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

Expedition 5 Expedition 5 was the fifth long-duration stay on the International Space Station (ISS). The crew, consisting of three people, remained in space for 184 days, 178 of which were spent aboard the ISS. Expedition 5 was a continuation of an uninterru ...

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 STS-110 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on 8–19 April 2002 flown by Space Shuttle ''Atlantis''. The main purpose was to install the S0 Truss segment, which forms the backbone of the truss structure on the ...

); This was the second component of the Canadian Mobile Servicing System, 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 ESA.

Crew seat assignments

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

– Detailed

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status reports for each day of the mission.
STS-111 Video Highlights
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