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STS-120

Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103

United Space Alliance

Launch Status
Success

Rocket Launch Video

Crew

Pamela Melroy

Pamela Melroy

  • Birthday: 09/17/1961
  • Role: Commander
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 10/11/2000
  • Last Flight: 10/23/2007

Pamela Anne Melroy is a retired United States Air Force officer and a former NASA astronaut. She served as pilot on Space Shu...

George D. Zamka

George D. Zamka

  • Birthday: 06/29/1962
  • Role: Pilot
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 10/23/2007
  • Last Flight: 02/08/2010

George David "Zambo" Zamka is an American NASA astronaut and United States Marine Corps pilot with over 3500 flight...

Daniel M. Tani

Daniel M. Tani

  • Birthday: 02/01/1961
  • Role: Mission Specialist
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 12/05/2001
  • Last Flight: 10/23/2007

Daniel M. Tani is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. Although born in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, he considers Lombard...

Douglas H. Wheelock

Douglas H. Wheelock

  • Birthday: 05/05/1960
  • Role: Mission Specialist
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 10/23/2007
  • Last Flight: 06/15/2010

Douglas Harry "Wheels" Wheelock is an American engineer and astronaut. He has flown in space twice, logging 178 day...

Paolo Nespoli

Paolo Nespoli

  • Birthday: 04/06/1957
  • Role: Mission Specialist
  • Nationality: Italy
  • First Flight: 10/23/2007
  • Last Flight: 07/28/2017

Paolo Angelo Nespoli (Milan, 6 April 1957) is an Italian astronaut and engineer of the European Space Agency (ESA). In 2007, ...

Stephanie Wilson

Stephanie Wilson

  • Birthday: 09/27/1966
  • Role: Mission Specialist
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 07/04/2006
  • Last Flight: 04/05/2010

Stephanie Diana Wilson is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. She flew to space onboard three Space Shuttle missions, ...

Scott E. Parazynski

Scott E. Parazynski

  • Birthday: 07/28/1961
  • Role: Mission Specialist
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 11/03/1994
  • Last Flight: 10/23/2007

Scott Edward Parazynski is an American physician and a former NASA astronaut. A veteran of five Space Shuttle flights and sev...

Mission

STS-120

  • Type: Human Exploration
  • Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
  • Launch Cost: $450,000,000

STS-120 was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) that launched on 23 October 2007 from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The mission is also referred to as ISS-10A by the ISS program. STS-120 delivered the Harmony module and reconfigured a portion of the station in preparation for future assembly missions. STS-120 was flown by Space Shuttle Discovery, and was the twenty-third space shuttle mission to the ISS.

Location

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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Launch Complex 39A has witnessed the launch of 208 rockets, including 207 orbital launch attempts. While Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA, has been the site for 266 rocket launches.

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).

Rocket

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.

Learn more about the Space Shuttle

Agency

United Space Alliance

United Space Alliance (USA) is a spaceflight operations company. USA is a joint venture which was established in August 1995 as a Limited Liability Company (LLC), equally owned by Boeing and Lockheed Martin.

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