STS-114
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Discovery photographed from the International Space Station as it performs the first ever Rendezvous pitch maneuver.
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| Mission type | ISS logistics | ||||
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| Operator | NASA | ||||
| COSPAR ID | 2005-026A | ||||
| SATCAT № | 28775 | ||||
| Mission duration | 13 days, 21 hours, 32 minutes, 48 seconds | ||||
| Distance travelled | 9,300,000 kilometres (5,800,000 mi) | ||||
| Orbits completed | 219 | ||||
| Spacecraft properties | |||||
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Discovery | ||||
| Launch mass | 121,483 kilograms (267,824 lb) | ||||
| Landing mass | 102,913 kilograms (226,884 lb) | ||||
| Crew | |||||
| Crew size | 7 | ||||
| Members |
Eileen Collins James M. Kelly Soichi Noguchi Stephen K. Robinson Andrew S. W. Thomas Wendy B. Lawrence Charles J. Camarda |
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| Start of mission | |||||
| Launch date | 26 July 2005, 14:39:00 UTC | ||||
| Launch site | Kennedy LC-39B | ||||
| End of mission | |||||
| Landing date | 9 August 2005, 12:11:22 UTC | ||||
| Landing site | Edwards Runway 22 | ||||
| Orbital parameters | |||||
| Reference system | Geocentric | ||||
| Regime | Low Earth | ||||
| Perigee | 350 kilometres (220 mi) | ||||
| Apogee | 355 kilometres (221 mi) | ||||
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees | ||||
| Period | 91.59 minutes | ||||
| Epoch | 31 July 2005 | ||||
| Docking with ISS | |||||
| Docking port |
PMA-2 (Destiny forward) |
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| Docking date | 28 July 2005, 11:18 UTC | ||||
| Undocking date | 6 August 2005, 07:24 UTC | ||||
| Time docked | 8 days, 19 hours, 54 minutes | ||||
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Back (L-R): Robinson, Thomas, Camarda, Noguchi
Front (L–R): Kelly, Lawrence, Collins
STS-114 was the first "Return to Flight" Space Shuttle mission following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Discovery launched at 10:39 EDT (14:39 UTC), 26 July 2005. The launch, 907 days (approx. 29 months) after the loss of Columbia, was approved despite unresolved fuel sensor anomalies in the external tank that had prevented the shuttle from launching on 13 July, its originally scheduled date.
The mission ended on 9 August 2005 when Discovery landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Poor weather over the Kennedy Space Center in Florida hampered the shuttle from using its primary landing site.
Analysis of the launch footage showed debris separating from the external tank during ascent; it was the issue that had set off the Columbia disaster. As a result, NASA decided on 27 July to postpone future shuttle flights pending additional modifications to the flight hardware. Shuttle flights resumed a year later with STS-121 on 4 July 2006.
This mission was to carry the Expedition 7 crew to the ISS and bring home the Expedition 6 crew. The original crew was to be:
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