Spaceflight Now | STS-120 Shuttle Report

The Mission

		Orbiter: Discovery Mission: STS-120 Payload: Harmony module Launch: Oct. 23, 2007 Time: 11:38 a.m. EDT Site: Pad 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida Landing: Nov. 7 @ 1:01 p.m. EST Site: Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC Mission Status Center STS-120 Quick-Look NASA TV Schedule Docking Timeline Master Flight Plan Key Mission Personnel Launch Windows Chart Countdown Timeline Launch Timeline Ascent Trajectory Data Shuttle Flight History STS-120 Archive

The Crew

		Meet the astronauts flying aboard Discovery's STS-120 mission. Meet the Astronauts CDR: Pam Melroy PLT: George Zamka MS 1: Scott Parazynski MS 2: Stephanie Wilson MS 3: Doug Wheelock MS 4: Paolo Nespoli Up: Dan Tani Down: Clay Anderson Current Demographics

STS-120 Launch Windows
COMPILED BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
Updated: October 19, 2007

Changes and additions:
- Oct. 19: Updating throughout

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To reach the international space station, the shuttle must launch within about five minutes of the moment Earth's rotation carries the launch pad into the plane of the station's orbit.

To maximize performance, NASA targets launch for right around the moment the shuttle can launch directly into that plane. In the chart below, the target launch time is listed in the "in plane" column. All times in EDT and subject to change.

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