COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Human Spaceflight Collection
Record
General Description:
STS-117 Shuttle Mission Imagery
Description:
STS117-S-012 (8 June 2007) --- The drifting smoke plumes from the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis (out of frame) swirl above the Vehicle Assembly Building near sunset. Atlantis and its seven-member STS-117 crew head toward Earth-orbit and a scheduled link-up with the International Space Station. Liftoff from Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39A occurred at 7:38 p.m. (EDT) on June 8, 2007. Onboard are astronauts Rick Sturckow, commander; Lee Archambault, pilot; Jim Reilly, Patrick Forrester, John "Danny" Olivas, Steven Swanson and Clayton Anderson, all mission specialists. Anderson will join Expedition 15 in progress to serve as a flight engineer aboard the station. Atlantis will dock with the orbital outpost on Sunday, June 10, to begin a joint mission that will increase the complex's power generation capability. Using the shuttle and station robotic arms and conducting three scheduled spacewalks, the astronauts will install another set of giant solar array wings on the station and retract another array, preparing it for a future move.
image id:
Photo-sts117-s-012
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
International Space Station (ISS)
facet_what:
Space Shuttle Orbiter
facet_where:
Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
facet_where:
Washington, D.C.
facet_who:
Clayton Anderson
facet_who:
Patrick Forrester
facet_when:
June 2007
facet_when:
June 8, 2007
facet_when_year:
2007
UID:
SPD-SPFLT-Photo-sts117-s-012
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