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Spacecalc STS-111/ISS UF-2 Quick-Look Data STS-111/ISS UF-2 Quick-Look Data SpaceCalc Rank/Seats STS-111 ISS UF-2 Family/TIS DOB/Seat Shuttle Hardware and Flight Data Commander Mr. Kenneth Cockrell S/2 04/09/50 STS Mission STS-111/ISS UF-2 52; STS-56,69,80,98 50.62* Up/Up Orbiter Endeavour (OV-105) Pilot Air Force Lt. Col. Paul Lockhart M/0 04/28/56 Payload Logistics xfer/crew rotation 46; Rookie 0.00 Up/Up Launch 04:00 PM, 05.30.02 MS1/EV2 French AF Col. Philippe Perrin M/2 01/06/63 Pad/MLP 39A/MLP1 49; Rookie 0.00 Up/Down Prime TAL Zaragoza MS2/EV1 Franklin Chang-Diaz, Ph.D. M/4 04/05/50 Landing 10:24 a.m., 06.11.02 52; 61C,34,46,60,75,91 52.90 Up/Up Landing Site Kennedy Space Center Duration 11/19:03 ISS-5 FE Peggy Whitson, Ph.D. M/0 02/09/60 MS3-Launch 42; Rookie 0.00 Down Endeavour 178/22:50:00 ISS-5 CDR Russian AF Col. Valeri Korzun S/1 03/05/53 STS Program 977/02:54:45 MS4-Launch 49; TM-24 197.00 Down ISS-5 FE Sergei Treschev M/2 08/18/58 MECO Ha/Hp 137/36 statute miles MS5-Launch 43; Rookie 0.00 Down OMS Ha/Hp 143/121 statute miles ISS Ha/Hp 240 sm (approximate) ISS-4 FE Air Force Col. Carl Walz M/2 09/06/55 Period 91.6 minutes MS3-Land 46; STS-51,65,79,108 205.84 Down Inclination 51.6 degrees ISS-4 FE Navy Capt. Daniel Bursch M/4 07/25/57 Velocity 17,212 mph MS4-Land 44; STS-51,68,77,108 202.44 Down EOM Miles 4,861,385 miles ISS-4 CDR CIS AF Col. Yuri Onufrienko M/3 02/06/61 EOM Orbits 185 (land on 186) MS5-Land 40; Mir-21,STS-108 364.34 Down SSMEs (2) 2050, 2044, 2054 ISS Increment Durations Launch STS-111 Crew Patch ET/SRB 113/Bi113/RSRM84 Software OI-29 ISS-1 136/16:10:20 10/31/00 Left OMS LP04/25/F7 ISS-2 148/16:43:00 03/08/01 Right OMS RP01/32/F7 ISS-3 117/02:56:00 08/10/01 Forward RCS FRC5/18/F7 ISS-4 172.1 days* 12/05/01 Airlock External RMS #303 ISS Manned 570.0 days* Cryo/GN2 5 cryo/6 GN2 Flight Plan (MET and ET) STS-111 Flight Control Personnel STS-111 will be the… Launch: John Shannon Ascent/Entry 110th Shuttle mission since STS-1 05/30/02 04:00 PM Paul Hill Orbit 1 FD (lead) 3rd Of 6 flights in 2002 ISS Docking Tony Ceccacci Orbit 2 FD 85th Post-Challenger mission 06/01/02 10:59 AM Kelly Beck Planning FD 14th ISS/STS mission EVA-1 Joel Montalbano Moscow FD 18th Flight of Endeavour 06/03/02 09:50 AM 62nd Launch off pad 39A EVA-2 Rick La Brode ISS Orbit 1 FD (lead) 83rd Day launch 06/05/02 09:50 AM John Curry ISS Orbit 2 FD 47th Day launch of pad 39A EVA-3 Bryan Lunney ISS Orbit 3 FD 24th 51.6 degree inclination 06/07/02 09:20 AM 60th Planned KSC landing Undocking Mike Leinbach Launch director 90th Day landing 06/09/02 09:10 AM Steve Altemus NASA test director 46th Day landing at KSC Landing: B. Buckingham KSC commentator 16.35 Years since 51L (at launch) 06/11/02 10:24 AM Rob Navias JSC commentator 5,966.30 Days since 51L Rev. BASIC *Days in space as of: 05/27/02 Compiled by William Harwood.
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