launched from USA

STS-112

Success
OCT 07200210:46:00 UTC

Atlantis extended the International Space Station's truss with the S1 segment, the starboard half of the backbone carrying the station's heat-rejecting radiators. The crew conducted three spacewalks to bolt the truss in place and connect its systems.

launched from LC-39B Kennedy

aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis into LEO

Payloads · 3

  • 01

    STS-112

    ISS assembly

  • 02

    S1 Truss

    ISS component

  • 03

    CETA

    ISS component

Crew · 6

  • 01 Jeffrey S. Ashby from USA
  • 02 Pamela A. Melroy from USA
  • 03 David A. Wolf from USA
  • 04 Sandra H. Magnus from USA
  • 05 Piers Sellers from USA
  • 06 Fyodor N. Yurchikhin from Russia

last updated May 29, 2026