STS-116
Sign in to saveSTS-116 (also known as ISS-12A) was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery. Discovery lifted off on December 9, 2006, for her 33rd flight at 20:47:35 EST. A previous launch attempt on December 7 had been canceled due to cloud cover. It was the first night launch of a Space Shuttle since STS-113 in November 2002.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-116
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-116
- Spaceflight.image
- STS-116 - P5 Truss hand-off to ISS (NASA S116-E-05765).jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Discoverys Canadarm hands the P5 truss segment to Canadarm2, prior to its installation on the ISS.
- Spaceflight.insignia
- STS-116 emblem.svg
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- ISS assembly
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- 12 days, 20 hours, 44 minutes, 16 seconds
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39B
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Kennedy, SLF Runway 15
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 7
- Spaceflight.crew_photo
- STS-116 crew.jpg
- Spaceflight.crew_photo_caption
- Back (L-R): Curbeam, Patrick, Williams, Fuglesang Front (L-R): Oefelein, Higginbotham, Polansky
- Spaceflight.apsis
- gee
- Spaceflight.orbit_epoch
- December 12, 2006
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric
via Wikipedia infobox
~29 min read
Encyclopedic overview
33 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Crew notes
- Mission highlights
- Mission notes
- Final Assembly Power Converter Unit mission for ''Discovery''
- Mission payloads
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission background
- Mission timeline
- December 7 (Launch attempt 1)
- December 9 (Flight day 1 – Launch)
- December 10 (Flight day 2)
- December 11 (Flight day 3 – Docking to ISS)
- December 12 (Flight day 4 – EVA #1)
- December 13 (Flight day 5 – Solar Array Reorganization)
- December 14 (Flight day 6 – EVA #2)
- December 15 (Flight day 7)
- December 16 (Flight day 8 – EVA #3)
- December 17 (Flight day 9)
- December 18 (Flight day 10 – EVA #4)
- December 19 (Flight day 11 – Undocking)
- December 20 (Flight day 12)
- December 21 (Flight day 13)
- December 22 (Flight day 14 – Landing)
- Contingency planning
- STS-301
- STS-317
- Wake-up calls
- Extra-vehicular activity
- See also
- References
- External links
- Videos
STS-116 (also known as ISS-12A) was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery. Discovery lifted off on December 9, 2006, for her 33rd flight at 20:47:35 EST. A previous launch attempt on December 7 had been canceled due to cloud cover. It was the first night launch of a Space Shuttle since STS-113 in November 2002.
The mission is also referred to as ISS-12A.1 by the ISS program. The main goals of the mission were delivery and attachment of the International Space Station's P5 truss segment, a major rewiring of the station's power system, and exchange of ISS Expedition 14 personnel. The shuttle landed at 17:32 EST on December 22, 2006, at Kennedy Space Center 98 minutes off schedule due to unfavorable weather conditions. This mission was particularly notable to Sweden, being the first spaceflight of a Scandinavian astronaut (Christer Fuglesang). The European segment of the mission was called "Celsius".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “STS-116” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.