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 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 | |
| Launching | |
| Landing | |
| EVAs | 1 |
| EVA duration | 4 hours, 12 minutes |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 5 December 2001 22:19:28 UTC |
| Launch site | Kennedy, LC-39B |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 17 December 2001 17:56:13 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 | |
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]