missions by chronological order (no earlier than the STS-114 mission, the 'Return to Flight Mission')

le texte français, pour chaque mission, est signalé par un drapeau français (pas de texte en français complet avant la mission STS-117; les missions archivées ne commencent qu'à la mission STS-114; missions par ordre chronologique)

STS-114, 17th ISS Flight (LF1) - Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (Return to Flight Mission)

• Vehicle: Discovery (OV-103)
• Launch: July 26, 2005, 10:39 p.m. EDT from the Kennedy Space Center, launch pad 39B
• Landing: August 9th, at 8:11 a.m. EDT. at the Edwards Air Force Base, runway 22
• Inclination, Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees, 122 nautical miles
• Crew: Collins (Commander), Kelly (Pilot). Missions Specialists: Noguchi (from Japan), Robinson, Thomas, Lawrence and Camarda
• Mission: this mission was the Return to Flight mission. It had to test the new Shuttle's safety improvements and procedures and to bring supplies, replacement parts, and new equipment to the International Space Station (ISS). 3 spacewalks were performed
• Remarks: the Return to Flight Mission was marred by the recurrent question of the External Tank's falling foam debris, which had brought to the loss of shuttle Columbia. A part of a spacewalk had to fix a damage caused by such a foam debris. An additional day was added to the mission to allow more cargo to be transfered to the ISS, as, due to weather conditions, the Shuttle was delayed by one day, then diverted to the Edwards AFB, from its scheduled landing at the Shuttle Landing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). see more at our special coverage of the Return to Flight Mission

STS-121, 18th ISS Flight (ULF1.1), Second Test Mission. Multi-Purpose Logistics Module

• Vehicle: Discovery (OV-103)
• Launch: July 4th, 2006 at 2:28 p.m. EDT, from the launch pad 39B of the Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
• Landing: July 17th, 2006 at 9:15 a.m. EDT at the Kennedy Space Center
• Inclination, Orbit Altitude: 51.6°/122 NM
• Crew: Steve Lindsey (Air Force colonel, Atlantis' Commander), Mark Kelly (Navy Cmdr., Pilot). Missions Specialists: Mike Fossum, Stephanie Wilson, Piers Sellers and Lisa Nowak (Navy Cmdr.). Reiter (ESA)
• Mission: this mission was the Second Return to Flight Mission, continuing to test the new procedures and techniques allowing safety flights for the Space Shuttle following the loss of the shuttle Columbia in February 2003. The mission was successfull. 3 spacewalks performed
• Remarks: the mission ferried European (ESA) Astronaut Thomas Reiter to the ISS, transforming the station crew into the first three-person crew since the Expedition 6 crew returned Earth in May 2003. Due to the Columbia shuttle accident in Feb. 2003, the ISS crews had to be limited to two persons only. the STS-121 mission was the object of a special coverage

STS-115 - 19th ISS Flight (12A)-P3/P4 Solar Arrays

• Vehicle: Atlantis (OV-104)
• Launch: Saturday, Sep. 9, 2006 at 11:15 a.m. EDT, from the launch pad 39B of the Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
• Landing: Sept. 21, 2006 at 6:21 a.m. EDT at the KSC
• Inclination, Orbit Altitude: 51.6°/122 NM
• Crew: Brent W. Jett Jr. (commander), Christopher J. Ferguson (pilot); mission specialists: Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, Joseph R. Tanner, Daniel C. Burbank and (from the Canadian Space Agency) Steven G. MacLean
• Mission: the mission resumed the construction work at the International Space Station (ISS), installing the P3/P4 truss with its solar arrays
• Remarks: the mission remarkably sustained about no delays due to the recurrent question of the foam debris, albeit a debris which was seen after the undocking from the ISS, delayed the landing until its was deemed of no consequence to the mission's safety. the STS-115 mission was the object of a special coverage

STS-116 - ISS Flight

• Vehicle: Discovery
• Launch: Dec. 9, 2006 at 8:47 p.m. EST from the KSC
• Landing: Friday, Dec. 22nd, 2006 at 5.:32 p.m. EST at the Landing Shuttle Facility, KSC
• Inclination, Orbit Altitude: na
• Crew: Mark Polansky (commander), Bill Oefelein (pilot); Bob Curbeam, Joan Higginbotham, Nicholas Patrick, Christer Fuglesang (ESA astronaut), Sunita Williams (mission specialists)
• Mission: the mission delivered the P5 truss segment at the ISS and re-arranged the solar arrays there, re-wiring, on the other hand, the Space Station on its permament power sources
• Remarks: the foam debris question seems to be over now, as the STS-116 astronauts had to perform a 4th, non-scheduled spacewalk to fold a solar array which had troubles to do so. The mission also was ferrying a new crewmember to the ISS, as it brought back Earth ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter
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STS-117 - ISS Flight (June 10th-June 22nd, 2007)

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STS-118 - ISS Flight (August 8th-August 21st, 2007)

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STS-120 - ISS Flight (October 23rd-November 7th, 2007)

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STS-122 - ISS Flight (February 7th-February 20th, 2008)

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STS-123 - ISS Flight (March 11th-March 26th, 2008)

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STS-124 - ISS Flight (May 31st-June 14th, 2008)

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STS-126 - ISS Flight (November 14th-November 30th, 2008)

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STS-119 - ISS Flight (March 15th-March 27th, 2009)

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STS-125 - a Hubble Space Telescope maintenance flight (May 11th-May 24th, 2009)

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STS-127 - ISS flight (July 15th-July 31st, 2009)

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STS-128 - ISS flight (August 27th-September 11th), 2009)

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STS-129 - ISS flight (November 16th-November 27th, 2009)

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STS-130 - ISS flight (February 8th-February 21st, 2010)

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STS-131 - ISS flight (April 5th-April 20th, 2010)

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STS-132 - ISS flight (May 14th-May 26th, 2010)

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STS-133 - ISS flight (February 24th-March 9th, 2011)

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STS-134 - ISS flight (May 16th-June 1st, 2011)

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STS-135 - ISS flight (July 8th-July 21st, 2011)

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