STS-111 was a

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mission to the

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(ISS) flown by Space Shuttle ''Endeavour''. STS-111 resupplied the station and replaced the Expedition 4 crew with the

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crew. It was launched on 5 June 2002, from

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, Florida.

Crew

Mission highlights

STS-111, in addition to providing supplies, rotated the crews aboard the

, exchanging the three Expedition 4 members (1 Russian, 2 American) for the three

members (2 Russian, 1 American). The

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(MPLM) carried experiment racks and three stowage and resupply racks to the station. The mission also installed a component of the

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called the Mobile Base System (MBS) to the Mobile Transporter (MT) (which was installed during STS-110); This was the second component of the Canadian

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, or MSS. This gave the mechanical arm the capability to "inchworm" from the U.S. Lab fixture to the MBS and travel along the Truss to work sites. STS-111 was the last flight of a

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astronaut, the French agency having disbanded its astronaut group and transferred them to the

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Spacewalks

Media

File:STS-111 launch.ogv, Launch video (3 mins 11 secs) File:STS-111 landing.ogv, Landing video (2 mins 29 secs)

References

External links

NASA mission archive

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