STS-108

STS-108 was Space Shuttle Endeavour's UF-1 logistics and crew-rotation mission to the International Space Station. Endeavour launched from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39B on December 5, 2001 with Commander Dominic Gorie, Pilot Mark Kelly, mission specialists Linda Godwin and Daniel Tani, and the incoming Expedition 4 crew of Yuri Onufrienko, Daniel Bursch, and Carl Walz. The mission docked with the station on December 7 and used the Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module to deliver supplies, equipment, and experiment hardware. During the docked phase, seat-liner transfers made Expedition 4 the new resident crew and prepared Expedition 3 commander Frank Culbertson with flight engineers Mikhail Tyurin and Vladimir Dezhurov for return. Godwin and Tani performed a 4 hour, 12 minute EVA to add insulation blankets around station solar-array drive mechanisms and complete get-ahead station tasks. Endeavour undocked after the handover, deployed the STARSHINE 2 student satellite, and landed at Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility on December 17, 2001.