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Highlights |
| Mission: | International
Space Station Flight 7A | | Shuttle: | Atlantis | Launch
Pad: | 39B | |
Launch: |
July 12, 2001
4:04 a.m. CDT | | Window: | Less
than 5 minutes | | Docking: | July
13, 2001
10:08 p.m. CDT | | EVAs: | 3
space walks | | Undocking: | July
21, 2001
11:54 p.m. CDT | | Landing: | July
24, 2001
10:39 p.m. CDT | | Duration: | 12
days,
18 hours,
35 minutes | Orbit
Altitude: | 240 nautical
miles | Orbit
Inclination: | 51.6° |
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From
the Gallery:
Canadarm2 moves the Quest Airlock into position for installation
onto the space station's Unity Node. |
STS-104
Delivers Quest to International Space Station
Space Shuttle Atlantis spent 13 days in orbit, eight of those
days docked with the International Space Station. While at
the orbital outpost, the STS-104 crew delivered the Quest
Airlock and installed it on the station's Unity Node.
Expedition
Two Flight Engineer Susan Helms used the space station's robot
arm, Canadarm2, to lift Quest from the orbiter's payload bay.
At the same time, STS-104 Mission Specialists Michael Gernhardt
and James Reilly conducted a space walk, guiding Helms' movements
as she installed Quest onto the station.
A week
later Gernhardt and Reilly would use the brand-new airlock
for the third space walk of the mission. |
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Mission
Specialist James Reilly made history on July 20, 2001,
gliding through the space station's new airlock for the
first station-based exterior space walk. |
Three
Space Walks Prepare Quest for Use
Mission Specialists Michael Gernhardt and James Reilly conducted
three space walks while Space Shuttle Atlantis was docked
to the International Space Station. They spent a total of
16 hours and 30 minutes outside.
During
the first space walk, Gernhardt and Reilly assisted in the
installation of the airlock. During the second and third excursions,
they focused on the external outfitting of the Quest Airlock
with four High Pressure Gas Tanks, handrails and other vital
equipment. |
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