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DISCOVERY:
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DISCOVERY:
OUTFITTING DESTINY STS-102
Table of Contents

Mission Overview ........................................................................................................ 1

Mission Objectives ....................................................................................................... 6

Crew Members ............................................................................................................ 11

Flight Day Summary Timeline ................................................................................... 16

Rendezvous ................................................................................................................ 17

EVAs
STS-102 EVA ............................................................................................................. 19

Payloads
Leonardo A Space Age Moving Van.......................................................................... 22
Integrated Cargo Carrier............................................................................................... 24
Passive Dosimeter System ........................................................................................... 26
Space Experiment Module Carrier System................................................................... 28
Wide-Band Shuttle Vibration Force Measurement........................................................ 30
Get-Away Special ......................................................................................................... 31

DTO/DSO/RME
DSO 493
Monitoring Latent Virus Reactivation and Shedding in Astronauts
................ 32
DSO 496 Individual Susceptibility to Post-Space Flight Orthostatic Intolerance ........... 33
DSO 498 Space Flight and Immune Function (pre-/postflight only) .............................. 34
DTO 805
Crosswind Landing Performance
.................................................................. 35
DTO 261
International Space Station On-Orbit Loads Validation
................................. 36
DTO 263 Shuttle Automatic Reboost Tuning ................................................................ 37
DTO 700-14 Single-String Global Positioning System.................................................. 38
DTO 257
Structural Dynamics Model Validation
........................................................... 39
STS-102
Shuttle Reference and Data

Shuttle Abort History ................................................................................................... 40
Shuttle Abort Modes ................................................................................................... 42
Space Shuttle Rendezvous Maneuvers ...................................................................... 46
Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters ......................................................................... 47
Space Shuttle Super-Lightweight Tank (SLWT) ......................................................... 54

Acronyms and Abbreviations .................................................................................. 55

Media Assistance ...................................................................................................... 66

Media Contacts ......................................................................................................... 68
STS-102


Mission Overview
New Crew, New Lab Racks to be Launched to ISS

A new International Space Station crew, the first flight of an Italian-built Multipurpose
Logistics Module and the first scientific rack for the U.S. laboratory Destiny highlight the
STS-102 mission of Discovery, scheduled for launch no earlier than March 8 from Kennedy
Space Center in Florida. The crew changeout is the first for the ISS, and the logistical
module, named Leonardo, is the first of three that will serve as pressurized moving vans,
bringing equipment and supplies to the space station.
Aboard Leonardo will be the Human Research Facility scientific rack to be installed aboard
Destiny, the scientific cornerstone of the ISS. Destiny is the most advanced and most
versatile scientific research facility ever launched into space, and the Human Research
Facility enables the U.S. laboratory to begin to fulfill the purpose and the promise for which
it - and the entire International Space Station - is being created. The space station
eventually will have six laboratories.
Leonardo will be lifted out of Discovery's payload bay and attached directly to Destiny for
the unloading of its cargo, which includes half a dozen systems racks and the Human
Research Facility experiment rack. The systems racks will provide electrical power and
control of the station's robotic arm supplied by Canada, which will arrive on the next
assembly mission. One rack will contain emergency crew health care equipment. Near the
end of the shuttle's mission, the MPLM will be returned to the cargo bay and returned to
Earth for refurbishment and reuse on a mission this summer. The MPLM is valued at $150
million.
James D. Wetherbee, commanding his fourth mission and making his fifth flight into space,
leads the shuttle crew. He brings a unique management perspective to this operational role
on this flight. He served as deputy director of the Johnson Space Center, and now is chief
of Flight Crew Operations. Pilot James M. Kelly, a former Air Force test pilot, is making his
first space flight. Australian-born Mission Specialist Andrew S.W. Thomas spent 141 days
and 2,250 orbits aboard the Russian Mir space station. Mission Specialist Paul W.
Richards, also making his first space flight, worked as a NASA engineer at the Goddard
Space Flight Center, developing tools for space walkers for the Hubble Space Telescope
Servicing Project before being selected as an astronaut in 1996.
Because of the space station crew replacement, three crews will be involved in the flight of
Discovery. The orbiter will carry Expedition Two Commander Yury Vladimirovich Usachev,
and Flight Engineers James S. Voss and Susan J. Helms to the ISS to replace the
Expedition One crew, Commander William M. Shepherd and cosmonauts Soyuz
Commander Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko and Flight Engineer Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev,
who arrived aboard the station on Nov. 2, 2000. Expedition One crewmembers will come
home in Discovery.
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About 41 hours after its launch Discovery is scheduled to dock with the International Space
Station. In addition to the new crew and the Multipurpose Logistics Module, Discovery also
brings to the ISS the Integrated Cargo Carrier and two Assembly Power Converter Units
(APCU's) in the orbiter's cargo bay, and ISS equipment and supplies in the Orbiter crew
compartment. The Integrated Cargo Carrier carries the Pump and Flow Control
Subassembly, the Lab Cradle Assembly, the External Stowage Platform, and the Rigid
Umbilical which are attached or installed on the ISS during the two scheduled space walks.
A Quick Look at the STS-102 Mission
Discovery will spend almost eight days attached to the ISS. Transfer of equipment begins
less than three hours after docking, which occurs during the crew's flight day three. Later in
flight day three, hatches will be closed so pressure in Discovery's cabin can be lowered in
preparation for a space walk.
The first of two space walks scheduled for flight day four will see Voss and Helms prepare
for the relocation of one of the docking ports attached to the ISS Unity module to prepare
for MPLM docking. Leonardo must be attached to the lower port of Unity to facilitate its
unloading. The space walkers also will install a cradle keel mechanism on the roof of
Destiny, which will be used later in the ISS assembly sequence to mount additional
hardware. Voss and Helms also will install an umbilical cable tray on Destiny in preparation
for the delivery of the ISS' robotic arm in April.
A highlight of flight day five will be installation of Leonardo to Unity using the orbiter's
robotic arm. Once Leonardo is attached to Unity half a dozen power, data and fluid
connecters will be hooked up. The following day the ISS crew will begin transferring
systems racks from Leonardo to the U.S. lab Destiny, while Discovery crewmembers focus
on the mission's second space walk. During this space walk, Thomas and Richards will
install a stowage bin to the truss and deliver a replacement pump system that would be
used to help ammonia flow to critical avionics on the ISS, if required.
Italian-built Leonardo brings to the new U.S. laboratory Destiny six system racks. Two are
DC-to-DC Converter Unit (DDCU) racks to convert power into a suitable form for ISS
experiments and other station activities. Two are robotic workstation racks for control of the
station's Canadian robotic arm and its four cameras, starting on Mission 6A. The Avionics
No. 3 Rack has the hardware to activate the Ku-Band and some orbital replacement units
for other systems. The Temporary Crew Health System Rack contains emergency medical
equipment, including a