Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-121

Name: Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-121
Start: 2006-07-04T18:37:55.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

United Space Alliance · Space Shuttle · Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

United Space Alliance's 31st launch · 1st this year · humanity's 4,780th orbital launch attempt

July 4, 2006Add to calendar

Success

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Jul 4, 18:37 – Jul 4, 18:37 UTC

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STS-121

STS-121 was a 2006 NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery. The main purposes of the mission were to test new safety and repair techniques introduced following the Columbia disaster of February 2003 as well as to deliver supplies, equipment and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Reiter from Germany to the ISS.

Human Exploration · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)