STS-117
Sign in to saveSTS-117 (ISS assembly flight 13A) was a Space Shuttle mission flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis, launched from pad 39A of the Kennedy Space Center on June 8, 2007. Atlantis lifted off from the launch pad at 19:38 EDT. Damage from a hail storm on February 26, 2007, had previously caused the launch to be postponed from an originally-planned launch date of March 15, 2007. The launch of STS-117 marked the 250th orbital human spaceflight. It was also the heaviest flight of the Space Shuttle.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-117
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-117
- Spaceflight.image
- STS-117 EVA3c.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Reilly (left) and Olivas (center) during EVA 3, preparing the folded P6 truss for its relocation
- Spaceflight.insignia
- STS-117 patch new2.svg
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- ISS assembly
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 219
- Spaceflight.distance_travelled
- (9,334,000 km)
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- 13 days, 20 hours, 12 minutes, 44 seconds
- Spaceflight.launch_mass
- (total) (orbiter)
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39A
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Edwards, Runway22
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 7
- Spaceflight.crew_photo
- STS-117 new crew photo.jpg
- Spaceflight.crew_photo_caption
- (left to right) Anderson, Reilly, Swanson, Sturckow, Archambault, Forrester and Olivas.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human spaceflight
- Part of
- Space Shuttle program
- Country
- United States
- Operator
- NASA
- Followed by
- STS-118
- Follows
- STS-116
- Duration
- 1195964
- Parent body
- Earth
- Mass
- 90492
- Orbital period
- 91.4
- Image
- STS117 Atlantis approaches ISS2.jpg
- Significant event
- docking and berthing of spacecraft
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- crew members
- Sunita Williams
- Commons category
- STS-117
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2007-06-08
- type of orbit
- low Earth orbit
- Commons gallery
- STS-117
- vessel
- Atlantis
- location of landing
- Edwards Air Force Base
- orbits completed
- 219
- orbital inclination
- 51.6
- periapsis
- 334
- apoapsis
- 354
- spacecraft docking/undocking date
- 2007-06-19
- start point
- Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 2007-06-22
- space launch vehicle
- Space Shuttle
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Encyclopedic overview
38 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Crew Notes
- Mission payload
- S3/S4 truss segments
- Starboard 3
- Starboard 4
- Hydrogen Vent Valve
- Other items
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission background
- Shuttle processing
- Hail damage
- Aging problem
- Mission timeline
- June 8 (Flight day 1 – Launch)
- June 9 (Flight day 2 – TPS survey)
- June 10 (Flight day 3 – Docking)
- June 11 (Flight day 4 – EVA 1)
- June 12 (Flight day 5 – Solar array deployment)
- June 13 (Flight day 6 – EVA 2)
- June 14 (Flight day 7)
- June 15 (Flight day 8 – EVA 3)
- June 16 (Flight day 9)
- June 17 (Flight day 10 – EVA 4)
- June 18 (Flight day 11 – Off-duty)
- June 19 (Flight day 12 – Undocking)
- June 20 (Flight day 13)
- June 21 (Flight day 14 – Scrubbed landing)
- June 22 (Flight day 15 – Landing)
- Spacewalks
- Wake-up calls
- Mission insignia
- Contingency planning
- STS-317
- Incorrect press reports of accident
- See also
- References
- External links
STS-117 (ISS assembly flight 13A) was a Space Shuttle mission flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis, launched from pad 39A of the Kennedy Space Center on June 8, 2007. Atlantis lifted off from the launch pad at 19:38 EDT. Damage from a hail storm on February 26, 2007, had previously caused the launch to be postponed from an originally-planned launch date of March 15, 2007. The launch of STS-117 marked the 250th orbital human spaceflight. It was also the heaviest flight of the Space Shuttle.
Atlantis delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) the second starboard truss segment (the S3/S4 Truss) and its associated energy systems, including a set of solar arrays. During the course of the mission the crew installed the new truss segment, retracted one set of solar arrays, and unfolded the new set on the starboard side of the station. STS-117 also brought Expedition 15 crewmember Clayton Anderson to the station, and returned with ISS crewmember Sunita Williams.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “STS-117” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.