COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Human Spaceflight Collection
Record
General Description:
STS-116 Shuttle Mission Imagery
Description:
STS116-S-016 (9 Dec. 2006) --- Against a black night sky, the Space Shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew head toward Earth-orbit and a scheduled link-up with the International Space Station. Liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39B occurred at 8:47 p.m. (EST) on Dec. 9, 2006 in what was the first evening shuttle launch since 2002. The STS-116 crew will link up with the station on Monday, Dec. 11, to begin a complex, week-long stay that will rewire the outpost and increase its power supply. During three spacewalks and intricate choreography with ground controllers, the astronauts will bring electrical power on line generated by a giant solar array wing delivered to the station in September.
image id:
Photo-sts116-s-016
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.
UID:
SPD-SPFLT-Photo-sts116-s-016
