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Mission "STS-112"


BRIEFLY ABOUT MISSION
Registration number 2002-047A / 27537
Time and date of launch (UT) 19h.45m.51s.   October 07, 2002
Launch site Cape Canaveral, LC 39-B
Launch vehicle Shuttle
Payload mass (kg)
Orbital parameters:
   - inclination (degrees) 51.6
   - period (minutes) 88.4
   - perigee (km) 156
   - apogee (km) 234
Time and date of landing (wheel stop, UT) 15h.44m.35s.   October 18, 2002
   - rollout time (sec.) 55
Place of landing Runway 33, Kennedy Space Center, FL
Duration 10d.19h.58m.44s.
Number of revolutions around Earth 170
Summary 26th fly of space shuttle "Atlantis". 19th manned fly to ISS (flight ISS-9A). Delivery of supplies to ISS. Delivery and mounting of ISS Center Integrated Truss Assembly S1.



CREW
Ord.
num.
Status Main Backup Reserved
1 Cdr Ashby, Jeffrey Shears

2 Plt (w) Melroy, Pamela Ann

3 MS Wolf, David Alexander

4 MS Sellers, Piers John

5 MS (w) Magnus, Sandra Hall

6 MS Yurchikhin, Fyodor Nikolayevich

Call sign Atlantis


TIMELINE
Date Time (UT) Spaceship's revo-
lution number
Station's revo-
lution number
Explanation
Oct 07, 2002 19:45:51 1 ISS:22163 Lift-off Shuttle, mission "STS-112" , flight ISS-9A (crew: Ashby,   Melroy,   Wolf,   Sellers,   Magnus,   Yurchikhin ).
Oct 07, 2002 19:45:51 1 ISS:22163 Lift-off module "S1"   of orbital station "ISS"   (delivered to the orbit by Shuttle "Atlantis" , flight ISS-9A).
Oct 09, 2002 15:16:15 30 ISS:22192 Docking of "STS-112"   mission spacecraft (crew: Ashby,   Melroy,   Wolf,   Sellers,   Magnus,   Yurchikhin ) to PMA-2   of module "Destiny"   of orbital complex ISS   - "Soyuz-TM34"   - "Progress M1-9" .
Oct 09, 2002 16:51 31 ISS:22193 Opened hatches between Shuttle and ISS (crew of mission "STS-112" : Ashby,   Melroy,   Wolf,   Sellers,   Magnus,   Yurchikhin ).

Crew of ISS after hatches' opening: Korzun,   Treschyov,   Whitson,   Ashby,   Melroy,   Wolf,   Sellers,   Magnus,   Yurchikhin.
Oct 10, 2002 13:30 44 ISS:22206 S1   truss mounted on the truss "S0"   of the ISS, operator of the robot arm Canadarm-2 Whitson   (ISS-5), assisted by Magnus   (mission "STS-112" ).
Oct 10, 2002 15:21
ISS:22207 Beginning of EVA ( Wolf,   Sellers ); the 1st [of 3] EVA of the mission "STS-112" . The 10th EVA from airlock Quest.
Oct 10, 2002 22:22
ISS:22212 Ending of EVA ( Wolf,   Sellers ), duration 7:01; mission "STS-112" .
Oct 12, 2002 14:31
ISS:22238 Beginning of EVA ( Wolf,   Sellers ); the 2nd [of 3] EVA of the mission "STS-112" . The 11th EVA from airlock Quest.
Oct 12, 2002 20:35
ISS:22242 Ending of EVA ( Wolf,   Sellers ), duration 6:04; mission "STS-112" .
Oct 14, 2002 09:34:00 1721 ISS:22266 Deorbit burn of "Progress M46" .
Oct 14, 2002 10:21:59 1721 ISS:22267 End of existence of "Progress M46" .
Oct 14, 2002 14:11
ISS:22269 Beginning of EVA ( Wolf,   Sellers ); the 3rd [of 3] EVA of the mission "STS-112" . The 12th EVA from airlock Quest.
Oct 14, 2002 20:47
ISS:22273 Ending of EVA ( Wolf,   Sellers ), duration 6:36; mission "STS-112" .
Oct 16, 2002 11:15 136 ISS:22298 Closed hatches between Shuttle and ISS (crew of mission "STS-112" : Ashby,   Melroy,   Wolf,   Sellers,   Magnus,   Yurchikhin ).

Crew of ISS after hatches' closing: Korzun,   Treschyov,   Whitson.
Oct 16, 2002 13:13:30 138 ISS:22300 Undocking of "STS-112"   mission spacecraft (crew: Ashby,   Melroy,   Wolf,   Sellers,   Magnus,   Yurchikhin ) from PMA-2   of module "Destiny"   of orbital complex ISS   - "Soyuz-TM34"   - "Progress M1-9" .
Oct 18, 2002 14:34:14 170 ISS:22332 Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission "STS-112"   (crew: Ashby,   Melroy,   Wolf,   Sellers,   Magnus,   Yurchikhin ).
Oct 18, 2002 15:44:35 171 ISS:22333 Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-112"   (crew: Ashby,   Melroy,   Wolf,   Sellers,   Magnus,   Yurchikhin ).

Sources:
  Mission Control Center (TsUP) from 2007
  CBS News
  Spaceflight now
  Alexander Zheleznyakov
  journal "Novosti Kosmonavtiki" ("News of Cosmonautics") from 1993 till our time
  journal "Kosmonavtika, astronomiya" ("Cosmonautics, astronomy") 1983-1991 years
  book "Evolution of vehicle-creating and cosmonautics in the USSR" by Valentin P. Glushko, Moscow, 1987
  Jonathan's Space Report
  and many other people and editions
  


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