STS-106
Malenchenko outside Zarya during an EVA | |
| Names | Space Transportation System-106 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS assembly |
| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 2000-053A |
| SATCAT no. | 26489 |
| Mission duration | 11 days, 19 hours, 12 minutes, 15 seconds |
| Distance travelled | 7,900,000 km (4,900,000 mi) |
| Orbits completed | 185 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Atlantis |
| Launch mass | 115,259 kg (254,103 lb) |
| Landing mass | 100,369 kg (221,276 lb) |
| Payload mass | 10,219 kg (22,529 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 7 |
| Members | |
| EVAs | 1 |
| EVA duration | 6 hours, 14 minutes |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 8 September 2000, 12:45:47 UTC |
| Launch site | Kennedy, LC-39B |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 20 September 2000, 07:56 UTC |
| Landing site | Kennedy, SLF Runway 15 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 375 km (233 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 386 km (240 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Period | 92.2 minutes |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Unity, PMA-2 |
| Docking date | 10 September 2000, 05:51:25 UTC |
| Undocking date | 18 September 2000, 03:46:00 UTC |
| Time docked | 7 days, 21 hours, 54 minutes, 35 seconds |
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Left to right: Front row – Altman and Wilcutt; Back row – Morukov, Mastracchio, Lu, Burbank, Malenchenko. | |
STS-106 was a 2000 Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis.