STS-115
Sign in to saveSTS-115 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by . It was the first assembly mission to the ISS after the Columbia 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 9, 2006, at 11:14:55 EDT (15:14:55 UTC).
Key facts
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- STS-115
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- Space Transportation System-115
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- ISS after STS-115 in September 2006.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- The ISS above Earth, following the installation of a new truss segment and solar arrays during STS-115
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- STS-115 patch.svg
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- ISS assembly
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- NASA
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- 188
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- 11 days, 19 hours, 6 minutes, 35 seconds
- Spaceflight.launch_mass
- 122,397 kg (orbiter)
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- Kennedy, LC-39B
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- UTC
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- UTC
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- Kennedy, SLF Runway 33
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 6
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- STS-115 crew.jpg
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- (L-R) Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, Christopher J. Ferguson, Joseph R. Tanner, Daniel C. Burbank, Brent W. Jett Jr., Steven MacLean
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Encyclopedic overview
31 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Crew notes
- Mission payloads
- Mission objectives
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission background
- Mission timeline
- Launch preparations
- September 8 (Launch attempt 1)
- September 9 (Flight day 1, Launch)
- September 10 (Flight day 2)
- September 11 (Flight day 3)
- September 12 (Flight day 4)
- September 13 (Flight day 5)
- September 14 (Flight day 6)
- September 15 (Flight day 7)
- September 16 (Flight day 8)
- September 17 (Flight day 9)
- September 18 (Flight day 10)
- September 19 (Flight day 11)
- September 20 (Flight day 12)
- September 21 (Flight day 13 and landing)
- Post flight
- Debris analysis
- Wake-up calls
- Contingency mission
- Media
- See also
- References
- External links
- Videos
STS-115 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by . It was the first assembly mission to the ISS after the Columbia 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 9, 2006, at 11:14:55 EDT (15:14:55 UTC).
The mission is also referred to as ISS-12A by the ISS program. The mission delivered the second port-side truss segment (ITS P3/P4), a pair of solar arrays (2A and 4A), and batteries. A total of three spacewalks were performed, during which the crew connected the systems on the installed trusses, prepared them for deployment, and did other maintenance work on the station.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “STS-115” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.