Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-121

Mission Details

STS-121 was a 2006 NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery. The main purposes of the mission were to test new safety and repair techniques introduced following the Columbia disaster of February 2003 as well as to deliver supplies, equipment and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Reiter from Germany to the ISS.

Type

Human Exploration

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Programs

Space Shuttle, International Space Station

Launch Site

Pad

Launch Complex 39B

Location

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Country

🇺🇸 USA