July 4, 2006 at 6:37 PM UTC
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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July 4, 2006 at 6:37 PM UTC
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Launch Complex 39B
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA · 28.6271, -80.6210
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.
Mission media
STS-121 launch & landing (7-4-06)
Full video recordHeight
56.1 m
Diameter
8 m
LEO capacity
27,500 kg
Successful launches
133
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
The John F. Kennedy Space Center, located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of NASA's ten field centers. Since 1968, KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of American spaceflight, research, and technology. Launch operations for the Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were carried out from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 and managed by KSC. Located on the east coast of Florida, KSC is adjacent to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS).
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