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STS-104

Launched: July 12, 2001, 5:03:59 a.m. EDT

Landing: July 24, 2001, 11:39 p.m. EDT, Kennedy Space Center, Florida

Space Shuttle: Atlantis

Crew: Commander Steven Lindsey, Pilot Charles Hobaugh, Mission Specialists Michael Gernhardt, James Reilly and Janet Kavandi

 

STS-104 was one of the International Space Station assembly flights. In a series of three spacewalks, the joint airlock module was attached to the Unity Node and high-pressure gas tanks attached to the airlock, christened "Quest." The crews tested nitrogen and oxygen lines for use on future shuttle missions and installed valves to connect Quest to the ISS environmental control system. They also installed a computer to run the airlock's systems. Air bubbles in a coolant line caused a water spill -- cleanup caused a task to be postponed to another day. Astronauts replaced a leaky air circulation valve and moved the hatch for the airlock into position between the Equipment Lock and the Crew Lock.

 

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Credit: NASA

Image Number: sts104-s-001

Date: March 2001

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