launched fromUSA

STS-97

Success
DEC 01200003:06:00 UTC

Endeavour delivered the P6 truss and the first large US solar arrays to the International Space Station, the heaviest element a shuttle had yet brought up and a major jump in the outpost's power supply. It was the first shuttle to visit while a crew was aboard, docking with the Expedition 1 residents, and the last human spaceflight of the 20th century. A spacewalk freed a kink that had stopped one array from fully extending.

launched fromLC-39AKennedy

aboardSpace Shuttle EndeavourSTS-97intoLEO

Payloads · 2

  • 01

    STS-97

    ISS assembly

  • 02

    P6 Truss

    ISS component

Crew · 5

  • 01Brent W. Jett Jr.fromUSA
  • 02Michael J. BloomfieldfromUSA
  • 03Joseph R. TannerfromUSA
  • 04Marc GarneaufromCanada
  • 05Carlos I. NoriegafromUSA

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