sts-112

Mission Insignia

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Mission Statistics
Mission:	STS-112
Shuttle:	Atlantis
Launch Pad:	39-B
Launch:	October 7, 2002 3:46 p.m. EDT
Landing:	11:44 a.m. EDT, October 18, 2002. KSC Runway 33
Duration:	10 days, 19 hours, 58 minutes, 44 seconds.
Orbit Altitude:	122 nautical miles (226 km)
Orbit Inclination:	51.6 degrees
Distance traveled:	4.5 million miles (7.2 million km)
Crew photo

Crew

Jeffrey S. Ashby (3), Commander
Pamela A. Melroy (2), Pilot
David A. Wolf (3), Mission Specialist
Piers J. Sellers (1), Mission Specialist
Sandra H. Magnus (1), Mission Specialist
Fyodor N. Yurchikhin (1) (RSC), Mission Specialist

Mission Parameters

Mass:

Orbiter Liftoff: 116,538 kg
Orbiter Landing: 91,390 kg
Payload: 12,572 kg

Perigee: 273 km
Apogee: 405 km
Inclination: 51.6
Period: 91.3 min

Docking with ISS

Docked: October 9, 2002, 15:16:15 UTC
Undocked: October 16, 2002, 13:13:30 UTC
Time Docked: 6 days, 21 h, 57 min, 15 s

Space walks

Wolf and Sellers - EVA 1
EVA 1 Start: October 10, 2002 - 15:21 UTC
EVA 1 End: October 10, - 22:22 UTC
Duration: 7 hours, 01 minutes

Wolf and Sellers - EVA 2
EVA 2 Start: October 12, 2002 - 14:31 UTC
EVA 2 End: October 12, - 20:35 UTC
Duration: 6 hours, 04 minutes

Wolf and Sellers - EVA 3
EVA 3 Start: October 14, 2002 - 14:11 UTC
EVA 3 End: October 14, - 20:47 UTC
Duration: 6 hours, 36 minutes

Mission Highlights

International Space Station Assembly Mission 9A. This mission delivered the Integrated Truss Assembly S1 (Starboard Side Thermal Radiator Truss) and the Crew Equipment Translation Aid (CETA) Cart to the Space Station. The S1 Truss is 45 ft (13.7 m) long, 15 ft (4.6 m) wide and 10 ft (3.0 m) tall. It weighs approximately 31,000 lb (14 t). The S1 truss was attached to the S0 truss (Launched April 8, 2002 onboard STS-110) and uses 637 lb (289 kg) of anhydrous ammonia in three heat rejection radiators. The CETA cart was attached to the Mobile Transporter (also launched on STS-110) to be used by assembly crews on later missions. STS-112 also carried several science experiments to the station including the Plant Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus (PGBA), Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus (CGBA), the Protein Crystal Growth Single-locker Thermal Enclosure System housing the Protein Crystillization Apparatus for Microgravity (PCG-STES-PCAM) and samples for the Zeolite Crystal Growth Furnace (ZCG) experiment.

Shuttlecam

A camera mounted to the shuttle's external tank captured Atlantis' ascent to orbit. This was the first time such footage was recorded. Shuttlecam video