STS-92
Z1 Truss, PMA-3 and the First ISS Truss Assembly
STS-92 delivered and installed the Z1 truss and Pressurized Mating Adapter 3, expanding the station's external structure and preparing the ISS for later power-system and docking additions.
Mission type
Crewed Space Shuttle assembly mission
Launch
October 11, 2000
Mission end / docking
October 24, 2000
Launch vehicle / spacecraft
Space Shuttle Discovery
Objective
What this ISS mission set out to accomplish
Add the Z1 structural truss and PMA-3 to create mounting, communications, control, and docking infrastructure for the rapidly expanding station.
This record treats STS-92 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-92 launched on October 11, 2000 using Space Shuttle Discovery from Kennedy Space Center, Launch Pad 39A.
Discovery rendezvoused and docked with the ISS. Across four spacewalks, the crew installed and outfitted the Z1 truss and added PMA-3 for future shuttle docking and assembly operations.
Hardware and assembly
What was delivered, installed, or reconfigured
Primary hardware or assembly focus: Z1 Truss and Pressurized Mating Adapter 3.
Installation record: Z1 truss installed during the October 2000 docked assembly period. This is the engineering connection between the mission story and the interactive International Space Station breakdown.
Outcome
What changed on the International Space Station
STS-92 completed its assigned assembly objectives and gave the station a key structural element used to support subsequent truss, communications, and power-system growth.
The documented result makes STS-92 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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