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STS-113 (Flight # 112) 24 November - 7 December 2002

Endeavour (19)

Crew:
    James Wetherbee [6], Commander
    Christopher Loria [1], Pilot
    Michael Lopez-Alegria [3], Mission Specialist
    John Herrington [1], Mission Specialist

ISS Upload:
    Kenneth Bowersox [5], Mission Commander
    Nikolai Budarin [3] (Russia)
    Donald Pettit [1]

ISS Download:
    Valeri Korzun (Russia)
    Peggy Whitson
    Sergei Treschev (Russia)

Launch:
    Pad: 39-A (63)
    Date: 24 November 2002
    Time: 00:49:47 UTC

Orbit:
    Altitude: 122 nm
    Inclination: 51.6 degrees
    Orbits: 215
    Duration: 13 days, 18 hours, 47 minutes, 25 seconds
    Distance:  5.74 million miles

Landing:
    Location: Runway 33, Kennedy Space Center, FL (61)
    Date: 7 December 2002
    Time: 19:37:12 UTC
    Rollout: 1 minute, 13 seconds

Highlights:
    16th Space Station Assembly Flight 11A. During installation of the P1 truss, Herrington and Lopez-Alegria performed 3 EVA's together totalling nearly 20 hours.

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