Shuttle Endeavour Successfully Launches STS 113 to ISS

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Shuttle Endeavour Successfully Launches STS 113 to ISS

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The space shuttle Endeavour successfully launched STS-113 from Kennedy Space Center, pad 39A, at 00:49:5.47 UTC on November 24. Carrying a solar array truss segment with a crew of 7 to the International Space Station (ISS), the shuttle is scheduled to dock on November 25 at 21:26 UTC. Besides exchanging the station crew, this mission includes the installation of the US$390 million P1 truss on the port side of the S0. This is the first flight which has combined a major assembly mission with a crew rotation flight. The shuttle is scheduled undock on December 2 and land at Kennedy Space Center at 20:49 UTC on December 4.

The crew consists of Shuttle Commander James Wetherbee, Pilot Paul Lockhart, Mission Specialists Michael Lopez-Alegria, John Herrington, Expedition 6 Commander Kenneth Bowersox, Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin and Science Officer Donald Pettit. Bowersox, Budarin and Pettit will replace the station's current crew, Expedition 5 Commander Valery Korzun, Flight Engineer Sergei Treschev and Science Officer Peggy Whitson.

The S0 truss, the central segment, was attached to the Destiny lab module in April. The S1 truss, starboard-side segment, was attached in October. The Boeing-built P1 truss segment is the port-side section of the assembly. Solar arrays will be mounted on the ends of the truss, while ammonia lines, pumps and radiators mounted inboard of the arrays will dissipate heat generated by the station. Three spacewalks will be undertaken to install the P1 truss segment.

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November 25, 2002