Spaceflight Now



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Our comprehensive coverage of the Columbia disaster and its aftermath has been archived.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



Entry and Landing Timeline
COMPILED BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
Updated: Aug. 3, 2005

Changes and additions:
- Dec. 19: Posting initial version of timeline
- April 5: Posting updated version
- April 20: Updating to reflect 5/22 launch target
- May 10: Updated version to reflect July launch date
- June 17: Updating TIG/landing time; adding backup TIG/landing times for KSC and Edwards
- July 7: Updating landing times
- July 21: Updating with 7/26 launch target
- Aug. 3: Updating landing date, time; adding projected entry data

Download a PDF of the timeline.



 

Columbia Report
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