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Science Go-ahead for Shuttle mission STS-120
Science Go-ahead for Shuttle mission STS-120 | Go-ahead for Shuttle mission STS-120 |
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| Written by Stephen Withers | |
| Thursday, 18 October 2007 | |
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A primary task for STS-120, commanded by Pam Melroy, is to deliver and fit the Harmony module to the International Space Station. Harmony's role is to act as a port for future laboratory modules. The European Columbus and Japanese Kibo modules are scheduled to join the ISS during the following two Shuttle missions. The STS-120 crew will also relocate solar arrays on the station. The mission will be commanded by Pam Melroy. Other crew members are pilot George Zamka and mission specialists Scott Parazynski, Stephanie Wilson, Doug Wheelock, Daniel Tani and Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency. Tani will remain on the ISS until STS-122 (scheduled for early December), while Clayton Anderson, currently part of the ISS crew, will return to Earth aboard Discovery on November 6.
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