Spaceflight Now: STS-106 Mission Report

Jammed solar array panel
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: September 11, 2000

Atlantis astronauts Ed Lu and Yuri Malenchenko have been asked to inspect a possibly jammed solar array on the new Zvezda command module during their spacewalk. The panel of the array (circled) was supposed to have unfolded minutes after Zvezda's launch in July.

Mission Status
Atlantis made a safe touchdown at 3:56 a.m. EDT today at Kennedy Space Center.

Shuttle Atlantis has successfully completed the deorbit burn, beginning the trek out of orbit.

Weather conditions at the Kennedy Space Center will cooperate today for landing.


See the Status Center for full play-by-play coverage.

At a glance
Vehicle: Atlantis (OV-104)
Payload: ISS 2A.2b
Launch date: Sept. 8, 2000
Launch time: 1245:47.066 GMT (8:45:47.066 a.m. EDT)
Launch site: LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Landing date: Sept. 20, 2000
Landing time: 0756 GMT (3:56 a.m. EDT)
Landing site: SLF, KSC
Crew: Wilcutt, Altman, Lu, Malenchenko, Morukov, Mastracchio, Burbank


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