Category: Shuttle Missions

September 9 – 21, 2006 Space Shuttle Atlantis This was the twenty-second flight of Invocon hardware on the Space Shuttle. The STS-115 mission marked the return to ISS construction after the loss of Columbia during STS-107. During this mission, the Atlantis crew attached the P3 & P4 Truss segments to the ISS. Two IVC systems…

July 4 – July 17, 2006 Space Shuttle Discovery This was the twenty-first flight of Invocon hardware on the Space Shuttle and the second mission after the loss of Columbia. As the second mission of the Return to Flight initiatives NASA continued testing new techniques and systems for detecting impacts and damage caused by debris…

July 4 – July 17, 2006 Space Shuttle Discovery This was the twenty-first flight of Invocon hardware on the Space Shuttle and the second mission after the loss of Columbia. As the second mission of the Return to Flight initiatives NASA continued testing new techniques and systems for detecting impacts and damage caused by debris…

Launched January 16, 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia The objective of STS-107 was primarily a research mission. The FREESTAR (Fast Reaction Experiments Enabling Science, Technology, Applications & Research) payload is a Hitchhiker payload through the GSFC Code 870 Shuttle Small Payloads Project. FREESTAR consists of separate experiments and the Hitchhiker (HH) Carrier (HHC) avionics mounted on…

Launched January 16, 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia The objective of STS-113 (International Space Station (ISS) Assembly Mission 11A) was to deliver the Integrated Truss Assembly P1 (Port Side Thermal Radiator Truss) to the Space Station. Mounted to the P1 truss is a second Crew and Equipment Translation Aid (CETA) cart that can be manually operated…