT. The payload bay doors were closed at 04:14 GMT on September 20 and at 06:50 GMT the OMS engines ignited for a three minute burn lowering the orbit from 374 x 386 km x 51.6 deg to 22 x 380 km x 51.6 deg. After entry interface at 07:25 GMT, the orbiter glided to a landing on runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center with main gear touchdown at 07:56:48 GMT for a mission duration of 283 hr 11min.

Milestones: OPF -- 5/29/00 VAB -- 8/07/00 PAD -- 8/13/00

Mission Objectives: Space Station assembly flight ISS-2A.2b utilized the SPACEHAB Double Module and the Integrated Cargo Carrier (ICC) to bring supplies to the station. The mission also included 2 spacewalks.

Hardware: SRB: BI-102PF SRM: RSRM-75 ET : ET-103A MLP : SSME-1: SN-2052 SSME-2: SN-2044 SSME-3: SN-2047

Main Gear Touchdown 3:56:48 a.m EDT (MET 11 days 19 hours 11 min 2 sec) Nose Gear Touchdown 3:56:57 a.m.EDT (MET 11 days 19 hours 11 min 11 sec) Wheel Stop 3:58:01 a.m.EDT (MET 11 days 19 hours 12 min 15 sec)

Mission details:

• The STS-106 mission, Space Station logistics flight 2A.2b, is scheduled for launch on Sep 8. It will dock with the International Space Station and its crew will outfit the recently launched Zvezda module.
  STS-106 uses orbiter 104 (Atlantis), external tank ET-103, and solid rocket motor pair RSRM-75. Engines 2052, 2044 and 2047 and OMS pods LP03 and RP04 are installed on Atlantis. Three EMU spacesuits are being flown.
  
  The payload bay manifest is:
  

  Bay	Payload	Mass (kg)
  Sill	Remote Manipulator System RMS No. 202	-
  1-2	External Airlock/Orbiter Docking System	1600?
  3-4	Tunnel Adapter S/N 001	?
  4	Keel Yoke Device/Integrated Cargo Carrier	2054
  5-8	Spacehab Long Tunnel	?
  8-12	Spacehab Logistics Double Module	8200
  13S	Adapter Beam/SEM-8/G-782	300?

  
  The Integrated Cargo Carrier has the SOAR experiment for GPS attitude control, and equipment for the spacewalks. The adapter beam in bay 13 starboard carries two GAS canisters, SEM-8 and G-782, both with high school experiments.
• Orbiter OV-104 Atlantis was launched from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39B on 2000, Sep 8 at 1245:47 UTC. The solid rocket boosters, serial RSRM-75, were jettisoned at about 2 minutes after launch at an altitude of around 50 km. The orbiter, still connected to the external tank, flew up the east coast of the US.
• At 1253 UTC the main engines shut down (MECO) and ten seconds later external tank ET-103 separated. The Shuttle and ET-103 were then in a 72 x 328 km x 51.6 deg transfer orbit. ET-103 reentered over the Pacific after one orbit; the Shuttle fired its OMS engines at apogee to circularize its own orbit.
• Atlantis docked with the PMA-2 adapter on the International Space Station at 0551 UTC on Sep 10. The orbiter's small RCS engines were used to gently reboost the station's orbit several times.
• Astronauts Lu and Malenchenko made a spacewalk on Sep 11. The airlock in the Tunnel Adapter was depressurized starting at 0441 UTC. The suits went to battery power at 0447 UTC; hatch open was at 0453 UTC. They rode the RMS arm up to Zvezda and began installing cables at around 0600 UTC. The astronauts reached a distance of 30 meters from the airlock when installing Zvezda's magnetometer. They returned to the airlock at 1051 UTC and closed the hatch at 1054 UTC. The airlock was repressurized at 1102 UTC giving a depress duration of 6 hours 21 minutes.
• The Shuttle undocked from ISS at 0344 UTC on Sep 18 and made two circuits of the station each lasting half an orbit, before separating finally at 0534 UTC.
• The payload bay doors were closed at 0414 UTC on Sep 20 and at 0650 UTC the OMS engines ignited for a three minute burn lowering the orbit from 374 x 386 km x 51.6 deg to 22 x 380 km x 51.6 deg. After entry interface at 0725 UTC, the orbiter glided to a landing on runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center with main gear touchdown at 0756:48 UTC for a mission duration of 283hr 11min.

Astrophilately covers:

Launch cancel KSC. Credit: J. Vd Dr.

Manuel cancel KSC, without barres. signed by Altman. Credit: #402

EVA cancel Houston. Second joint US-Russian space walk. Credit: #402

Landing cancel KSC. Credit: J. Vd Dr.

Manuel landing cancel KSC, without barres. signed by Altman. Credit: #402