STS-116
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STS-116 launches from the Kennedy Space Center
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| Mission type | ISS assembly |
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| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 2006-055A |
| SATCAT № | 29647 |
| Mission duration | 12 days, 20 hours, 44 minutes, 16 seconds |
| Distance travelled | 8,500,000 kilometres (5,300,000 mi) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Discovery |
| Launch mass | 120,413 kilograms (265,466 lb) |
| Landing mass | 102,220 kilograms (225,350 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 7 |
| Members |
Mark L. Polansky William A. Oefelein Nicholas J. M. Patrick Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. Christer Fuglesang Joan E. Higginbotham |
| Launching | Sunita Williams |
| Landing | Thomas Reiter |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 10 December 2006, 01:47:35 UTC |
| Launch site | Kennedy LC-39B |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 22 December 2006, 22:32:00 UTC |
| Landing site | Kennedy SLF Runway 15 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee | 326 |
| Apogee | 358 |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Period | 91.37 minutes |
| Epoch | 12 December 2006 |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port |
PMA-2 (Destiny forward) |
| Docking date | 11 December 2006, 22:12 UTC |
| Undocking date | 19 December 2006, 22:10 UTC |
| Time docked | 7 days, 23 hours, 58 minutes |
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 Back (L-R): Curbeam, Patrick, Williams, Fuglesang Front (L-R): Oefelein, Higginbotham, Polansky |
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STS-116 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery. Discovery lifted off on 9 December 2006 at 20:47:35 EST. A previous launch attempt on 7 December had been canceled due to cloud cover. It was the first night launch of a space shuttle since STS-113 in November 2002.
The mission is also referred to as ISS-12A.1 by the ISS program. The main goals of the mission were delivery and attachment of the International Space Station's P5 truss segment, a major rewiring of the station's power system, and exchange of ISS Expedition 14 personnel. The shuttle landed at 17:32 EST on 22 December 2006 at Kennedy Space Center 98 minutes off schedule due to unfavorable weather conditions. This mission was particularly notable to Sweden, being the first spaceflight of a Scandinavian astronaut (Christer Fuglesang).
STS-116 was the final scheduled space shuttle launch from Pad 39B as NASA reconfigured it for Ares I launches. The only remaining use of Pad 39B by the shuttle was as a reserve for the STS-400 Launch On Need mission to rescue the crew of STS-125, the final Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission, if their shuttle became damaged.
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