Name: Helms, Susan Country: USA M/F: F Number of Flights: 5

Space Flights Launch Date - Shuttle Landing Date - Shuttle
1. STS-54 January 13, 1993 - Endeavour January 19, 1993 - Endeavour
2. STS-64 September 9, 1994 - Discovery September 20, 1994 - Discovery
3. STS-78 June 20, 1996 - Columbia July 7, 1996 - Columbia
4. STS-101 May 19, 2000 - Atlantis May 29, 2000 - Atlantis
Space Flights Launch Date - Flight Up Landing Date - Flight Down
5. ISS Crew 2 March 8, 2001 - STS-102 (Discovery) August 22, 2001 - STS-105 (Discovery)

Space Flights Descriptions
1. STS-54 Deployed Tracking and Data Relay Satellite 6 (TDRS-F)
2. STS-64 Lidar In-Space Technology Experiment (LITE)
Deployed and retrieved Spartan 201-02
3. STS-78 Life and Microgravity Spacelab Mission (LMS)
4. STS-101 ISS Maintenance Flight 2A.2a
Prepare the Zarya FGB module for the arrival of the Zvezda Service Module - Atlantis docked with the International Space Station (ISS) from May 21, 2000 to May 26, 2000.
5. ISS Crew 2 ISS "Alpha" Expedition Crew 2
Docked with the International Space Station aboard Discovery as part of the STS-102 crew - Returned to Earth on August 22, 2001 aboard Discovery as part of the STS-105 crew

Spacewalks - 1
Space Flights Date & Duration Purpose
ISS Crew 2 March 11, 2001 International Space Station Assembly - Prepare Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 for repositioning from Unity's Earth-facing port to its port-side berth. Remove port Early Communications System antenna. Attach Lab Cradle Assembly to Destiny. Install Rigid Umbilical on Destiny
Longest Spacewalk to Date
8 hours 56 minutes

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Updated - September 19, 2006