STS-113
P1 Truss, Cooling Loops and Expedition Crew Exchange
STS-113 installed the P1 truss on the port side of the station while also exchanging the Expedition 5 and Expedition 6 crews.
Mission type
Crewed Space Shuttle assembly mission
Launch
November 23, 2002
Mission end / docking
December 7, 2002
Launch vehicle / spacecraft
Space Shuttle Endeavour
Objective
What this ISS mission set out to accomplish
Extend the port side of the station's main truss, connect cooling and utility systems, and conduct an expedition crew handover.
This record treats STS-113 as an assembly or station-support mission rather than as a satellite engineering page, keeping the mission objective separate from the hardware-level ISS engineering record.
Flight and rendezvous
How the mission reached and worked at the station
STS-113 launched on November 23, 2002 using Space Shuttle Endeavour from Kennedy Space Center, Launch Pad 39A.
Endeavour's arm removed P1 from the payload bay and handed it to Canadarm2. Spacewalkers connected ammonia cooling lines, electrical systems, radiator hardware, and external communications equipment.
Hardware and assembly
What was delivered, installed, or reconfigured
Primary hardware or assembly focus: P1 Integrated Truss Segment and Expedition 6 crew.
Installation record: P1 installed during the November 2002 docked mission. This is the engineering connection between the mission story and the interactive International Space Station breakdown.
Outcome
What changed on the International Space Station
P1 completed the first paired port/starboard truss expansion around S0 and added major thermal-control capability while Expedition 6 began its station residence.
The documented result makes STS-113 part of the larger ISS assembly chain, where individual missions progressively added structure, power, laboratories, robotics, thermal control, logistics, and crew-support systems.
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See the station modules, truss systems, solar arrays, robotics, and launch/install history in the interactive engineering experience.
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