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Video Coverage

		The most complete source of video from the countdown, launch and mission of space shuttle Discovery is available here! Video Collection

The Mission

		Orbiter: Discovery Mission: STS-121 Launch: July 4, 2006 Time: 2:38 p.m. EDT (1838 GMT) Site: Pad 39B, Kennedy Space Center, Florida Landing: July 17 @ 9:14 a.m. EDT Site: Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC Video collection Mission Status Center Landing Day Timeline Master Flight Plan NASA TV Schedule Countdown Timeline Launch Timeline Shuttle/ISS Calendar STS-121 Quick-Look Launch Windows Chart Ascent Data Packet Timeline Walkthrough Rendezvous Burns Undocking Timeline Key Personnel List STS-121 Mission Index STS-114 Archive

The Crew

		Veteran shuttle commander Steven Lindsey leads a seven-person crew launching aboard Discovery for the STS-121 mission. Crew Quick-Look CDR: Steven Lindsey PLT: Mark Kelly MS 1: Michael Fossum MS 2: Lisa M. Nowak MS 3: Stephanie Wilson MS 4: Piers Sellers MS 5: Thomas Reiter Manned Spaceflights Current Demographics Spacewalk Statistics

The Vehicle

		As America's third reusable space shuttle to fly, Discovery has successfully completed 31 missions since 1984. STS-121 Hardware Launch/Landing Chart Shuttle Flight History

Space Shuttle Flight History
COMPILED BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
Posted: May 11, 2006

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Viking patch

This embroidered mission patch celebrates NASA's Viking Project which reached the Red Planet in 1976.

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Shuttle pin

This lapel pin features the official crew emblem for the STS-121 space shuttle mission. The emblem depicts Discovery docked to the International Space Station.

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Apollo 7 DVD

For 11 days the crew of Apollo 7 fought colds while they put the Apollo spacecraft through a workout, establishing confidence in the machine what would lead directly to the bold decision to send Apollo 8 to the moon just 2 months later.

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From the NASA Archives

This three-disc DVD contains rare footage from the pioneering Gemini space missions of the 1960s and an original hour-long documentary.

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