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{{Short description|2000 American crewed spaceflight to the ISS}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox spaceflight
| name               = STS-97
| names_list         = [[Space Transportation System]]-97
| image              = STS-97 Second Spacewalk.jpg
| image_caption      = Noriega on the newly-installed P6 truss, during EVA 2
| insignia           = Sts-97-patch.svg
| spacecraft         = {{OV|105}}
| mission_type       = ISS assembly
| operator           = [[NASA]]
| COSPAR_ID          = <!-- Wikidata -->
| SATCAT             = <!-- Wikidata -->
| orbits_completed   = 
| distance_travelled = {{convert|4476000|mi|km|order=flip}}
| mission_duration   = 10 days, 19 hours, 58 minutes, 20 seconds
| launch_mass        = {{convert|120742|kg}}
| landing_mass       = {{convert|89758|kg}}
| payload_mass       = {{convert|7906|kg}}
| launch_site        = [[Kennedy Space Center|Kennedy]], [[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B|LC-39B]]
| launch_date        = {{Start date text|1 December 2000, 03:06|timezone=yes}}&nbsp;UTC
| landing_date       = {{End date text|11 December 2000, 23:04|timezone=yes}}&nbsp;UTC
| landing_site       = Kennedy, [[Shuttle Landing Facility|SLF&nbsp;Runway&nbsp;15]]
| crew_size          = 5
| crew_members       = {{Unbulleted list|[[Brent W. Jett]] Jr.|[[Michael J. Bloomfield]]|[[Joseph R. Tanner]]|[[Marc Garneau]]|[[Carlos I. Noriega]]}}
| crew_photo         = STS-97 crew.jpg
| crew_photo_caption = Left to right – Front: Bloomfield, Garneau, Jett; Back: Noriega, Tanner
| docking            = {{Infobox spaceflight/Dock
   |docking_target      = [[International Space Station|ISS]]
   |docking_type        = dock
   |docking_port        = [[Pressurized Mating Adapter#PMA-3|PMA-3]]<br/><small>([[Unity (ISS module)|Unity]]&nbsp;nadir)</small>
   |docking_date        = 2 December 2000|undocking_date      = 9 December 2000|time_docked         = 6 days, 23 hours, 13 minutes
 }}
| apsis              = gee
| orbit_epoch        = 
| orbit_reference    = [[geocentric orbit|Geocentric]]
| orbit_regime       = [[Low Earth orbit|Low Earth]]
| orbit_periapsis    = {{convert|352|km}}
| orbit_apoapsis     = {{convert|365|km}}
| orbit_period       = 91.7 min
| orbit_inclination  = 51.6 degrees
| programme          = [[Space Shuttle program]]
| previous_mission   = [[STS-92]] (100)
| next_mission       = [[STS-98]] (102)
}}
'''STS-97''' was a [[Space Shuttle]] mission to the [[International Space Station]] (ISS) flown by [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Space Shuttle '' Endeavour'']]. The crew installed the first set of solar arrays to the ISS, prepared a docking port for arrival of the [[Destiny Laboratory Module]], and delivered supplies for the station's crew. It was the [[2000 in spaceflight|last human spaceflight]] of the 20th century.

== Crew ==
{{Spaceflight crew
|terminology       = Astronaut
|position1         = Commander
|crew1_up          = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brent W. Jett]]
|flights1_up       = Third
|position2         = Pilot
|crew2_up          = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Michael J. Bloomfield]]
|flights2_up       = Second
|position3         = Mission Specialist 1
|crew3_up          = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Joseph R. Tanner]]
|flights3_up       = Third
|position4         = Mission Specialist 2<br>Flight Engineer
|crew4_up          = {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Marc Garneau]]
|flights4_up       = Third and last
|agency4_up        = [[Canadian Space Agency|CSA]]
|position5         = Mission Specialist 3
|crew5_up          = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Carlos I. Noriega]]
|flights5_up       = Second and last
|notes =
}}

=== Spacewalks ===
;EVA 1 – Tanner and Noriega
*'''EVA 1 Start''': 3 December 2000 – 18:35 UTC
*'''EVA 1 End''': 4 December 2000 – 02:08 UTC
*'''Duration''': 7 hours, 33 minutes
;EVA 2 – Tanner and Noriega
*'''EVA 2 Start''': 5 December 2000 – 17:21 UTC
*'''EVA 2 End''': 5 December 2000 – 23:58 UTC
*'''Duration''': 6 hours, 37 minutes
;EVA 3 – Tanner and Noriega
*'''EVA 3 Start''': 7 December 2000 – 16:13 UTC
*'''EVA 3 End''': 7 December 2000 – 21:23 UTC
*'''Duration''': 5 hours, 10 minutes

=== Crew seat assignments ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Seat<ref>{{cite web|title=STS-97|url=http://spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-97.htm|publisher=Spacefacts|access-date=July 29, 2024}}</ref>
! Launch
! Landing
|rowspan=8| [[File:Space Shuttle seating plan.svg|150px]]<br />Seats 1–4 are on the flight deck.<br />Seats 5–7 are on the mid-deck.
|-
! 1
|colspan=2| Jett
|-
! 2
|colspan=2| Bloomfield
|-
! 3
|Tanner
|Noriega
|-
! 4
|colspan=2| Garneau
|-
! 5
|Noriega
|Tanner
|-
! 6
|colspan=2 style="background-color:lightgray"| ''Unused''
|-
! 7
|colspan=2 style="background-color:lightgray"| ''Unused''
|}

==Mission highlights==
[[Image:Shuttle Endeavour on launchpad.jpg|left|thumb|150px|[[Space Shuttle Endeavour|''Endeavour'']] on Launch Pad 39-B before STS-97.]]
[[File:STS-97 Launch cropped.jpg|thumb|left|Launch of STS-97]]

During the 11-day mission, the primary objective was completed, which was to deliver and connect the first set of U.S.-provided [[ISS Solar Arrays|solar arrays]] and the P6 Truss to the [[International Space Station]]. The astronauts completed three [[Extra-vehicular activity|spacewalks]], during which they prepared a docking port for arrival of the [[Destiny Laboratory Module]], installed Floating Potential Probes to measure [[electrical potential]] surrounding the station, installed a camera cable outside the [[Unity Module]], and transferred supplies, equipment and refuse between [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|''Endeavour'']] and the station.<ref name=NASA>{{cite web| url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-97.html | title=Mission Archive – STS-97 Highlights|access-date=15 September 2006 }}</ref>

On Flight Day 3, Commander [[Brent W. Jett Jr.|Brent Jett]] linked ''Endeavour'' to the ISS while {{convert|230|mi|km|order=flip|sp=us}} above northeast [[Kazakhstan]].

The successful checkout of the [[Extravehicular Mobility Unit]]s (EMUs), the [[Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue]] (SAFER) units, the [[Remote Manipulator System|Canadarm]] (RMS), the [[Orbiter Space Vision System]] (OSVS) and the [[Orbiter Docking System]] (ODS) were all completed nominally. Also, the ODS centerline camera was installed with no misalignment noted.<ref name=NASA />

From inside ''Endeavour'', [[Canadian Space Agency|Canadian]] Mission Specialist [[Marc Garneau]] used the [[Canadarm]] to remove the 8 ton stainless steel [[Integrated Truss Structure|P6 truss]] from the payload bay, maneuvering it into an overnight park position to warm its components. Mission Specialists [[Joseph R. Tanner|Joseph Tanner]] and [[Carlos I. Noriega|Carlos Noriega]] moved through ''Endeavour'''s docking tunnel and opened the hatch to the ISS docking port to leave supplies and computer hardware on the doorstep of the Station. On flight day 4, the [[Expedition 1]] Commander [[William Shepherd]], Pilot [[Yuri Gidzenko]] and Flight Engineer [[Sergei Krikalev]] – entered the [[Unity Module]] for the first time and retrieved the items left for them.<ref name=NASA />

At 09:36 [[North American Eastern Time Zone|EST]] on 8 December 2000, the crew paid the first visit to the Expedition 1 crew residing in the space station. Until then the shuttle and the station had kept one hatch closed to maintain respective atmospheric pressures, allowing the shuttle crew to conduct their spacewalks and mission goals. After a welcome ceremony and briefing, the eight spacefarers conducted structural tests of the station and its [[ISS Solar Arrays|solar arrays]], transferred equipment, supplies and refuse back and forth between the spacecraft, and checked out the television camera cable installed by Tanner and Noriega for the upcoming mission.<ref name=NASA />

On 9 December 2000, the two crews completed final transfers of supplies to the station and other items being returned to Earth. The ''Endeavour'' crew bade farewell to the Expedition 1 crew at 10:51 EST and closed the hatches between the spacecraft. After being docked together for 6 days, 23 hours and 13 minutes, ''Endeavour'' undocked from the station at 14:13 EST. Piloted by Michael Bloomfield, it then made an hour-long, tail-first circle of the station. The undocking took place 235 statute miles above the border of [[Kazakhstan]] and China. The final separation burn took place near the northeast coast of South America.<ref name=NASA />

STS-97 was the 15th flight of ''Endeavour'' and the 101st Space Shuttle mission.

[[Image:STS-97 ISS.jpg|right|thumb|210px|Taken from [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|''Endeavour'']] on 9 December 2000, shortly after undocking. The new [[ISS Solar Arrays|solar arrays]] are visible at the top.]]

== Wake-up calls ==
NASA began a tradition of playing music to astronauts during the [[Gemini program]], which was first used to wake up a flight crew during [[Apollo 15]].<ref>{{citation
| first = Colin
| last = Fries
| title = Chronology of Wakeup Calls
| date = 25 June 2007
| publisher = NASA
| url = https://history.nasa.gov/wakeup%20calls.pdf
| access-date = 13 August 2007
| url-status = dead
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100620230459/http://history.nasa.gov/wakeup%20calls.pdf
| archive-date = 20 June 2010}}</ref>
Each track is specially chosen, often by their families, and usually has a special meaning to an individual member of the crew, or is applicable to their daily activities.<ref name="chronology">
{{cite news
| first = Colin
| last = Fries
| title = Chronology of Wakeup Calls
| date = 25 June 2007
| publisher = NASA
| url = https://history.nasa.gov/wakeup%20calls.pdf
| access-date = 13 August 2007
| url-status = dead
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100620230459/http://history.nasa.gov/wakeup%20calls.pdf
| archive-date = 20 June 2010}}
</ref><ref name="wakeup">{{cite web
| url = http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-97/html/ndxpage1.html
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20010124100300/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-97/html/ndxpage1.html
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 24 January 2001
| title = STS-97 Wakeup Calls
| access-date = 31 July 2009
| publisher = NASA
| date = 11 May 2009
| author = NASA
}}
</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Flight Day
! Song
! Artist/Composer
|-
| Day 2
| "[[Stardust (1927 song)|Stardust]]"
| [[Willie Nelson]]
|-
| Day 3
| "[[I Believe I Can Fly]]"
| [[R. Kelly]]
|-
| Day 4
| "[[Sunshine of Your Love]]"
| [[Cream (band)|Cream]]
|-
| Day 7
| "[[O Mio Babbino Caro]]"
| [[Puccini]]
|-
| Day 8
| "[[Here Comes the Sun]]"
| [[The Beatles]]
|-
| Day 9
| "[[Rattled]]"
| [[Traveling Wilburys]]
|-
| Day 10
| "[[Back in the Saddle Again]]"
| [[Gene Autry]]
|-
| Day 11
| "[[Beyond the Sea (song)|Beyond the Sea]]"
| [[Bobby Darin]]
|-
| Day 12
| "[[I'll Be Home for Christmas]]"
| [[Bing Crosby]]
|}

==Images==
<gallery>
Image:STS-97 Tanner EVA 3.jpg|[[Joseph R. Tanner|Tanner]] on the final [[Extra-vehicular activity|spacewalk]] of the mission on 7 December 2000. Part of the new [[ISS Solar Arrays|solar arrays]] can be seen on the left.
File:P6install.jpg|Illustration of the International Space Station after STS-97
</gallery>

==See also==
{{Portal|Spaceflight}}
*[[List of human spaceflights]]
*[[List of International Space Station spacewalks]]
*[[List of Space Shuttle missions]]
*[[List of spacewalks and moonwalks 1965–1999]]
*[[Outline of space science]]

==References==
{{Include-NASA}}
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-97/mission-sts-97.html NASA mission summary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071231181013/http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-97/mission-sts-97.html |date=31 December 2007 }}
* [http://www.nss.org/resources/library/shuttlevideos/shuttle101.htm STS-97 Video Highlights] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012145856/http://www.nss.org/resources/library/shuttlevideos/shuttle101.htm |date=12 October 2007 }}

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