Short vid from my driveway of the September 9, 2006 Shuttle Atlantis launch. This was the first since the Columbia accident.
Launch: Sept. 9, 2006 11:15 a.m. EDT
Landing: Sept. 21, 2006 6:21 a.m. EDT
Orbiter: Atlantis (OV-104)
Mission Number: STS-115 (116th shuttle flight)
Launch Pad: 39B
Mission Duration: 12 days
Landing Site: KSC
Inclination/Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles
Primary Payload: Nineteenth station flight (12A), P3/P4 arrays
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts115/index.html
Not the first since Columbia. There was one a year before and one on July 4, 2006 (STS-121).
christopherkeene9 4 years ago