Manned Spaceflights - 2000

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Flight Launch Landing Name Country   Parameters
STS-99 February 11, 2000
(17:43 GMT)
February 22, 2000
(23:22 GMT)
Commander: Kevin Kregel
(4th Flight) (NASA Group 14)
USA M Perigee: 233 km
Apogee: 233 km
Inclination: 57°
181 orbits
Pilot: Dominic Gorie
(2nd Flight) (NASA Group 15)
USA M
Mission Specialist 1: Gerhard Thiele
(1st Flight) (EAC Group) (NASA Group 16)
Germany M
Mission Specialist 2: Janet Kavandi
(2nd Flight) (NASA Group 15)
USA F
Space Shuttle
Endeavour
(OV-105)
(14th Mission)
Launch Pad 39A
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida
50th Landing at
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida (Runway 33)
Mission Specialist 3: Janice Voss
(5th Flight) (NASA Group 13)
USA F Time
11 days
5 hours
38 minutes
Mission Specialist 4: Mamoru Mohri
(2nd Flight) (NASDA Group 1) (NASA Group 16)
Japan M

Soyuz TM-30
(7K-STM #204)
April 4, 2000
(05:01 GMT)
June 16, 2000
(00:43 GMT)
Commander: Sergei Zalyotin
(1st Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 11)
Russia M Perigee: 193 km
Apogee: 240 km
Inclination: 51.6°
1,145 orbits
1 spacewalk
Site-1 (Launch Pad 5)
Baikonur Cosmodrome
40 km SE of Arkalyk
(49° 54' N, 67° 12' E)
Flight Engineer: Aleksandr Kaleri
(3rd Flight) (NPOE Detachment - Group 6)
Russia M
Launch Vehicle
Soyuz-U
Docked with Mir
April 6, 2000

(06:31 GMT) (Forward Port)
Undocked from Mir
June 15, 2000

(21:24 GMT) (Forward Port)
Backup Crew: Salizhan Sharipov Russia M Time
72 days
19 hours
42 minutes
Backup Crew: Pavel Vinogradov Russia M

STS-101 May 19, 2000
(10:11 GMT)
May 29, 2000
(06:20 GMT)
Commander: James Halsell
(5th Flight) (NASA Group 13)
USA M Perigee: 372 km
Apogee: 380 km
Inclination: 51.6°
155 orbits
1 spacewalk
Pilot: Scott Horowitz
(3rd Flight) (NASA Group 14)
USA M
Mission Specialist 1: Mary Ellen Weber
(2nd Flight) (NASA Group 14)
USA F
Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida 51th Landing at
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida (Runway 15)
Mission Specialist 2: Jeffrey Williams
(1st Flight) (NASA Group 16)
USA M
Mission Specialist 3: James Voss
(4th Flight) (NASA Group 12)
USA M
Space Shuttle
Atlantis
(OV-104)
(21st Mission)
Docked with ISS
May 21, 2000

(04:31 GMT) (PMA-2)
Undocked from ISS
May 26, 2000

(23:02 GMT) (PMA-2)
Mission Specialist 4: Susan Helms
(4th Flight) (NASA Group 13)
USA F Time
9 days
20 hours
9 minutes
Mission Specialist 5: Yuri Usachyov
(3rd Flight) (NPOE Detachment - Group 9)
Russia M

Zvezda
(77KSM #128-01)
July 12, 2000
(04:56 GMT)
Currently in orbit Zvezda Service Module
(International Space Station module)
Russia   Perigee: 185 km
Apogee: 335 km
Inclination: 51.6°
Launch Vehicle
Proton-K #398-01
Site-81L (Launch Pad 23)
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Docked with ISS
July 26, 2000

(00:45 GMT) (Zarya aft)
Currently in orbit

STS-106 September 8, 2000
(12:45 GMT)
September 20, 2000
(07:58 GMT)
Commander: Terrence Wilcutt
(4th Flight) (NASA Group 13)
USA M Perigee: 328 km
Apogee: 328 km
Inclination: 51.6°
185 orbits
1 spacewalk
Pilot: Scott Altman
(2nd Flight) (NASA Group 15)
USA M
Mission Specialist 1: Edward Lu
(2nd Flight) (NASA Group 15)
USA M
Launch Pad 39B
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida
52th Landing at
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida (Runway 15)
Mission Specialist 2: Rick Mastracchio
(1st Flight) (NASA Group 16)
USA M
Mission Specialist 3: Daniel Burbank
(1st Flight) (NASA Group 16)
USA M
Space Shuttle
Atlantis
(OV-104)
(22nd Mission)
Docked with ISS
September 10, 2000

(05:51 GMT) (PMA-2)
Undocked from ISS
September 18, 2000

(03:46 GMT) (PMA-2)
Mission Specialist 4: Yuri Malenchenko
(2nd Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 8)
Russia M Time
11 days
19 hours
12 minutes
Mission Specialist 5: Boris Morukov
(1st Flight) (IMBP Detachment - Group 5)
Russia M

STS-92 October 11, 2000
(23:17 GMT)
October 24, 2000
(21:00 GMT)
Commander: Brian Duffy
(4th Flight) (NASA Group 11)
USA M Perigee: 328 km
Apogee: 328 km
Inclination: 51.6°
202 orbits
4 spacewalks
Pilot: Pamela Melroy
(1st Flight) (NASA Group 15)
USA F
Mission Specialist 1: Leroy Chiao
(3rd Flight) (NASA Group 13)
USA M
Launch Pad 39A
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida
46th Landing at
Edwards Air Force Base,
California (Runway 22)
Mission Specialist 2: William McArthur
(3rd Flight) (NASA Group 13)
USA M
Mission Specialist 3: Peter "Jeff" Wisoff
(4th Flight) (NASA Group 13)
USA M
Space Shuttle
Discovery
(OV-103)
(28th Mission)
Docked with ISS
October 13, 2000

(17:45 GMT) (PMA-2)
Undocked from ISS
October 20, 2000

(15:08 GMT) (PMA-2)
Mission Specialist 4: Michael Lopez-Alegria
(2nd Flight) (NASA Group 14)
USA M Time
12 days
21 hours
40 minutes
Mission Specialist 5: Koichi Wakata
(2nd Flight) (NASDA Group 2) (NASA Group 14)
Japan M

Soyuz TM-31
(7K-STM #205)
October 31, 2000
(07:53 GMT)
May 6, 2001
(05:41 GMT)
ISS Commander: William Shepherd
(4th Flight) (NASA Group 10)
(Down - STS-102) (140 days 23 hours 38 minutes)
USA M Perigee: 190 km
Apogee: 249 km
Inclination: 51.6°
2,927 orbits
Site-1 (Launch Pad 5)
Baikonur Cosmodrome
82 km NNE of Arkalyk Soyuz Commander: Yuri Gidzenko
(2nd Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 8)
(Down - STS-102) (140 days 23 hours 38 minutes)
Russia M
Docked with ISS
November 2, 2000

(09:21 GMT) (Zvezda aft)
Undocked from ISS
May 6, 2001

(02:21 GMT) (Zvezda aft)
Flight Engineer: Sergei Krikalyov
(5th Flight) (NPOE Detachment - Group 7)
(Down - STS-102) (140 days 23 hours 38 minutes)
Russia M
Launch Vehicle
Soyuz-U #666
Port Relocation 1
February 24, 2001

(10:06 GMT - 10:36 GMT)
(Zvezda aft to Zarya nadir)
Port Relocation 2
April 18, 2001

(12:40 GMT - 13:01 GMT)
(Zarya to Zvezda nadir)
Backup Crew: Kenneth Bowersox USA M Time
186 days
21 hours
48 minutes
Backup Crew: Vladimir Dezhurov Russia M
Backup Crew: Mikhail Tyurin Russia M

STS-97 December 1, 2000
(03:06 GMT)
December 11, 2000
(23:04 GMT)
Commander: Brent Jett
(3rd Flight) (NASA Group 14)
USA M Perigee: 370 km
Apogee: 381 km
Inclination: 51.6°
171 orbits
3 spacewalks
Launch Pad 39B
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida
53th Landing at
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida (Runway 15)
Pilot: Mike Bloomfield
(2nd Flight) (NASA Group 15)
USA M
Mission Specialist 1: Joseph Tanner
(3rd Flight) (NASA Group 14)
USA M
Space Shuttle
Endeavour
(OV-105)
(15th Mission)
Docked with ISS
December 2, 2000

(19:59 GMT) (PMA-3)
Undocked from ISS
December 9, 2000

(19:13 GMT) (PMA-3)
Mission Specialist 2: Marc Garneau
(3rd Flight) (CSA Group 1) (NASA Group 14)
Canada M Time
10 days
19 hours
58 minutes
Mission Specialist 3: Carlos Noriega
(2nd Flight) (NASA Group 15)
USA M

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