STS-121 Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
4 Jul 2006, 6:37pm
UTC
Location
Pad
Launch Complex 39B
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Spacecraft Stage
Space Shuttle
Crew
Steven Lindsey
Mark Kelly
Lisa Nowak
Thomas Reiter
Michael E. Fossum
Piers Sellers
Stephanie Wilson
Mission
STS-121
Mission Type
Human Exploration
Destination
Low Earth Orbit
STS-121 was a 2006 NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery. The main purposes of the mission were to test new safety and repair techniques introduced following the Columbia disaster of February 2003 as well as to deliver supplies, equipment and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Reiter from Germany to the ISS.
Available Replays
STS-121 launch & landing (7-4-06)
Updated: Apr 16, 10:45am UTC
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