STS-112

Infobox Space mission
mission_name = STS-112
insignia = Sts-112-patch.png shuttle = Atlantis
launch_pad = 39-B
launch = October 7, 2002 19:45:51 UTC
landing = October 18, 2002 15:44:35 UTC KSC Runway 33
duration = 10 days, 19:58:44
altitude = 122 nautical miles (226 km)
inclination = 51.6 degrees
distance = 4.5 million miles (7.2 million km)
crew_photo = STS-112 crew.jpg
crew_caption = (L-R): Sandra H. Magnus, David A. Wolf, Pamela A. Melroy, Jeffrey S. Ashby, Piers J. Sellers and Fyodor Yurchikhin
previous = STS-111
next = STS-113

STS-112 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle " Atlantis". STS-112 was a 10-day assembly mission in October 2002 that attached the S1 Truss segment. Atlantis would not fly again until STS-115 on September 9, 2006.

Crew

*Jeffrey S. Ashby (3), Commander
*Pamela A. Melroy (2), Pilot
*David A. Wolf (3), Mission Specialist 1
*Sandra H. Magnus (1), Mission Specialist 2
*Piers Sellers (1), Mission Specialist 3
*Fyodor N. Yurchikhin (1) , Mission Specialist 4 - RSA

Number in parentheses indicates number of spaceflights by each individual prior to and including this mission.

Mission parameters

*Mass:
**"Orbiter Liftoff:" 116,538 kg
**"Orbiter Landing:" 91,390 kg
**"Payload:" 12,572 kg
*Perigee: 273 km
*Apogee: 405 km
*Inclination: 51.6°
*Period: 91.3 min

Docking with ISS

*Docked: October 9, 2002, 15:16:15 UTC
*Undocked: October 16, 2002, 13:13:30 UTC
*Time Docked: 6 days, 21 h, 57 min, 15 s

=Spacewalks=

Mission highlights

STS-112 was an Assembly Mission (9A) to the International Space Station, delivering the S1 truss segment, which provides structural support for the Space Station radiators. It also delivered the Crew Equipment Translation Aid (CETA) Cart to the Space Station. The CETA cart was attached to the Mobile Transporter (launched on STS-110) to be used by assembly crews on later missions. STS-112 also carried several science experiments to the station including the Plant Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus (PGBA), Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus (CGBA), the Protein Crystal Growth Single-locker Thermal Enclosure System housing the Protein Crystillization Apparatus for Microgravity (PCG-STES-PCAM) and samples for the Zeolite Crystal Growth Furnace (ZCG) experiment.

huttlecam

A camera mounted to the shuttle's external tank captured Atlantis' ascent to orbit. This was the first time such footage was recorded. [http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/video/shuttle/sts-112/html/fd1.html Shuttlecam video]

In the response to the Space Shuttle "Columbia" disaster (STS-107), the camera was also used on STS-114, STS-121, STS-115, STS-116, STS-117, and STS-118. The Cameras may be used on all remaining Space Shuttle missions.

ee also

* Space science
* Space shuttle
* List of space shuttle missions
* List of human spaceflights chronologically
* List of ISS spacewalks
* List of spacewalks

External links

* [http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-112/mission-sts-112.html NASA mission summary]
* [http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/sts-112/index.html Status reports] - Detailed NASA status reports for each day of the mission.
* [http://www.nss.org/resources/library/shuttlevideos/shuttle111.htm STS-112 Video Highlights]