STS-120
STS-120 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) that launched on October 23, 2007, from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The mission is also referred to as ISS-10A by the ISS program. STS-120 delivered the Harmony module and reconfigured a portion of the station in preparation for future assembly missions. STS-120 was flown by Space Shuttle Discovery, and was the twenty-third Space Shuttle mission to the ISS.
Parazynski performs a repair of a torn solar panel on the P6 truss, reinstalled on the ISS four days earlier. | |
Names | Space Transportation System-120 |
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Mission type | ISS assembly |
Operator | NASA |
COSPAR ID | 2007-050A |
SATCAT no. | 32272 |
Mission duration | 15 days, 2 hours, 24 minutes |
Distance travelled | 10,060,000 kilometres (6,250,000 mi) |
Orbits completed | 238 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Discovery |
Launch mass | 129,823 kilograms (286,211 lb) |
Landing mass | 91,578 kilograms (201,895 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 7 |
Members | |
Launching | |
Landing | |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | October 23, 2007, 15:38:19 UTC |
Launch site | Kennedy LC-39A |
End of mission | |
Landing date | November 7, 2007, 18:01:18 UTC |
Landing site | Kennedy SLF Runway 33 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 340 kilometres (210 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 344 kilometres (214 mi) |
Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
Period | 91.6 minutes |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | PMA-2 (Destiny forward) |
Docking date | 25 October 2007 12:40 UTC |
Undocking date | 5 November 2007 10:32 UTC |
Time docked | 10 days, 21 hours, 52 minutes |
(left to right) Parazynski, Wheelock, Wilson, Zamka, Melroy, Tani and Nespoli |
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