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Space shuttle timeline
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STS-69
It lasted 10 days, 20 hours, 28 minuets, and 56 seconds. Distance traveled 4.5 million miles. Launch originally set for Aug. 5 postponed indefinitely to allow further review of solid rocket motor nozzile joint hardware from two previos missions, sts-70 and sts-71 -
STS-107
Kalpana Chawla, Rick D. Husband, Laurel B. Clark, and Ilan Ramon. David M. Brown, William C. McCool, and Michael P. Anderson, payload commander were in it. mission failed.There were six payloads/experiments on the Hitchhiker pallet -- the Fast Reaction Experiments Enabling Science, Technology, Applications and Research (FREESTAR), which was mounted on a bridge-like structure spanning the width of the payload bay. -
sts-114
discovery's seven-member return to flight crew arrived at the international space station on july 28. steve robinson and soichi noguchi, ventured outside the shuttle three times on spacewalks. The first demonstrated repair techniques on the shuttle's protective tiles,
know as the thermal protection system. during the second spacewalk, they replaced a failed control moment giyrocope also replaced other veriase names. -
STS-116
During the 12-day mission, the astronaut crew rewired the International Space Station's power system, paving the way for further construction. Seven astronauts made up the STS-116 crew, including Space Station Flight Engineer Sunita William. -
STS-118 (22nd Space Station Flight)Endeavour
Space Shuttle Endeavour's STS-118 mission was the 22nd shuttle flight to the International Space Station. It continued space station construction by delivering a third starboard truss segment. On Aug. 10, Commander Scott Kelly also performed a backflip with the orbiter so the International Space Station crew could take digital photos of the orbiter’s underside, checking the tiles for damage. The photography showed a 3-inch-round dingThey were also to send supplies to the space station.
