Spaceflight Now STS-102




BY SPACEFLIGHT NOW

Follow the shift change between the first and second Expedition Crews leaving aboard the international space station as well as the STS-102 flight of space shuttle Discovery. Reload this page for the very latest.

Read our earlier status center coverage.

Landing tracks
See the path shuttle Discovery would follow during landing opportunities Wednesday morning in our STS-102 Landing Tracker.

KSC Orbit 200 - touchdown in Florida at 0556 GMT.

KSC Orbit 201 - touchdown in Florida at 0731 GMT.

EAFB Orbit 202 - touchdown in California at 0902 GMT.

EAFB Orbit 203 - touchdown in California at 1038 GMT.



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The expedition 1 crew bids farewell to the International Space Station as Bill Shepherd hands command to Expedition 2's Yury Usachev.
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The space shuttle Discovery departs the International Space Station after an exchange of crews and supplies.
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Mission operations representative Wayne Hale, Bill Gerstenmaier, ISS deputy program manager, and Expedition One lead flight surgeon Dr Terry Taddeo brief the news media on flight day 12.
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A camera mounted in Discovery's overhead cockpit window captures a "rear-view mirror" angle of the shuttle's dawn liftoff. Mission commander Jim Wetherbee narrates.
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