STS-120

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STS-120 was a space shuttle mission that took place in October and November 2007. The mission's primary objective was to deliver the Harmony module to the International Space Station (ISS). The shuttle Discovery carried the Harmony module, which serves as a connecting node with docking ports for the European Columbus laboratory and the Japanese Kibo laboratory. The mission also involved several spacewalks to attach the module and reconfigure solar arrays. STS-120 was part of the ongoing assembly and expansion of the ISS, a collaborative project involving multiple space agencies.123

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…of the space shuttle mission STS-120, which would have launched to the ISS in 2004. However, after the Columbia disaster in February 2003, in which seven astronauts died when that shuttle broke apart in the atmosphere during reentry, a shuttle did not return to space until July 2005. Wilson’s first…
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…of the space shuttle mission STS-120, which would have launched to the ISS in 2004. However, after the Columbia disaster in February 2003, in which seven astronauts died when that shuttle broke apart in the atmosphere during reentry, a shuttle did not return to space until July 2005. Wilson’s first…
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