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    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 June...
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    the RPM and was photographed by the ISS Expedition 14. During the RPM of STS-117 performed by mission commander Rick Sturckow, Sunita Williams and another...
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    two children. Forrester flew on three Space Shuttle missions: STS-105, STS-117, and STS-128. Born March 31, 1957, in El Paso, Texas, he is an Eagle Scout...
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    former NASA astronaut. Olivas has flown on two space shuttle missions, STS-117 and STS-128. He performed EVAs on both missions, totaling 34hrs 28min. In 2013...
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    longest mission flown using Atlantis was STS-117, which lasted almost 14 days in June 2007. During STS-117, Atlantis' crew added a new starboard truss...
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    STS-55, STS-71, STS-84, STS-91 William Readdy – STS-42, STS-51, STS-79 Kenneth Reightler – STS-48, STS-60 James Reilly – STS-89, STS-104, STS-117 Garrett...
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    needed. For example, the STS-116 rescue mission was branded STS-317, because the normal mission scheduled after STS-116 was STS-117. Should the rescue mission...
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    has also flown two Space Shuttle missions, as pilot of STS-117 in 2007 and as commander of STS-119 in 2009. Archambault left NASA in 2013 after a 15-year...
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    flights) Pilot, STS-117 (Atlantis) Commander, STS-119 (Discovery) Christopher Ferguson (3 flights) Pilot, STS-115 (Atlantis) Commander, STS-126 (Endeavour)...
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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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  • 31 March 2010. "STS-116". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 8 November 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013. "STS-117". Encyclopedia Astronautica...
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    veteran of four Space Shuttle missions. He flew on STS-88 and STS-105 as a pilot and STS-117 and STS-128 as a commander. All four missions docked with...
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  • Sturckow — STS-88, STS-105, STS-117, STS-128 Long Beach: Frederick Hauck — STS-7, STS-51-A, STS-26 Los Angeles: Kevin P. Chilton — STS-49, STS-59, STS-76 Los...
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    the ISS Integrated Truss Structure was expanded twice: STS-117 brought the S3/S4 truss, and STS-118 brought the S5 truss. Flight Engineer Sunita Williams...
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    extended during STS-97, but the SAW was folded, one half at a time, to make room for the SAWs on the P4 and S4 trusses, during STS-116 and STS-117 respectively...
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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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    STS-118 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by the orbiter Endeavour. STS-118 lifted off on August 8, 2007, from...
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    STS-128 (2009), Soyuz TMA-06M (2012) Michael Foreman — STS-123 (2008), STS-129 (2009) Patrick G. Forrester — STS-105 (2001), STS-117 (2007), STS-128...
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    three Space Shuttle missions with the NASA Astronaut Corps: STS-89, STS-104 and STS-117. Reilly was born at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho on March...
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    Specialist, STS-97 Endeavour James F. Reilly STS-89 Endeavour STS-104 Atlantis STS-117 Atlantis Stephen Robinson STS-85 Discovery STS-95 Discovery STS-114 Discovery...
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    On April 26, 2007, NASA decided to bring Williams back to Earth on the STS-117 mission aboard Atlantis. Although she did not break the U.S. single spaceflight...
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    STS-116 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery. Discovery lifted off on December 9, 2006...
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    and retired NASA astronaut. Swanson has flown two shuttle flights, STS-117 and STS-119, and one Soyuz flight, TMA-12M. All of the flights were to the...
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    Anderson (born February 23, 1959) is a retired NASA astronaut. Launched on STS-117, he replaced Sunita Williams on June 10, 2007, as a member of the ISS Expedition...
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  • returning another to Earth. STS-117 was successfully completed after a 13-day duration. Launched on August 8, 2007, STS-118 was mainly concerned with...
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    It was used for the first Space Shuttle launch, STS-1, in April 1981. Following the launch of STS-119 in March 2009, it was transferred to the Constellation...
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    more truss segments and a third set of arrays were delivered on STS-116, STS-117, and STS-118. As a result of the major expansion of the station's power-generating...
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  • Noriega (STS-84, STS-97) Frederick W. Sturckow (STS-88, STS-105, STS-117, STS-128) Charles O. Hobaugh (STS-104, STS-118, STS-129) Joseph M. Acaba (STS-119...
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    2008. "STS-117 MCC Status Report #07". NASA. 11 June 2007. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2008. "STS-117 MCC Status...
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    17 December 2017. "STS-116". Spacefacts. Retrieved 18 December 2017. "Soyuz TMA-10". Spacefacts. Retrieved 17 December 2017. "STS-117". Spacefacts. Retrieved...
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