Seated (L-R): Michael Bloomfield, Marc Garneau, Brent Jett
Standing (L-R): Carlos Noriega, Joseph Tanner
Mission patch
Space Shuttle Endeavour launched November 30, 2000, carried the first set of solar arrays to the International Space Station. Her crew was Commander Brent Jett, Pilot Michael Bloomfield, Mission Specialist Joseph Tanner, Mission Specialist Marc Garneau (Canadian Space Agency) and Mission Specialist Carlos Noriega (first Peruvian in space, but this wasn't his first flight).
On Flight Day 3, Endeavour linked to the ISS. Joseph Tanner and 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 ISS.
The next day, the crew of Expedition 1, Commander Bill Shepherd, Pilot Yuri Gidzenko and Flight Engineer Sergei Krikalev, retrieved the items left for them.
Tanner and Noriega performed 3 EVAs to install the solar arrays on the ISS and installed a camera cable outside the Unity Module.
On Flight Day 8, Endeavour's crew met Expedition 1's crew in the ISS. Up until now, they had kept one hatch closed between the shuttle and the station to maintain respective atmospheres.
Flight Day 9, the crews finished transferring supplies to the station and stuff to be brought back to Earth. Endeavour landed December 11.
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-97.html
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