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STS-116

STS-116 [Flight # 117]
10-22 December 2006

Crew:
    Mark Polansky [2], Commander
    William Oefelein [1], Pilot
    Robert Curbeam [3], Mission Specialist
    Joan Higginbotham [1], Mission Specialist
    Nicholas Patrick [1], Mission Specialist
    Arne Fuglesang [1], Mission Specialist (Sweden)

ISS Upload:
    Sunita Williams [1]

ISS Download:
    Thomas Reiter (STS-121)

Launch:
    Pad: 39-B [54]
    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: 5,300,000 miles

ISS Docking: PMA-2 on Destiny, 11 December 2006, 22:12 UTC - 19 December 2006, 22:10 UTC

Landing:
    Location: Runway 15, Kennedy Space Center, FL [64]
    Date: 22 December 2006
    Time: 22:32:52 UTC
    Rollout: 52 seconds

Mission EVA's:
     1) On 12 December 2006 for 6 hours, 36 minutes
     2) On 14 December 2006 for 5 hours, 0 minutes
     3) On 16 December 2006 for 7 hours, 31 minutes
     4) On 18 December 2006 for 6 hours, 38 minutes
EVA's were performed by the following individuals:
    Robert Curbeam
    Arne Fuglesang
    Sunita Williams

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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