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Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-117
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STS-117

Space Shuttle

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This page records Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-117 and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.

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Mission status
Launch Successful

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LAUNCH SITEKennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Mission

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.

Launch vehicle
Space Shuttle
Mission type
Human Exploration
Destination orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Spacecraft
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Destination
International Space Station
Launch pad
Launch Complex 39A
Provider
United Space Alliance
Programs
Space Shuttle, International Space Station

The vehicle

Published configuration and flight history.

Space Shuttle
Launch vehicle

Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.

Height
56.1 m
Diameter
8 m
Stages
2
Recorded launches
135
First flight
1981-04-12

Recorded timing

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SCHEDULED MOMENT

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Launch site & orbit

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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