STS-120

**STS-120**
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English: STS-120 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Discovery, launched October 23, 2007.

Русский: STS-120—космический полёт MTKK «Дискавери» по программе «Спейс Шаттл», для продолжения строительства Международной космической станции. Это 23-й полёт по программе МКС.

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

Crew[edit]

STS-120 crew, Scott Parazynski, Douglas Wheelock, Stephanie Wilson, George Zamka, Pamela Melroy, Daniel Tani, Paolo Nespoli
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Astronaut Jim Reilly helped welcome R2-D2 and Luke Skywalker's lightsaber from Star Wars to the Kennedy Space Center. The lightsaber is being taken into space aboard the real-life spacecraft Discovery during mission STS-120.

Before launch[edit]

Harmony module prepared to launch
Interior of Harmony
Repair of Discovery's main landing gear
Discovery's main landing gear
The external tank mated to solid rocket boosters
Discovery is lowered to External Tank and Solid Rocket Boosters
Discovery is lowered to External Tank and Solid Rocket Boosters
The payload canister at the Pad
Discovery leaves the VAB
Discovery at Pad 39A
Discovery arrived at Pad 39A

Launch[edit]

High resolution launch image of STS-120 launch.
Launch, screenshot from NASA TV
Launch of Discovery
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In orbit[edit]

Discovery's payload bay.
Discovery approaches the ISS.
Close-up view of Harmony in Discovery's payload bay
Discovery performs the Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver prior to docking.
Peggy Whitson and Pam Melroy greet one another after hatch opening
Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli
Astronauts Pam Melroy (left), STS-120 commander; and Peggy Whitson, Expedition 16 commander, pose for a photo after placing the STS-120 crew patch in the Harmony node—newest addition to the International Space Station—while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station.
The interior of Harmony as seen following attachment to the International Space Station.
Day 4 - Wheelock prepares for his first EVA. Behind him, Parazynski's feet are visible.
Parazynski installs P6 during EVA 3.
Astronaut Stephanie Wilson, STS-120 mission specialist, and a model of the Harmony node float freely on the middeck of Space Shuttle Discovery while docked with the International Space Station.
Tear in P6 solar array.
High resolution image of the apparent tear in the P6 4B solar array.
The two crews take time out on Day 9 to participate in a crew photo.
Former President George H.W. Bush and the former First Lady talk to the STS-120 astronauts.
STS-120 pilot George Zamka holds a newly manufactured "cufflink" apparatus, one of five that will be attached to the damaged solar arrays, to take the structural load off of the broken hinge.
Computer graphic showing how Parazynski repairs the P6 solar array.
Graphic showing the placement of the five cufflinks designed to relieve tension from the damaged solar array hinge.
Astronaut Scott Parazynski at the end of the OBSS boom making repairs to the P6 solar array.
While anchored to a foot restraint on the end of the Orbiter Boom Sensor System.(OBSS), astronaut Scott Parazynski, STS-120 mission specialist, assesses his repair work as the solar array is fully deployed during the mission's fourth session of extravehicular activity.
Scott Parazynski waves at the camera during the repair mission
A close-up of the repaired P6 solar wing
The International Space Station as seen following undocking. The P6 solar array is visible on the right.
The International Space Station as seen following undocking. The P6 solar array is visible on the right.