KSC-06pp2161
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the White Room on Launch Pad 39B, STS-115 Pilot Christopher Ferguson talks with the closeout crew before entering Space Shuttle Atlantis. Ferguson is making his first shuttle flight. During the mission, Atlantis' astronauts will deliver and install the 17.5-ton, bus-sized P3/P4 integrated truss segment on the station. The girder-like truss includes a set of giant solar arrays, batteries and associated electronics and will provide one-fourth of the total power-generation capability for the completed station. This mission is the 116th space shuttle flight, the 27th flight for orbiter Atlantis, and the 19th U.S. flight to the International Space Station. STS-115 is scheduled to last 11 days with a planned landing at KSC.
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KSC-06pp2161
Date Created
September 9, 2006
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KSC
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Kennedy Space Center, FL
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