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Missions
For assembling the international space station various launch vehicles have been sent. The details are as follows:
Flight |
Launch Vehicle |
Launch |
Landing |
Crew/Element(s) |
1R |
Russian Proton |
July 8-14,
2000 |
TBD |
Zvezda Service Module |
2A.2b |
Space Shuttle/ STS- 106 |
August 19, 2000 |
TBD |
Spacehab Logistics Flight |
3A |
Space Shuttle/ STS-92 |
Sept. 21, 2000 |
TBD |
Integrated Truss Structure (ITS) Z1; pressurized mating; Ku-band communications system; control moment gyros |
2R |
Soyuz |
Oct. 30, 2000 |
3-4 months later/ STS-102 |
U.S. Astronaut William Shepherd (ISS CDR), Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko, Russian Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev |
4A |
Space Shuttle/ STS-97 |
Nov. 30, 2000 |
TBD |
Integrated Truss Structure (P6); Photovoltaic Module; radiators |
5A |
Space Shuttle/ STS-98 |
Jan. 18, 2001 |
TBD |
Destiny laboratory module |
4R |
Soyuz |
Feb. 9, 2001 |
TBD |
Docking Compartment 1; Strela boom |
5A.1 |
Space Shuttle/ STS-102 |
Feb. 15, 2001 |
6 months later, flight 7A.1 (STS-105) |
Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Usachev (ISS CDR), U.S. Astronaut James Voss, U.S. Astronaut Susan Helms; Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module |
6A |
Space Shuttle/ STS-100 |
April 19, 2001 |
TBD |
Rafaello MPLM; Station Remote Manipulator System; Ultra High Frequency antenna |
2s |
Soyuz |
April 30, 2001 |
TBD |
Soyuz spacecraft exchange |
7A |
Space Shuttle/ STS-104 |
May 17, 2001 |
TBD |
Airlock; High Pressure Gas Assembly |
7A.1 |
STS-105 |
TBD |
6 months later, flight 8A (STS-108) |
U.S. Astronaut Frank Culbertson Jr. (ISS CDR), Russian Cosmonaut Vladimir Dezhurov, Russian Cosmonaut Mikhail Turin; Donatello MPLM |
UF-1 |
Space Shuttle/ STS-109 |
Aug. 23, 2001 |
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Multi-Purpose Logistics Module; Photovoltaic Module batteries; Spares Pallet |
8A |
STS-108 |
TBD |
Soyuz spacecraft |
Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Onufrienko (ISS CDR), U.S. Astronaut Carl Walz, U.S. Astronaut Daniel Bursch |
In the next section various explorations to planets and outer space have been explained
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