STS-115
STS-115 is the 116e mission of the American Space shuttle and 19th to work on ISS. Entrusted to the Orbiteur '' Atlantis '', the purpose of it is to take again the assembly of the International space station. This one was stopped since the accident of '' Columbia '' in February 2003. It is the original intention of this mission, contrary to the two last where it was a question of testing the modifications made to the shuttle and in particular to its external reservoir.
Objectives
The main objective of the mission was to install on the International space station the beams P3 and P4 as well as the solar panels corresponding to these last.
Crew
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Commander: Brent W. Jett, Jr. (4) the United States
- Pilot: Christopher Ferguson (1) the United States
- Specialist in mission 1: Joseph R. Tanner (4) the United States
- Specialist in mission 2: Daniel C. Burbank (2) the United States
- Specialist in mission 3: Steve MacLean (2) Canada
- Specialist in mission 4: Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (1) the United States
Le figure between brackets indicates the number of space flights accomplished by the astronaut, STS-115 inclus.
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