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.

STS-120
Parazynski performs a repair of a torn solar panel on the P6 truss, reinstalled on the ISS four days earlier.
NamesSpace Transportation System-120
Mission typeISS assembly
OperatorNASA
COSPAR ID2007-050A
SATCAT no.32272
Mission duration15 days, 2 hours, 24 minutes
Distance travelled10,060,000 kilometres (6,250,000 mi)
Orbits completed238
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSpace Shuttle Discovery
Launch mass129,823 kilograms (286,211 lb)
Landing mass91,578 kilograms (201,895 lb)
Crew
Crew size7
Members
Launching
Landing
Start of mission
Launch dateOctober 23, 2007, 15:38:19 (2007-10-23UTC15:38:19Z) UTC
Launch siteKennedy LC-39A
End of mission
Landing dateNovember 7, 2007, 18:01:18 (2007-11-07UTC18:01:19Z) UTC
Landing siteKennedy SLF Runway 33
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude340 kilometres (210 mi)
Apogee altitude344 kilometres (214 mi)
Inclination51.6 degrees
Period91.6 minutes
Docking with ISS
Docking portPMA-2
(Destiny forward)
Docking date25 October 2007 12:40 UTC
Undocking date5 November 2007 10:32 UTC
Time docked10 days, 21 hours, 52 minutes

(left to right) Parazynski, Wheelock, Wilson, Zamka, Melroy, Tani and Nespoli
 
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