Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-117
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-117
STS-117 (ISS assembly flight 13A) was a Space Shuttle mission flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis, launched from pad 39A of the Kennedy Space Center on 8 June 2007. Atlantis lifted off from the launch pad at 19:38 EDT. Damage from a hail storm on 26 February 2007 had previously caused the launch to be postponed from an originally-planned launch date of 15 March 2007. The launch of STS-117 marked the 250th orbital human spaceflight. Atlantis delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) the second starboard truss segment (the S3/S4 Truss) and its associated energy systems, including a set of solar arrays. During the course of the mission the crew installed the new truss segment, retracted one set of solar arrays, and unfolded the new set on the starboard side of the station. STS-117 also brought Expedition 15 crewmember Clayton Anderson to the station, and returned with ISS crewmember Sunita Williams.
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Serial OV-104
Launch Crew Count 7
Status Retired
Landing Time 2007-06-22T19:49:00+0000
Crew
Frederick W. Sturckow
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1961-08-11
Status Active
Type Private
Lee Archambault
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1960-08-25
Status Retired
Type Government
Clayton Anderson
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1959-02-23
Status Retired
Type Government
James F. Reilly
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1954-03-18
Status Retired
Type Government
John D. Olivas
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1966-05-25
Status Retired
Type Government
Patrick G. Forrester
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1957-03-31
Status Retired
Type Government
Steven Swanson
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1960-12-03
Status Retired
Type Government
Space Shuttle
Height 56.10 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 28200 kN
Diameter 8.00 Meters
Mass To LEO 27500 kg
Liftoff Mass 2030 Tonnes
Launch Success 133
Consecutive Success 22
Maiden Flight 1981-04-12
Launch Failures 2
Programs
International Space Station
The International Space Station programme is tied together by a complex set of legal, political and financial agreements between the sixteen nations involved in the project, governing ownership of the various components, rights to crewing and utilization, and responsibilities for crew rotation and resupply of the International Space Station. It was conceived in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan, during the Space Station Freedom project as it was originally called.
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011.
