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Collection:
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
Name of Image:
STS-100 Mission Lifts off Aboard Endeavour
Full Description:
The sixth International Space Station (ISS) assembly flight, STS-100, blasted from the launch pad aboard the Space Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour on April 19, 2001. Onboard were astronauts Kent V. Rominger, Jeffrey S. Ashby, Scott E. Parazynski, Chris A. Hadfield, John Phillips, and Umberto Guidoni of the European Space agency, along with cosmonaut Yuri V. Lonchakov for an 11-day mission. Mission objectives included: The delivery of the second Canadian Remote Mainpultor System, Canadarm2, which is needed to perform assembly operations on later flights; The delivery and installation of a UHF anterna that provides space-to-space communications capability for U.S.-based space walks; and carried the Italian-built Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Raffaello containing six system racks and two storage racks for the U.S. Lab, Destiny.
Date of Image:
2001-04-19
Category:
Space Shuttle Projects
term:
Launch
term:
STS-100
term:
Endeavour
facet_who:
Umberto Guidoni
facet_who:
John Phillips
facet_what:
Destiny
facet_what:
Space Shuttle Orbiter
facet_what:
International Space Station (ISS)
facet_where:
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_when:
April 19, 2001
facet_when_year:
2001
Reference Number:
MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
MIX #:
0400018
NIX #:
MSFC-0400018
MSFC Negative Number:
0400018
UID:
SPD-MARSH-0400018
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