 Canadarm2 grapples the MPLM Leonardo in Discovery's payload bay, prior to berthing | |
| Mission type | ISS logistics |
|---|---|
| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 2010-012A |
| SATCAT no. | 36507 |
| Mission duration | 15 days, 2 hours, 47 minutes, 11 seconds[1][2][3] |
| Distance travelled | 10,029,810 kilometres (6,232,235 mi) |
| Orbits completed | 238 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Discovery |
| Launch mass | 2,051,031 kilograms (4,521,749 lb)[4](total) 121,047 kilograms (266,864 lb) (orbiter) |
| Landing mass | 102,039 kilograms (224,957 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 7 |
| Members | |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | April 5, 2010, 10:21:22 UTC[5][6] |
| Launch site | Kennedy, LC-39A |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | April 20, 2010, 13:08:35 UTC |
| Landing site | Kennedy, SLF Runway 15 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 320 kilometres (200 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 346 kilometres (215 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.6° |
| Period | 90 minutes |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | PMA-2 (Harmony forward) |
| Docking date | April 7, 2010, 07:44 UTC |
| Undocking date | April 17, 2010, 12:52 UTC |
| Time docked | 10 days, 5 hours, 8 minutes |
 Seated: James Dutton (left) Alan Poindexter (right), Standing (l-r): Rick Mastracchio, Stephanie Wilson, Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, Naoko Yamazaki (JAXA) and Clayton Anderson | |
STS-131 (ISS assembly flight 19A)[7] was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Space Shuttle Discovery launched on April 5, 2010, at 6:21 am from LC-39A, and landed at 9:08 am on April 20, 2010, on runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility.[5] The mission marked the longest flight for Space Shuttle Discovery and its 38th and penultimate flight.
The primary payload was a Multi-Purpose Logistics Module loaded with supplies and equipment for the International Space Station. The mission also removed and replaced an ammonia tank assembly outside the station on the S1 truss. STS-131 furthermore carried several on-board payloads; this mission had the most payloads since STS-107. It is also the last shuttle mission with a crew of 7.
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- ^ Chris Bergin (April 10, 2010). "STS-131: NASA managers plan out extra docked day late inspections". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved April 10, 2010.
- ^ "Cloudy Skies Delay Space Shuttle's Homecoming". ABC News. April 19, 2010. Archived from the original on January 16, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
- ^ NASA. "STS-131 press kit" (PDF). NASA. Retrieved March 26, 2010.
- ^ a b NASA (February 16, 2010). "NASA's Shuttle and Rocket Missions". NASA. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
- ^ Bergin, Chris (February 15, 2010). "STS-131: Cold weather delays flow – DDO constraint pushes launch into April". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
- ^ NASA (September 24, 2009). "Consolidated Launch Manifest". NASA. Archived from the original on March 7, 2009. Retrieved October 16, 2009.