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Collection:
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
Name of Image:
STS-117 Launch
Full Description:
Headed toward Earth orbit and a link up with the International Space Station (ISS), the Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on June 8, 2007. Aboard were STS-117 astronauts James F. Reilly II, Steven R. Swanson, Patrick G. Forrester and John D. ?Danny? Olivas, all mission specialists; Frederick W. (Rick) Sturckow, commander; Lee J. Archambault, pilot; and Clayton Anderson, mission specialist who joined the Expedition 15 crew. The crew members along with the Expedition 15 crew spent 8 days resuming construction on the ISS with the installation of the second and third starboard truss segments (S3 and S4) with Photovoltaic Radiator (PVR), and retracted the P6 starboard solar array wing and radiator for later use.
Date of Image:
2007-06-08
Category:
International Space Station (ISS)
term:
Launch
term:
STS-117
facet_who:
James F. Reilly
facet_who:
Clayton Anderson
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Space Shuttle Orbiter
facet_what:
International Space Station (ISS)
facet_where:
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_where:
Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
facet_when:
June 8, 2007
facet_when_year:
2007
Reference Number:
MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
MIX #:
0701324
NIX #:
MSFC-0701324
MSFC Negative Number:
0701324
UID:
SPD-MARSH-0701324
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