Another Name:- ISS-12A STS-116 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery. Discovery lifted...
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Christer Fuglesang (section STS-116)
Swedish physicist and an ESA astronaut. He was first launched aboard the STS-116 Space Shuttle mission on 10 December 2006, making him the first Swedish...
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director Roman Polanski. He flew on three Space Shuttle missions: STS-98, STS-116, and STS-127 and was first person of Korean ancestry in space. Polansky's...
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Sunita Williams (section STS-116)
brought back to Earth by the STS-116 crew. Williams performed her first extra-vehicular activity on the eighth day of the STS-116 mission. On January 31, February...
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the most spacewalks during a single spaceflight, accomplished during the STS-116 mission, when Curbeam completed four spacewalks. Curbeam graduated from...
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former NASA astronaut. She flew aboard Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-116 as a mission specialist and is the third African American woman to go into...
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Rendezvous pitch maneuver (section STS-116)
fillers prior to re-entry. During STS-115, Atlantis' belly was photographed by the ISS Expedition 13. During STS-116, Discovery, commanded by Mark L. Polansky...
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extended during STS-97, but the SAW was folded, one half at a time, to make room for the SAWs on the P4 and S4 trusses, during STS-116 and STS-117 respectively...
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Blaha — STS-29, STS-33, STS-43, STS-58, STS-79/81 Michael J. Bloomfield — STS-86, STS-97, STS-110 Guion Bluford — STS-8, STS-61-A, STS-39, STS-53 Karol...
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photographer and former NASA astronaut who, on his only spaceflight, piloted the STS-116 Space Shuttle mission. Oefelein gained media attention on February 5, 2007...
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needed. For example, the STS-116 rescue mission was branded STS-317, because the normal mission scheduled after STS-116 was STS-117. Should the rescue mission...
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STS-116 Nancy Currie – STS-57, STS-70, STS-88, STS-109 Jan Davis – STS-47, STS-60, STS-85 Alvin Drew – STS-118, STS-133 Brian Duffy – STS-45, STS-57...
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STS-82, STS-103, STS-110 Fayetteville: Richard O. Covey — STS-51-I, STS-26, STS-38, STS-61 Little Rock: Scott E. Parazynski — STS-66, STS-86, STS-95...
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The Cadillac STS (an initialism of Seville Touring Sedan) is a mid-sized luxury 4-door sedan manufactured and marketed by General Motors from 2004 to...
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communication difficulties experienced during STS-115 and STS-116. The payload weight for the mid-deck during STS-117 was less than 1,000 pounds. Among numerous...
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Pilot, STS-116, (Discovery) Alan Poindexter (2 flights) Pilot, STS-122, (Atlantis) Commander, STS-131 (Discovery) George Zamka (2 flights) Pilot, STS-120...
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third of five fully operational orbiters to be built. Its first mission, STS-41-D, flew from August 30 to September 5, 1984. Over 27 years of service...
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Curbeam — STS-85 (1997), STS-98 (2001), STS-116 (2006) Nancy Currie — STS-57 (1993), STS-70 (1995), STS-88 (1998), STS-109 (2002) Jan Davis — STS-47 (1992)...
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disaster, following the two successful Return to Flight missions, STS-114 and STS-121. STS-115 launched from LC-39B at the Kennedy Space Center on September...
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2006 aboard Space Shuttle Discovery during mission STS-121. In December 2006, Discovery mission STS-116 brought Sunita Williams to replace Reiter as the...
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(2006). "STS-116 MCC Status Report No. 07". NASA. Archived from the original on 9 October 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2008. NASA (2006). "STS-116 MCC Status...
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Space Shuttle missions designated STS-3xx (officially called Launch On Need (LON) missions) were rescue missions which would have been mounted to rescue...
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engineer and a former NASA astronaut. His flight on the 2006 Discovery STS-116 mission made him the fourth person born in the United Kingdom to go into...
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crewed launch from Launch Complex 39B of the Kennedy Space Center since STS-116 in 2006. The launch was originally designated Exploration Mission-2 (EM-2)...
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STS-118 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by the orbiter Endeavour. STS-118 lifted off on August 8, 2007, from...
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shuttle missions (STS-121, STS-115, and STS-116) were later conducted, all with "acceptable" levels of foam loss. However, on STS-118 a piece of foam...
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STS-55 (Spacelab-D2 Mission) Ulrich Walter – STS-55 (Spacelab-D2 Mission) Claude Nicollier – STS-46, STS-61 (Hubble Space Telescope) [STS-75]], STS-103...
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Retrieved 2010-04-05. "STS-116 Mission Information". NASA. Archived from the original on 2012-06-11. Retrieved 2008-11-19. "STS-129 mission summary". NASA...
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STS-121 was a 2006 Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery on its 32nd flight. The main purposes...
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Specialist, STS-85 Discovery Mission Specialist, STS-98 Atlantis Mission Specialist, STS-116 Discovery Kathryn Hire Mission Specialist, STS-90 Columbia...
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