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Atlantis OV104
Launch: Friday, September 08, 2000
              8:45 AM (eastern time)

 
Mission Objectives

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.


Crew
 
Commander: Terrence Wilcutt
Pilot: Scott D. Altman
Mission Specialist 1: Edward T. Lu
Mission Specialist 2: Richard A. Mastracchio
Mission Specialist 3: Daniel C. Burbank
Mission Specialist 4: Yuri I. Malenchenko
Mission Specialist 5: Boris V. Morukov


Launch
 
Orbiter: Atlantis OV104
Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39B
Launch Window: 2.5 Minutes
Altitude: 173 Nautical Miles, 199 Statute Miles
Inclination: 51.6 Degrees
Duration:   11 Days 18 Hrs. 54 Min.


Vehicle Data
 
Shuttle Liftoff Weight: 4519645 lbs.
Orbiter/Payload Liftoff Weight: 254099 lbs.
Orbiter/Payload Landing Weight:
 
221271 lbs.
Payload Weights
ICC 4,528 pounds (ICC plus cargo)
LDM 18,000 pounds

Software Version: OI-27

Space Shuttle Main Engines: (1 MB pdf)
SSME 1:  2052 SSME 2:  2044 SSME 3:  2047

External Tank:   ET-103A

SRB Set:  BI-102PF/RSRM-75


Shuttle Aborts

Abort Landing Sites

   RTLS:  Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility
   TAL:    Zaragoza
   AOA:   Edwards Air Force Base, California


Landing
 
Landing Date: 09/20/00
Landing Time: 3:40 AM (eastern time)
Primary Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility


Payloads

Cargo Bay
Space Experiment Module 8
Getaway Special G-782
Spacehab Logistics Double Module

In-Cabin
Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus (CGBA)


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Updated: 09/12/2000

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