2007 in spaceflight
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The year 2007 contained several significant events in spaceflight, including a Chinese ASAT test, the launches of the US Phoenix and Dawn missions to study Mars and Asteroid belt respectively, Japan's
SRE-1, the first Indian recovered spacecraft, on public display at Thiruvananthapuram
The launch of a Delta II Heavy with the Dawn spacecraft.
The newly installed Harmony node of the ISS
The launch of a Delta IV Heavy with the final DSP satellite.
STS-120
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STS-120 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station that launched on October 23, 2007, from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The mission is also referred to as ISS-10A by the ISS
2007 in spaceflight
…Barbara Morgan flew aboard STS-118. Morgan had previously been a backup for Christa McAuliffe, who was killed in the Challenger accident in 1986. STS-120, launched on 23 October using Discovery, carried the Harmony node, the first pressurised ISS component to be launched since Pirs in September 2001…
Scott E. Parazynski performs a repair of a torn solar panel on the P6 truss, reinstalled on the ISS four days earlier.
(left to right) Parazynski, Wheelock, Wilson, Zamka, Melroy, Tani and NespoliSpace Shuttle program← STS-118STS-122 →
Two commanders: Melroy and Whitson place the STS-120 mission insignia on the wall of the newly installed Harmony module.
Illustration of the ISS after STS-120, highlighting addition of the Harmony node.