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STS-102 (Flight # 103) 8-21 March 2001

Discovery (29)

Crew:
    James D. Wetherbee [5], Commander
    James M. Kelly [1], Pilot
    Andrew S. W. Thomas [3], Mission Specialist
    Paul W. Richards [1], Mission Specialist

ISS Upload:
    James S. Voss [5]
    Susan J. Helms [5]
    Yuri V. Usachyov [4] (Russia)

ISS Download:
    William M. Shepherd
    Yuri P. Gidzenko (Russia)
    Sergei K. Krikalyov (Russia)

Launch:
    Pad: 39-B (45)
    Date: 8 March 2001
    Time: 11:42:09 UTC

Orbit:
    Altitude: 173 nm
    Inclination: 51.6 degrees
    Orbits: 102
    Duration: 12 days, 19 hours, 49 minutes, 33 seconds
    Distance: 5.3 million miles

Landing:
    Location: Runway 15, Kennedy Space Center, FL (54)
    Date: 21 March 2001
    Time: 07:31:42 UTC
    Rollout: 1 minute, 24 seconds (3,476 meters, 11,405 feet)

Highlights:
    8th Space Station Assembly Flight 5A.1. The Leonardo cargo module was attached. Two spacewalks were performed. The first was by Voss and Helms, lasting 8 hours, 56 minutes. The second was by Thomas and Richards, lasting 6 hours, 30 minutes.

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