STS-108
STS -108 (English Space Transportation System) is the designation for a flight mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle Endeavour ( OV- 105), NASA. The launch took place on 5 December 2001. It was the 107th Space Shuttle mission, the 17th flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour and the 12th flight of a shuttle to the International Space Station (ISS).
Team
Shuttle crew
- Dominic Gorie ( third space flight), Commander
- Mark Kelly ( first space flight), Pilot
- Linda Godwin (4th space flight ), Mission Specialist
- Daniel Tani ( first space flight), Mission Specialist
ISS crew Departure
ISS Expedition 4:
- Yuri Onufrienko ( second space flight ), Commander
- Daniel Bursch ( 4 space flight), flight engineer
- Carl Walz ( fourth space flight), flight engineer
Replacement
- Gennady Padalka for Onufrienko
- Stephen Robinson and Edward Fincke for Bursch and Walz
ISS Crew Return
ISS Expedition 3:
- Frank Culbertson ( third space flight), Commander
- Mikhail Tyurin ( first space flight), flight engineer
- Vladimir Dezhurov ( second space flight), flight engineer
(after a flight time of 128 days, 20 hours and 45 minutes returned to Earth; way with STS -105 )
Mission overview
A wide variety of scientific experiments was delivered on this flight with the Italian Raffaello multi-purpose module. In addition, the long- time crew of the International Space Station has been replaced by a new team. Overall, the Endeavour remained eight days connected with the station, during which was performed a spacewalk.
Pictures
Exposing the Starshine -2 satellite