Shuttle mission sts 119 patch

Sts119 patch shop nasa the gift shop at nasa johnson. T coverage begins exactly one hour till launch sts 119. Nasas contest to design the last shuttle patch wired. The space shuttle program is on its way out, but the core of people who built and maintained it will live on. Space shuttle discovery roars off launch pad 39a on the sts119 mission atop twin towers of fire that light up the sky after sunset at nasas kennedy space center in. Discovery also carried the s6 truss segment to the orbital outpost. Lee archambault led the crew of sts119, and navy cmdr. The space shuttle program was the united states governments manned launch vehicle program from 1981 to 2011, administered by nasa and officially. Sts 117 was the 21st shuttle mission to the international space station. Spaceflight now delta launch report mission status center. With a banner showing the sts 119 crew hanging at the banana creek viewing site at the kennedy space center, the space shuttle discovery and a seven member. Sts 119 iss assembly flight 15a is the current space shuttle mission to the international space station iss and is being flown by space shuttle discovery. It will deliver and assemble the fourth starboard integrated truss segment s6, and the fourth set of solar arrays and batteries to the station. Spaceflight now sts119 shuttle report mission status.

That flight carried expedition 1516 flight engineer clayton c. He is serving as a flight engineer for expeditions 18 and 19, and he will return to earth on shuttle mission sts127. Discovery mission sts119 photo 11 pictures cbs news. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. From march 29th, 2009 nasatv coverage of the 125th space shuttle launch launched at. National aeronautics and space administration nasa. Sts 119 crew the official embroidered patch for the space shuttle discoverys sts 119 mission carrying the space stations final power truss segment is available for purchase. The space shuttle was a partially reusable low earth orbital spacecraft system operated by the u. Sts119 is the 28th shuttle mission to the international space station. Sts119 iss assembly flight 15a was a space shuttle mission to the international space station iss which was flown by space shuttle discovery during march 2009. Back row lr acaba, phillips, swanson, arnold and wakata. With a banner showing the sts 119 crew hanging at the banana creek viewing site at the kennedy space center, the space shuttle discovery and a seven member crew liftoff from cape canaveral, fla. The final mission nasa sca patch space shuttle discover enterprise endeavour. Its official program name was space transportation system sts, taken from a 1969 plan for a system of reusable spacecraft of which it was the only item funded for development.

Williams returned to earth from the space station aboard shuttle mission sts 117. Sts119 iss assembly flight 15a was a space shuttle mission to the international space. Operational missions launched numerous satellites, conducted. Shuttle patch space shuttle mission patches the space. Discovery mission sts119 photo 7 pictures cbs news. Shuttle patch space shuttle mission patches the space store. The space shuttle was a partially reusable low earth orbital spacecraft system operated by.

It delivered and assembled the fourth starboard integrated truss segment s6, and the fourth set of solar arrays and batteries to the station. Mission specialist astronaut ricky arnold, my brother in law, is aboard the space shuttle discovey for this mission and my family and i had the extreme honor of witnessing this launch from the. Discoverys sts119 mission, targeted for launch in february 2009, will. Wakata remained on the station, replacing expedition 18 flight engineer sandra magnus, who returned to earth with the sts119 crew.