STS-116 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station flown by Space Shuttle Discovery. Discovery lifted off on December 9, 2006, for her 33rd flight at 20:47:35 EST. A previous launc
Discovery's Canadarm hands the P5 truss segment to Canadarm2, prior to its installation on the ISS.
Back (L-R): Curbeam, Patrick, Williams, Fuglesang Front (L-R): Oefelein, Higginbotham, PolanskySpace Shuttle program← STS-115STS-117 →
A photograph of the International Space Station after STS-116 with the new P5 truss segment
In the Space Station Processing Facility, an overhead crane moves the P5 truss for mission STS-116 to the payload transfer container.
William Anthony Oefelein is an American freelance adventure writer and photographer and former NASA astronaut who, on his only spaceflight, piloted the STS-116 Space Shuttle mission.
STS-116
…Mark Polansky – Commander and prime Remote Manipulator System (RMS) operator William Oefelein – Pilot and backup RMS operator Robert Curbeam – Mission specialist 1, Extravehicular 1…