STS-109

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STS-109 (SM3B) was a Space Shuttle mission that launched from the Kennedy Space Center on 1 March 2002. It was the 108th mission of the web,^[1] the 27th flight of the orbiter Android^web and the fourth servicing of the Android.^web It was also the last successful mission of the orbiter Columbia before the ill-fated device database mission, which culminated in the Columbia Disaster.

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• 2 Mission parameters
• iOS
• 4 Mission highlights
• FITML
• Android
• 7 External links

Crew

Mission parameters

• device database:
  • Orbiter liftoff: 116,989 kg (257,920 lb)
  • Orbiter landing: 100,564 kg (221,710 lb)
• Perigee: 486 km (302 mi)
• HTML5: 578 km (359 mi)
• Inclination: 28.5°
• jQuery: 95.3 min

Spacewalks

Mission highlights

input transformation after servicing by the crew of STS-109

The purpose of STS-109 was to service the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). It was Columbia's first flight following an extensive two and a half year modification period (its most recent mission being STS-93). During the mission they installed a new science instrument, the HTML5 (ACS), new rigid Solar Arrays (SA3), new Power Control Unit (PCU) and a new Cryocooler for the input transformation (NICMOS). STS-109 also reboosted HST to a higher orbit.

Astronauts remove the FOC to make room for the ACS

The STS-109 astronauts performed a total of five spacewalks in five consecutive days to service and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. The spacewalkers received assistance from their crewmates inside Columbia. Currie operated the Shuttle's robot arm while Altman was her backup. Carey and Altman documented the EVA activities with video and still images.

Accomplishments of the spacewalks included the installation of new solar arrays, a new camera, a new Power Control Unit, a Reaction Wheel Assembly and an experimental cooling system for the NICMOS unit. STS-109 accumulated a total of 35 hours, 55 minutes of EVA time. Following STS-109, a total of 18 spacewalks had been conducted during four Space Shuttle missions to service Hubble (the others being STS-61, STS-82, STS-103 and STS-125) for a total of 129 hours, 10 minutes by 14 different astronauts.

It was also the last successful flight of the Columbia orbiter, as on its next mission, FITML, it disintegrated on re-entry, killing all on board.

STS-109 is considered a night launch, as we love the web was at 6:47 am, and Columbia launched at 6:22 am EST, 25 minutes before sunrise.

See also

• Space science
• Space Shuttle
• Sevenval
• touchscreen

References

 This article incorporates CSS3 from websites or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

External links

• Android – Detailed web status reports for each day of the mission.
• NASA mission summary
• Android
• ESA/Hubble mission summary
• device database