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vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mission_timeline"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Mission timeline</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Mission_timeline-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Mission timeline subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Mission_timeline-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-December_7_(Launch_attempt_1)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#December_7_(Launch_attempt_1)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>December 7 (Launch attempt 1)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-December_7_(Launch_attempt_1)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-December_9_(Flight_day_1_–_Launch)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#December_9_(Flight_day_1_–_Launch)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>December 9 (Flight day 1 – Launch)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-December_9_(Flight_day_1_–_Launch)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-December_10_(Flight_day_2)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#December_10_(Flight_day_2)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>December 10 (Flight day 2)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-December_10_(Flight_day_2)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-December_11_(Flight_day_3_–_Docking_to_ISS)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#December_11_(Flight_day_3_–_Docking_to_ISS)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>December 11 (Flight day 3 – Docking to ISS)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-December_11_(Flight_day_3_–_Docking_to_ISS)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-December_12_(Flight_day_4_–_EVA_#1)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#December_12_(Flight_day_4_–_EVA_#1)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5</span> <span>December 12 (Flight day 4 – EVA #1)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-December_12_(Flight_day_4_–_EVA_#1)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-December_13_(Flight_day_5_–_Solar_Array_Reorganization)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#December_13_(Flight_day_5_–_Solar_Array_Reorganization)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.6</span> <span>December 13 (Flight day 5 – Solar Array Reorganization)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-December_13_(Flight_day_5_–_Solar_Array_Reorganization)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-December_14_(Flight_day_6_–_EVA_#2)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#December_14_(Flight_day_6_–_EVA_#2)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.7</span> <span>December 14 (Flight day 6 – EVA #2)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-December_14_(Flight_day_6_–_EVA_#2)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-December_15_(Flight_day_7)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#December_15_(Flight_day_7)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.8</span> <span>December 15 (Flight day 7)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-December_15_(Flight_day_7)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-December_16_(Flight_day_8_–_EVA_#3)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#December_16_(Flight_day_8_–_EVA_#3)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.9</span> <span>December 16 (Flight day 8 – EVA #3)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-December_16_(Flight_day_8_–_EVA_#3)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-December_17_(Flight_day_9)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#December_17_(Flight_day_9)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.10</span> <span>December 17 (Flight day 9)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-December_17_(Flight_day_9)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-December_18_(Flight_day_10_–_EVA_#4)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#December_18_(Flight_day_10_–_EVA_#4)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.11</span> <span>December 18 (Flight day 10 – EVA #4)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-December_18_(Flight_day_10_–_EVA_#4)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-December_19_(Flight_day_11_–_Undocking)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#December_19_(Flight_day_11_–_Undocking)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.12</span> <span>December 19 (Flight day 11 – Undocking)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-December_19_(Flight_day_11_–_Undocking)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-December_20_(Flight_day_12)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#December_20_(Flight_day_12)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.13</span> <span>December 20 (Flight day 12)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-December_20_(Flight_day_12)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-December_21_(Flight_day_13)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#December_21_(Flight_day_13)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.14</span> <span>December 21 (Flight day 13)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-December_21_(Flight_day_13)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-December_22_(Flight_day_14_–_Landing)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#December_22_(Flight_day_14_–_Landing)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.15</span> <span>December 22 (Flight day 14 – Landing)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-December_22_(Flight_day_14_–_Landing)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Contingency_planning" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Contingency_planning"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Contingency planning</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Contingency_planning-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Contingency planning 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href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-External_links-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle External links subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Videos" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Videos"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.1</span> <span>Videos</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Videos-sublist" 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title="STS-116 – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="STS-116" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-116" title="STS-116 – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="STS-116" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-116" title="STS-116 – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="STS-116" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-116" title="STS-116 – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="STS-116" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-116" title="STS-116 – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="STS-116" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-116" title="STS-116 – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="STS-116" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-116" title="STS-116 – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="STS-116" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-116" title="STS-116 – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="STS-116" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-116" title="STS-116 – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="STS-116" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%E2%80%8C%D8%AA%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3-%DB%B1%DB%B1%DB%B6" title="اس‌تی‌اس-۱۱۶ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اس‌تی‌اس-۱۱۶" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-116" title="STS-116 – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="STS-116" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-116" title="STS-116 – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="STS-116" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-116" title="STS-116 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="STS-116" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-116" title="STS-116 – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="STS-116" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-116" title="STS-116 – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="STS-116" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-116" title="STS-116 – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="STS-116" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li 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href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/International_Designator" title="International Designator">COSPAR ID</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2006-055A">2006-055A</a></span><span class="ib-edit-wd"> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312030#P247" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="infobox-label">Spacecraft</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle" title="Space Shuttle">Space Shuttle</a></span> <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Discovery" title="Space Shuttle Discovery"><i>Discovery</i></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch mass</th><td class="infobox-data">120,413 kilograms (265,466 lb)<sup id="cite_ref-STS116-PK_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-STS116-PK-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Landing mass</th><td class="infobox-data">102,220 kilograms (225,350 lb)<sup id="cite_ref-STS116-PK_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-STS116-PK-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Higginbotham</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launching</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sunita_Williams" title="Sunita Williams">Sunita Williams</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Landing</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Reiter" title="Thomas Reiter">Thomas Reiter</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Start of mission</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch date</th><td class="infobox-data">December 10, 2006, 01:47:35<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">2006-12-10UTC01:47:35Z</span>)</span> UTC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch site</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center" title="Kennedy Space Center">Kennedy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39B" title="Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B">LC-39B</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">End of mission</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Landing date</th><td class="infobox-data">December 22, 2006, 22:32:00<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">2006-12-22UTC22:33Z</span>)</span> UTC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Landing site</th><td class="infobox-data">Kennedy, <a href="/wiki/Shuttle_Landing_Facility" title="Shuttle Landing Facility">SLF Runway 15</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Orbital parameters</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reference system</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Geocentric_orbit" title="Geocentric orbit">Geocentric</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Regime</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Low_Earth_orbit" title="Low Earth orbit">Low Earth</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Apsis" title="Apsis">Perigee altitude</a></th><td class="infobox-data">326<sup id="cite_ref-SATCAT_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SATCAT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Apsis" title="Apsis">Apogee altitude</a></th><td class="infobox-data">358<sup id="cite_ref-SATCAT_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SATCAT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Orbital_inclination" title="Orbital inclination">Inclination</a></th><td class="infobox-data">51.6 degrees<sup id="cite_ref-SATCAT_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SATCAT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sfn-facts_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sfn-facts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Orbital_period" title="Orbital period">Period</a></th><td class="infobox-data">91.37 minutes<sup id="cite_ref-SATCAT_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SATCAT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Epoch_(astronomy)" title="Epoch (astronomy)">Epoch</a></th><td class="infobox-data">December 12, 2006<sup id="cite_ref-SATCAT_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SATCAT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ddf;">Docking with <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">ISS</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Docking port</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/PMA-2" class="mw-redirect" title="PMA-2">PMA-2</a><br /><small>(Destiny forward)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Docking date</th><td class="infobox-data">December 11, 2006, 22:12<span class="nowrap"> </span>UTC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Undocking date</th><td class="infobox-data">December 19, 2006, 22:10<span class="nowrap"> </span>UTC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Time docked</th><td class="infobox-data">7<span class="nowrap"> </span>days, 23<span class="nowrap"> </span>hours, 58<span class="nowrap"> </span>minutes</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:STS-116_emblem.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/STS-116_emblem.svg/180px-STS-116_emblem.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="252" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/STS-116_emblem.svg/270px-STS-116_emblem.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/STS-116_emblem.svg/360px-STS-116_emblem.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1941" data-file-height="2720" /></a></span> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:STS-116_crew.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/STS-116_crew.jpg/220px-STS-116_crew.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/STS-116_crew.jpg/330px-STS-116_crew.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/STS-116_crew.jpg/440px-STS-116_crew.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2400" /></a></span><br />Back (L-R): <a href="/wiki/Robert_Curbeam" title="Robert Curbeam">Curbeam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Patrick" title="Nicholas Patrick">Patrick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sunita_Williams" title="Sunita Williams">Williams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christer_Fuglesang" title="Christer Fuglesang">Fuglesang</a> <br />Front (L-R): <a href="/wiki/William_Oefelein" title="William Oefelein">Oefelein</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joan_Higginbotham" title="Joan Higginbotham">Higginbotham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_L._Polansky" title="Mark L. Polansky">Polansky</a><div class="" style="width:100%; text-align:center; border-top:1px #aaa solid"><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_program" title="Space Shuttle program">Space Shuttle program</a></div><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/STS-115" title="STS-115">STS-115</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/STS-117" title="STS-117">STS-117</a> →</div></div><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>STS-116</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle" title="Space Shuttle">Space Shuttle</a> mission to the <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a> (ISS) flown by <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Discovery" title="Space Shuttle Discovery">Space Shuttle <i> Discovery</i></a>. <i>Discovery</i> lifted off on December 9, 2006 for her 33rd flight at 20:47:35 <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EST</a>. 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 <a href="/wiki/STS-113" title="STS-113">STS-113</a> in November 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The mission is also referred to as <b>ISS-12A.1</b> by the ISS program. The main goals of the mission were delivery and attachment of the International Space Station's <a href="/wiki/Integrated_Truss_Structure" title="Integrated Truss Structure">P5 truss</a> segment, a major rewiring of the station's power system, and exchange of ISS <a href="/wiki/Expedition_14" title="Expedition 14">Expedition 14</a> personnel. The shuttle landed at 17:32 EST on December 22, 2006, at <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center" title="Kennedy Space Center">Kennedy Space Center</a> 98 minutes off schedule due to unfavorable weather conditions. This mission was particularly notable to Sweden, being the first spaceflight of a Scandinavian astronaut (<a href="/wiki/Christer_Fuglesang" title="Christer Fuglesang">Christer Fuglesang</a>). </p><p>STS-116 was the final scheduled Space Shuttle launch from <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39" title="Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39">Pad 39B</a> as <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> reconfigured it for <a href="/wiki/Ares_I" title="Ares I">Ares I</a> launches.<sup id="cite_ref-pad39b_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pad39b-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The only remaining use of Pad 39B by the shuttle was as a reserve for the <a href="/wiki/STS-400" title="STS-400">STS-400</a> <a href="/wiki/Launch_on_Need" class="mw-redirect" title="Launch on Need">Launch on Need</a> mission to rescue the crew of <a href="/wiki/STS-125" title="STS-125">STS-125</a>, the final <a href="/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope" title="Hubble Space Telescope">Hubble Space Telescope</a> servicing mission, if their shuttle became damaged.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After STS-116, <i>Discovery</i> entered a period of maintenance. Its next mission would be <a href="/wiki/STS-120" title="STS-120">STS-120</a> starting on October 23, 2007. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Crew">Crew</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-116&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Crew"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:150px;"><a href="/wiki/Astronaut_ranks_and_positions" title="Astronaut ranks and positions">Position</a> </th> <th scope="col" style="width:150px;">Launching astronaut </th> <th scope="col" style="width:150px;">Landing astronaut </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Commander </th> <td colspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mark_L._Polansky" title="Mark L. Polansky">Mark L. Polansky</a><br />Second spaceflight </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Pilot </th> <td colspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/William_Oefelein" title="William Oefelein">William Oefelein</a><br />Only spaceflight </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Mission Specialist 1 </th> <td colspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Patrick" title="Nicholas Patrick">Nicholas Patrick</a><br />First spaceflight </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Mission Specialist 2<br />Flight Engineer </th> <td colspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Curbeam" title="Robert Curbeam">Robert Curbeam</a><br />Third and last spaceflight </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Mission Specialist 3 </th> <td colspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Christer_Fuglesang" title="Christer Fuglesang">Christer Fuglesang</a>, <a href="/wiki/European_Space_Agency" title="European Space Agency">ESA</a><br />First spaceflight </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Mission Specialist 4 </th> <td colspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Joan_E._Higginbotham" class="mw-redirect" title="Joan E. Higginbotham">Joan E. Higginbotham</a><br />Only spaceflight </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Mission Specialist 5 </th> <td colspan="1"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sunita_Williams" title="Sunita Williams">Sunita Williams</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Expedition_14" title="Expedition 14">Expedition 14</a><br />First spaceflight<br />ISS Flight Engineer </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Reiter" title="Thomas Reiter">Thomas Reiter</a>, <a href="/wiki/European_Space_Agency" title="European Space Agency">ESA</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Expedition_14" title="Expedition 14">Expedition 14</a><br />Second and last spaceflight<br />ISS Flight Engineer </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Crew_notes">Crew notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-116&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Crew notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Originally this mission was to carry the <a href="/wiki/Expedition_8" title="Expedition 8">Expedition 8</a> crew to the ISS. The original crew was to be: </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:150px;"><a href="/wiki/Astronaut_ranks_and_positions" title="Astronaut ranks and positions">Position</a> </th> <th scope="col" style="width:150px;">Launching astronaut </th> <th scope="col" style="width:150px;">Landing astronaut </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Commander </th> <td colspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Terrence_W._Wilcutt" title="Terrence W. Wilcutt">Terry Wilcutt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Pilot </th> <td colspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/William_Oefelein" title="William Oefelein">William Oefelein</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Mission Specialist 1 </th> <td colspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Christer_Fuglesang" title="Christer Fuglesang">Christer Fuglesang</a>, <a href="/wiki/European_Space_Agency" title="European Space Agency">ESA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Mission Specialist 2<br />Flight Engineer </th> <td colspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Curbeam" title="Robert Curbeam">Robert Curbeam</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Mission Specialist 3 </th> <td colspan="1"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Foale" title="Michael Foale">Michael Foale</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Expedition_8" title="Expedition 8">Expedition 8</a><br />ISS Commander </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yuri_I._Malenchenko" class="mw-redirect" title="Yuri I. Malenchenko">Yuri I. Malenchenko</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russian_Federal_Space_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Federal Space Agency">RKA</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Expedition_7" title="Expedition 7">Expedition 7</a><br />ISS Commander </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Mission Specialist 4 </th> <td colspan="1"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/William_S._McArthur" title="William S. McArthur">Bill McArthur</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Expedition_8" title="Expedition 8">Expedition 8</a><br />ISS Flight Engineer </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Edward_T._Lu" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward T. Lu">Ed Lu</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Expedition_7" title="Expedition 7">Expedition 7</a><br />ISS Flight Engineer </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Mission Specialist 5 </th> <td colspan="1"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Valery_Tokarev" class="mw-redirect" title="Valery Tokarev">Valery Tokarev</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russian_Federal_Space_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Federal Space Agency">RKA</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Expedition_8" title="Expedition 8">Expedition 8</a><br />ISS Flight Engineer </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Kaleri" title="Aleksandr Kaleri">Aleksandr Y. Kaleri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russian_Federal_Space_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Federal Space Agency">RKA</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Expedition_7" title="Expedition 7">Expedition 7</a><br />ISS Flight Engineer </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mission_highlights">Mission highlights</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-116&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Mission highlights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ISS_after_STS-116_in_December_2006.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/ISS_after_STS-116_in_December_2006.jpg/220px-ISS_after_STS-116_in_December_2006.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/ISS_after_STS-116_in_December_2006.jpg/330px-ISS_after_STS-116_in_December_2006.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/ISS_after_STS-116_in_December_2006.jpg/440px-ISS_after_STS-116_in_December_2006.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="1952" /></a><figcaption>A photograph of the <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a> after STS-116 with the new <a href="/wiki/Integrated_Truss_Structure" title="Integrated Truss Structure">P5 truss segment</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The STS-116 mission <a href="/wiki/ISS_assembly_sequence" class="mw-redirect" title="ISS assembly sequence">delivered and attached</a> the <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a>'s third port steel truss segment, the <a href="/wiki/Integrated_Truss_Structure" title="Integrated Truss Structure">P5 truss</a>.</li> <li>The STS-116 mission brought to the Station <a href="/wiki/Expedition_14" title="Expedition 14">Expedition 14</a> crew member <a href="/wiki/Sunita_Williams" title="Sunita Williams">Sunita Williams</a> (who subsequently established a record for most time in space for a female astronaut) and brought home Expedition 14 crew member <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Reiter" title="Thomas Reiter">Thomas Reiter</a> from European Space Agency (launched by <a href="/wiki/STS-121" title="STS-121">STS-121</a>).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christer_Fuglesang" title="Christer Fuglesang">Christer Fuglesang</a> became Sweden's first astronaut. His flight was a rare occurrence of two <a href="/wiki/European_Astronaut_Corps" title="European Astronaut Corps">ESA astronauts</a> flying in space together.</li> <li>The third of three <a href="/wiki/SPHERES" title="SPHERES">SPHERES</a> testbeds launched to the ISS.</li> <li>Astronauts completed major rewiring of the <a href="/wiki/Electrical_system_of_the_International_Space_Station" title="Electrical system of the International Space Station">electrical system of the International Space Station</a> in order to bring online the P3/P4 <a href="/wiki/Integrated_Truss_Structure#Solar_arrays" title="Integrated Truss Structure">solar array</a> installed by <a href="/wiki/STS-115" title="STS-115">STS-115</a> in September 2006.</li> <li>Additional rewiring was done to ISS Pressurized Mating Adapter 2 (PMA2) to enable <i><a href="/wiki/Electrical_system_of_the_International_Space_Station" title="Electrical system of the International Space Station">Station-Shuttle Power Transfer System</a> (SSPTS)</i> commencing with <a href="/wiki/STS-118" title="STS-118">STS-118</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-aiaa_SSPTS_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aiaa_SSPTS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-apcu_mass_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-apcu_mass-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>One half of the original P6 solar array installed by <a href="/wiki/STS-97" title="STS-97">STS-97</a> was folded to make room for the new P4 array deployed by STS-115 to rotate and track the sun.</li> <li>STS-116 was the last STS mission scheduled for launch from pad 39B. The pad was then refitted for upcoming <a href="/wiki/Ares_I" title="Ares I">Ares I</a> launches.<sup id="cite_ref-pad39b_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pad39b-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The crew of STS-116 consisted of five rookie astronauts. Only Mission Commander <a href="/wiki/Mark_L._Polansky" title="Mark L. Polansky">Mark Polansky</a> (2) and Mission specialist <a href="/wiki/Robert_Curbeam" title="Robert Curbeam">Robert Curbeam</a> (3) had previously flown in space.</li> <li>Robert Curbeam became the first astronaut to make four <a href="/wiki/Extra-vehicular_activity" class="mw-redirect" title="Extra-vehicular activity">EVAs</a> during the same mission.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>This was the first mission with two African-American crewmembers.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mission_notes">Mission notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-116&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Mission notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As one of the main goals of STS-116 was to exchange <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">ISS</a> <a href="/wiki/Expedition_14" title="Expedition 14">Expedition 14</a> crew members, the crew of STS-116 changed mid-flight. ISS Flight Engineer <a href="/wiki/Sunita_Williams" title="Sunita Williams">Sunita "Suni" Williams</a> was part of the STS-116 crew for the first portion of the mission. She then replaced ISS Flight Engineer <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Reiter" title="Thomas Reiter">Thomas Reiter</a> on the Expedition 14 crew and Reiter joined the STS-116 crew for the return to Earth. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Final_Assembly_Power_Converter_Unit_mission_for_Discovery">Final Assembly Power Converter Unit mission for <i>Discovery</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-116&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Final Assembly Power Converter Unit mission for Discovery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During planned orbiter upgrades that took place subsequent to this mission, <i>Discovery'</i>s <i>Assembly Power Converter Units</i> (APCUs) were removed and replaced with the shuttle-side components of the Station-Shuttle Power Transfer System (SSPTS). The APCUs converted 28VDC orbiter main bus power to 124VDC, compatible with the ISS's 120VDC main bus power. During initial station assembly missions, orbiter APCU power was used to augment the power available from the Russian service segment. With the operation of permanent main electrical systems (e.g. P4 array and SARJ, MBSUs, DDCUs, Ammonia cooling systems), orbiter power was no longer needed by the ISS. </p><p>After <a href="/wiki/STS-118" title="STS-118">STS-118</a>, <i>Discovery</i> and <i>Endeavour</i> drew power from the ISS, although <i>Atlantis</i> was never upgraded with the SSPTS. This system slowed the orbiters' consumption of hydrogen and oxygen used by their onboard electricity-generating fuel cells. The hydrogen and oxygen supplies, stored cryogenically in tanks aboard the orbiter, limited the duration of Space Shuttle missions. As a result of the changeover to SSPTS, <i>Discovery</i> and <i>Endeavour</i> gained approximately 50% of the time that would have been spent docked otherwise. This resulted in 2–4 extra days for each ISS-docked mission.<sup id="cite_ref-shuttle_payloadUG_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shuttle_payloadUG-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 5–10">: 5–10 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mei_spdu_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mei_spdu-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sts-98-eva-ref_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sts-98-eva-ref-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sts116_ascent_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sts116_ascent-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-shuttle_payloadUG_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shuttle_payloadUG-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 5–18">: 5–18 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mission_payloads">Mission payloads</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-116&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Mission payloads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:P5_Truss_segment_prepared_for_launch_on_STS-116.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/P5_Truss_segment_prepared_for_launch_on_STS-116.jpg/220px-P5_Truss_segment_prepared_for_launch_on_STS-116.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/P5_Truss_segment_prepared_for_launch_on_STS-116.jpg/330px-P5_Truss_segment_prepared_for_launch_on_STS-116.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/P5_Truss_segment_prepared_for_launch_on_STS-116.jpg/440px-P5_Truss_segment_prepared_for_launch_on_STS-116.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="1993" /></a><figcaption>In the Space Station Processing Facility, an overhead crane moves the P5 truss for mission STS-116 to the payload transfer container.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:09_ICC_STS-116.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/09_ICC_STS-116.jpg/220px-09_ICC_STS-116.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/09_ICC_STS-116.jpg/330px-09_ICC_STS-116.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/09_ICC_STS-116.jpg/440px-09_ICC_STS-116.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1031" data-file-height="759" /></a><figcaption>ICC STS-116</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Discovery_Payload_Bay_STS-116.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Discovery_Payload_Bay_STS-116.jpg/220px-Discovery_Payload_Bay_STS-116.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="331" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Discovery_Payload_Bay_STS-116.jpg/330px-Discovery_Payload_Bay_STS-116.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Discovery_Payload_Bay_STS-116.jpg/440px-Discovery_Payload_Bay_STS-116.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="3008" /></a><figcaption><i>Discovery's</i> payload bay, containing the <a href="/wiki/SPACEHAB" class="mw-redirect" title="SPACEHAB">SPACEHAB</a> module and ISS P5 Truss.</figcaption></figure> <p>The primary payload for the STS-116 mission was the <a href="/wiki/Integrated_Truss_Structure" title="Integrated Truss Structure">P5 Truss</a> segment of the <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a>. The shuttle also carried a <a href="/wiki/Spacehab" class="mw-redirect" title="Spacehab">Spacehab</a> Logistics Module to resupply the ISS, and an <a href="/wiki/Integrated_Cargo_Carrier" class="mw-redirect" title="Integrated Cargo Carrier">Integrated Cargo Carrier</a> with four sub-satellites, which were deployed after undocking from the ISS: the <a href="/wiki/Atmospheric_Neutral_Density_Experiment" title="Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment">ANDE</a> technology demonstrator (OSCAR 61 and 62), developed by the Naval Research Laboratory, and three <a href="/wiki/CubeSat" title="CubeSat">CubeSats</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=RAFT-1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RAFT-1 (page does not exist)">RAFT-1</a> (OSCAR 60) and <a href="/w/index.php?title=MARScom&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="MARScom (page does not exist)">MARScom</a> for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">United States Naval Academy</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=MEPSI_2A/2B&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="MEPSI 2A/2B (page does not exist)">MEPSI 2A/2B</a> for <a href="/wiki/Defense_Advanced_Research_Projects_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency">DARPA</a>). It was the first Shuttle mission to deploy satellites since <a href="/wiki/STS-113" title="STS-113">STS-113</a> in 2002. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Location </th> <th>Cargo </th> <th>Mass </th></tr> <tr> <td>Bay 1–2 </td> <td>Orbiter Docking System </td> <td>1,800 kilograms (4,000 lb)? </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bay 3 </td> <td>Tunnel Adapter </td> <td>112 kilograms (247 lb) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bay 4–5 </td> <td>Spacehab Logistics Module </td> <td>5,399 kilograms (11,903 lb) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bay 5P? </td> <td>APCU (Assembly Power Converter Unit) <i>(28VDC-to-124VDC)</i><sup id="cite_ref-aiaa_SSPTS_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aiaa_SSPTS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>with SPDU (Station Power Distribution Unit)<sup id="cite_ref-mei_spdu_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mei_spdu-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sts116_ascent_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sts116_ascent-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-shuttle_payloadUG_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shuttle_payloadUG-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 5–18">: 5–18 </span></sup> </p> </td> <td>2 x 35 kilograms (77 lb) <p>20 kilograms (44 lb) </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bay 7–8 </td> <td>Truss segment P5 </td> <td>1,860 kilograms (4,100 lb) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>Bay 11–12 </td> <td> <table> <tbody><tr> <td>Integrated Cargo Carrier</td> <td>839 kilograms (1,850 lb) </td></tr> <tr> <td>STP-H2, FRAM</td> <td>1,398 kilograms (3,082 lb) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Service Module Debris Panels</td> <td>100 kilograms (220 lb)? </td></tr> <tr> <td>RAFT-1</td> <td>4 kilograms (8.8 lb) </td></tr> <tr> <td>MARScom</td> <td>3 kilograms (6.6 lb) </td></tr> <tr> <td>MEPSI 2A/2B</td> <td>3 kilograms (6.6 lb) </td></tr> <tr> <td>ANDE launch cylinder</td> <td>20 kilograms (44 lb)? </td></tr> <tr> <td>ANDE-MAA</td> <td>50 kilograms (110 lb) </td></tr> <tr> <td>ANDE-FCAL</td> <td>75 kilograms (165 lb) </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>total 2,942 kilograms (6,486 lb) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sill </td> <td>OBSS (Orbital Boom Sensor System) 202 </td> <td>450 kilograms (990 lb)? </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sill </td> <td>RMS 303 </td> <td>390 kilograms (860 lb) </td></tr> <tr> <th></th> <th></th> <th>Total 12,500 kilograms (27,600 lb) </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Crew_seat_assignments">Crew seat assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-116&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Crew seat assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Seat<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Launch </th> <th>Landing </th> <td rowspan="8"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Space_Shuttle_seating_plan.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Space_Shuttle_seating_plan.svg/150px-Space_Shuttle_seating_plan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="244" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Space_Shuttle_seating_plan.svg/225px-Space_Shuttle_seating_plan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Space_Shuttle_seating_plan.svg/300px-Space_Shuttle_seating_plan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="834" /></a></span><br />Seats 1–4 are on the flight deck.<br />Seats 5–7 are on the mid-deck. </td></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td colspan="2">Polansky </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td colspan="2">Oefelein </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td>Patrick </td> <td>Higginbotham </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td colspan="2">Curbeam </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td colspan="2">Fuglesang </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td>Higginbotham </td> <td>Patrick </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td>Williams </td> <td>Reiter </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mission_background">Mission background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-116&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Mission background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:STS-116_Rollout_(KSC-06PD-2474).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/STS-116_Rollout_%28KSC-06PD-2474%29.jpg/220px-STS-116_Rollout_%28KSC-06PD-2474%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/STS-116_Rollout_%28KSC-06PD-2474%29.jpg/330px-STS-116_Rollout_%28KSC-06PD-2474%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/STS-116_Rollout_%28KSC-06PD-2474%29.jpg/440px-STS-116_Rollout_%28KSC-06PD-2474%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption><i>Discovery</i> on its way to Launchpad 39B during rollout.</figcaption></figure> <p>STS-116 was planned (post <a href="/wiki/STS-114" title="STS-114">return-to-flight</a>) to launch on December 14, 2006. But on November 29, 2006 <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> announced that the launch team had been asked to aim for a launch on December 7, 2006, rather than the original target date of December 14. The launch window for the STS-116 mission opened on December 7 and extended through December 17. The seven-member flight crew arrived for launch at Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility on December 3, 2006, in the afternoon.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Primary payloads on the 13-day mission were the P5 integrated truss segment, SPACEHAB single logistics module, and an integrated cargo carrier. The STS-116 mission was the 20th Shuttle flight to the station. </p><p>Launch on the new, earlier date required a night-time launch. Subsequent to the <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster" title="Space Shuttle Columbia disaster"><i>Columbia</i> disaster</a>, NASA had imposed rules requiring shuttle launches to be conducted during the day, when light would be sufficient for cameras to observe falling debris. With the redesign of shuttle tank foam having minimized the amount of falling debris and the availability of in-orbit inspection procedures, the daylight-launch requirement was relaxed.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rollover of <i>Discovery</i> to the <a href="/wiki/Vehicle_Assembly_Building" title="Vehicle Assembly Building">Vehicle Assembly Building</a> (VAB) occurred on October 31, and on November 1 the orbiter was raised into a vertical orientation and moved into High Bay 3 to be mated with the <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_external_tank" title="Space Shuttle external tank">external tank</a> and <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Solid_Rocket_Booster" title="Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster">solid rocket boosters</a>. Rollout to <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39" title="Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39">Launch Complex 39B</a> was completed on Thursday November 11. </p><p>The crew for the mission arrived at Kennedy Space Center on November 13 to begin their final four-day prelaunch training for the mission, which included familiarization activities, rehearsal of emergency procedures and practice on NASA's Shuttle Training Aircraft, along with a simulated countdown, which took place on the morning of November 16, 2006. The astronauts then traveled to <a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson_Space_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center">Johnson Space Center</a> in Houston, Texas, and returned to Kennedy Space Center on December 3, 2006, four days before the planned launch date. </p><p>The payloads for the mission, including a SPACEHAB module and the P5 truss, were loaded from the payload canister into <i>Discovery's</i> payload bay on November 16, and, with the sealing of the payload bay doors, all that remained was to fill the external fuel tank before the <i>Discovery</i> shuttle stack was in full launch configuration. With the completion of the Flight Readiness Review over November 28–29 (which evaluated all activities and elements necessary for the safe and successful performance of the shuttle during the mission, including the Orbiter itself, the payload and flight crew), <i>Discovery</i> was given her Certificate of Flight Readiness, the launch date was officially set to December 7, 2006, and the mission officially given the "Go" for launch. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mission_timeline">Mission timeline</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-116&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Mission timeline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_7_(Launch_attempt_1)"><span id="December_7_.28Launch_attempt_1.29"></span>December 7 (Launch attempt 1)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-116&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: December 7 (Launch attempt 1)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:STS-116_Boarding_(NASA_STS116-S-006)_2006-Dec-09.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/STS-116_Boarding_%28NASA_STS116-S-006%29_2006-Dec-09.jpg/220px-STS-116_Boarding_%28NASA_STS116-S-006%29_2006-Dec-09.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/STS-116_Boarding_%28NASA_STS116-S-006%29_2006-Dec-09.jpg/330px-STS-116_Boarding_%28NASA_STS116-S-006%29_2006-Dec-09.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/STS-116_Boarding_%28NASA_STS116-S-006%29_2006-Dec-09.jpg/440px-STS-116_Boarding_%28NASA_STS116-S-006%29_2006-Dec-09.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2008" /></a><figcaption>STS-116 crew about to board the astrovan for the trip to pad <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39" title="Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39">39B</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Following the completion of the pre-launch preparations, all eyes were on the Florida skies, due to a forecast low cloud ceiling for the night of the launch. The mission's seven astronauts were loaded into <i>Discovery</i> ready for the scheduled launch at 21:37 EST, with hopes high for a break in the clouds, but as the scheduled launch time approached it became apparent that the cloud would not break, and the launch attempt was scrubbed, with the next attempt scheduled for December 9, 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to the initial attempt on December 7, NASA had determined that they would not attempt a launch on Friday because of a <a href="/wiki/Surface_weather_analysis" title="Surface weather analysis">cold front</a> moving in that eventually scrubbed Thursday's launch attempt. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Attempt</th> <th>Planned</th> <th>Result</th> <th>Turnaround</th> <th>Reason</th> <th>Decision point</th> <th>Weather go (%)</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td><span data-sort-value="2006-12-07 21:35:48 !">7 Dec 2006, 9:35:48 pm</span></td> <td>Scrubbed</td> <td>—</td> <td>Weather</td> <td><span data-sort-value="2006-12-07 21:36 !">7 Dec 2006, 9:36 pm</span> (T−00:05:00)</td> <td>30%<sup id="cite_ref-cbs1209_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbs1209-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>NASA opted for 48-hour turnaround instead of 24 due to 10% go weather forecast for December 8, 2006<sup id="cite_ref-cbs1209_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbs1209-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td><span data-sort-value="2006-12-09 20:47:35 !">9 Dec 2006, 8:47:35 pm</span></td> <td>Success</td> <td>1 day 23 hours 12 minutes</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>70%<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_9_(Flight_day_1_–_Launch)"><span id="December_9_.28Flight_day_1_.E2.80.93_Launch.29"></span>December 9 (Flight day 1 – Launch)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-116&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: December 9 (Flight day 1 – Launch)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sts116-launch.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Sts116-launch.png/220px-Sts116-launch.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="324" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Sts116-launch.png/330px-Sts116-launch.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Sts116-launch.png/440px-Sts116-launch.png 2x" data-file-width="2037" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption><i>Discovery</i> at liftoff</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:STS-116_rocket_boosters_(NASA_KSC-06PD-2794).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/STS-116_rocket_boosters_%28NASA_KSC-06PD-2794%29.jpg/220px-STS-116_rocket_boosters_%28NASA_KSC-06PD-2794%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/STS-116_rocket_boosters_%28NASA_KSC-06PD-2794%29.jpg/330px-STS-116_rocket_boosters_%28NASA_KSC-06PD-2794%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/STS-116_rocket_boosters_%28NASA_KSC-06PD-2794%29.jpg/440px-STS-116_rocket_boosters_%28NASA_KSC-06PD-2794%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2014" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Solid_Rocket_Booster" title="Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster">solid rocket boosters</a> being retrieved from the Atlantic Ocean after the takeoff of STS-116.</figcaption></figure> <p><i>Discovery</i> lifted off successfully at 8:47 pm <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone_(North_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Time Zone (North America)">EST</a> (01:47 <a href="/wiki/UTC" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC">UTC</a>), lighting up the Florida's coastline. Weather conditions – in particular crosswinds at the launch and landing sites – continued to trend positively in the hours approaching the launch window Saturday night. The fueling process for Discovery's external tanks began at 12:46 EST (17:46 UTC) and was completed at approximately 15:45 EST (20:45 UTC). If a <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_abort_modes#Intact_abort_modes" title="Space Shuttle abort modes">transatlantic abort landing</a> (TAL) had been required during ascent, the shuttle had three possible landing sites: <a href="/wiki/Zaragoza_Airport" title="Zaragoza Airport">Zaragoza</a> or <a href="/wiki/Mor%C3%B3n_Air_Base" title="Morón Air Base">Morón Air Base</a> in Spain, or <a href="/wiki/Istres_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Istres Air Base">Istres</a>, France.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The launch was the third shuttle mission in five months, being preceded by <a href="/wiki/STS-121" title="STS-121">STS-121</a> in July and <a href="/wiki/STS-115" title="STS-115">STS-115</a> in September, and was the first night launch in four years since <a href="/wiki/STS-113" title="STS-113">STS-113</a> and first night launch following the Columbia accident during <a href="/wiki/STS-107" title="STS-107">STS-107</a>. It is also the last time a shuttle launched from <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39B" title="Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B">LC-39B</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_10_(Flight_day_2)"><span id="December_10_.28Flight_day_2.29"></span>December 10 (Flight day 2)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-116&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: December 10 (Flight day 2)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Flight day 2 began for the astronauts at 15:47 UTC. The first order of business for the day was a thorough inspection of the Shuttle. Using sensors and cameras attached to a fifty-foot boom, which was in turn connected to a fifty-foot robotic arm, Nicholas Patrick inspected the leading edge of the wings and the nose cap. The process, which took five and a half hours, suffered a minor glitch that required Patrick to order the arm to manually grab the boom. During this time, the crew also inspected the upper surface of the orbiter.<sup id="cite_ref-spacecomdaytwo_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spacecomdaytwo-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Astronauts also completed a check of the spacesuits to be used during the mission, along with preparation for docking with the <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:STS-116_Payload_(NASA_S116-E-05364).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/STS-116_Payload_%28NASA_S116-E-05364%29.jpg/220px-STS-116_Payload_%28NASA_S116-E-05364%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/STS-116_Payload_%28NASA_S116-E-05364%29.jpg/330px-STS-116_Payload_%28NASA_S116-E-05364%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/STS-116_Payload_%28NASA_S116-E-05364%29.jpg/440px-STS-116_Payload_%28NASA_S116-E-05364%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2836" data-file-height="1876" /></a><figcaption>As seen through windows on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle <i>Discovery</i>, the <a href="/wiki/Payload_(air_and_space_craft)" class="mw-redirect" title="Payload (air and space craft)">payload</a> bay is featured in this image photographed by a STS-116 Crewmember.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_11_(Flight_day_3_–_Docking_to_ISS)"><span id="December_11_.28Flight_day_3_.E2.80.93_Docking_to_ISS.29"></span>December 11 (Flight day 3 – Docking to ISS)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-116&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: December 11 (Flight day 3 – Docking to ISS)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Flight day 3 began for the astronauts at 15:18 <a href="/wiki/UTC" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC">UTC</a>. Following the <a href="/wiki/Rendezvous_pitch_maneuver" title="Rendezvous pitch maneuver">rendezvous pitch maneuver</a>, docking to the <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a> occurred at 22:12 UTC. The hatch between the International Space Station and <i>Discovery</i> was opened at 23:54 UTC.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The joint ISS/Shuttle crew then worked to undertake some further detailed inspection of the orbiter and unloaded the P5 truss segment from the payload bay, handing it off successfully from the <a href="/wiki/Remote_Manipulator_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Remote Manipulator System">shuttle robotic arm</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Mobile_Servicing_System" title="Mobile Servicing System">station arm</a>. The astronauts scheduled for Day 4's <a href="/wiki/Extra-vehicular_activity" class="mw-redirect" title="Extra-vehicular activity">EVA</a>, Robert Curbeam and Christer Fuglesang, ended their day by entering the airlock for a "campout" sleep session to prepare for the EVA by purging their bodies of nitrogen in a lower-pressure environment.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Such a practice is common in order for the astronauts to avoid getting <a href="/wiki/Decompression_sickness" title="Decompression sickness">decompression sickness</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_12_(Flight_day_4_–_EVA_#1)"><span id="December_12_.28Flight_day_4_.E2.80.93_EVA_.231.29"></span>December 12 (Flight day 4 – EVA #1)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-116&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: December 12 (Flight day 4 – EVA #1)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:STS-116_-_P5_Truss_hand-off_to_ISS_(NASA_S116-E-05765).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/STS-116_-_P5_Truss_hand-off_to_ISS_%28NASA_S116-E-05765%29.jpg/220px-STS-116_-_P5_Truss_hand-off_to_ISS_%28NASA_S116-E-05765%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/STS-116_-_P5_Truss_hand-off_to_ISS_%28NASA_S116-E-05765%29.jpg/330px-STS-116_-_P5_Truss_hand-off_to_ISS_%28NASA_S116-E-05765%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/STS-116_-_P5_Truss_hand-off_to_ISS_%28NASA_S116-E-05765%29.jpg/440px-STS-116_-_P5_Truss_hand-off_to_ISS_%28NASA_S116-E-05765%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3032" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Discovery" title="Space Shuttle Discovery">Space Shuttle <i>Discovery</i></a>'s <a href="/wiki/Remote_Manipulator_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Remote Manipulator System">Canadarm-1</a> robotic arm hands off the P5 truss section to the International Space Station's <a href="/wiki/Mobile_Servicing_System" title="Mobile Servicing System">Canadarm-2</a> during shuttle mission STS-116 in December 2006.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:STS-116_spacewalk_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/STS-116_spacewalk_1.jpg/220px-STS-116_spacewalk_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/STS-116_spacewalk_1.jpg/330px-STS-116_spacewalk_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/STS-116_spacewalk_1.jpg/440px-STS-116_spacewalk_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3032" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>While flying east of New Zealand, Robert L. Curbeam Jr. and Christer Fuglesang participate in the mission's first spacewalk.</figcaption></figure> <p>Flight day 4 began for the astronauts at 15:47 UTC.<sup id="cite_ref-fday3preview_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fday3preview-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the first <a href="/wiki/Extra-vehicular_activity" class="mw-redirect" title="Extra-vehicular activity">EVA</a> of the mission, the astronauts of STS-116 brought the ISS one step closer to completion with the addition of the P5 truss segment. </p><p>The EVA began at 20:31 UTC, with Curbeam and Fuglesang removing launch restraints from the P5 truss and Mission Specialist Joan Higginbotham making use of the station's <a href="/wiki/Mobile_Servicing_System" title="Mobile Servicing System">robotic arm</a> (the <i>Canadarm2</i>) to move the truss segment to within inches of its new position on the P4 truss. The spacewalkers then guided Higginbotham with visual cues as the precise operation to finalize the attachment of the truss was completed.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the P5's attachment, Curbeam and Fuglesang finalized the installation with power, data and heater cable connections. They also replaced a faulty video camera attached to the <a href="/wiki/Integrated_Truss_Structure#P1,_S1_trusses" title="Integrated Truss Structure">S1 truss</a>. Since they worked ahead of the time-line, the two astronauts were also able to complete some get-ahead tasks. </p><p>At the end of the spacewalk, Curbeam congratulated the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize" title="Nobel Prize">Nobel Prize</a> winners, including scientist Dr. <a href="/wiki/John_C._Mather" title="John C. Mather">John C. Mather</a> at NASA's <a href="/wiki/Goddard_Space_Flight_Center" title="Goddard Space Flight Center">Goddard Space Flight Center</a> in Greenbelt, Maryland.<sup id="cite_ref-flightdayfour_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-flightdayfour-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mather was honored for his work on the big-bang theory. Christer Fuglesang also held a short speech in Swedish, encouraging Swedes and others to aspire to become future astronauts. The EVA concluded at 03:07 UTC on the morning of December 13, and lasted for 6 hours and 36 minutes in total.<sup id="cite_ref-flightdayfour_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-flightdayfour-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the spacewalk, after taking a close look at imagery gathered on the first three days of the flight, mission managers determined that the shuttle's heat shield would support a safe return to Earth. They also decided a more detailed inspection that had been scheduled for later in the mission would not be necessary. </p><p>Three more spacewalks, one of which was unplanned, were required to reconfigure and redistribute power on the station, so that the solar arrays installed during <a href="/wiki/STS-115" title="STS-115">STS-115</a> could be used. The first step of reconfiguring the power took place Wednesday when the port solar array on the P6 truss was retracted, which allowed the activation and rotation of the Solar Alpha Rotary Joint on the P4. The rotary joint allows the solar arrays on the P4 to track the Sun. </p><p>The astronauts were required to spend the night sleeping in protected areas in order to avoid radiation from a solar flare eruption.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_13_(Flight_day_5_–_Solar_Array_Reorganization)"><span id="December_13_.28Flight_day_5_.E2.80.93_Solar_Array_Reorganization.29"></span>December 13 (Flight day 5 – Solar Array Reorganization)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-116&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: December 13 (Flight day 5 – Solar Array Reorganization)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:STS-116_solar_panel_jam.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/STS-116_solar_panel_jam.jpg/220px-STS-116_solar_panel_jam.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/STS-116_solar_panel_jam.jpg/330px-STS-116_solar_panel_jam.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/STS-116_solar_panel_jam.jpg/440px-STS-116_solar_panel_jam.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3032" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>A kink that occurred in the port-side P6 solar array during the first attempt to retract that array on December 13.</figcaption></figure> <p>Flight day 5 began for the astronauts at 15:21 UTC.<sup id="cite_ref-fday5preview_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fday5preview-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The most high-profile activity was the attempted retraction of the <a href="/wiki/Integrated_Truss_Structure#P6,_S6_trusses" title="Integrated Truss Structure">P6</a> port-side <a href="/wiki/Integrated_Truss_Structure#Solar_arrays" title="Integrated Truss Structure">solar array</a>. The process began at 18:28 UTC, but problems with the array folding due to 'kinks' and 'billows' led the controllers to redeploy the array (from about 40% retracted). There then followed a series of more than 40 commands to furl and unfurl the arrays in an effort to get them properly aligned and folded. </p><p>At 00:50 UTC, the retraction efforts were abandoned for the day. The problems, which appear to have been caused by a loss of tension in the solar array guide wires,<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> had still not been solved, although 14 of the 31 bays on the array had been retracted (leaving 17 bays extended). This was enough to leave the port side arrays in a safe position to commence the activation of the <a href="/wiki/Solar_Alpha_Rotary_Joint" class="mw-redirect" title="Solar Alpha Rotary Joint">Solar Alpha Rotary Joint</a> (SARJ) at 01:00 UTC, allowing the solar arrays on the <a href="/wiki/Integrated_Truss_Structure#P3/P4,_S3/S4_truss_assemblies" title="Integrated Truss Structure">P3/P4</a> truss to rotate to follow the sun.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_14_(Flight_day_6_–_EVA_#2)"><span id="December_14_.28Flight_day_6_.E2.80.93_EVA_.232.29"></span>December 14 (Flight day 6 – EVA #2)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-116&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: December 14 (Flight day 6 – EVA #2)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:STS-116_spacewalk_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/STS-116_spacewalk_2.jpg/220px-STS-116_spacewalk_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/STS-116_spacewalk_2.jpg/330px-STS-116_spacewalk_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/STS-116_spacewalk_2.jpg/440px-STS-116_spacewalk_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3032" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Christer Fuglesang participates in the mission's second session of extravehicular activity.</figcaption></figure> <p>Flight day 6 began for the astronauts at 15:19 UTC. The day's primary activity, <a href="/wiki/Extra-vehicular_activity" class="mw-redirect" title="Extra-vehicular activity">EVA</a> No. 2, began rewiring work to bring the station's permanent electrical power systems into use. To allow this changeover, station controllers had to power down about half the systems on the ISS. The EVA started at 19:41 UTC with Bob Curbeam and Christer Fuglesang exiting the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Airlock" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Airlock">Quest airlock</a>, 30 minutes early. EVA No. 2 was planned to activate channels 2 and 3 of the four-channel electrical system, and the work progressed smoothly. About two hours into the spacewalk the first current was flowing through the reconfigured system, using the power from the P4 solar arrays for the first time. The EVA was completed in exactly 5 hours, finishing at 00:41 UTC.<sup id="cite_ref-FD6report_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FD6report-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_15_(Flight_day_7)"><span id="December_15_.28Flight_day_7.29"></span>December 15 (Flight day 7)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-116&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: December 15 (Flight day 7)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:STS-116_%2B_Expedition14_CrewMembers_(NASA_S116-E-06472).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/STS-116_%2B_Expedition14_CrewMembers_%28NASA_S116-E-06472%29.jpg/220px-STS-116_%2B_Expedition14_CrewMembers_%28NASA_S116-E-06472%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/STS-116_%2B_Expedition14_CrewMembers_%28NASA_S116-E-06472%29.jpg/330px-STS-116_%2B_Expedition14_CrewMembers_%28NASA_S116-E-06472%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/STS-116_%2B_Expedition14_CrewMembers_%28NASA_S116-E-06472%29.jpg/440px-STS-116_%2B_Expedition14_CrewMembers_%28NASA_S116-E-06472%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3032" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Crew photo.</figcaption></figure> <p>Flight day 7 was a light work day for the crews of <i><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Discovery" title="Space Shuttle Discovery">Discovery</a></i> and the <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">ISS</a> after the previous days' activities. Spacewalkers Bob Curbeam and Christer Fuglesang enjoyed some <a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_U.S._Army_acronyms_and_expressions&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of U.S. Army acronyms and expressions (page does not exist)">R&R</a>, while the rest of the crew performed cleanup and preparatory tasks for Flight day 8's planned <a href="/wiki/Extra-vehicular_activity" class="mw-redirect" title="Extra-vehicular activity">EVA</a> #3. The traditional joint photo session and joint news conference were held by the crews.<sup id="cite_ref-116flightplan_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116flightplan-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this event Swedish first time astronaut Christer Fuglesang was interviewed by <a href="/wiki/Victoria,_Crown_Princess_of_Sweden" title="Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden">Crown Princess Victoria</a> and also set a 20-second Frisbee world record in space, broadcast live on Swedish <a href="/wiki/TV4_(Sweden)" class="mw-redirect" title="TV4 (Sweden)">TV4</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an attempt to free a stuck solar panel, Thomas Reiter exercised vigorously on a machine which is known to cause oscillations in the solar arrays; it was not successful. Mission controllers continued to look at other solutions to the solar panel folding problem so as to enable complete retraction, including an extended or additional EVA.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_16_(Flight_day_8_–_EVA_#3)"><span id="December_16_.28Flight_day_8_.E2.80.93_EVA_.233.29"></span>December 16 (Flight day 8 – EVA #3)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-116&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: December 16 (Flight day 8 – EVA #3)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:STS-116_Solar_Panel_Spacewalk.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/STS-116_Solar_Panel_Spacewalk.jpg/220px-STS-116_Solar_Panel_Spacewalk.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/STS-116_Solar_Panel_Spacewalk.jpg/330px-STS-116_Solar_Panel_Spacewalk.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/STS-116_Solar_Panel_Spacewalk.jpg/440px-STS-116_Solar_Panel_Spacewalk.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3032" data-file-height="2008" /></a><figcaption>Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, works with the port overhead solar array wing on the International Space Station's P6 truss during the mission's fourth session of extravehicular activity.</figcaption></figure> <p>Flight day 8 began for the astronauts at 14:48 UTC. Astronauts Bob Curbeam and 'Suni' Williams completed the rewiring work on the <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a>. The EVA began at 19:25 UTC and proceeded normally. As an "add-on task" to the EVA, astronauts Curbeam and Williams also continued work on the retraction of a sticking solar array, enabling the retraction of another six sections of the P6 array. At the end of the EVA there were another 11 "bays", or 35% left to retract. Upon completion of the EVA, the astronauts returned to the ISS via the Quest airlock.<sup id="cite_ref-STS116_mission_status_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-STS116_mission_status-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another significant event during the EVA was the <a href="/wiki/Space_debris" title="Space debris">loss of 'Suni' Williams' digital camera</a>. At the post-EVA press conference it was suggested that a tether got snagged and caused the camera release button to break off allowing the camera to fall out of its holder. Images were lost but it was determined there was no need to retake them. Curbeam later said to the MCC: "We've got the bracket and the tether. Looks like the screws [on the bracket] came loose, we have the screws and the bracket and the tether."<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_17_(Flight_day_9)"><span id="December_17_.28Flight_day_9.29"></span>December 17 (Flight day 9)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-116&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: December 17 (Flight day 9)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:STS-116_flight_deck.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/STS-116_flight_deck.jpg/220px-STS-116_flight_deck.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/STS-116_flight_deck.jpg/330px-STS-116_flight_deck.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/STS-116_flight_deck.jpg/440px-STS-116_flight_deck.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3032" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Flight deck of <i>Discovery</i>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Flight day 9 was mainly spent preparing for EVA #4. The space suits were prepared (adjusting sizes and replacing LiOH canisters) and the crew went through the new procedures which had been developed for attempting to enable the solar array retraction. Various tools were coated in kapton tape to protect the array from coming into direct contact with sharp metallic objects and to provide electrical insulation if they are used to manipulate the arrays during the EVA.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_18_(Flight_day_10_–_EVA_#4)"><span id="December_18_.28Flight_day_10_.E2.80.93_EVA_.234.29"></span>December 18 (Flight day 10 – EVA #4)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-116&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: December 18 (Flight day 10 – EVA #4)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Flight day 10 began for the astronauts at 14:17 UTC.<sup id="cite_ref-STS116_mission_status_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-STS116_mission_status-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bob Curbeam and Christer Fuglesang embarked on an added <a href="/wiki/Extravehicular_activity" title="Extravehicular activity">EVA</a> at 17:12 UTC to try to fully close the last eleven bays of the balky P6-port Solar Array Wing.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rapidly planned EVA was successfully completed after a 6-hour 38-minute spacewalk.<sup id="cite_ref-NASA_FD10_status_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NASA_FD10_status-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the end of EVA No. 4, Curbeam ranked fifth in total EVA time for U.S. astronauts and 14th overall.<sup id="cite_ref-EVA_List_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EVA_List-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_19_(Flight_day_11_–_Undocking)"><span id="December_19_.28Flight_day_11_.E2.80.93_Undocking.29"></span>December 19 (Flight day 11 – Undocking)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-116&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: December 19 (Flight day 11 – Undocking)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:STS-116_ANDE_Released_(S116-E-07828).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/STS-116_ANDE_Released_%28S116-E-07828%29.jpg/220px-STS-116_ANDE_Released_%28S116-E-07828%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/STS-116_ANDE_Released_%28S116-E-07828%29.jpg/330px-STS-116_ANDE_Released_%28S116-E-07828%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/STS-116_ANDE_Released_%28S116-E-07828%29.jpg/440px-STS-116_ANDE_Released_%28S116-E-07828%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3032" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>As seen through windows on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle <i>Discovery</i>, a Department of Defense <a href="/wiki/Picosatellite" class="mw-redirect" title="Picosatellite">picosatellite</a> known as Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment (ANDE) is released from the shuttle's payload bay.</figcaption></figure> <p>Flight day 11 began for the astronauts at approximately 14:47 UTC. The Expedition 14 and STS-116 crews posed for photos and then closed the hatches between the ISS and <i>Discovery</i>. Undocking was complete at 22:10 UTC. Due to the extended mission for EVA No. 4, <i>Discovery</i> did not make a full circle to film and photograph ISS, but only flew slightly more than one-quarter of the way around (through ISS zenith) before its departure burn. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_20_(Flight_day_12)"><span id="December_20_.28Flight_day_12.29"></span>December 20 (Flight day 12)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-116&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: December 20 (Flight day 12)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Flight day 12 began for the astronauts at 12:48 UTC. They spent the day verifying the integrity of <i>Discovery</i>'s heat shield and preparing for deorbit and landing on December 22, 2006 (Flight day 14). Because of the extended spaceflight, the shuttle was required to make a landing attempt on flight day 14 unless all three landing sites were "no-go." Two satellites were also launched: <b>MEPSI</b> (Microelectromechanical System-Based PICOSAT Inspector) resembles a pair of tethered coffee-cups, and is being tested as a reconnaissance option for disabled satellites; <b>RAFT</b> (Radar Fence Transponder) is a pair of 5" cubes built by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">U.S. Naval Academy</a> which will test space radar systems and also act as data relays for mobile ground communications.<sup id="cite_ref-STS116_mission_status_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-STS116_mission_status-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ANDE-RAFT_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ANDE-RAFT-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_21_(Flight_day_13)"><span id="December_21_.28Flight_day_13.29"></span>December 21 (Flight day 13)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-116&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: December 21 (Flight day 13)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Flight day 13 began for the astronauts at 12:17 UTC.<sup id="cite_ref-116flightplan_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116flightplan-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Discovery'</i>s crew launched the <a href="/wiki/ANDE" class="mw-redirect" title="ANDE">ANDE</a> (Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment) microsats for the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Research_Laboratory" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Research Laboratory">Naval Research Laboratory</a>, which were designed to measure the density and composition of the low Earth orbit atmosphere in order to help better predict the movements of objects in orbit, but one of the satellites failed to emerge from its launch canister. ANDE is currently transmitting data, and emerged from the canister approximately 30 minutes after its launch according to satellite tracking data. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_22_(Flight_day_14_–_Landing)"><span id="December_22_.28Flight_day_14_.E2.80.93_Landing.29"></span>December 22 (Flight day 14 – Landing)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-116&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: December 22 (Flight day 14 – Landing)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:STS-116_landing.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/STS-116_landing.jpg/220px-STS-116_landing.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/STS-116_landing.jpg/330px-STS-116_landing.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/STS-116_landing.jpg/440px-STS-116_landing.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2008" /></a><figcaption>STS-116 landing at KSC.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:STS-116_landing_port_behind.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/STS-116_landing_port_behind.jpg/220px-STS-116_landing_port_behind.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/STS-116_landing_port_behind.jpg/330px-STS-116_landing_port_behind.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/STS-116_landing_port_behind.jpg/440px-STS-116_landing_port_behind.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1759" data-file-height="1173" /></a><figcaption><i>Discovery</i> following the landing chute deployment.</figcaption></figure> <p>Flight day 14 began for the astronauts at 12:17 UTC. Preparations for landing were complete. High cross-winds precluded a landing at <a href="/wiki/Edwards_Air_Force_Base" title="Edwards Air Force Base">Edwards Air Force Base</a> while clouds and showers were an issue at <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center" title="Kennedy Space Center">Kennedy Space Center</a> <a href="/wiki/Shuttle_Landing_Facility" title="Shuttle Landing Facility">Shuttle Landing Facility</a> on the first orbit. That combination raised the possibility of the first landing at <a href="/wiki/White_Sands_Missile_Range" title="White Sands Missile Range">White Sands Space Harbor</a> since <a href="/wiki/STS-3" title="STS-3">STS-3</a> in 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-STS116_mission_status_39-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-STS116_mission_status-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Had landing taken place at White Sands, it could have taken as long as 60 days to return the orbiter to Kennedy Space Center. The first landing opportunity at Kennedy Space Center was abandoned due to unfavorable weather conditions. However, at 21:00 UTC coordinates were sent to the shuttle to re-attempt a landing at Kennedy along runway 15, as the first contingency landing attempt at Edwards had been called off due to high crosswinds. The de-orbit burn for Kennedy occurred at 21:27 UTC, having been authorized at 21:23 UTC, and was finished at 21:31 UTC. Since the landing time coincided with the local sunset time 17:32 EST (22:32 UTC), the shuttle landing was not considered a night landing, as official rules for a night landing are sunset + 15 minutes; however, the <a href="/wiki/Xenon_arc_lamp" title="Xenon arc lamp">xenon</a> runway lighting system was in use. <i>Discovery</i> touched down 30 seconds before the expected time. Landing time at Kennedy was at 17:32 EST (22:32 UTC). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Contingency_planning">Contingency planning</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-116&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Contingency planning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/STS-3xx" title="STS-3xx">STS-3xx</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="STS-301">STS-301</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-116&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: STS-301"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/STS-3xx" title="STS-3xx">STS-301</a> was the designation given to the <a href="/wiki/STS-3xx" title="STS-3xx">Contingency Shuttle Crew Support</a> mission which would have been launched in the event <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Atlantis" title="Space Shuttle Atlantis">Space Shuttle <i>Atlantis</i></a> had become disabled during <a href="/wiki/STS-115" title="STS-115">STS-115</a>. It was a modified version of the STS-116 mission, which would have involved the launch date being brought forward. If needed, it would have launched no earlier than November 11, 2006. The crew for this mission was a four-person subset of the full STS-116 crew: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mark_L._Polansky" title="Mark L. Polansky">Mark Polansky</a> – Commander and prime <a href="/wiki/Remote_Manipulator_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Remote Manipulator System">Remote Manipulator System</a> (RMS) operator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Oefelein" title="William Oefelein">William Oefelein</a> – Pilot and backup RMS operator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Curbeam" title="Robert Curbeam">Robert Curbeam</a> – Mission specialist 1, Extravehicular 1</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Patrick" title="Nicholas Patrick">Nicholas Patrick</a> – Mission specialist 2, Extravehicular 2</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="STS-317">STS-317</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-116&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: STS-317"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the event that <i><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Discovery" title="Space Shuttle Discovery">Discovery</a></i> suffered irreparable damage but made it to Earth orbit during STS-116, the crew would have taken refuge at the <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">ISS</a> and waited for a <a href="/wiki/STS-3xx" title="STS-3xx">Contingency Shuttle Crew Support</a> mission to launch. The mission would have been named <a href="/wiki/STS-3xx" title="STS-3xx">STS-317</a> and would have been flown by the <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Atlantis" title="Space Shuttle Atlantis">Space Shuttle <i>Atlantis</i></a> no earlier than February 21, 2007. The crew for this rescue mission would have been a subset of the full <a href="/wiki/STS-117" title="STS-117">STS-117</a> crew. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Wake-up_calls">Wake-up calls</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-116&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Wake-up calls"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A tradition for NASA spaceflights since the days of <a href="/wiki/Project_Gemini" title="Project Gemini">Gemini</a>, mission crews are played a special musical track at the start of each day in space. Each track is specially chosen, often by their family, and usually has special meaning to an individual member of the crew, or is applicable to their daily activities.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Day 2: "<a href="/wiki/Here_Comes_the_Sun" title="Here Comes the Sun">Here Comes the Sun</a>" by <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a>; played for Commander Mark Polansky. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070620004215/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-116/mp3/fd02.mp3">MP3</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070620004141/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-116/wave/fd02.wav">WAV</a></li> <li>Day 3: "Beep Beep" by <a href="/wiki/Louis_Prima" title="Louis Prima">Louis Prima</a>; played for Sunita Williams. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070620004102/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-116/mp3/fd03.mp3">MP3</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070620004137/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-116/wave/fd03.wav">WAV</a></li> <li>Day 4: "<a href="/wiki/Waterloo_(ABBA_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Waterloo (ABBA song)">Waterloo</a>" by <a href="/wiki/ABBA" title="ABBA">ABBA</a>; played for Christer Fuglesang. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070620004039/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-116/mp3/fd04.mp3">MP3</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070620004053/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-116/wave/fd04.wav">WAV</a></li> <li>Day 5: "<a href="/wiki/Suavemente_(Elvis_Crespo_song)" title="Suavemente (Elvis Crespo song)">Suavemente</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Crespo" title="Elvis Crespo">Elvis Crespo</a>; played for Joan Higginbotham. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070620004213/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-116/mp3/fd05.mp3">MP3</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070620004148/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-116/wave/fd05.wav">WAV</a></li> <li>Day 6: "<a href="/wiki/Under_Pressure" title="Under Pressure">Under Pressure</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Queen_(band)" title="Queen (band)">Queen</a> & <a href="/wiki/David_Bowie" title="David Bowie">David Bowie</a>; played for Robert Curbeam. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070620004005/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-116/mp3/fd06.mp3">MP3</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070620004106/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-116/wave/fd06.wav">WAV</a></li> <li>Day 7: "<a href="/wiki/Low_Rider_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Low Rider (song)">Low Rider</a>" by <a href="/wiki/War_(U.S._band)" class="mw-redirect" title="War (U.S. band)">War</a>; played for William Oefelein. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070620004037/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-116/mp3/fd07.mp3">MP3</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070620004048/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-116/wave/fd07.wav">WAV</a></li> <li>Day 8: "<a href="/wiki/Fanfare_for_the_Common_Man" title="Fanfare for the Common Man">Fanfare for the Common Man</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Copland" title="Aaron Copland">Aaron Copland</a> performed by the <a href="/wiki/London_Philharmonic_Orchestra" title="London Philharmonic Orchestra">London Philharmonic</a>; played for Nicholas Patrick. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070620004041/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-116/mp3/fd08.mp3">MP3</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070620004110/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-116/wave/fd08.wav">WAV</a></li> <li>Day 9: "<a href="/wiki/Blue_Danube_Waltz" class="mw-redirect" title="Blue Danube Waltz">Blue Danube Waltz</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Johann_Strauss_II" title="Johann Strauss II">Johann Strauss</a> performed by the <a href="/wiki/Vienna_Philharmonic_Orchestra" class="mw-redirect" title="Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra">Vienna Philharmonic</a>; played for Christer Fuglesang. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070620004007/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-116/mp3/fd09.mp3">MP3</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070620004231/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-116/wave/fd09.wav">WAV</a></li> <li>Day 10: "<a href="/wiki/Good_Vibrations" title="Good Vibrations">Good Vibrations</a>"; by <a href="/wiki/The_Beach_Boys" title="The Beach Boys">The Beach Boys</a> played for the entire <i>Discovery</i> crew. Chosen as part of the EVA involved shaking the solar array. The track was used as a wake up call on <a href="/wiki/STS-85" title="STS-85">STS-85</a> when a Microgravity Vibration Isolation Mount was being tested. Curbeam was a mission specialist on that flight. It was his first trip into space. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070620004100/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-116/mp3/fd10.mp3">MP3</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070620004227/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-116/wave/fd10.wav">WAV</a></li> <li>Day 11: "<a href="/wiki/Zamboni_(song)" title="Zamboni (song)">Zamboni</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Gear_Daddies" title="Gear Daddies">Gear Daddies</a>; played for Pilot William Oefelein. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070620004146/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-116/mp3/fd11.mp3">MP3</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070620004011/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-116/wave/fd11.wav">WAV</a></li> <li>Day 12: "Say You'll Be Mine" by <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Cross" title="Christopher Cross">Christopher Cross</a>; played for returning Expedition 14 crewmember Thomas Reiter. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070620004018/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-116/mp3/fd12.mp3">MP3</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070620004043/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-116/wave/fd12.wav">WAV</a></li> <li>Day 13: "The Road Less Traveled" by <a href="/wiki/Joe_Sample" title="Joe Sample">Joe Sample</a>; played for Joan Higginbotham. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070620004218/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-116/mp3/fd13.mp3">MP3</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070620004001/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-116/wave/fd13.wav">WAV</a></li> <li>Day 14: "<a href="/wiki/Home_for_the_Holidays_(song)" title="Home for the Holidays (song)">Home for the Holidays</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Perry_Como" title="Perry Como">Perry Como</a>; played for the entire <i>Discovery</i> crew. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070620004019/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-116/mp3/fd14.mp3">MP3</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070620004103/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-116/wave/fd14.wav">WAV</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Extra-vehicular_activity">Extra-vehicular activity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-116&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Extra-vehicular activity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#efefef;"> <th width="2.5%"> </th> <th width="10%"><b>Mission</b> </th> <th width="20%"><b>Spacewalkers</b> </th> <th width="16%"><b>Start – UTC</b> </th> <th width="16%"><b>End – UTC</b> </th> <th width="12%"><b>Duration</b> </th> <th width="22%"><b>Mission</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td>73. </td> <td>STS-116<br /><small>EVA 1</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Curbeam" title="Robert Curbeam">Robert Curbeam</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Christer_Fuglesang" title="Christer Fuglesang">Christer Fuglesang</a> </td> <td>December 12, 2006<br /> 20:31 </td> <td>December 13, 2006<br /> 03:07 </td> <td>6 h 36 min </td> <td>Install P5 truss </td></tr> <tr> <td>74. </td> <td>STS-116<br /><small>EVA 2</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Curbeam" title="Robert Curbeam">Robert Curbeam</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Christer_Fuglesang" title="Christer Fuglesang">Christer Fuglesang</a> </td> <td>December 14, 2006<br /> 19:41 </td> <td>December 15, 2006<br /> 00:41 </td> <td>5 h 00 min </td> <td>Rewiring station electrical system (circuits 2/3) </td></tr> <tr> <td>75. </td> <td>STS-116<br /><small>EVA 3</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Curbeam" title="Robert Curbeam">Robert Curbeam</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sunita_Williams" title="Sunita Williams">Sunita Williams</a> </td> <td>December 16, 2006<br /> 19:25 </td> <td>December 17, 2006<br /> 02:57 </td> <td>7 h 31 min </td> <td>Rewiring station electrical system (circuits 1/4) </td></tr> <tr> <td>76. </td> <td>STS-116<br /><small>EVA 4</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Curbeam" title="Robert Curbeam">Robert Curbeam</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Christer_Fuglesang" title="Christer Fuglesang">Christer Fuglesang</a> </td> <td>December 18, 2006<br /> 19:00 </td> <td>December 19, 2006<br /> 01:38 </td> <td>6 h 38 min </td> <td>Retract port <a href="/wiki/Integrated_Truss_Structure#Solar_arrays" title="Integrated Truss Structure">Solar Array Wing</a> on P6 truss </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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title="STS-101">STS-101</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-106" title="STS-106">106</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-92" title="STS-92">92</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TM-31" title="Soyuz TM-31">Soyuz TM-31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-97" title="STS-97">STS-97</a></li></ul></li> <li>2001 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-98" title="STS-98">STS-98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-102" title="STS-102">102</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-100" title="STS-100">100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TM-32" title="Soyuz TM-32">Soyuz TM-32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-104" title="STS-104">STS-104</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-105" title="STS-105">105</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TM-33" title="Soyuz TM-33">Soyuz TM-33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-108" title="STS-108">STS-108</a></li></ul></li> <li>2002 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-110" title="STS-110">STS-110</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TM-34" title="Soyuz TM-34">Soyuz TM-34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-111" title="STS-111">STS-111</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-112" title="STS-112">112</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-1" title="Soyuz TMA-1">Soyuz TMA-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-113" title="STS-113">STS-113</a></li></ul></li> <li>2003 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-2" title="Soyuz TMA-2">Soyuz TMA-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-3" title="Soyuz TMA-3">TMA-3</a></li></ul></li> <li>2004 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-4" title="Soyuz TMA-4">Soyuz TMA-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-5" title="Soyuz TMA-5">TMA-5</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="8" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ISS_emblem.png" class="mw-file-description" title="International Space Station Emblem"><img alt="International Space Station Emblem" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/ISS_emblem.png/60px-ISS_emblem.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="60" 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href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-9" title="Soyuz TMA-9">Soyuz TMA-9</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">STS-116</a></li></ul></li> <li>2007 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-10" title="Soyuz TMA-10">Soyuz TMA-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-117" title="STS-117">STS-117</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-118" title="STS-118">118</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-11" title="Soyuz TMA-11">Soyuz TMA-11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-120" title="STS-120">STS-120</a></li></ul></li> <li>2008 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-122" title="STS-122">STS-122</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-123" title="STS-123">123</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-12" title="Soyuz TMA-12">Soyuz TMA-12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-124" title="STS-124">STS-124</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-13" title="Soyuz TMA-13">Soyuz TMA-13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-126" title="STS-126">STS-126</a></li></ul></li> <li>2009 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-119" title="STS-119">STS-119</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-14" title="Soyuz TMA-14">Soyuz TMA-14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-15" title="Soyuz TMA-15">TMA-15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-127" title="STS-127">STS-127</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-128" title="STS-128">128</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-16" title="Soyuz TMA-16">Soyuz TMA-16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-129" title="STS-129">STS-129</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-17" title="Soyuz TMA-17">Soyuz TMA-17</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010–2014</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2010 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-130" title="STS-130">STS-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-18" title="Soyuz TMA-18">Soyuz TMA-18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-131" title="STS-131">STS-131</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-132" title="STS-132">132</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-19" title="Soyuz TMA-19">Soyuz TMA-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-01M" title="Soyuz TMA-01M">TMA-01M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-20" title="Soyuz TMA-20">TMA-20</a></li></ul></li> <li>2011 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-133" title="STS-133">STS-133</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-21" title="Soyuz TMA-21">Soyuz TMA-21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-134" title="STS-134">STS-134</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-02M" title="Soyuz TMA-02M">Soyuz TMA-02M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-135" title="STS-135">STS-135</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-22" title="Soyuz TMA-22">Soyuz TMA-22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-03M" title="Soyuz TMA-03M">TMA-03M</a></li></ul></li> <li>2012 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-04M" title="Soyuz TMA-04M">Soyuz TMA-04M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-05M" title="Soyuz TMA-05M">TMA-05M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-06M" title="Soyuz TMA-06M">TMA-06M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-07M" title="Soyuz TMA-07M">TMA-07M</a></li></ul></li> <li>2013 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-08M" title="Soyuz TMA-08M">Soyuz TMA-08M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-09M" title="Soyuz TMA-09M">TMA-09M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-10M" title="Soyuz TMA-10M">TMA-10M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-11M" title="Soyuz TMA-11M">TMA-11M</a></li></ul></li> <li>2014 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-12M" title="Soyuz TMA-12M">Soyuz TMA-12M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-13M" title="Soyuz TMA-13M">TMA-13M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-14M" title="Soyuz TMA-14M">TMA-14M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-15M" title="Soyuz TMA-15M">TMA-15M</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2015–2019</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2015 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-16M" title="Soyuz TMA-16M">Soyuz TMA-16M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-17M" title="Soyuz TMA-17M">TMA-17M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-18M" title="Soyuz TMA-18M">TMA-18M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-19M" title="Soyuz TMA-19M">TMA-19M</a></li></ul></li> <li>2016 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-20M" title="Soyuz TMA-20M">Soyuz TMA-20M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_MS-01" title="Soyuz MS-01">MS-01</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_MS-02" title="Soyuz MS-02">MS-02</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_MS-03" title="Soyuz MS-03">MS-03</a></li></ul></li> <li>2017 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_MS-04" title="Soyuz MS-04">Soyuz MS-04</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_MS-05" title="Soyuz MS-05">MS-05</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_MS-06" title="Soyuz MS-06">MS-06</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_MS-07" title="Soyuz MS-07">MS-07</a></li></ul></li> <li>2018 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_MS-08" title="Soyuz MS-08">Soyuz MS-08</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_MS-09" title="Soyuz MS-09">MS-09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_MS-10" title="Soyuz MS-10">MS-10</a>†</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_MS-11" title="Soyuz MS-11">MS-11</a></li></ul></li> <li>2019 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_MS-12" title="Soyuz MS-12">Soyuz MS-12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_MS-13" title="Soyuz MS-13">MS-13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_MS-15" title="Soyuz MS-15">MS-15</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Since 2020</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2020 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_MS-16" title="Soyuz MS-16">Soyuz MS-16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crew_Dragon_Demo-2" title="Crew Dragon Demo-2">SpaceX Demo-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_MS-17" title="Soyuz MS-17">Soyuz MS-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_Crew-1" title="SpaceX Crew-1">SpaceX Crew-1</a></li></ul></li> <li>2021 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_MS-18" title="Soyuz MS-18">Soyuz MS-18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_Crew-2" title="SpaceX Crew-2">SpaceX Crew-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_MS-19" title="Soyuz MS-19">Soyuz MS-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_Crew-3" title="SpaceX Crew-3">SpaceX Crew-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_MS-20" title="Soyuz MS-20">Soyuz MS-20</a></li></ul></li> <li>2022 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_MS-21" title="Soyuz MS-21">Soyuz MS-21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Axiom_Mission_1" title="Axiom Mission 1">Axiom-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_Crew-4" title="SpaceX Crew-4">SpaceX Crew-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_MS-22" title="Soyuz MS-22">Soyuz MS-22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_Crew-5" title="SpaceX Crew-5">SpaceX Crew-5</a></li></ul></li> <li>2023 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_MS-23" title="Soyuz MS-23">Soyuz MS-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_Crew-6" title="SpaceX Crew-6">SpaceX Crew-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Axiom_Mission_2" title="Axiom Mission 2">Axiom-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_Crew-7" title="SpaceX Crew-7">SpaceX Crew-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_MS-24" title="Soyuz MS-24">Soyuz MS-24</a></li></ul></li> <li>2024 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Axiom_Mission_3" title="Axiom Mission 3">Axiom-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_Crew-8" title="SpaceX Crew-8">SpaceX Crew-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_MS-25" title="Soyuz MS-25">Soyuz MS-25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Crew_Flight_Test" title="Boeing Crew Flight Test">Boeing CFT</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_MS-26" title="Soyuz MS-26">Soyuz MS-26</a></u></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_Crew-9" title="SpaceX Crew-9">SpaceX Crew-9</a></u></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Future</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2025 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_Crew-10" title="SpaceX Crew-10">SpaceX Crew-10</a></li> <li><a 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title="STS-31">STS-31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-41" title="STS-41">STS-41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-39" title="STS-39">STS-39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-48" title="STS-48">STS-48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-42" title="STS-42">STS-42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-53" title="STS-53">STS-53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-56" title="STS-56">STS-56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51" title="STS-51">STS-51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-60" title="STS-60">STS-60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-64" title="STS-64">STS-64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-63" title="STS-63">STS-63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-70" title="STS-70">STS-70</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-82" title="STS-82">STS-82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-85" title="STS-85">STS-85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-91" title="STS-91">STS-91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-95" title="STS-95">STS-95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-96" title="STS-96">STS-96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-103" title="STS-103">STS-103</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-92" title="STS-92">STS-92</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-102" title="STS-102">STS-102</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-105" title="STS-105">STS-105</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-114" title="STS-114">STS-114</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-121" title="STS-121">STS-121</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">STS-116</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-120" title="STS-120">STS-120</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-124" title="STS-124">STS-124</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-119" title="STS-119">STS-119</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-128" title="STS-128">STS-128</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-131" title="STS-131">STS-131</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-133" title="STS-133">STS-133</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:STS-133_Space_Shuttle_Discovery_after_undocking_3_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/STS-133_Space_Shuttle_Discovery_after_undocking_3_%28cropped%29.jpg/130px-STS-133_Space_Shuttle_Discovery_after_undocking_3_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/STS-133_Space_Shuttle_Discovery_after_undocking_3_%28cropped%29.jpg/195px-STS-133_Space_Shuttle_Discovery_after_undocking_3_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/STS-133_Space_Shuttle_Discovery_after_undocking_3_%28cropped%29.jpg/260px-STS-133_Space_Shuttle_Discovery_after_undocking_3_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3336" data-file-height="2507" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Status</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Retired</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">On display</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Steven_F._Udvar-Hazy_Center" title="Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center">Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Destiny_in_Space" title="Destiny in Space">Destiny in Space</a></i> (1994 documentary)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="U.S._Space_Shuttle_missions" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link 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missions</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Completed<br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_Space_Shuttle_crews" title="List of Space Shuttle crews">(crews)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1977 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Approach_and_Landing_Tests" title="Approach and Landing Tests">Approach and Landing Tests</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1981 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-1" title="STS-1">STS-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-2" title="STS-2">STS-2</a></li></ul></li> <li>1982 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-3" title="STS-3">STS-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-4" title="STS-4">STS-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-5" title="STS-5">STS-5</a></li></ul></li> <li>1983 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-6" title="STS-6">STS-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-7" title="STS-7">STS-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-8" title="STS-8">STS-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-9" title="STS-9">STS-9</a></li></ul></li> <li>1984 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-41-B" title="STS-41-B">STS-41-B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-41-C" title="STS-41-C">STS-41-C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-41-D" title="STS-41-D">STS-41-D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-41-G" title="STS-41-G">STS-41-G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-A" title="STS-51-A">STS-51-A</a></li></ul></li> <li>1985 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-C" title="STS-51-C">STS-51-C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-D" title="STS-51-D">STS-51-D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-B" title="STS-51-B">STS-51-B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-G" title="STS-51-G">STS-51-G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-F" title="STS-51-F">STS-51-F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-I" title="STS-51-I">STS-51-I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-J" title="STS-51-J">STS-51-J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-61-A" title="STS-61-A">STS-61-A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-61-B" title="STS-61-B">STS-61-B</a></li></ul></li> <li>1986 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-61-C" title="STS-61-C">STS-61-C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-L" title="STS-51-L">STS-51-L</a>†</li></ul></li> <li>1988 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-26" title="STS-26">STS-26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-27" title="STS-27">STS-27</a></li></ul></li> <li>1989 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-29" title="STS-29">STS-29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-30" title="STS-30">STS-30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-28" title="STS-28">STS-28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-34" title="STS-34">STS-34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-33" title="STS-33">STS-33</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1990 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-32" title="STS-32">STS-32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-36" title="STS-36">STS-36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-31" title="STS-31">STS-31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-41" title="STS-41">STS-41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-38" title="STS-38">STS-38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-35" title="STS-35">STS-35</a></li></ul></li> <li>1991 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-37" title="STS-37">STS-37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-39" title="STS-39">STS-39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-40" title="STS-40">STS-40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-43" title="STS-43">STS-43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-48" title="STS-48">STS-48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-44" title="STS-44">STS-44</a></li></ul></li> <li>1992 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-42" title="STS-42">STS-42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-45" title="STS-45">STS-45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-49" title="STS-49">STS-49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-50" title="STS-50">STS-50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-46" title="STS-46">STS-46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-47" title="STS-47">STS-47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-52" title="STS-52">STS-52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-53" title="STS-53">STS-53</a></li></ul></li> <li>1993 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-54" title="STS-54">STS-54</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-56" title="STS-56">STS-56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-55" title="STS-55">STS-55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-57" title="STS-57">STS-57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51" title="STS-51">STS-51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-58" title="STS-58">STS-58</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-61" title="STS-61">STS-61</a></li></ul></li> <li>1994 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-60" title="STS-60">STS-60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-62" title="STS-62">STS-62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-59" title="STS-59">STS-59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-65" title="STS-65">STS-65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-64" title="STS-64">STS-64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-68" title="STS-68">STS-68</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-66" title="STS-66">STS-66</a></li></ul></li> <li>1995 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-63" title="STS-63">STS-63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-67" title="STS-67">STS-67</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-71" title="STS-71">STS-71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-70" title="STS-70">STS-70</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-69" title="STS-69">STS-69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-73" title="STS-73">STS-73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-74" title="STS-74">STS-74</a></li></ul></li> <li>1996 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-72" title="STS-72">STS-72</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-75" title="STS-75">STS-75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-76" title="STS-76">STS-76</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-77" title="STS-77">STS-77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-78" title="STS-78">STS-78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-79" title="STS-79">STS-79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-80" title="STS-80">STS-80</a></li></ul></li> <li>1997 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-81" title="STS-81">STS-81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-82" title="STS-82">STS-82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-83" title="STS-83">STS-83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-84" title="STS-84">STS-84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-94" title="STS-94">STS-94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-85" title="STS-85">STS-85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-86" title="STS-86">STS-86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-87" title="STS-87">STS-87</a></li></ul></li> <li>1998 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-89" title="STS-89">STS-89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-90" title="STS-90">STS-90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-91" title="STS-91">STS-91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-95" title="STS-95">STS-95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-88" title="STS-88">STS-88</a></li></ul></li> <li>1999 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-96" title="STS-96">STS-96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-93" title="STS-93">STS-93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-103" title="STS-103">STS-103</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2000 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-99" title="STS-99">STS-99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-101" title="STS-101">STS-101</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-106" title="STS-106">STS-106</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-92" title="STS-92">STS-92</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-97" title="STS-97">STS-97</a></li></ul></li> <li>2001 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-98" title="STS-98">STS-98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-102" title="STS-102">STS-102</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-100" title="STS-100">STS-100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-104" title="STS-104">STS-104</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-105" title="STS-105">STS-105</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-108" title="STS-108">STS-108</a></li></ul></li> <li>2002 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-109" title="STS-109">STS-109</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-110" title="STS-110">STS-110</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-111" title="STS-111">STS-111</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-112" title="STS-112">STS-112</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-113" title="STS-113">STS-113</a></li></ul></li> <li>2003 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-107" title="STS-107">STS-107</a>†</li></ul></li> <li>2005 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-114" title="STS-114">STS-114</a></li></ul></li> <li>2006 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-121" title="STS-121">STS-121</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-115" title="STS-115">STS-115</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">STS-116</a></li></ul></li> <li>2007 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-117" title="STS-117">STS-117</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-118" title="STS-118">STS-118</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-120" title="STS-120">STS-120</a></li></ul></li> <li>2008 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-122" title="STS-122">STS-122</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-123" title="STS-123">STS-123</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-124" title="STS-124">STS-124</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-126" title="STS-126">STS-126</a></li></ul></li> <li>2009 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-119" title="STS-119">STS-119</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-125" title="STS-125">STS-125</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-127" title="STS-127">STS-127</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-128" title="STS-128">STS-128</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-129" title="STS-129">STS-129</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2010 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-130" title="STS-130">STS-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-131" title="STS-131">STS-131</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-132" title="STS-132">STS-132</a></li></ul></li> <li>2011 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-133" title="STS-133">STS-133</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-134" title="STS-134">STS-134</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-135" title="STS-135">STS-135</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Canceled_Space_Shuttle_missions" title="Canceled Space Shuttle missions">Cancelled</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canceled_Space_Shuttle_missions" title="Canceled Space Shuttle missions">STS-41-F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-61-E" title="STS-61-E">STS-61-E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-61-F" title="STS-61-F">STS-61-F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-61-G" title="STS-61-G">STS-61-G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-61-H" title="STS-61-H">STS-61-H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-62-A" title="STS-62-A">STS-62-A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-61-M" title="STS-61-M">STS-61-M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-61-J" title="STS-61-J">STS-61-J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canceled_Space_Shuttle_missions" title="Canceled Space Shuttle missions">STS-144</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-3xx" title="STS-3xx">STS-3xx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-400" title="STS-400">STS-400</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canceled_Space_Shuttle_missions" title="Canceled Space Shuttle missions">Others</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_orbiter" title="Space Shuttle orbiter">Orbiters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Atlantis" title="Space Shuttle Atlantis">Atlantis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger" title="Space Shuttle Challenger">Challenger</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster" title="Space Shuttle Challenger disaster">disaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rogers_Commission_Report" title="Rogers Commission Report">report</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia" title="Space Shuttle Columbia">Columbia</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster" title="Space Shuttle Columbia disaster">disaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_Accident_Investigation_Board" title="Columbia Accident Investigation Board">investigation</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Discovery" title="Space Shuttle Discovery">Discovery</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Endeavour" title="Space Shuttle Endeavour">Endeavour</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Enterprise" title="Space Shuttle 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APD</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab_Satellite_Communications_Organization#Arabsat-4" title="Arab Satellite Communications Organization">Arabsat-4A</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">March</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spainsat" title="Spainsat">Spainsat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hot_Bird" title="Hot Bird">Hot Bird 7A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Technology_5" title="Space Technology 5">ST-5</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/FalconSAT-2" title="FalconSAT-2">FalconSAT-2</a></i></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-8" title="Soyuz TMA-8">Soyuz TMA-8</a></u></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">April</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/JCSAT-5A" title="JCSAT-5A">JCSAT-5A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constellation_Observing_System_for_Meteorology,_Ionosphere,_and_Climate" title="Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate">COSMIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_1KR" title="Astra 1KR">Astra 1KR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-56" title="Progress M-56">Progress M-56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EROS_B" title="EROS B">EROS-B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaogan" title="Yaogan">Yaogan 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CALIPSO" title="CALIPSO">CALIPSO</a>, <a href="/wiki/CloudSat" title="CloudSat">CloudSat</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">May</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2420&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2420 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2420</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GOES_13" title="GOES 13">GOES 13</a> / EWS-G1</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eutelsat_113_West_A" title="Eutelsat 113 West A">Satmex 6</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thaicom_5" title="Thaicom 5">Thaicom 5</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">June</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Resurs-DK_No.1" title="Resurs-DK No.1">Resurs-DK No.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KazSat-1" title="KazSat-1">KazSat-1</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Galaxy_16&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Galaxy 16 (page does not exist)">Galaxy 16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MiTEx" title="MiTEx">USA-187</a>, <a href="/wiki/MiTEx" title="MiTEx">USA-188</a>, <a href="/wiki/MiTEx" title="MiTEx">USA-189</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-57" title="Progress M-57">Progress M-57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2421" title="Kosmos 2421">Kosmos 2421</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-184" title="USA-184">USA-184</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">July</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-121" title="STS-121">STS-121</a></u> (<a href="/wiki/Multi-Purpose_Logistics_Module" title="Multi-Purpose Logistics Module">MPLM</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/INSAT-4C" title="INSAT-4C">INSAT-4C</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genesis_I" title="Genesis I">Genesis I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2422" title="Kosmos 2422">Kosmos 2422</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/BelKA" title="BelKA">BelKA</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Baumanets&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baumanets (page does not exist)">Baumanets</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=PicPot&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="PicPot (page does not exist)">PicPot</a>, <a href="/wiki/SACRED" title="SACRED">SACRED</a>, <a href="/wiki/ION_(satellite)" title="ION (satellite)">ION</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rincon_1" title="Rincon 1">Rincon 1</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=ICECube-1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ICECube-1 (page does not exist)">ICECube-1</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=KUTESat_Pathfinder&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="KUTESat Pathfinder (page does not exist)">KUTESat Pathfinder</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=SEEDS_(satellite)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SEEDS (satellite) (page does not exist)">SEEDS</a>, <a href="/wiki/NCube_(satellite)" class="mw-redirect" title="NCube (satellite)">nCube</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=HAUSAT-1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HAUSAT-1 (page does not exist)">HAUSAT-1</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=MEROPE&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="MEROPE (page does not exist)">MEROPE</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=CP-2_(satellite)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="CP-2 (satellite) (page does not exist)">CP-2</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=AeroCube-1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AeroCube-1 (page does not exist)">AeroCube-1</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=CP-1_(satellite)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="CP-1 (satellite) (page does not exist)">CP-1</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mea_Huaka%27i&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mea Huaka'i (page does not exist)">Mea Huaka'i</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=ICECube-2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ICECube-2 (page does not exist)">ICECube-2</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arirang-2" class="mw-redirect" title="Arirang-2">Arirang-2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">August</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hot_Bird_13B" title="Hot Bird 13B">Hot Bird 8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JCSAT-3A" title="JCSAT-3A">JCSAT-3A</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Syracuse_3B&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Syracuse 3B (page does not exist)">Syracuse 3B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koreasat_5" title="Koreasat 5">Koreasat 5</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">September</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shijian" title="Shijian">Shijian 8</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-115" title="STS-115">STS-115</a></u> (<a href="/wiki/Integrated_Truss_Structure" title="Integrated Truss Structure">ITS P3/4</a>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=IGS-3A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="IGS-3A (page does not exist)">IGS-3A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chinasat-22A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chinasat-22A (page does not exist)">Chinasat-22A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2423&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2423 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2423</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-9" title="Soyuz TMA-9">Soyuz TMA-9</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinode_(satellite)" title="Hinode (satellite)">Hinode</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=HIT-SAT&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HIT-SAT (page does not exist)">HIT-SAT</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=SSSAT&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SSSAT (page does not exist)">SSSAT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-190" title="USA-190">USA-190</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">October</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=DirecTV-9S&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="DirecTV-9S (page does not exist)">DirecTV-9S</a>, <a href="/wiki/Optus_(satellite)#Optus_D1" title="Optus (satellite)">Optus D1</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=LDREX&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LDREX (page does not exist)">LDREX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MetOp" title="MetOp">MetOp-A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-58" title="Progress M-58">Progress M-58</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shijian" title="Shijian">Shijian 6C</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shijian" title="Shijian">Shijian 6D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STEREO" title="STEREO">STEREO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sino_Satellite_Communications#Sinosat-2" title="Sino Satellite Communications">Sinosat-2</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=XM-4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="XM-4 (page does not exist)">XM-4</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">November</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-191&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-191 (page does not exist)">USA-191</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badr-4" title="Badr-4">Badr-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-192" title="USA-192">USA-192</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">December</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fengyun" title="Fengyun">Fengyun 2-05</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=WildBlue_1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="WildBlue 1 (page does not exist)">WildBlue 1</a>, <a href="/wiki/AMC-18" title="AMC-18">AMC-18</a></li> <li><u><a class="mw-selflink selflink">STS-116</a></u> (<a href="/wiki/Integrated_Truss_Structure" title="Integrated Truss Structure">ITS P5</a>, <a href="/wiki/Astrotech_Corporation#SpaceHab" title="Astrotech Corporation">SpaceHab LSM</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=ANDE-MAA&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ANDE-MAA (page does not exist)">ANDE-MAA</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=ANDE-FACL&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ANDE-FACL (page does not exist)">ANDE-FACL</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAFT1_(satellite)" class="mw-redirect" title="RAFT1 (satellite)">RAFT1</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=MARScom&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="MARScom (page does not exist)">MARScom</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=MEPSI-2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="MEPSI-2 (page does not exist)">MEPSI-2</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MEASAT-3" title="MEASAT-3">MEASAT-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-193" title="USA-193">USA-193</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TacSat-2" title="TacSat-2">TacSat-2</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=GeneSat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="GeneSat (page does not exist)">GeneSat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ETS-VIII" title="ETS-VIII">Kiku 8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SAR-Lupe" title="SAR-Lupe">SAR-Lupe 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meridian_1" title="Meridian 1">Meridian 1</a></li> <li><a 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