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Mission
Human Exploration · LEO
STS-121 was a 2006 NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery. The main purposes of the mission were to test new safety and repair techniques introduced following the Columbia disaster of February 2003 as well as to deliver supplies…
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| STS 121 2006-028A | Payload | re-entered 2006-07-17 |
COSPAR ID 2006-028 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).