Important facts and figures about shuttle mission STS-92:

Mission summary

Mission: STS-92 (flight 100)
Orbiter: Discovery (28th flight)
Pad/MLP: 39A/MLP-3/FR2/3
Runway: TBD, KSC Shuttle Landing Facility
Altitude: 218 statute miles (at ISS docking)
Inclination: 51.6 degrees
Primary TAL site: Zaragoza
Payload: ISS 05/3A (Z1 truss, control moment gyroscopes)
Airlock: External
Tunnel adapter: None

STS-92 by the numbers

This will be the:

100th Shuttle mission since STS-1
4th of 5 flights planned for 2000
75th Post-Challenger mission
28th Flight of Discovery (Serial Number: OV-103)
57th Launch off pad 39A
24th Night launch
14th Night launch off pad 39A
15th Flight with 51.6-degree inclination
53rd KSC landing
24th KSC landing in a row
84th Day landing
43rd Day landing at KSC
 
Time since Challenger (as of 10/05/00): 14.7 years or 5,363 days

Crew

Commander: Air Force Col. Brian Duffy, 47 (STS-45, 57, 72)
Pilot: Air Force Lt. Col. Pamela Melroy, 39 (Rookie)
MS1/EV1: Leroy Chiao, Ph.D., 40 (STS-65, 72)
MS2/FE/EV2: Army Col. William McArthur, 49 (STS-58, 74)
MS3/EV3: Peter "Jeff" Wisoff, Ph.D., 42 (STS-57, 68, 71)
MS4/EV4: Navy Cmdr. Michael Lopez-Alegria, 42 (STS-73)
MS5/RMS: Koichi Wakata, 37 (STS-72)

See our crew page for more detailed information.
Space Shuttle Program Statistics
(through STS-106)

Shuttle	DD	HH	MM	SS	Flights
Challenger	062	07	56	22	10
Columbia	273	21	09	10	26
Discovery	204	07	55	57	27
Atlantis	172	13	51	51	22
Endeavour	144	09	46	54	14
TOTAL	857	12	40	14	99

Shuttle Discovery Flight History



Space Shuttle Launch History

	Pad 39A	Pad 39B	Total
Night Launches	13	10	23
Day Launches	43	33	76
TOTAL	56	43	99
Most Recent	05/19/00	09/08/00

Space Shuttle Landing History

	KSC	EAFB	WS	Total
Night Landings	10	05	00	15
Day Landings	42	40	01	83
TOTAL	52	45	01	98
Most Recent	09/20/00	03/31/96	03/30/82

Space Shuttle Abort History

	Shuttle	Date	Type	Notes
1	Discovery	06/26/84	RSLS	SSME-3 main fuel valve
2	Challenger	07/12/85	RSLS	SSME-2 chamber coolant valve
3	Challenger	07/29/85	ATO	SSME-2 shutdown at T+5:45
4	Columbia	03/22/93	RSLS	SSME oxidizer valve
5	Discovery	08/12/93	RSLS	SSME-2 fuel flow meter
6	Endeavour	08/18/94	RSLS	SSME high O2 pump temps

Space Shuttle Minimum Duration Missions

	Flight	Cause of shortened mission
1	STS-2	Fuel cell failure; five-day flight cut to MET 2/06:13
2	STS-44	IMU failure; 10-day flight cut to MET 6/22:52
3	STS-83	Fuel cell failure; 16-day flight cut to MET 3/23:13

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