STS-92 was a
Space Shuttle
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mission to the
International Space Station
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(ISS) flown by
Space Shuttle '' Discovery''. STS-92 marked the 100th mission of the
Space Shuttle
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. It was launched from
Kennedy Space Center
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,
Florida
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, 11 October 2000.
Crew
Spacewalks
*'' Chiao and McArthur '' – EVA 1
*EVA 1 Start: 15 October 2000 – 14:27 UTC
*EVA 1 End: 15 October 2000 – 20:55 UTC
*Duration: 6 hours, 28 minutes
*'' López-Alegría and Wisoff '' – EVA 2
*EVA 2 Start: 16 October 2000 – 14:15 UTC
*EVA 2 End: 16 October 2000 – 21:22 UTC
*Duration: 7 hours, 07 minutes
*'' Chiao and McArthur '' – EVA 3
*EVA 3 Start: 17 October 2000 – 14:30 UTC
*EVA 3 End: 17 October 2000 – 21:18 UTC
*Duration: 6 hours, 48 minutes
*'' López-Alegría and Wisoff '' – EVA 4
*EVA 4 Start: 18 October 2000 – 15:00 UTC
*EVA 4 End: 18 October 2000 – 21:56 UTC
*Duration: 6 hours, 56 minutes
Mission highlights
![Z1assembly](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Z1assembly.jpg)
STS-92 was an ISS assembly flight that brought the
Z1 truss
The Integrated Truss Structure (ITS) of the International Space Station (ISS) consists of a linear arranged sequence of connected trusses on which various unpressurized components are mounted such as logistics carriers, radiators, solar arrays, ...
, Control Moment Gyros,
Pressurized Mating Adapter
The Pressurized Mating Adapter (PMA) is a class of spacecraft adapters that convert the Common Berthing Mechanism (CBM) used on the US Orbital Segment to APAS-95 docking ports. There are three PMAs located on the International Space Station (IS ...
-3 (PMA-3) (mounted on a
Spacelab
Spacelab was a reusable laboratory developed by European Space Agency (ESA) and used on certain spaceflights flown by the Space Shuttle. The laboratory comprised multiple components, including a pressurized module, an unpressurized carrier, ...
pallet) and two DDCU (
Heat pipes
A heat pipe is a heat-transfer device that employs phase transition to transfer heat between two solid interfaces.
At the hot interface of a heat pipe, a volatile liquid in contact with a thermally conductive solid surface turns into a vapor ...
) to the
space station
A space station is a spacecraft capable of supporting a human crew in orbit for an extended period of time, and is therefore a type of space habitat. It lacks major propulsion or landing systems. An orbital station or an orbital space station i ...
.
The
Z1 truss
The Integrated Truss Structure (ITS) of the International Space Station (ISS) consists of a linear arranged sequence of connected trusses on which various unpressurized components are mounted such as logistics carriers, radiators, solar arrays, ...
was the first
exterior
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the interior of a subset of a topological space is the union of all subsets of that are open in .
A point that is in the interior of is an interior point of .
The interior of is the complement of the ...
framework installed on the ISS and allowed the first U.S. solar arrays to be temporarily installed on ''
Unity
Unity may refer to:
Buildings
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* Unity Building (Chicago), Illinois, US; a skyscraper
* Unity Buildings, Liverpool, UK; two buildings in England
* Unity Chapel, Wyoming, Wisconsin, US; a h ...
'' for early power during flight 4A. The Ku-band communication system supported early science capabilities and U.S. television on flight 6A. The CMGs (Control Moment Gyros) weigh about and provide non-propulsive (electrically powered) attitude control when activated on flight 5A, and PMA-3 provides shuttle docking port for solar array installation on flight 4A and
Destiny
Destiny, sometimes referred to as fate (from Latin ''fatum'' "decree, prediction, destiny, fate"), is a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual.
Fate
Although often ...
Lab installation on flight 5A.
The mission included seven days of docked operations with the
space station
A space station is a spacecraft capable of supporting a human crew in orbit for an extended period of time, and is therefore a type of space habitat. It lacks major propulsion or landing systems. An orbital station or an orbital space station i ...
, four
EVAs, and two ingress opportunities.
Over the course of four scheduled
spacewalks
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, two teams of
space walkers and an experienced
robot arm
A robot is a machine—especially one programmable by a computer—capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically. A robot can be guided by an external control device, or the control may be embedded within. Robots may be c ...
operator collaborated to install the
Z1 (Z for zenith port) truss structure on top of the
U.S.
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Unity
Unity may refer to:
Buildings
* Unity Building, Oregon, Illinois, US; a historic building
* Unity Building (Chicago), Illinois, US; a skyscraper
* Unity Buildings, Liverpool, UK; two buildings in England
* Unity Chapel, Wyoming, Wisconsin, US; a h ...
connecting node on the growing station and to deliver the third Pressurized Mating Adapter (PMA 3) to the
ISS
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for the future berthing of new station components and to accommodate shuttle dockings.
The
Z1 truss
The Integrated Truss Structure (ITS) of the International Space Station (ISS) consists of a linear arranged sequence of connected trusses on which various unpressurized components are mounted such as logistics carriers, radiators, solar arrays, ...
was the first permanent lattice-work structure for the ISS, very much like a girder, setting the stage for the future addition of the station's major
trusses
A truss is an assembly of ''members'' such as beams, connected by ''nodes'', that creates a rigid structure.
In engineering, a truss is a structure that "consists of two-force members only, where the members are organized so that the assembla ...
or backbones. The Z1 fixture also served as the platform on which the huge U.S.
solar arrays
A photovoltaic system, also PV system or solar power system, is an electric power system designed to supply usable solar power by means of photovoltaics. It consists of an arrangement of several components, including solar panels to absorb and c ...
were mounted on the next shuttle assembly flight,
STS-97. The Z1 truss included many elements of the
Communications and Tracking subsystem. The
hardware included a
Transmitter
In electronics and telecommunications, a radio transmitter or just transmitter is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna (radio), antenna. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which i ...
/Receiver/Controller (SGTRC) built by L3 Communications Systems-East in
Camden, NJ. John Schina was the Chief Engineer of the
ISS Program at L3.
The Z1 contains four large
gyroscopic
A gyroscope (from Ancient Greek γῦρος ''gŷros'', "round" and σκοπέω ''skopéō'', "to look") is a device used for measuring or maintaining orientation and angular velocity. It is a spinning wheel or disc in which the axis of rotat ...
devices, called
Control Moment Gyroscope
A control moment gyroscope (CMG) is an attitude control device generally used in spacecraft attitude control systems. A CMG consists of a spinning rotor and one or more motorized gimbals that tilt the rotor’s angular momentum. As the rotor tilts ...
(CMGs), which are used to maneuver the
space station
A space station is a spacecraft capable of supporting a human crew in orbit for an extended period of time, and is therefore a type of space habitat. It lacks major propulsion or landing systems. An orbital station or an orbital space station i ...
into the proper orientation on
orbit
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once they were activated following the installation of the
U.S.
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laboratory
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.
During the fourth
spacewalk
Extravehicular activity (EVA) is any activity done by an astronaut in outer space outside a spacecraft. In the absence of a breathable atmosphere of Earth, Earthlike atmosphere, the astronaut is completely reliant on a space suit for environmen ...
, astronauts
Wisoff and
López-Alegría tested the
SAFER
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jet backpack, flying up to 50
feet
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while remaining
tethered
A tether is a cord, fixture, or flexible attachment that characteristically anchors something movable to something fixed; it also maybe used to connect two movable objects, such as an item being towed by its tow.
Applications for tethers includ ...
to the
spacecraft
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.
Media
File:STS-92 launch.ogv
File:STS-92 landing.ogv
See also
*
List of human spaceflights
This is a list of all human spaceflights throughout history. Beginning in 1961 with the flight of Yuri Gagarin aboard Vostok 1, human spaceflight occurs when a human crew flies a spacecraft into outer space. Human spaceflight is distinguished ...
*
List of International Space Station spacewalks
On the International Space Station (ISS), extravehicular activities are major events in the building and maintaining of the orbital laboratory, and are performed to install new components, re-wire systems, modules, and equipment, and to mon ...
*
List of Space Shuttle missions
*
List of spacewalks 2000–2014
This list contains all spacewalks performed between 12 May 2000 and 22 October 2014 where an astronaut fully or partially left a spacecraft.
2000–2004 spacewalks
''Spacewalk beginning and ending times are given in Coordinated Universal Tim ...
*
Outline of space science
The following outline is provided as an overview and topical guide to space science:
Space science encompasses all of the scientific disciplines that involve space exploration and study natural phenomena and physical bodies occurring in outer ...
References
External links
NASA mission summary
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