STS-117

STS-117

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English: STS-117 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Atlantis, launched June 8, 2007.

• Human spaceflight gallery archive copy at the Wayback Machine
• Kennedy Media Gallery archive copy at the Wayback Machine

Crew

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  First version of crew photo
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  Official crew portrait (Anderson added)
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  Crew Poster
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  STS-117 head to launch pad on Launch Day (June 8, 2007)
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  Crew heads to the Astrovan
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  Post landing crew photo

Training

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  The crew during a training session

Before launch

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  OBSS boom installation into Atlantis' payload bay
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  Atlantis arrived in the VAB
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  S3/S4 truss loaded into the Payload Canister
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  S3/S4 ITS payload in the Payload Changeout Room at launch pad
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  Atlantis lifted to be mated with External Tank and Solid Rocket Boosters
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  Atlantis roll out from VAB to pad 39A
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  Atlantis on Crawler Transporter on its way to pad 39A
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  Atlantis on Crawler Transporter
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  Atlantis on its way to pad 39A
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  Atlantis on Crawler Transporter with pad 39A in background
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  Crawler Transporter with Atlantis on the ramp to pad 39A
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  Atlantis on the pad
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  ET shows hail damage
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  Rollback of Atlantis
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  Rollback of Atlantis
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  Rollback of Atlantis
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  Rollback of Atlantis
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  Rollback of Atlantis
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  Atlantis rolls into VAB
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  Atlantis rolls into VAB
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  Technicians repair the ET nose cone
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  Top of ET covered in a red dye
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  Technicians sand away the red dye
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  Service platforms surround Atlantis in VAB
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  Two technicians applying foam and molds on ET
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  Markers show the repaired hail damage on ET
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  Second rollout

Launch

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  Ignition of the three main engines of Atlantis for STS-117 launch
• video of Atlantis lift-off
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  Atlantis lift-off
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  Atlantis lift-off
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  Atlantis lift-off
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  Atlantis lift-off
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  Atlantis lift-off
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  Atlantis lift-off
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  In-flight close up of Space Shuttle Atlantis during launch
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  Drifting smoke after Atlantis lift-off
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  External Tank

In orbit

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  Peeled-back thermal blanket on OMS pod
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  High resolution image of the OMS area
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  Atlantis approaches ISS
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  Atlantis approaches ISS
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  Atlantis approaches ISS
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  Shuttle crew give packages
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  The ISS seen from Atlantis
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  Danny Olivas during the first EVA
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  Jim Reilly during the first EVA
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  Jim Reilly during the first EVA
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  Jim Reilly (left) and Danny Olivas (bottom right) during the first EVA
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  Reilly and Olivas during the first EVA
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  The S3/S4 truss
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  Crew in the Destiny laboratory
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  Swanson and Forrester in a pre-breathe exercise
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  Steven Swanson at the second EVA
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  Patrick Forrester at the second EVA
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  Patrick Forrester at the second EVA
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  Patrick Forrester at the second EVA
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  Steven Swanson during EVA 2
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  Patrick Forrester during EVA 2
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  Crew members at the completion of EVA 2
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  Jim Reilly holds onto a handrail on the Destiny lab during the third EVA
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  Danny Olivas fluffs a solar array panel during the third EVA
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  Jim Reilly (on robot arm) and Danny Olivas fold the P6 solar array during the third EVA
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  Olivas reaches to the OMS Pod during EVA 3
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  Olivas during EVA 3
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  Patrick Forrester
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  Reilly enters the Quest Airlock at the end of EVA 3
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  Steven Swanson during the fourth EVA
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  Steven Swanson during the fourth EVA
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  Patrick Forrester during the fourth EVA
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  Patrick Forrester (right) and Steven Swanson during the fourth EVA
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  Swanson and Forrester during EVA 4
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  ISS viewed from Atlantis during fly-around maneuver
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  ISS viewed from Atlantis during fly-around maneuver
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  ISS viewed from Atlantis during fly-around maneuver backdropped by a blue and white Earth

Landing

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  STS-117 landing
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  Atlantis is beginning parachute deployment just after landing.
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  Atlantis drag chute is open after touchdown.

Others

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  First crew patch
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  New patch with Anderson added
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  ISS after STS-117 (computer rendering of August 2006)
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  ISS after STS-117
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  Long Range Ground Track for Orbit 219
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  Atlantis on Shuttle Carrier Aircraft taking off
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  Return flight to Kennedy Space Center
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