Return to Flight Mission Gallery (Shuttle Flight STS-114)

(note that none of these pictures are thumbnails; the gallery is in this format only)

first stay of shuttle Discovery at launch pad 39B. picture NASA/KSC	shuttle Discovery had to be rolled back to the VAB for mating to a new External Tank. picture NASA/KSC	shuttle Discovery back at launch pad 39B. picture NASA/KSC	the STS-114 mission crew arriving at KSC on Saturday, July 9th. picture NASA/KSC
Firing Room 1 of the Launch Control Center, an exemple of a firing room. picture NASA	the Rotating Service Structure (RSS) is rolled away from the Space Shuttle on Tue. July 13th at about 11 p.m. EDT. picture NASA/KSC	Space Shuttle managers inside the Launch Control Center announce that the launch is delayed (Wed. July 13th). picture NASA/KSC	NASA Administrator and Space Shuttle Program managers during the press briefing at KSC following the decision to delay the flight. picture NASA/KSC
after one day off, crew is back to KSC aboard their T-38 jets on Jul 22nd. picture NASA/KSC	A part of the crew is seen buckled on the seats in Space Shuttle's mid-deck. picture NASA/KSC	Space Shuttle launching, Jul. 26, 2005, 10:39 a.m. EDT. picture NASA/KSC	Flight Day 1. Commander Eileen Collins and Mission Specialist Steve Robinson in the Shuttle flight deck hours after launch. picture NASA TV
Flight Day 2. Shuttle Discovery within 24 hours of docking with the International Space Station. picture NASA	Flight Day 4. The Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) transfered from the Shuttle's bay to the ISS. picture NASA	Preparing for the first spacewalk in the Shuttle's airlock: Steve Robinson (left) and Japanese Soichi Noguchi (right). The view is from above. picture NASA	Second spacewalk at the ISS, by Mission Specialist Soichi Noguchi, on Flight Day 7. He holds the replacement gyroscope. picture NASA
Spacewalk 3, Mission Specialist Steve Robinson fixes extruding gap fillers at Discovery's underside. picture NASA TV	Aug. 4 (Flight Day 10), the Mission Management Team, meeting in a conference room at the Houston's Mission Control Center, gives the "go" for shuttle Discovery to return Earth. picture NASA	The Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module is rolled back to the Shuttle's payload bay on Friday, August 5th. picture NASA TV	Shuttle Discovery undocking from the ISS, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2005. picture NASA TV
The ISS as seen from the Space Shuttle after the undocking. Saturday August 6th. picture NASA	Sunrise as seen from orbit. Picture taken by a crewmember after departure from the ISS. picture NASA	Mission Control in Houston postpones Monday Aug. 8 Discovery's landing and prepares for a Tuesday one instead. picture NASA	shuttle Discovery eventually touches down at the Edwards Air Force Base, California, on Tuesday, August 9th, at 8:11 a.m. EDT. picture NASA
Mission managers applauding the successful landing of Space Shuttle Discovery. picture Bill Ingalls/NASA	The Sun is rising as shuttle Discovery rests on runway 22, Edwards Air Force Base, Cal.. picture Carla Thomas/NASA	NASA's Crew Transport Vehicle (CTV) docking to the Space Shuttle to offload the crew; Edwards Air Force Base, Cal.. picture Carla Thomas/NASA	The Return to Flight crew stands in front of Discovery at Edwards Air Force Base. picture NASA
Shuttle Discovery on top NASA's Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft taking off from one leg of its three-stop, cross-country ferry flight (Aug. 19, 2005), homing to KSC. NASA photo by Lori Losey	Shuttle Discovery towed into the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 at KSC. NASA/KSC	View of Discovery payload bay as the shuttle is resting in the KSC Orbiter Processing Facility, signaling the mission's end. NASA/KSC