Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-131
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-131
STS-131 was an ISS assembly flight with the primary payload being a loaded Multi-Purpose Logistics Module - Leonardo. The mission began on April 5th 2010 at 1021:22 UTC launching Commander Alan Poindexter, Pilot James Dutton, Mission Specialist 1 Richard Mastracchio, Mission Specialist 2 Dorothy M. Metcalf-Lindenburger, Mission Specialist 3 Stephanie Wilson, Mission Specialist 4 Naoko Yamazaki & Mission Specialist 5 Clayton Anderson to orbit. They docked with the ISS 2 days after launch. The mission was the final Space Shuttle launch with a seven person crew and was the longest flight for Discovery. STS-131 also marked the first time 4 women have been in space at once. During the mission 3 spacewalks were conducted to replace an ammonia tank and to retrieve a seed experiment from outside the Japanese laboratory. The mission concluded after 15 days & 2 hours on April 20th 2010 at 1308:35 UTC after 2 waved off landing opportunities on the 19th at the Kennedy Space Center.
Space Shuttle Discovery
Serial OV-103
Launch Crew Count 7
Status Retired
Landing Time 2010-04-20T13:08:00+0000
Crew
Alan G. Poindexter
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1961-11-05
Deceased 2012-07-01
Status Deceased
Type Government
James Dutton
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1968-11-20
Status Retired
Type Government
Clayton Anderson
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1959-02-23
Status Retired
Type Government
Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1975-05-15
Status Retired
Type Government
Naoko Yamazaki
Mission Specialist
Nationality Japanese
Date Of Birth 1970-12-27
Status Retired
Type Government
Richard Mastracchio
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1960-02-11
Status Retired
Type Government
Stephanie Wilson
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1966-09-27
Status Active
Type Government
Space Shuttle
Height 56.10 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 28200 kN
Diameter 8.00 Meters
Mass To LEO 27500 kg
Liftoff Mass 2030 Tonnes
Launch Success 133
Consecutive Success 22
Maiden Flight 1981-04-12
Launch Failures 2
Programs
International Space Station
The International Space Station programme is tied together by a complex set of legal, political and financial agreements between the sixteen nations involved in the project, governing ownership of the various components, rights to crewing and utilization, and responsibilities for crew rotation and resupply of the International Space Station. It was conceived in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan, during the Space Station Freedom project as it was originally called.
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011.
