Spaceflight Now



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

Download a PDF of this chart.

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.



 

Viking patch
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From the NASA Archives
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