STS-121
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| Mission: | STS-121 |
| Shuttle: | Atlantis |
| Launch pad: | 39-B |
| Launch: | TBD (~September, 2005) |
| Landing: | TBD |
| Duration: | 11 days |
| Orbit altitude: | 225 km |
| Orbit inclination: | 51.6 degrees |
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STS-121 is an ISS resupply - crew delivery Space Shuttle mission planned for launch sometime in September, 2005.
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Crew
- Steven W. Lindsey (4), Commander
- Mark E. Kelly (2), Pilot
- Michael E. Fossum (1), Mission Specialist
- Piers Sellers (2), Mission Specialist - United Kingdom
- Lisa Nowak (1), Mission Specialist
- Stephanie Wilson (1), Mission Specialist
- Thomas Reiter (2), ISS Expedition 11/Expedition 12 - ESA/Germany
Astronaut Piers Sellers will replace Carlos Noriega on the STS-121 mission that follows the return-to-flight trip to the International Space Station, NASA announced on Thursday, July 15, 2004. This is due to an undisclosed, temporary medical condition.
Thomas Reiter will be dropped off at the ISS to join his other Expedition 11 crew members (Krikalev and Phillips). This position was previously planned to be filled by Sergei A. Volkov (Russia).
Mission parameters
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- Inclination: 51.6°
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Mission highlights
STS-121 is International Space Station Flight Utilization and Logistics Flight. Alantis will deliver supplies and equipment to the orbital outpost. It will be the first mission to fly following STS-114.
STS-121 was added to the flight schedule to help accommodate the growing list of requirements originally assigned to the Return to Flight mission. The crew will re-supply the International Space Station with equipment and consumables. They will also continue the testing and development of new hardware and procedures designed to make Space Shuttle flight safer.
Related articles
- Space science
- Space shuttle
- List of space shuttle missions
- List of human spaceflights chronologically
External links
- NASA mission summary (http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/preparingtravel/STS-121_crew_release.html)
- STS-121 mission overview (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/archives/sts-121/index.html)
- Additional NASA STS-121 mission info (http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/launch/sts121-ceit.html)
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