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| STS-116 (Flight # 117) | 10 - 22 December 2006 | Discovery (33) |
Crew:
Mark Polansky [2], Commander
William
Oefelein [1], Pilot
Robert
Curbeam [3], Mission Specialist
Joan
Higginbotham [1], Mission Specialist
Nicholas
Patrick [1], Mission Specialist
Christer
Fuglesang [1], Mission Specialist (Sweden/ESA)
ISS Upload:
Sunita Lyn
Williams [1]
ISS Download:
Thomas Reiter (Germany/ESA)
Launch:
Pad: 39-B (53)
Date: 10 December 2006
Time: 01:47:35 UTC
Orbit:
Altitude: 122 nm
Inclination: 51.6 degrees
Orbits: 204
Duration: 12 days, 20 hours, 45 minutes, 17 seconds
Distance: 5.3 million miles
Landing:
Location: Runway 15, Kennedy Space Center, FL (64)
Date: 22 December 2006
Time: 22:32:52 UTC
Rollout: 52 seconds
Highlights:
20th Space Station Assembly Flight 12A.1,
ITS P5. A total of 4 spacewalks were performed. The 4th and final spacewalk was
unscheduled and made to stow an unused solar array.
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