STS-106

STS-106
Malenchenko outside Zarya during an EVA
NamesSpace Transportation System-106
Mission typeISS assembly
OperatorNASA
COSPAR ID2000-053A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.26489
Mission duration11 days, 19 hours, 12 minutes, 15 seconds
Distance travelled7,900,000 km (4,900,000 mi)
Orbits completed185
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSpace Shuttle Atlantis
Launch mass115,259 kg (254,103 lb)
Landing mass100,369 kg (221,276 lb)
Payload mass10,219 kg (22,529 lb)
Crew
Crew size7
Members
EVAs1
EVA duration6 hours, 14 minutes
Start of mission
Launch date8 September 2000, 12:45:47 (2000-09-08UTC12:45:47Z) UTC
Launch siteKennedy, LC-39B
End of mission
Landing date20 September 2000, 07:56 (2000-09-20UTC07:57Z) UTC
Landing siteKennedy, SLF Runway 15
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude375 km (233 mi)
Apogee altitude386 km (240 mi)
Inclination51.6 degrees
Period92.2 minutes
Docking with ISS
Docking portUnity, PMA-2
Docking date10 September 2000, 05:51:25 UTC
Undocking date18 September 2000, 03:46:00 UTC
Time docked7 days, 21 hours, 54 minutes, 35 seconds

Left to right: Front row – Altman and Wilcutt; Back row – Morukov, Mastracchio, Lu, Burbank, Malenchenko.
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STS-106 was a 2000 Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis.


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