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STS-115 Mission Profile

Shuttle Crew

Mission STS-115 crew (L-R): Commander Brent Jett, pilot Chris Ferguson, mission specialists Dan Burbank, CSA Steve MacLean, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Joe Tanner. (Photo: NASA)

Commander: Brent Jett
Pilot: Chris Ferguson
Mission Specialist 1: Joe Tanner
Mission Specialist 2: Dan Burbank
Mission Specialist 3: Heidimarie Stefanyshyn-Piper
Mission Specialist 4: Steve MacLean (Canadian Space Agency)

Launch

Orbiter: Atlantis
Launch site: Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39B
Launch date: September 9, 2006
Launch time: 11:15 p.m. EDT
Launch window: 5 minutes
Altitude: 122 nautical miles (140 Statute Miles)
Incline: 51.6 degrees
Duration: 11 days 19 hours 06 minutes

Shuttle Aborts

Abort landing sites

Return-to-launch site (RTLS): Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility
TransAtlantic abort landing (TAL): Primary – Zaragoza (Spain); alternates Moron (Spain) and Istres (France)
Abort-to-orbit (ATO): Primary –  Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility; alternate White Sands Space Harbor (Texas)

Landing

Landing date: September 21, 2006
Landing time: 6:21 a.m. EDT
Primary landing site: Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility

Payloads

• P3/P4 Truss Segments: The trusses are the next major addition to the 11-segment integrated truss structure that will eventually span more than 91 metres to carry power, data and temperature control for the orbital outpost's electronics.

CSA has prepared this document from the overview of the mission in the NASA press kit.