STS-115

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STS-115
Organization NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States)
Mission type Human Crew,Resupply/Refurbishment/Repair
Launch date September 9, 2006 (2006-09-09)
Launch vehicle Space Shuttle
Launch site Cape Canaveral, United States
COSPAR ID 2006-036A
Inclination 51.6 degrees
Experiments Here
Alternate Names 29391
Additional Information Here
Data Collection Here
Payload Mass Up 16219.55 kg
Payload Mass Down 444.55 kg
Orbiter Atlantis
Lift Off Mass 2,057,536.36 kg
Orbiter Weight at Liftoff 123,005.45 kg
Orbiter Weight at Landing 90,763.18 kg
Landed 6:21 a.m. EDT, concrete runway 33, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Orbits of Earth 187
Orbital Altitude Approximately 185 nautical miles


Contents

Crew

  • Commander: Brent W. Jett
  • Pilot: Christopher J. Ferguson
    • Payload Commander:
    • Mission Specialist 1: Joseph R. Tanner
    • Mission Specialist 2: Daniel C. Burbank
    • Mission Specialist 3: Steven G. MacLean, Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
    • Mission Specialist 4: Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper
    • Mission Specialist 5:
    • Payload Specialist 1:
    • Payload Specialist 2:


ISS/Mir Crew Transport


Mission

STS 115 is an American Shuttle craft that was launched from Cape Canaveral at 15:15 Ut on 9 September 2006. It transported six astronauts to the International Space Station, along with a structural 17 tonne truss with two large solar panels of total length 73 m, to enable more modules to be attached. The astronauts made three space-walks to attach the truss and solar panels, and make the electrical connections with the help of the robotic arm. These exercises went well except for minor glitches such as the loss of some bolts and nuts. They also examined all exterior surfaces on the Shuttle to assure that it had not suffered any significant damage to its heat shield during the launch. The Shuttle, with all the six astronauts landed back in Cape Canaveral at 10:21 UT on 21 September, after 11 days on the ISS.


EVA

Extravehicular Activity (EVA) conducted by Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, Joe Tanner, Dan Burbank, and Steve MacLean during three spacewalks for a total of 20 hours, 19 minutes. EVA 1, 6 hours, 26 minutes; Piper and Tanner connected power cables on the truss and released the launch restraints on the solar array blanket box, beta gimbal assembly, and solar array wings. They also configured the solar alpha rotary joint (SARJ), an automobile-sized joint that allows the station's solar arrays to turn and point toward the Sun. EVA 2, 7 hours, 11 minutes; Burbank and MacLean devoted the spacewalk to the final tasks required for activation of the SARJ. EVA 3, 6 hours, 42 minutes; Piper and Tanner installed bolt retainers on the P6 beta gimbal assembly, which helps to orient the pitch of the solar array wings, and retrieved the Materials on the International Space Station Experiment 5.


Payload

ISS Assembly Flight 12A; ITS P3 and P4, second port truss segment, second set of solar arrays and batteries. This addition added 45 feet to the ISS and increased the wingspan to more than 240 feet.


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