What was the STS-116 mission?
STS-116 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery. Discovery lifted off on 9 December 2006 at 20:47:35 EST. A previous launch attempt on 7 December had been canceled due to cloud cover.
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What happened to the STS 107?
An in-flight break up during reentry into the atmosphere on February 1 killed all seven crew members and disintegrated Columbia. Immediately after the disaster, NASA convened the Columbia accident Investigation Board to determine the cause of the disintegration….STS-107.
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What does STS mean in space?
Space Transportation System
The “STS” in STS-41B still stood for Space Transportation System, as it always had, but the numbers took on new meaning. The first number, in this case “4”, represented the fiscal year in which the Shuttle launched; in this case, 1984.
What Space Shuttle exploded in 1989?
At 11:38 a.m. EST, on January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and Christa McAuliffe is on her way to becoming the first ordinary U.S. civilian to travel into space.
What was the first shuttle launch?
In the early morning hours of April 12, 1981, NASA launched is first Space Transportation System, or space shuttle, mission, carrying astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen into orbit. Mission Commander John Youn had already flown in space four times, including a walk on the Moon in 1972.
What did the STS-116 crew do to the International Space Station?
During Space Shuttle Discovery’s mission to the International Space Station, the STS-116 crew continued construction of the outpost adding the P5 spacer truss segment during the first of four spacewalks.
What is STS-116?
STS-116 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery. Discovery lifted off on 9 December 2006 at 20:47:35 EST.
What happened on STS-116?
STS-116 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery. Discovery lifted off on 9 December 2006 at 20:47:35 EST. A previous launch attempt on 7 December had been canceled due to cloud cover. It was the first night launch of a Space Shuttle since STS-113 in November 2002.
Who are the members of the STS-116 crew?
Image above: The STS-116 crew members gather for a group portrait in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. From the left (front row) are astronauts Bill Oefelein, pilot; Joan Higginbotham, Nicholas Patrick and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Reiter, mission specialists.
