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STS-116 was the final scheduled Space Shuttle launch from Pad 39B as NASA reconfigured it for Ares I launches. [5] The only remaining use of Pad 39B by the shuttle was as a reserve for the STS-400 Launch on Need mission to rescue the crew of STS-125 , the final Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission, if their shuttle became damaged.
Arne Christer Fuglesang (born 18 March 1957) is a Swedish physicist and an ESA astronaut. He was first launched aboard the STS-116 Space Shuttle mission on 10 December 2006, making him the first Swedish citizen in space.
He is a veteran of three space flights: STS-85 in 1997, STS-98 in 2001, STS-116 in 2006, and has logged over 901 hours in space, including over 45 hours during three spacewalks. [ 1 ] Between the first two flights, Curbeam was a spacecraft communicator ( CAPCOM ) responsible for relaying all voice communication between Mission Control and crews ...
The Space Shuttle Discovery launching at night for mission STS-116. File:STS-116 Launch edit1.jpg Edit 1, lightened with curves Different angle of liftoff Fish-eye view. I have nominated this picture because I find it to be a nice shot. I realize it has some problems with quality, but I hope somebody can clean it up.
Palapa is a series of communications satellites owned by Indosat, an Indonesian telecommunications company (formerly by Perumtel and then by PT Satelit Palapa Indonesia/Satelindo). The first satellite was launched in July 1976, at which time Indonesia became the first developing country to operate its own domestic satellite system. [ 1 ]
Bakin (Badan Koordinasi Intelijen) - Indonesian Intelligence Coordination body, renamed BIN (Indonesian State Intelligence Agency - Badan Intelijen Negara).. Bakom PKB (Badan Komunikasi Penghayatan Kesatuan Bangsa) - an ethnic Chinese organization, led by Major Sindhunata.
STS-118 served as Endeavour's return to flight after a planned orbiter re-fit and maintenance period that resulted in over 200 modifications to the orbiter. [12] One of the most important modifications that debuted during STS-118 is an upgraded power-distribution module, the Station-Shuttle Power Transfer System (SSPTS).
The crew of STS-115 spent the morning of Flight Day 10 carrying out final inspections of Atlantis ' heat shield in preparation for re-entry on flight day 12. Orbiting around 80 kilometers (50 mi) behind the ISS, the crew used the Orbiter's robotic arm and boom sensor system to make sure that no damage had been done to Atlantis ' nose and wing ...