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| Mission Objectives |
| Primary Objective |
| Among priority tasks to be completed during the STS-106 mission of Atlantis to the International Space Station are: --Changing Zvezda, the Service Module, from launch to flight configuration by installing six ground repressurization inlet caps, removing fire extinguisher launch restraint bolts and activating gas masks in the module for the Expedition 1 crew. --Logistics activities, including unloading supplies in the Progress cargo vessel into the ISS and transferring equipment, supplies and water from the shuttle to the ISS. --Removing the TORU docking unit and the aft docking probe from the Zarya module. --Replacing two batteries on Zarya and installing three batteries and associated electronic equipment on the Zvezda, installing voltage converters and one charge/discharge device in the Zvezda and performing other electrical system work in that module. --A spacewalk to connect power, data and communications cables between the Zvezda and Zarya, and install a magnetometer. --Installation of a treadmill and related equipment. --Air monitoring tasks, formaldehyde monitoring, replace and return three passive dosimeters in Unity and install four others in the Zvezda, as well as performing acoustic measurements in the Zvezda. --Testing of the Space Integrated Global Positioning System/Internal Navigation System (SIGI). -- Delivery of the ISS toilet in the Zvezda for installation by the Expedition 1 crew. --Performing two ISS reboosts with Atlantis and a shuttle flyaround of the ISS, both if propellant is available. |
