STS-102

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STS-102 was a mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station (ISS) in March 2001. The primary objectives of STS-102 were to deliver the Expedition 2 crew to the ISS and to return the Expedition 1 crew to Earth. The mission also delivered the European Space Agency's (ESA) Leonardo logistics module, which carried supplies and equipment to the station. The crew of STS-102 consisted of five astronauts: James Wetherbee (commander), James Kelly (pilot), Andrew Thomas (mission specialist), and mission specialists Janice Voss and Susan Helms. This mission was part of the ongoing assembly and resupply of the ISS, a collaborative project involving multiple space agencies.12

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Susan Helms
…on the space shuttle Discovery’s STS-102 mission (launched March 8, 2001). Helms, astronaut James Voss, and cosmonaut Yury Usachyov were the ISS’s second resident crew. (Helms, Voss, and Usachyov had also flown together on STS-101.) On March 11 Helms and Voss performed a space walk that made room for a…
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…on the space shuttle Discovery’s STS-102 mission (launched March 8, 2001). Helms, astronaut James Voss, and cosmonaut Yury Usachyov were the ISS’s second resident crew. (Helms, Voss, and Usachyov had also flown together on STS-101.) On March 11 Helms and Voss performed a space walk that made room for a…
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