![]() Initial weather reports for TAL sites was not favorable but cleared in time for launch. Weather at TAL sites Zaragoza and Moron, Spain Problems with an oxygen system in the orbiter's midbody ![]() STS-113 was the final mission during which Russian cosmonauts flew on the Space Shuttle.īecause Endeavour entered its Orbiter Major Modification period after the Columbia disaster, this was the last shuttle mission to fly with an analog-style cockpit. John Herrington, a member of the Chickasaw Nation, became the first enrolled member of a Native American tribe to fly in space. Gus Loria was originally scheduled to fly as the pilot for this mission, but was replaced due to an injury. STS-113 was the last successful mission before STS-107. This payload deployed two small satellites which are connected via a 15 metres (49 ft) tether. The landing was the first (and only) time a mission ended on the fourth day of landing attempts.Īlso carried aboard STS-113 was the Micro-Electromechanical System ( MEMS) based Pico Satellite Inspector (MEPSI). 2012 Toyota Tundra tows the Space Shuttle Endeavour. ![]() It was the 19th flight of Endeavour, the 112th shuttle mission, and the 16th shuttle mission to the station. STS-113 came to a close when Endeavour glided in to a landing at Kennedy Space Center on 7 December. The Expedition 5 crew returned to Earth aboard STS-113, ending a 185-day stay in space. ![]() STS-113 delivered the Expedition 6 crew to the station for a four-month increment. The STS-113 crew and both Expedition crews transferred about 1,969 kilograms (4,340 pounds) of cargo between the shuttle and station. Mission Specialists John Herrington and Michael López-Alegría performed three spacewalks to activate and outfit the P1. STS-113 was an Assembly Mission (11A) to the International Space Station, delivering the P1 Truss segment, which provides structural support for the Space Station radiators. This was the last flight of Endeavour before entering its Orbiter Major Modification period until STS-118 in 2007 which include modernizing the cockpit, and also the penultimate shuttle mission before the Columbia disaster. With Commander Jim Wetherbee and Pilot Paul Lockhart at the controls, Endeavour docked with the station on 25 November 2002 to begin seven days of station assembly, spacewalks and crew and equipment transfers. During the 14-day mission in late 2002, Endeavour and its crew extended the ISS backbone with the P1 truss and exchanged the Expedition 5 and Expedition 6 crews aboard the station. When it has been relieved of its load, the Tundra used to haul the space shuttle will be displayed inside the staff writer Jerry Hirsch contributed to this report.STS-113 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour. Seeking to correct that, Toyota has made next week’s affair a major marketing event, with a special Tundra Endeavour website devoted to the truck as it “tows its way into history.” In sales, Tundras lag far behind competitors like Ford’s F-series trucks and Chevrolet’s Silverados. Toyota is not paying the Science Center to shoot a commercial, according to Michael Rouse, Toyota’s vice president of diversity, philanthropy and community affairs.īut he said the car company has donated $8 million to $10 million to the Science Center since the early 1990s and has contributed “seven figures” to the museum’s current expansion efforts, which include building an exhibit space for the Endeavour. The tow made headlines for weeks, and was chronicled in an online documentary series. This was no stunt, but a real job that saw Tundra play a vital role in delivering Endeavour to its new home at the California Science Center. An official with FilmLA, which issues film permits, said it was contacted by the production company that will be filming the event and expects to receive a permit application in the coming days. The Toyota Tundra made history when it successfully towed the Space Shuttle Endeavour through the streets of Los Angeles. ![]() Officials with the city of Los Angeles, which is helping coordinate the trip, said they were only recently made aware of the possible filming of a commercial. A special dolly will be used to help the truck haul the roughly 170,000-pound shuttle. Harris said Toyota, which has a long history of philanthropy at the Science Center, volunteered a Tundra for the overpass portion of the route. But the transporter is not on the Caltrans list of vehicles approved for towing over bridges, according to William Harris, senior vice president of development and marketing at the Science Center. ![]()
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