STS-116
STS-116 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery. Discovery lifted off on December 9, 2006, for her 33rd flight at 20:47:35 EST. A previous launch attempt on December 7 had been canceled due to cloud cover. It was the first night launch of a Space Shuttle since STS-113 in November 2002.
- Program
- Space Shuttle program
- Launch
- Dec 10, 2006
- Return
- Dec 22, 2006
- Duration
- 12 days
- Outcome
- Success
Crew
- 🇺🇸 Robert Curbeam —
- 🇸🇪 Christer Fuglesang —
- 🇺🇸 Joan Higginbotham —
- 🇺🇸 William Oefelein —
- 🇺🇸 Nicholas Patrick —
- 🇺🇸 Mark L. Polansky —
- 🇩🇪 Thomas Reiter —
- 🇺🇸 Sunita Williams —