Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
Name of Image:
STS-105 Launch
Full Description:
Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery lifted off for the STS-105 mission on August 10, 2001. The main purpose of the mission was the rotation of the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition Two crew with the Expedition Three crew, and the delivery of supplies utilizing the Italian-built Multipurpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Leonardo. Another payload was the Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE). The MISSE experiment was to fly materials and other types of space exposure experiments on the Space Station and was the first externally mounted experiment conducted on the ISS.
Date of Image:
2002-08-10
Category:
Space Shuttle Projects
term:
Launch
term:
STS-105
term:
MPLM
term:
MISSE
facet_what:
Space Shuttle Orbiter
facet_what:
International Space Station (ISS)
facet_where:
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_when:
August 10, 2001
facet_when_year:
2001
Reference Number:
MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
MIX #:
0201582
NIX #:
MSFC-0201582
MSFC Negative Number:
0201582
UID:
SPD-MARSH-0201582
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