Mission Payloads
The STS-118 mission delivered and assembled the starboard S5 truss segment of the International Space Station, as well as External Stowage Platform 3, (ESP-3) and a replacement Control Moment Gyroscope (CMG). The mission was also the final flight to include the Spacehab Logistics Single Module.
The Spacehab Logistics Single Module, a pressurized aluminum habitat that is carried inside the payload bay, has a capacity of 6,000 pounds (2,700 kg), and carried a variety of cargo and research projects, including supply materials for the ISS. It returned cargo, including the MISSE PEC 3 & 4, a Department of Defense payload that had been installed on the ISS. Launched in July 2006, the MISSE PEC-3 & 4 contained over 850 materials specimens that will be studied to determine the effects of long-term exposure to the environment of space.
| Location | Cargo | Mass |
|---|---|---|
| Bay 1–2 | Orbiter Docking System EMU 3010 / EMU 3017 |
1,800 kilograms (4,000 lb)? |
| Bay 3 | Tunnel Adapter | 112 kilograms (250 lb) |
| Bay 5–7 | Spacehab-SM | 5,480 kilograms (12,100 lb)? |
| Bay 8P | Shuttle Power Distribution Unit (SPDU) |
?0 kilograms (0 lb) |
| Bay 8–10 | Truss Segment S5 | 1,584 kilograms (3,490 lb) |
| Bay 11–12 | ESP-3 | 3,400 kilograms (7,500 lb) |
| Sill | OBSS | 450 kilograms (990 lb)? |
| Sill | RMS 201 | 390 kilograms (860 lb) |
| Total: | 14,036 kilograms (30,940 lb) |
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