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The Mission

		Orbiter: Discovery Mission: STS-114 Launch: July 26 @ 10:39 a.m. EDT (1439 GMT) Site: Pad 39B, Kennedy Space Center, Florida Landing: Aug. 9 @ 8:11 a.m. EDT (1211 GMT) Site: Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC Mission video Pre-flight video Master Flight Plan Mission Status Center NASA TV Schedule Mission Quick-Look Mission Keyboard Chart Mission Preview Report Launch Windows Countdown Timeline Launch Events Timeline STS-114 Trajectory Entry & Landing Timeline Key Personnel List STS-114 Story Index

The Crew

		A seven-person crew, led by veteran shuttle commander Eileen Collins, will fly aboard Discovery for the shuttle return to flight mission. Crew Quick-Look CDR: Eileen Collins PLT: James Kelly MS 1: Soichi Noguchi MS 2: Stephen Robinson MS 3: Andrew Thomas MS 4: Wendy Lawrence MS 5: Charles Camarda Spacewalk Statistics Current Demographics Projected Demographics Astronaut Fatalities

The Vehicle

		As America's third reusable space shuttle to fly, Discovery has successfully completed 30 missions since 1984. STS-114 Hardware Shuttle Flight History Launch/Landing Chart Human Space Missions

STS-107 Archive

		Our comprehensive coverage of the Columbia disaster and its aftermath has been archived. STS-107 Directory

STS-114 Trajectory
COMPILED BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
Updated: July 25, 2005

Changes and additions:
- June 23: Posting initial version
- July 21: Updating to reflect 7/26 launch target
- July 22: Updating launch time
- July 25: Updating launch time

Editor's note: Inertial velocity includes contribution from Earth's rotation; range refers to downrange distance from the launch pad.

Viking patch

This embroidered mission patch celebrates NASA's Viking Project which reached the Red Planet in 1976.

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Shuttle pin

This lapel pin features the official crew emblem for the STS-121 space shuttle mission. The emblem depicts Discovery docked to the International Space Station.

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Apollo 7 DVD

For 11 days the crew of Apollo 7 fought colds while they put the Apollo spacecraft through a workout, establishing confidence in the machine what would lead directly to the bold decision to send Apollo 8 to the moon just 2 months later.

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From the NASA Archives

This three-disc DVD contains rare footage from the pioneering Gemini space missions of the 1960s and an original hour-long documentary.

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