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On Orbit => Real NASA Space Shuttle Missions => Topic started by: FAAmecanic on December 20, 2009, 07:07:15 AM
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Just noticed the STS 121 actually DID lift off on 07/04/06 and STS 116 was 12/09/06... looked it up on NASA website and that is true.
So does anyone know why NASA had STS 121 lifting off prior to STS 116? Was it a maintenance thing where some of the Shuttles were being maintained/modified and lifted off at a later date maybe?
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After the Columbia accident, NASA needed two flights to test all the return to flight items. They needed to sandwhich an extra flight between STS-114 and 115 which were allready scheduled and the picked the next available flight number: STS-121.
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Ahhh...had a feeling it was a scheduling thing. Just lost sight of why there was that gap (shame on me... :'( )
Thanks.