USA Space Shuttle STS-110
Space Shuttle
Status
Success
Date
8 APR 2002
20:44
Mission Overview
STS-110 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on 8–19 April 2002 flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis. The main purpose was to install the S0 Truss segment, which forms the backbone of the truss structure on the station.
Rocket
Space Shuttle
Mission Type
Human Exploration
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Stages
2
Livestream
Rocket Details
The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.
Height
56.1 m
Diameter
8 m
Launch Mass
2,030 T
Thrust
28,200 kN