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| STS-108 Discovery | 107th Shuttle Mission | |
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Dominic L. Gorie (3) Pilot Mark E. Kelly (1) Mission Specialist Linda M. Godwin (4) Mission Specialist Daniel M. Tani (1) Expedition Crew 4 (up) Yuri Onufriyenko (2) (RSA) Carl E. Walz (4) Daniel W. Bursch (4) Expedition Crew 3 (down) Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. (3) Vladimir N. Dezhurov (2) (RSA) Mikhail Tyurin (1) (RSA) |
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| VEHICLE: Endeavour /OV-105 (17th flight)
LAUNCH PAD: 39B KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Dec 4, 2001, 5:45 p.m. EST LAUNCH WINDOW: less than 5 Minutes KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Dec 15, 1:30 p.m. EST MISSION DURATION: 10 Days 19 Hrs. 45 Minutes ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles PRIMARY PAYLOADS: Utilization Flight-1, Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Raffaello, crew rotation |
Overview - STS-108 will be the 12th space shuttle mission to visit the International Space Station. It is also known as ISS Assembly Flight UF-1. Space Shuttle Endeavour will deliver the Expedition Four Crew -- Commander Yuri Onufrienko of Rosaviakosmos and American Flight Engineers Carl Walz and Dan Bursch -- and return the Expedition Three crew home to Earth. Also, STS-108 will deliver the Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module which will provide two storage racks to the station and deliver experiment racks for research work in the U.S. Laboratory.
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