STS-116
Launch: December 9, 2006, 8:47 p.m. EDT
Landing: December 22, 2006, 5:32 p.m. EDT, Kennedy Space Center
Space Shuttle: Discovery
Crew: Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot William Oefelein, mission specialists Robert Curbeam, Joan Higginbotham, Nicholas Patrick, Christer Fuglesang, flight engineers Sunita Williams, Thomas Reiter
The STS-116 mission was one of the most challenging shuttle missions in NASA’s history. During the 13-day mission -- the 20th shuttle flight to the International Space Station -- the crew rewired the outpost's power system and continued constructing the station by installing the P5 integrated truss segment. Discovery's liftoff on the mission was the first nighttime launch in more than four years.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: STS116-S-001
Date: July 2006
STS-116
Launch: December 9, 2006, 8:47 p.m. EDT
Landing: December 22, 2006, 5:32 p.m. EDT, Kennedy Space Center
Space Shuttle: Discovery
Crew: Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot William Oefelein, mission specialists Robert Curbeam, Joan Higginbotham, Nicholas Patrick, Christer Fuglesang, flight engineers Sunita Williams, Thomas Reiter
The STS-116 mission was one of the most challenging shuttle missions in NASA’s history. During the 13-day mission -- the 20th shuttle flight to the International Space Station -- the crew rewired the outpost's power system and continued constructing the station by installing the P5 integrated truss segment. Discovery's liftoff on the mission was the first nighttime launch in more than four years.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: STS116-S-001
Date: July 2006