STS-110 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station on 8–19 April 2002 flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis. The main purpose was to install the S0 Truss segment, which forms the backbon
Canadarm2 grapples the first segment of the ISS' Integrated Truss Structure
In front, (L-R): Stephen N. Frick, Ellen L. Ochoa, Michael J. Bloomfield; In the back, (L-R): Steven L. Smith, Rex J. Walheim, Jerry L. Ross and Lee M. E. Morin.Space Shuttle program← STS-109STS-111 →
Illustration of the International Space Station after STS-110
The three newly enhanced Space Shuttle Main Engines ignite to launch Space Shuttle Atlantis, 8 April 2002
Ellen Ochoa is an American engineer, former astronaut and former director of the Johnson Space Center. In 1993, Ochoa became the first Latina to go to space when she served on a nine-day mission aboar
STS-110
…91,016 kilograms (200,657 lb) Payload mass 13,132 kilograms (28,951 lb) Crew Crew size 7 Members Michael J. Bloomfield Stephen N. Frick Rex J. Walheim Ellen L. Ochoa Lee M. E. Morin Jerry L. Ross Steven L. Smith Start of mission Launch date 8 April 2002 20:44:19 UTC Launch site Kennedy, LC-39B End of mission Landing…
Ochoa aboard Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-56 in 1993