STS-106
STS-106 was a Space Shuttle Atlantis mission that prepared the International Space Station for its first resident crew. The crew delivered and transferred supplies, outfitted the newly arrived Zvezda service module, installed station equipment, raised the station orbit, and completed a spacewalk to connect Zvezda with the rest of the early ISS complex.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Atlantis STS-106ISS Flight 2A.2bZvezda Outfitting MissionExpedition 1 Preparation FlightSTS 106
- Name
- STS-106
- Status
- completed
Details
- Astronauts
- Description
- STS-106 was a Space Shuttle Atlantis mission that prepared the International Space Station for its first resident crew. The crew delivered and transferred supplies, outfitted the newly arrived Zvezda service module, installed station equipment, raised the station orbit, and completed a spacewalk to connect Zvezda with the rest of the early ISS complex.
- End Date
- 2000-09-20
- Landing Site
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Successfully completed ISS Flight 2A.2b, preparing the station for Expedition 1 by delivering more than 6,000 pounds of supplies, outfitting Zvezda, connecting nine external cables during a 6-hour 14-minute EVA, and raising the station's average altitude by 14 miles.
- Program
- Space Shuttle program
- Start Date
- 2000-09-08
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.nasa.gov/mission/sts-106/
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-106
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- Creation Time
- April 26, 2026 at 16:15:25 UTC
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- Updated Time
- July 15, 2026 at 00:47:52 UTC
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- Affiliations
- Space Stations
- Vehicles