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 Commander:
James D. Wetherbee
Previous Space Flights:
Ascent Seating: Flight Deck - Port Forward |
 Pilot:
James M. Kelly
Jim Kelly (Lt. Col., USAF), 36, will be in charge of monitoring critical Shuttle systems during Discovery's ascent to orbit and its reentry for landing. Kelly will be responsible for the operation of many of Discovery's navigational tools during its rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS) and will serve as one of the two robot arm operators during the mission's spacewalks and the movement of the Leonardo module from Discovery's cargo bay to the ISS for cargo transfer. Kelly will also be at the controls for Discovery's flyaround of the ISS following its undocking. Previous Space Flights:
Ascent Seating: Flight Deck - Starboard Forward |
 Mission Specialist 1:
Andrew S.W. Thomas
Andy Thomas, Ph.D., 49, is Mission Specialist 1 (MS 1) on STS-102. Thomas, who will ride on Discovery's flight deck during launch and on the middeck for landing to assist the returning Expedition One crewmembers, will serve as one of two space walkers on the second space walk of the flight along with Paul Richards to install new equipment on the International Space Station (ISS. Born in Australia, Thomas will be the prime robotic arm operator during the mission for the first space walk of the flight by Jim Voss and Susan Helms and the movement of the Leonardo module from Discovery's cargo bay for attachment to the Unity module of the ISS. He will also be in charge of cargo transfer from Leonardo to the ISS as well as Earth observation photography during the mission. Previous Space Flights:
Ascent Seating: Flight Deck - Starboard Aft |
 Mission Specialist 2:
Paul W. Richards
Paul Richards, 36, is Mission Specialist 2 (MS 2) on STS-102. He will serve as flight engineer on the flight deck of Discovery during launch and landing and will accompany Andy Thomas on the second space walk of the flight. Richards will be responsible for the operation of all of Discovery's computers, and will be the choreographer for the first space walk of the flight by Jim Voss and Susan Helms, operating from Discovery's aft flight deck. Previous Space Flights:
Ascent Seating: Flight Deck - Center Aft |
 Mission Specialist 3:
Sergei Krikalev
Sergei Krikalev, 42, Krikalev served as flight engineer on Expedition One, responsible for activating and testing ISS module systems and the in-flight maintenance of station hardware. Previous Space Flights:
Entry Seating: Mid Deck - Port |
 Mission Specialist 3:
James S. Voss
Jim Voss (Col., USA, Ret.), 52, will return to the International Space Station (ISS) for a second time as both Mission Specialist 3 (MS 3) on the STS-102 crew and as Flight Engineer-1 for the second long duration, or Expedition Two, crew, which will spend four months on the orbital complex. He will be seated on the middeck during Discovery's climb to orbit. Voss will join Susan Helms, another Expedition Two crewmember, for the first space walk of the STS-102 mission, and is scheduled to conduct at least one space walk during his stay on the ISS. Voss will be among those responsible for transferring cargo from the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module to the ISS, and will trade places with Expedition One Flight Engineer Sergei Krikalev during crew transfer operations while Discovery is docked to the station. During his four months on the ISS, Voss will work with Helms in the operation of the new Canadian-built Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS), conduct checkouts of the soon-to-be installed U.S. Airlock and perform experiments on the first science racks in the U.S. Laboratory Destiny. Previous Space Flights:
Ascent Seating: Mid Deck - Port |
 Mission Specialist 4:
William M. Shepherd
Bill Shepherd (Capt., USN), 51, has served as the first commander of the International Space Station since he and his Expedition One crewmates were launched on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 31, 2000. Shepherd will return to Earth on Discovery's middeck. During Expedition One, Shepherd led his colleagues in the setup and activation of key systems in the Zvezda living quarters and the Destiny laboratory and the checkout of the large U.S. solar arrays. He was also responsible for the operation of computer systems and hardware maintenance and replacement on board the orbital outpost. Shepherd will have played host to three visiting crews during his historic tenure as Commander. Before being assigned to lead the first resident crew on the ISS, Shepherd served as Deputy Space Station Program Manager in charge of the redesign of the project. Previous Space Flights:
Entry Seating: Mid Deck - Starboard |
 Mission Specialist 4:
Susan J. Helms
Susan Helms (Col., USAF), 43, is one of three crewmembers to return to the International Space Station on Discovery's flight. She will be seated on the middeck for launch. During STS-102, Helms will serve as Mission Specialist 4 (MS 4) and will join Jim Voss for the flight's first space walk. She will also act as the choreographer for the mission's second space walk, to be performed by Andy Thomas and Paul Richards, operating from Discovery's aft flight deck. Helms will be the last Expedition Two crewmember to swap orbiting homes with an Expedition One crewmember, moving over to the ISS to trade places with Expedition One Commander Bill Shepherd. At that point, crewmate Yury Usachev will become ISS Commander. In addition, Helms will be responsible for the transfer of vital systems racks from the Leonardo module to the ISS for installation in the U.S. Laboratory Destiny. During her four-month stay on the ISS, Helms will serve as Flight Engineer-2. She'll conduct checkouts with and the operation of the new Canadian-built Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS), use the SSRMS to move the U.S. Airlock from the shuttle's cargo bay to the ISS and will perform experiments on the first science racks in Destiny. Previous Space Flights:
Ascent Seating: Mid Deck - Center |
 Mission Specialist 5:
Yuri P. Gidzenko
Yuri Gidzenko (Lt. Col., Russian Air Force) will turn 39 a few days after he returns to Earth aboard Discovery to wrap up his second flight into space. Gidzenko has served as the Expedition One pilot, guiding his Soyuz capsule to a docking to the International Space Station on Nov. 2, 2000, two days after he and his crewmates were launched to the ISS from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Gidzenko was also responsible for the manual docking of a Progress resupply vehicle to the ISS in November and its redocking in December. He flew the Soyuz from the aft docking port of the Zvezda module to the nadir docking port of Zarya in February to clear the way for the arrival of a new Progress ship. Gidzenko will return to Earth on Discovery's middeck. During more than four months onboard the ISS, Gidzenko was primarily responsible for the maintenance and operation of systems in the Zvezda and Zarya modules. Previous Space Flights:
Entry Seating: Mid Deck - Center |
 Mission Specialist 5:
Yury V. Usachev
Yury Usachev, 43, will be the first Russian commander of the International Space Station during the four-month increment of the Expedition Two crew. During STS-102, Usachev will be designated Mission Specialist 5 (MS 5). . Usachev has logged 386 days in space and six space walks. Usachev, who will be seated on Discovery's middeck for launch, will be the first Expedition Two crewmember to move into the ISS, a few hours after docking. He will trade places with Expedition One Pilot Yuri Gidzenko to insure that a Soyuz vehicle expert will be available to fly the craft home in the event of a contingency. He will officially become Expedition Two commander of the ISS after Expedition One Commander Bill Shepherd trades places with Helms near the end of docked operations. During his four months on the ISS, Usachev will be responsible for the safety of his crew and the success of the mission, is scheduled to conduct at least one space walk with Voss and will assist Voss and Helms in the checkout and operation of the Canadian-built Space Station Remote Manipulator System after it is delivered to the ISS this spring. Previous Space Flights:
Ascent Seating: Mid Deck - Starboard |
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