Launch from Cape Canaveral (
KSC);
Landing on Cape Canaveral (
KSC). Mission
ISS-07-5A.1
MPLM Leonardo.
Following a two day solo flight
the Discovery docked with the
ISS on March 10, 2001. Yuri
Usachyov, James
Voss
und Susan
Helms became as
expedition two new
resident crew of the
ISS. The
expedition one crew
(William
Shepherd, Yuri
Gidzenko and Sergei
Krikalyov) returned to Earth with STS-102.
With
STS-102 the first time the Multi Purpose Logistics Module (Leonardo) was used
to bring supplies to the station. The Discovery also carried an Integrated
Cargo Carrier (
ICC). The
ICC
had the External Stowage Platform-1 (
ESP-1)
mounted on its underside.
ESP-1 was placed on the port side of 'Destiny' as a
storage location for ORUs.
The first
EVA
by Susan
Helms and James
Voss
was performed on March 11, 2001 (8h 56m - new U.S.spacewalk record) to prepare
PMA-3 for repositioning from the berth to the port
side of Unity to make room for Italian built Multi-Purpose Logistics Module
Leonardo, which was later attached to the
ISS.
The second and final
EVA
by Paul
Richards and Andrew
Thomas occured on March 13, 2001 (6h 2m) in which they
installed a stowage platform and attached an ammonia coolant pump on the
platform. Also cables were connected, which will be needed for the Canadian
built robtic arm, which will attached to the station in a future
flight.
