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STS-133
Part of ISS
Contingency flight to assure ISS completion; nominal payload EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 5 (ELC5) and EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 1 (ELC1). Astronaut Skopra was replaced by Bowen one month before launch when he was injured in a bicycle accident.
AKA: Discovery;ISS-ULF5. Launched: 2010-11-01. Returned: 2010-11-13. Number crew: 6 . Duration: 12.80 days.
More at: STS-133.
Family:
Manned spaceflight.
People:
Barratt,
Boe,
Bowen,
Drew,
Lindsey,
Stott.
Country:
USA.
Spacecraft:
Discovery.
Launch Sites:
Cape Canaveral.
Agency:
NASA.
2011 February 24 - .
21:53 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Cape Canaveral.
Launch Complex:
Cape Canaveral LC39A.
LV Family:
Shuttle.
Launch Vehicle:
Space Shuttle.
- STS-133 - .
Call Sign: Discovery. Crew: Barratt,
Boe,
Bowen,
Drew,
Lindsey,
Stott.
Payload: Discovery F38 /. Mass: 121,840 kg (268,610 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA.
Program: ISS.
Class: Manned.
Type: Manned spaceplane. Flight: Soyuz TMA-01M,
Soyuz TMA-20,
STS-133.
Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle.
Spacecraft: Discovery.
Duration: 12.80 days. Decay Date: 2011-03-09 . USAF Sat Cat: 37371 . COSPAR: 2011-008A. Apogee: 355 km (220 mi). Perigee: 318 km (197 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.30 min.
Final flight of the space shuttle Discovery. The spaceplane docked with the International Space Station at 19:14 GMT on 26 February. The ELC-4 Express Logistics Carrier 4 was transferred from the Shuttle to the S3 station truss on 27 February. The station's SSRMS robot arm moved the Leonardo Permanent Multipurpose Module from the shuttle to the nadir port of the Unity module between 13:46 and 15:05 UTC on 1 March. Following cargo unloading and three spacewalks devoted to station repair and assembly, Discovery undocked from the station for the last time at 12:00 GMT on 7 March, landing at the Kennedy Space Center at 16:57 GMT on 9 March.
2011 February 28 - .
- EVA STS-133-1 - .
Crew: Bowen,
Drew.
EVA Duration: 0.27 days. Nation: USA.
Program: ISS.
Flight: Soyuz TMA-01M,
Soyuz TMA-20,
STS-133.
Installed a backup power cable between Unity and Tranquility; moved failed ammonia pump removed in August to Quest airlock; worked on the rail cart system on the S3 truss..
2011 March 2 - .
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