STS-108

STS-108

Godwin on Endeavour's Canadarm during an EVA
Names	Space Transportation System-108
Mission type	ISS crew rotation
Operator	NASA
COSPAR ID	2001-054A
SATCAT no.	26995
Mission duration	11 days, 19 hours, 36 minutes, 45 seconds
Distance travelled	7,700,000 kilometres (4,800,000 mi)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Space Shuttle Endeavour
Payload mass	4,082 kilograms (8,999 lb)
Crew
Crew size	7
Members	Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie Mark E. Kelly Linda M. Godwin Daniel M. Tani
Launching	Yuri I. Onufrienko Carl E. Walz Daniel W. Bursch
Landing	Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. Mikhail Turin Vladimir N. Dezhurov
EVAs	1
EVA duration	4 hours, 12 minutes
Start of mission
Launch date	5 December 2001 22:19:28 (2001-12-05UTC22:19:28Z) UTC
Launch site	Kennedy LC-39B
End of mission
Landing date	17 December 2001 17:56:13 (2001-12-17UTC17:56:14Z) UTC
Landing site	Kennedy SLF Runway 15
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	353 kilometres (219 mi)
Apogee altitude	377 kilometres (234 mi)
Inclination	51.6 degrees
Period	92 minutes
Docking with ISS
Docking port	PMA-2 (Destiny forward)
Docking date	7 December 2001, 20:03 UTC
Undocking date	15 December 2001, 17:28 UTC
Time docked	7 days, 21 hours, 24 minutes
(L-R): Mark E. Kelly, Linda M. Godwin, Daniel M. Tani, Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie Space Shuttle program ← STS-105 STS-109 →

STS-108 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour. Its primary objective was to deliver supplies to and help maintain the ISS.

STS-108 was the 12th shuttle flight to visit the International Space Station and the first since the installation of the Russian airlock called Pirs on the station. Endeavour delivered the Expedition 4 crew to the orbital outpost. The Expedition 3 crew returned to Earth on Endeavour.^[1]

While at the station, the crew conducted one spacewalk and attached the Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module to the station so that about 2.7 metric tons (3 tons) of equipment and supplies could be unloaded. The crew later returned Raffaello to Endeavour's payload bay for the trip home.^[1]