Human Spaceflights

International Flight-No. 245

STS-121

Discovery (32)

USA

Patch STS-121 Patch STS-121 ASTROLAB

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Patch STS-121 ULF 1.1 Patch STS-121 (with birthplaces)

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:  04.07.2006
Launch time:  18:37 UT
Launch site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)
Launch pad:  39-B
Altitude:  334 - 348 km
Inclination:  51,63 °
Docking ISS:  06.07.2006, 14:52 UT
Undocking ISS:  15.07.2006, 10:08 UT
Landing date:  17.07.2006
Landing time:  13:14 UT
Landing site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)

walkout photo

Crew STS-121

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alternate crew photo

alternate crew photo

Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job Flight No. Duration Orbits
1 USA  Lindsey  Steven Wayne  CDR 4 12d 18h 36m  203 
2 USA  Kelly  Mark Edward  PLT 2 12d 18h 36m  203 
3 USA  Fossum  Michael Edward  MSP 1 12d 18h 36m  203 
4 USA  Nowak  Lisa Marie Caputo  MSP 1 12d 18h 36m  203 
5 USA  Sellers  Piers John  MSP 2 12d 18h 36m  203 
6 USA  Wilson  Stephanie Diana  MSP 1 12d 18h 36m  203 
7 Germany  Reiter  Thomas Arthur  MSP 2 171d 03h 54m  2692 

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1  Lindsey
2  Kelly
3  Fossum
4  Nowak
5  Wilson
6  Sellers
7  Reiter
Space Shuttle cockpit
Landing
1  Lindsey
2  Kelly
3  Wilson
4  Nowak
5  Fossum
6  Sellers
7  

Backup Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job
7 France  Eyharts  Léopold  Flight Engineer
Léopold Eyharts

Flight

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.

Docking to ISS and common work with the ISS expedition 13; transfer Reiter to ISS.

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.

Note

Reiter landed on 22.12.2006 at 22:32 UT with STS-116.

Photos / Drawings

Space Shuttle Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM)
Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) STS-121 rollout
STS-121 launch Nile river
EVA Fossum EVA Sellers and Fossum
ISS after STS-121 STS-121 in orbit
traditional in-flight photo STS-121 STS-121 landing

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Last update on November 28, 2009.

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