STS-116
Success
DEC 10200601:47:35 UTCCrewed orbital flight with 7 astronauts, including the first Swedish space traveller; ISS crew exchange. ANDE-MAA failed to deploy after becoming stuck in launch canister, but still transmitted data; RAFT1, MARScom, and MEPSI-2 were cubesats.
LIFTOFF
DEC 10 200601:47:35 UTC
Success
launched from LC-39B Kennedy
aboard Space Shuttle Discovery into LEO
Payloads · 7
- 01
STS-116
ISS assembly
- 02
ITS P5 Truss
ISS component
- 03
ANDE-MAA
Technology demonstration
- 04
ANDE-FACL
Technology demonstration
- 05
RAFT1
Calibration
- 06
MARScom (NMARS)
Calibration
- 07
MEPSI-2
Technology demonstration
Crew
Ascending
- 01 Mark L. Polansky from USA
- 02 William Oefelein from USA
- 03 Nicholas Patrick from USA
- 04 Robert Curbeam from USA
- 05 Christer Fuglesang from Sweden
- 06 Joan E. Higginbotham from USA
- 07 Sunita Williams from USA
Descending
- 01 Mark L. Polansky from USA
- 02 William Oefelein from USA
- 03 Nicholas Patrick from USA
- 04 Robert Curbeam from USA
- 05 Christer Fuglesang from Sweden
- 06 Joan E. Higginbotham from USA
- 07 Thomas Reiter from Germany