STS-119

STS-119

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English: STS-119 is a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Discovery, that was launched on 15 March 2009.

NASA galleries for STS-119:

• Media archive link archive copy at the Wayback Machine
• NASA Spaceflight link archive copy at the Wayback Machine

Crew

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  Official crew portrait.
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  Official mission poster

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  Commander Lee Archambault
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  Pilot Dominic A. Antonelli
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  Mission Specialist Joseph M. Acaba
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  Mission Specialist Steven Swanson
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  Mission Specialist Richard R. Arnold
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  Mission Specialist John L. Phillips
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  ISS Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata

Before launch

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  Discovery moving to the launch pad
• Starboard 6 integrated truss segment lifted and loaded into the payload transportation canister at Kennedy's Space Station Processing Facility
• Discovery rollout
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  One of Space Shuttle Discovery's gaseous hydrogen flow control valves after its removal
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  Discovery waits atop LC-39A with a full moon, 11 march 2009
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  Hydrogen vent line
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  Crew of STS-119 on their way to the launch pad
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  Lee Archambault and Tony Antonelli on board the Discovery before launch
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  Pilot Tony Antonelli in his seat before launch of Discovery

Launch

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  Bat on Discovery
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  Discovery lift off
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  Close-up of Discovery lift off
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  Discovery 48 seconds after launch
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  Discovery lighted by the sunset
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  Discovery Heads Down Range
• Liftoff video

In orbit

Day 1

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  Joseph Acaba operating the robotic arm of Discovery

Day 2

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  Lee Archambault in the cockpit of Discovery

Day 3

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  Discovery was photographed by the Expedition 18 team, while performing the Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver prior to docking with the International Space Station.
• Video of RPM
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  John Phillips tracks range of the ISS during rendezvous operations

Day 4

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  S6 truss segment in an overnight parked position before installation
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  Closer view of S6 truss in the grasp of the station's robotic arm
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  Koichi Wakata in Sokol spacesuit on board the ISS

Day 5

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  John Phillips and Joseph Acaba on board the Discovery
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  Michael Fincke and Tony Antonelli in Quest airlock of the ISS
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  Swanson during first spacewalk
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  Swanson during first spacewalk
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  Arnold during first spacewalk (Featured Picture Candidate)

Day 6

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  Joseph Acaba exercising with an ergometer
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  Lee Archambault on Discovery mid deck
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  Richard Arnold on Discovery mid deck
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  Koichi Wakata on board the ISS
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  Steve Swanson and Joseph Acaba in Quest Joint Lock

Day 7

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  Swanson during second spacewalk
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  Joseph Acaba during second spacewalk
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  Sandra Magnus, now member of STS-119, on board the Discovery
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  Tony Antonelli preparing his meal
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  Swanson during second spacewalk
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  Steve Swanson in his space suit after EVA 2

Day 9

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  Fincke and Arnold during preperations for EVA 3
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  Arnold an Acaba working at CETA during EVA 3
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  Arnold an Acaba working at CETA during EVA 3
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  Richard Arnold lubricating the robotic arm during EVA 3
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  Joseph Acaba during EVA 3
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  Akaba, Arnold and Lonchakov eating

Day 10

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  Barack Obama calling the ISS
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  STS-119 and ISS Expedition 18 crews

Day 11

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  Lee Archambault closing the hatch
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  Photo of the ISS after undocking
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  ISS (alternative angle)

Landing

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Others

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  ISS after STS-119 (computer rendering of August 2006)
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