STS-97

STS-97
Noriega on the newly-installed P6 truss, during EVA 2
NamesSpace Transportation System-97
Mission typeISS assembly
OperatorNASA
COSPAR ID2000-078A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.26630
Mission duration10 days, 19 hours, 58 minutes, 20 seconds
Distance travelled7,203,000 kilometres (4,476,000 mi)
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSpace Shuttle Endeavour
Launch mass120,742 kilograms (266,191 lb)
Landing mass89,758 kilograms (197,883 lb)
Payload mass7,906 kilograms (17,430 lb)
Crew
Crew size5
Members
Start of mission
Launch date1 December 2000, 03:06 (2000-12-01UTC03:06Z) UTC
Launch siteKennedy, LC-39B
End of mission
Landing date11 December 2000, 23:04 (2000-12-11UTC23:05Z) UTC
Landing siteKennedy, SLF Runway 15
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude352 kilometres (219 mi)
Apogee altitude365 kilometres (227 mi)
Inclination51.6 degrees
Period91.7 min
Docking with ISS
Docking portPMA-3
(Unity nadir)
Docking date2 December 2000
Undocking date9 December 2000
Time docked6 days, 23 hours, 13 minutes

Left to right – Front: Bloomfield, Garneau, Jett; Back: Noriega, Tanner
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STS-97 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour. The crew installed the first set of solar arrays to the ISS, prepared a docking port for arrival of the Destiny Laboratory Module, and delivered supplies for the station's crew. It was the last human spaceflight of the 20th century.