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Mission "STS-115"


BRIEFLY ABOUT MISSION
Registration number 2006-034A / 29391
Time and date of launch (UTC) 15h.14m.55s.   September 09, 2006
Launch site Cape Canaveral, LC 39-B
Launch vehicle Shuttle
Payload mass (kg)
Orbital parameters:
   - inclination (degrees) 51.6
   - period (minutes) 89.6
   - perigee (km) 229
   - apogee (km) 285
Time and date of landing (wheel stop, UTC) 10h.22m.16s.   September 21, 2006
   - rollout time (sec.) 46
Place of landing Runway 33, Kennedy Space Center, FL
Duration 11d.19h.07m.21s.
Distance (km) 7.9 million
Number of revolutions around Earth 186
Summary 27th fly of space shuttle "Atlantis". 31st manned fly to ISS (flight ISS-12A). Delivery of supplies to ISS. Delivery and mounting of solar array truss P3/P4.



CREW
Ord.
num.
Status Main Backup Reserved
1 Cdr Jett, Brent Ward

2 Plt Ferguson, Christopher John

3 MS (w) Stefanyshyn-Piper, Heidemarie Martha

4 MS Tanner, Joseph Richard

5 MS/FE Burbank, Daniel Christopher

6 MS MacLean, Steven Glenwood

Call sign Atlantis


TIMELINE
Date Time (UTC) Spaceship's revo-
lution number
Station's revo-
lution number
Explanation
Sep 09, 2006 15:14:55 1 ISS:44648 Lift-off Shuttle, mission "STS-115" , flight ISS-12A (crew: Jett,   Ferguson,   Stefanyshyn-Piper,   Tanner,   Burbank,   MacLean ).
Sep 09, 2006 15:14:55 1 ISS:44648 Lift-off module "P3/P4"   of orbital station "ISS"   (delivered to the orbit by Shuttle "Atlantis" , flight ISS-12A).
Sep 11, 2006 10:48:27 29 ISS:44676 Docking of "STS-115"   mission spacecraft (crew: Jett,   Ferguson,   Stefanyshyn-Piper,   Tanner,   Burbank,   MacLean ) to PMA-2   of module "Destiny"   of orbital complex ISS   - "Soyuz-TMA8"   - "Progress M56"   - "Progress M57" .
Sep 11, 2006 12:30? 30 ISS:44677 Opened hatches between Shuttle and ISS (crew of mission "STS-115" : Jett,   Ferguson,   Stefanyshyn-Piper,   Tanner,   Burbank,   MacLean ).

Crew of ISS after hatches' opening: Vinogradov,   Williams,   Reiter,   Jett,   Ferguson,   Stefanyshyn-Piper,   Tanner,   Burbank,   MacLean.
Sep 12, 2006 08:35 44 ISS:44691 P3/P4   truss mounted on the truss P1   of the ISS, operator of the station's robot arm Canadarm-2 MacLean   (mission "STS-115" ); Shuttle's robot arm operators Burbank   and Ferguson   (mission "STS-115" ).
Sep 12, 2006 09:17
ISS:44691 Beginning of EVA ( Tanner,   Stefanyshyn-Piper ); the 1st [of 3] EVA of the mission "STS-115" . The 23rd EVA from airlock Quest.
Sep 12, 2006 15:43
ISS:44695 Ending of EVA ( Tanner,   Stefanyshyn-Piper ), duration 6:26; mission "STS-115" .
Sep 13, 2006 09:05
ISS:44707 Beginning of EVA ( Burbank,   MacLean ); the 2nd [of 3] EVA of the mission "STS-115" . The 24th EVA from airlock Quest.
Sep 13, 2006 16:16
ISS:44711 Ending of EVA ( Burbank,   MacLean ), duration 7:11; mission "STS-115" .
Sep 15, 2006 10:00
ISS:44739 Beginning of EVA ( Tanner,   Stefanyshyn-Piper ); the 3rd [of 3] EVA of the mission "STS-115" . The 25th EVA from airlock Quest.
Sep 15, 2006 16:42
ISS:44743 Ending of EVA ( Tanner,   Stefanyshyn-Piper ), duration 6:42; mission "STS-115" .
Sep 17, 2006 10:27 124 ISS:44771 Closed hatches between Shuttle and ISS (crew of mission "STS-115" : Jett,   Ferguson,   Stefanyshyn-Piper,   Tanner,   Burbank,   MacLean ).

Crew of ISS after hatches' closing: Vinogradov,   Williams,   Reiter.
Sep 17, 2006 12:49:54 125 ISS:44772 Undocking of "STS-115"   mission spacecraft (crew: Jett,   Ferguson,   Stefanyshyn-Piper,   Tanner,   Burbank,   MacLean ) from PMA-2   of module "Destiny"   of orbital complex ISS   - "Soyuz-TMA8"   - "Progress M56"   - "Progress M57" .
Sep 18, 2006 04:08:42 1 ISS:44782 Lift-off spacecraft "Soyuz-TMA9" , flight ISS-13S (crew: Tyurin,   Lopez-Alegria,   Ansary ).
Sep 19, 2006 00:28:17 2325 ISS:44796 Undocking of "Progress M56"   from aft docking port of module "Zvezda"   of orbital complex ISS   - "Soyuz-TMA8"   - "Progress M57" .
Sep 19, 2006 03:28:00 2327 ISS:44798 Deorbit burn of "Progress M56" .
Sep 19, 2006 04:14:40 2327 ISS:44798 End of existence of "Progress M56" .
Sep 20, 2006 05:21:20 34 ISS:44815 Docking of spacecraft "Soyuz-TMA9"   (crew: Tyurin,   Lopez-Alegria,   Ansary ) to aft docking port of module "Zvezda"   of orbital complex ISS   - "Soyuz-TMA8"   - "Progress M57" .
Sep 20, 2006 08:34? 36 ISS:44817 Opened hatches between spacecraft Soyuz-TMA9 and ISS (crew of spacecraft "Soyuz-TMA9" : Tyurin,   Lopez-Alegria,   Ansary ).

Crew of ISS after hatches' opening: Vinogradov,   Williams,   Reiter,   Lopez-Alegria,   Tyurin,   Ansary.
Sep 21, 2006 09:14:23 186 ISS:44833 Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission "STS-115"   (crew: Jett,   Ferguson,   Stefanyshyn-Piper,   Tanner,   Burbank,   MacLean ).
Sep 21, 2006 10:22:16 187 ISS:44834 Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-115"   (crew: Jett,   Ferguson,   Stefanyshyn-Piper,   Tanner,   Burbank,   MacLean ).

Sources:
  Mission Control Center (TsUP) from 2007
  CBS News
  Spaceflight now
  Alexander Zheleznyakov
  journal "Novosti Kosmonavtiki" ("News of Cosmonautics") from 1993 till our time
  journal "Kosmonavtika, astronomiya" ("Cosmonautics, astronomy") 1983-1991 years
  book "Evolution of vehicle-creating and cosmonautics in the USSR" by Valentin P. Glushko, Moscow, 1987
  Jonathan's Space Report
  and many other people and editions
  


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