STS-115 is scheduled to last 11 days with a planned KSC landing at about 12:02 p.m. EDT on Sept. 7. Atlantis rolled into KSC’s Orbiter Processing Facility on Oct. 18, 2002, after returning from ...

Each of the three STS-115 EVAs are expected to run at least 6.5 hours to complete the installation of the trusses and solar wings, as well as perform maintenance outside the orbital laboratory.

STS-115 was the 116th shuttle flight and the 19th mission to visit the space station. Atlantis has now flown 27 times and made six trips to the station. Post-Landing News Conferences Scheduled ...

But NASA’s own Contingency Shuttle Crew Support (CSCS) plan shows the orbiter needs to be docked to the ISS for up to 20 days because its supplies are needed for crew life support.

Atlantis'STS-115 astronauts have already made two detailed surveys of their orbiter's heatshield using its robotic arm and inspection boom - one just after launch andanother on Monday.

Gas sniffer Last year, two shuttle crews—on STS-121 and STS-115—reported noticing something odd when they were trying to sleep in the shuttle’s mid-deck cabin.

NASA began the countdown for the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-115 at noon EDT Thursday, Aug. 24, at the T-43 hour point. During this mission, Atlantis’ crew […] ...