STS-119

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STS-119
Organization NationalAeronauticsandSpaceAdministration(UnitedStates)
Mission type Human Crew,Resupply/Refurbishment/Repair
Launch date March 15, 2009 (2009-03-15)
Launch vehicle Space Shuttle
Carrier rocket {$Carrier Rocket}
Launch site Cape Canaveral, United States
COSPAR ID 2009-012A
Mass {$Mass}
Experiments Here
Alternate Names 34541
Nominal Power {$Nominal Power}
Additional Information Here
Data Collection Here
Payload Mass Up 14762.61 kg


STS 119 is an American (NASA) shuttle craft that was launched from Cape Canaveral at 23:43 UT on 15 March 2009. It carried seven astronauts (six American and one Japanese) to the International Space Station (ISS). The shuttle docked at the ISS at 21:20 UT on 17 March 2009. The crew transfer brought aboard the ISS the first Japanese long-duration astronaut. The primary goal of the mission was to bring the final set of solar arrays, also known as the starboard 6 or S6 truss segment, to the ISS and install them. The crew performed three spacewalks to install the truss segment and carry out other activities. The crew also delivered a new urine processor distillation assembly as part of the crew life support system. The shuttle undocked from the ISS at 19:53 UT on 25 March and landed at Cape Canaveral at 19:14 UT on 28 March. The shuttle returned with samples of water cleaned by the recycling system and also frozen biological samples collected over several months as part of a medical experiment on human response to microgravity.


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