2002 in spaceflight

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Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Timeline of spaceflight/Cleanup|refs=yes|incomplete=yes}}This article outlines notable events occurring in 2002 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs.Template:Infobox Year in spaceflight Template:Infobox spaceflight

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Launches

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February

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March

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April

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May

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October

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November

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December

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Deep Space Rendezvous

Date (GMT) Spacecraft Event Remarks
17 January Galileo 5th flyby of Io
2 November Stardust Flyby of 5535 Annefrank
5 November Galileo Flyby of Amalthea
20 December Nozomi 2nd flyby of the Earth

EVAs

Start Date/Time Duration End Time Spacecraft Crew Function Remarks
14 January
20:59 		6 hours
3 minutes 		15 January
03:02 		Expedition 4
ISS Pirs 		Template:FlagiconYuri Onufriyenko
Template:FlagiconCarl E. Walz 		Moved the cargo boom for the Russian Strela crane from PMA-1 to the exterior of Pirs, installed an amateur radio antenna onto the end of Zvezda.[1]
25 January
15:19 		5 hours
59 minutes 		21:18 Expedition 4
ISS Pirs 		Template:FlagiconYuri Onufriyenko
Template:FlagiconDaniel W. Bursch 		Installed six deflector shields for ZvezdaTemplate:'s jet thrusters, installed a second amateur radio antenna, attached four science experiments, and retrieved and replaced a device to measure material from the thrusters.[1]
20 February
11:38 		5 hours
47 minutes 		17:25 Expedition 4
ISS Quest 		Template:FlagiconCarl E. Walz
Template:FlagiconDaniel W. Bursch 		Tested the Quest airlock, and prepared it for the four spacewalks that will be performed during STS-110.[1] First Quest-based EVA without a Space Shuttle at the station.
4 March
06:37 		7 hours
1 minute 		13:38 STS-109
Template:SpColumbia 		Template:FlagiconJohn M. Grunsfeld
Template:FlagiconRichard M. Linnehan 		Removed the starboard solar array and replaced it with a new, smaller and more powerful third generation solar array. The old array was stowed in the payload bay for return to Earth.[2] Hubble Space Telescope servicing
5 March
06:40 		7 hours
16 minutes 		13:56 STS-109
Columbia 		Template:FlagiconJames H. Newman
Template:FlagiconMichael J. Massimino 		Removed the port solar array and replaced it with a new third generation solar array. The old array was stowed in the payload bay for return to Earth. Removed and replaced the Reaction Wheel Assembly (RWA).[3] Hubble Space Telescope servicing
6 March
08:28 		6 hours
48 minutes 		15:16 STS-109
Columbia 		Template:FlagiconJohn M. Grunsfeld
Template:FlagiconRichard M. Linnehan 		The spacewalk was delayed 2 hours by a leak in Grunsfeld's spacesuit. The Power Control Unit (PCU) was removed and stowed for return to Earth. A new, more powerful PCU, sized to match the more productive solar arrays, was installed.[4] Hubble Space Telescope servicing
7 March
09:00 		7 hours
30 minutes 		16:30 STS-109
Columbia 		Template:FlagiconJames H. Newman
Template:FlagiconMichael J. Massimino 		Removed the Faint Object Camera from the aft shroud and installed the Advanced Camera for Surveys in the same location. After stowing the Faint Object Camera in the payload bay for return to Earth, the Electronic Support Module was installed in the aft shroud.[5] Hubble Space Telescope servicing
8 March
08:46 		7 hours
20 minutes 		16:06 STS-109
Columbia 		Template:FlagiconJohn M. Grunsfeld
Template:FlagiconRichard M. Linnehan 		Installed an experimental Cryocooler for NICMOS inside the aft shroud of and connected it to the Electronic Support Module installed the day before. Installed the Cooling System Radiator and connected it to the NICMOS.[6] Hubble Space Telescope servicing
11 April
14:36 		7 hours
48 minutes 		22:24 STS-110
ISS Quest 		Template:FlagiconSteven Smith
Template:FlagiconRex J. Walheim 		Began installing the S0 Truss onto Destiny, initial power and data connections installed between the station and S0, and installed two forward struts that permanently hold the truss in place.[7]
13 April
14:09 		7 hours
30 minutes 		21:39 STS-110
ISS Quest 		Template:FlagiconJerry L. Ross
Template:FlagiconLee M.E. Morin 		Continued S0 Truss installation, power and data cable connections installed between S0 and the station, and installed two aft struts that permanently hold the truss in place.[7]
14 April
13:48 		6 hours
27 minutes 		20:15 STS-110
ISS Quest 		Template:FlagiconSteven Smith
Template:FlagiconRex J. Walheim 		Released the claw that was used in the initial attachment of the S0 Truss, installed connectors that will be used to route power to Canadarm2 when it is on the truss, released launch restraints from the Mobile Transporter, and removed a small thermal cover the Mobile Transporter's radiator.[7]
16 April
14:29 		6 hours
37 minutes 		21:06 STS-110
ISS Quest 		Template:FlagiconJerry L. Ross
Template:FlagiconLee M.E. Morin 		Pivoted the "Airlock Spur", which will be used by spacewalkers in the future as a path from the airlock to the truss, installed handrails onto S0, partially assembled a platform, and installed two floodlights.[7][8]
9 June
15:27 		7 hours
14 minutes 		22:41 STS-111
ISS Quest 		Template:FlagiconFranklin Chang-Diaz
Template:FlagiconPhilippe Perrin 		Attached a Power Data Grapple Fixture to the P6 truss, removed debris panels from the payload bay and attached them to a temporary location on PMA-1, and removed thermal blankets to prepare the Mobile Base System for installation onto the station's Mobile Transporter.[9][10]
11 June
15:20 		5 hours 20:20 STS-111
ISS Quest 		Template:FlagiconFranklin Chang-Diaz
Template:FlagiconPhilippe Perrin 		Attached Mobile Base System to the Mobile Transporter, attached power, data and video cables from the station to the MBS.[9][11]
13 June
15:16 		7 hours
17 minutes 		22:33 STS-111
ISS Quest 		Template:FlagiconFranklin Chang-Diaz
Template:FlagiconPhilippe Perrin 		Replaced Canadarm2's wrist roll joint, and stowed the old joint in the shuttle's payload bay to be returned to Earth.[9][12]
16 August
09:25 		4 hours
23 minutes 		13:48 Expedition 5
ISS Pirs 		Template:FlagiconValery Korzun
Template:FlagiconPeggy Whitson 		Installed six micro meteoroid debris panels onto Zvezda.[13] Whitson became the 6th American and the 7th female spacewalker.
26 August
05:27 		5 hours
21 minutes 		10:48 Expedition 5
ISS Pirs 		Template:FlagiconValery Korzun
Template:FlagiconSergei Treshchyov 		Installed a frame on the outside of Zarya for spacewalk assembly tasks, installed new samples on a pair of Japanese Space Agency experiments housed on Zvezda, installed devices on Zvezda that would simplify the routing of tethers during future spacewalks, and installed two additional ham radio antennas on Zvezda.[13]
10 October
15:21 		7 hours
1 minute 		20:35 STS-112
ISS Quest 		Template:FlagiconDavid Wolf
Template:Flagicon/Template:FlagiconPiers Sellers 		Released launch locks that held the S1 truss radiators in place during launch, attached power, data and fluid lines between the S1 truss and S0, deployed the station's second S-Band communications system, installed the first of two external camera systems, and released launch restraints on the truss' mobile spacewalk workstation, Crew and Equipment Translation Aid (CETA).[14][15]
12 October
14:31 		6 hours
4 minutes 		20:35 STS-112
ISS Quest 		Template:FlagiconDavid Wolf
Template:Flagicon/Template:FlagiconPiers Sellers 		Installed a second camera system, released more radiator launch locks, removed insulation covers on quick-disconnect fittings near the Z1 and P6 junction and to install Spool Positioning Devices, released starboard-side launch restraints on the CETA cart, and attached Ammonia Tank Assembly cables.[14][16]
14 October
14:08 		6 hours
36 minutes 		20:44 STS-112
ISS Quest 		Template:FlagiconDavid Wolf
Template:Flagicon/Template:FlagiconPiers Sellers 		Removed and replaced the Interface Umbilical Assembly on the station's Mobile Transporter, installed two jumpers that will allow ammonia coolant to flow between the S1 and S0 Trusses, released a drag link and stowed it, and installed Spool Positioning Devices (SPD) on ammonia lines.[14][17]
26 November
19:49 		6 hours
45 minutes 		27 November
02:34 		STS-113
ISS Quest 		Template:FlagiconMichael Lopez-Alegria
Template:FlagiconJohn Herrington 		Initial installation of the P1 truss, installed connections between the P1 and the S0 truss, released launch restraints on the CETA cart, installed Spool Positioning Devices (SPDs) onto the station, removed a drag link on P1 that served as a launch restraint, and installed a Wireless video system External Transceiver Assembly onto the Unity node.[18][19]
28 November
18:36 		6 hours
10 minutes 		29 November
00:46 		STS-113
ISS Quest 		Template:FlagiconMichael Lopez-Alegria
Template:FlagiconJohn Herrington 		nstalled fluid jumpers where the S0 and the P1 are attached to each other, removed the P1's starboard keel pin, installed another Wireless video system External Transceiver Assembly onto the P1, and relocated the CETA cart from the P1 to the S1 truss.[18][20]
30 November
19:25 		7 hours 1 December
02:25 		STS-113
ISS Quest 		Template:FlagiconMichael Lopez-Alegria
Template:FlagiconJohn Herrington 		Installed more Spool Positioning Devices, reconfigured electrical harnesses that route power through the Main Bus Switching Units, and attached Ammonia Tank Assembly lines.[18][21]

Orbital launch statistics

By country

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Country Launches Successes Failures Partial
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By rocket

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By type

By configuration

By spaceport

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Site Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks
Baikonur Script error: No such module "flag". 15 14 1 0
Cape Canaveral Script error: No such module "flag". 9 8 1 0
Jiuquan Script error: No such module "flag". 2 2 0 0
Kennedy Script error: No such module "flag". 5 5 0 0
Kourou Script error: No such module "flag". 12 11 1 0
Ocean Odyssey Template:Flagicon International waters 1 1 0 0
Palmachim Script error: No such module "flag". 1 1 0 0
Plesetsk Script error: No such module "flag". 10 9 1 0
Satish Dhawan Script error: No such module "flag". 1 1 0 0
Taiyuan Script error: No such module "flag". 3 2 1 0
Tanegashima Script error: No such module "flag". 3 3 0 0
Vandenberg Script error: No such module "flag". 3 3 0 0
Total 65 60 5 0

By orbit

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Orbital regime Launches Achieved Not achieved Accidentally
achieved 		Remarks
Low Earth / Sun-synchronous 33 31 2 1 Including flights to ISS
Geosynchronous /GTO 27 25 2 0
Medium Earth / Molniya 3 3 0 0
High Earth 1 1 0 0
Heliocentric orbit / Planetary transfer 1 0 1 0
Total 65 60 5 1

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