United Space Alliance

STS-114

Space Shuttle

SUCCESS
Success

Tuesday, July 26, 2005 · 14:39 UTC

Mission

/01

STS-114 was the first "Return to Flight" Space Shuttle mission following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Discovery launched at 10:39 EDT (14:39 UTC), 26 July 2005. The launch, 907 days (approx. 29 months) after the loss of Columbia, was approved despite unresolved fuel sensor anomalies in the external tank that had prevented the shuttle from launching on 13 July, its originally scheduled date.

Mission Type

Human Exploration

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Space Shuttle

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 39B

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

28.627° N, 80.621° W

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