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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.

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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

Duration
1195964
Mass
90492
Orbital period
91.4
Image
STS117 Atlantis approaches ISS2.jpg
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Commons category
STS-117
UTC date of spacecraft launch
2007-06-08
Commons gallery
STS-117
orbits completed
219
orbital inclination
51.6
periapsis
334
apoapsis
354
spacecraft docking/undocking date
2007-06-19
UTC date of spacecraft landing
2007-06-22
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38 sections
Contents
  • 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.

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