Launch from Cape Canaveral (
KSC) after it was
called off for two times because of bad weather; landing on Cape Canaveral (
KSC);
ISS
ULF-1.1.
The main purposes of the mission were to test new safety and repair
techniques introduced following the Columbia disaster of February 2003 as well
as to deliver supplies, equipment. En-route to the
ISS, the
50-foot-long Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS) tipped with two types of lasers
and a high-resolution television camera was used to inspect the underside of
the shuttle for damage.
Docking to
ISS on
06.07.2006 and common work with the
ISS
expedition 13. Thomas
Reiter was tansferred the to
ISS to become
member of the
expedition
13.
The Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo was mated to the
space station's Unity module.
First
EVA by
Sellers and
Fossum on 08.07.2006 (7h 31m) for maintenance on the
station’s mobile transporter and a test of astronaut movement on the end
of the robotic arm boom extension for possible heat shield repairs during
future flights.
Second
EVA by
Sellers and
Fossum on 10.07.2006 (6h 47m) for installation of a spare
thermal control system pump on to the outside of the Quest Airlock and
replacement of reel assembly for a cable that provides power and data to the
station’s mobile transporter.
Third and final
EVA by
Sellers and
Fossum on 12.07.2006 (7h 11m) to demonstrate on-orbit heat
shield repair techniques.
