STS-121
Launched: July 4, 2006, 2:37:55 p.m. EDT
Landing: July 17, 2006, 9:15:49 a.m. EDT, Kennedy Space Center, Fla
Space Shuttle: Discovery.
Crew: Commander Steven W. Lindsey, Pilot Mark E. Kelly, Mission Specialists Stephanie D. Wilson, Michael E. Fossum, Piers J. Sellers, Thomas Reiter and Lisa M. Nowak.
STS-121 was the second return-to-flight mission, demonstrating techniques for inspecting and protecting the shuttle's thermal protection system and replacing critical hardware needed for future station assembly. The mission also restored the station to a three-person crew for the first time since May 2003, leaving ESA astronaut Reiter aboard to join Expedition 13. This was the most photographed shuttle mission in history, with more than 100 high-definition, digital, video and film cameras documenting the launch and climb to orbit.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: sts121-s-001
Date: June 2005
STS-121
Launched: July 4, 2006, 2:37:55 p.m. EDT
Landing: July 17, 2006, 9:15:49 a.m. EDT, Kennedy Space Center, Fla
Space Shuttle: Discovery.
Crew: Commander Steven W. Lindsey, Pilot Mark E. Kelly, Mission Specialists Stephanie D. Wilson, Michael E. Fossum, Piers J. Sellers, Thomas Reiter and Lisa M. Nowak.
STS-121 was the second return-to-flight mission, demonstrating techniques for inspecting and protecting the shuttle's thermal protection system and replacing critical hardware needed for future station assembly. The mission also restored the station to a three-person crew for the first time since May 2003, leaving ESA astronaut Reiter aboard to join Expedition 13. This was the most photographed shuttle mission in history, with more than 100 high-definition, digital, video and film cameras documenting the launch and climb to orbit.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: sts121-s-001
Date: June 2005