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    STS-114 was the first "Return to Flight" Space Shuttle mission following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Discovery launched at 10:39 EDT (14:39 UTC)...
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    Space Station (ISS) was paused until flights resumed in July 2005 with STS-114. NASA made several technical and organizational changes to subsequent missions...
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    JAXA astronaut. His first spaceflight was as a mission specialist aboard STS-114 on 26 July 2005 for NASA's first "return to flight" Space Shuttle mission...
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    Collins on STS-114, which was one of Space Shuttle Discovery's two "Return To Flight" missions after the Columbia STS-107 disaster. During STS-114, the rendezvous...
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    2006, at 09:14:43 EDT. STS-121 was also designated the ISS Assembly Mission ULF 1.1. As the mission followed on from STS-114 in carrying out the recommendations...
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    US spacecraft with STS-93, which launched in July 1999 and deployed the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. In 2005 she commanded STS-114, NASA's "return to flight"...
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  • Space Shuttle missions designated STS-3xx (officially called Launch On Need (LON) missions) were rescue missions which would have been mounted to rescue...
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    Kregel – STS-70, STS-78, STS-87, STS-99 Wendy Lawrence – STS-67, STS-86, STS-91, STS-114 Mark Lee – STS-30, STS-47, STS-64, STS-82 David Leestma – STS-41-G...
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    STS-107 was the 113th flight of the Space Shuttle program, and the 28th and final flight of Space Shuttle Columbia. The mission ended on February 1, 2003...
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    Florida, 10 August 2001. This mission was Discovery's final mission until STS-114, because Discovery was grounded for a refit, and then all Shuttles were...
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    Corps in 1995. He has flown on four Space Shuttle missions: STS-85, STS-95, STS-114 and STS-130. Robinson served as backup flight engineer for the International...
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  • Blaha — STS-29, STS-33, STS-43, STS-58, STS-79/81 Michael J. Bloomfield — STS-86, STS-97, STS-110 Guion Bluford — STS-8, STS-61-A, STS-39, STS-53 Karol...
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    regions could be scanned. The OBSS was introduced to the shuttle fleet with STS-114, the "Return to Flight" mission executed by Discovery, and was flown on...
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  • ISBN 978-0-387-46355-1. "STS-81-M". Encyclopedia Astronautica. 17 November 2007. Archived from the original on 8 January 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2010. "STS-114". Encyclopedia...
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    the International Space Station on STS-102, ESP-2 flew on mission STS-114 'Return to Flight' and ESP-3 on mission STS-118. The first of the external stowage...
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    disasters: STS-26 in 1988, STS-114 in 2005, and STS-121 in 2006. Discovery flew the ante-penultimate mission of the Space Shuttle program, STS-133, having...
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    cargo from 1981 to 2011. Its official name, Space Transportation System (STS), was taken from a 1969 plan for a system of reusable spacecraft of which...
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    Chief of the Astronaut Office. Thomas completed his fourth space flight on STS-114 and has logged over 177 days in space. He was working with issues for the...
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    disaster, following the two successful Return to Flight missions, STS-114 and STS-121. STS-115 launched from LC-39B at the Kennedy Space Center on September...
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    for STS-114 and STS-121, in the event that the shuttle became disabled or damaged and could not safely return to Earth. The rescue flight for STS-115...
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    visited the Russian Space Station Mir. She was a mission specialist on STS-114, the first Space Shuttle flight after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster...
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    the ill-fated STS-107. Space Shuttle Atlantis had been scheduled to visit the International Space Station (ISS) again on the STS-114 mission in March...
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    Ken Bowersox (section STS-50)
    outfitting and maintenance on the ISS. Originally set to return aboard STS-114, the Expedition 6 crew's descent was shifted to the Russian Soyuz TMA-1...
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    STS-78 (1996), STS-87 (1997), STS-99 (2000) Wendy B. Lawrence — STS-67 (1995), STS-86, STS-91 (1998), STS-114 (2005) Mark C. Lee — STS-30 (1989), STS-47...
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  • STS-41-D, STS-29, STS-39 Sacramento: Stephen Robinson — STS-85, STS-95, STS-114, STS-130 San Bernardino: Michael Clifford — STS-53, STS-59, STS-76...
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  • Thumbnail for Kalpana Chawla
    Corporation for resupply for 29 months until Shuttle flights resumed with STS-114 and 45 months for crew rotation. Chawla's remains were identified along...
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    foam loss from the area that had been noted since STS-114's "Return to Flight" mission in 2005. STS-118 had a small gouge on the belly of the orbiter...
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    duration was 307 hours and 49 minutes. Kelly was the pilot on this mission. STS-114 Discovery (July 26, 2005 – August 9, 2005) was NASA's Return to Flight...
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    American Steve Robinson on August 3, 2005, during "Return to Flight" mission STS-114. Robinson was sent to remove two protruding gap fillers from Discovery's...
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    STS-109 Columbia STS-125 Atlantis Wendy B. Lawrence (born 1959), U.S. Navy (4 flights) STS-67 Endeavour STS-86 Atlantis STS-91 Discovery STS-114 Discovery Jerry...
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