STS-114
Sign in to saveSTS-114 was the first "Return to Flight" Space Shuttle mission following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Discovery launched at 10:39 EDT (14:39 UTC) on her 31st flight on July 26, 2005. The launch, 907 days (approx. 29 months) after the loss of Columbia, was approved despite unresolved fuel sensor anomalies in the external tank that had prevented the shuttle from launching on July 13, its originally scheduled date.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-114
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-114
- Spaceflight.image
- ISS-11 Discovery heat shield photograph.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Discovery performing the first ever rendezvous pitch maneuver during STS-114
- Spaceflight.insignia
- STS-114 patch.svg
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Return to Flight, ISS logistics
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 219
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- 13 days, 21 hours, 32 minutes, 48 seconds
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39B
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Edwards, Runway22
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 7
- Spaceflight.crew_photo
- STS-114 crew.jpg
- Spaceflight.crew_photo_caption
- Back (L-R): Robinson, Thomas, Camarda, Noguchi Front (L–R): Kelly, Lawrence, Collins
- Spaceflight.apsis
- gee
- Spaceflight.orbit_epoch
- July 31, 2005
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Article
24 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Original crew
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission highlights
- Launch sequence anomalies
- In-flight repair
- Mission timeline
- July 13
- July 14
- July 26
- July 28
- July 30
- August 1
- August 3
- August 6
- August 8
- August 9
- Wake-up calls
- Crew salute to Husband family
- Mission hardware
- Contingency planning
- See also
- References
- External links
STS-114 was the first "Return to Flight" Space Shuttle mission following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Discovery launched at 10:39 EDT (14:39 UTC) on her 31st flight on July 26, 2005. The launch, 907 days (approx. 29 months) after the loss of Columbia, was approved despite unresolved fuel sensor anomalies in the external tank that had prevented the shuttle from launching on July 13, its originally scheduled date.
The mission ended on August 9, 2005, when Discovery landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Poor weather over the Kennedy Space Center in Florida hampered the shuttle from using its primary landing site.