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STS-116
STS-116 was a crewed flight launched on December 10, 2006 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Crew of 8: Christer Fuglesang, Joan Higginbotham, Mark L. Polansky, Nicholas Patrick, Robert Curbeam, Sunita Williams, Thomas Reiter, William Oefelein.
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Crew
Christer Fuglesang Sweden · 2 flights
Joan Higginbotham United States · 1 flight
Mark L. Polansky United States · 3 flights
Nicholas Patrick United States · 2 flights
Robert Curbeam United States · 3 flights
Sunita Williams United States · 4 flights
Thomas Reiter Germany · 3 flights
William Oefelein United States · 1 flightFlight
- Mission
- STS-116
- Spacecraft (GCAT)
- Discovery (STS-116)
- Launch
- December 10, 2006 · 01:47 UTC
- Landing
- December 22, 2006
- Duration (Wikidata)
- 12.9 days
- Country
- United States
- Designator
- 2006-055A
- Vehicle fate
- Docked with another object · Dec 11, 2006
Launch vehicle
- Launch record
- 2006-055
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39B
- Outcome
- Success
- Initial orbit
- — × 476 km
Vehicle and launch: GCAT (CC BY 4.0). Mission name, crew, landing and duration: Wikidata Q312030 (CC0).