STS-114 - Definition

STS-114 is a Space Shuttle program mission planned for spring 2005.

Space Shuttle program
Mission Insignia
Mission Statistics
Mission:	STS-114
Shuttle:	Discovery
Launch Pad:	39-B
Launch:	TBD (May-July 2005)
Landing:	TBD
Duration:	~12 Days
Orbit Altitude:	122 nautical miles (226 km)
Orbit Inclination:	51.6 Degrees
Distance Traveled:	TBD
Crew photo
In front are astronauts Eileen M. Collins (right), commander; Wendy B. Lawrence, mission specialist; and James M. Kelly, pilot. In back are astronauts Stephen K. Robinson (left), Andrew S. W. Thomas, Charles J. Camarda, and Soichi Noguchi, all mission specialists. Noguchi represents Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
Previous Mission: STS-107	Next Mission: STS-121

Crew

• Eileen M. Collins (4), Commander
• James M. Kelly (2), Pilot
• Soichi Noguchi (1) (JAXA), Mission Specialist
• Stephen K. Robinson (3), Mission Specialist
• Andrew Thomas (4), Mission Specialist
• Wendy Lawrence (4), Mission Specialist
• Charles Camarda (1), Mission Specialist

Mission Parameters

• Mass: 0 kg
• Perigee: 0 km
• Apogee: 0 km
• Inclination: 51.6°
• Period: 0.0 min

Mission Highlights

STS-114 will mark the return to flight of the Space Shuttle after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and the second Shuttle flight with a female commander.

The STS-114 crewmembers will deliver supplies to the International Space Station, but the major focus of their mission will be testing and evaluating new Space Shuttle flight safety, which includes new inspection and repair techniques.

STS-114 is classified as Logistics Flight 1. Among the Station-related activities are delivering new supplies and replacing one of the orbital outpost's Control Moment Gyroscopes (CMGs). STS-114 will also carry a Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module and the External Stowage Platform-2.

The crew is slated to conduct at least three spacewalks while at the ISS. The first spacewalk will demonstrate repair techniques of the Shuttle's Thermal Protection System. During the second, the spacewalkers will replace the failed CMG with one delivered by the Shuttle. On the third, they will install the External Stowage Platform.

Related articles

• Space science
• Space shuttle
• List of space shuttle missions
• List of human spaceflights chronologically

External links

• NASA mission summary (http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-114/mission-sts-114.html)
• Launch Schedule (http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/schedule/schedule.htm)
• Return to flight website (http://returntoflight.org/)