launched fromUSA
STS-101
Success
MAY 19200010:11:00 UTCAtlantis flew the first outfitting mission to the partly built International Space Station, with the Zarya module overdue for service. The crew swapped out Zarya's batteries, smoke detectors, cooling fans, and a power distribution box, transferred more than a tonne of equipment via a Spacehab module, and reboosted the station's orbit before the long-delayed Zvezda service module arrived that summer.
LIFTOFF
MAY 19 200010:11:00 UTC
Success
launched fromLC-39AKennedy
aboardSpace Shuttle AtlantisintoLEO
Payload
STS-101
ISS assembly
Crew · 7
- 01James D. HalsellfromUSA
- 02Scott J. HorowitzfromUSA
- 03Mary E. WeberfromUSA
- 04Jeffrey N. WilliamsfromUSA
- 05James S. VossfromUSA
- 06Susan HelmsfromUSA
- 07Yuri UsachovfromRussia
