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10 December 2006 01:47 GMT. Flight Up: STS-116. Crew: Williams. Program: ISS. Williams arrived aboard the ISS on STS-116 and stayed behind, joining the EO-14 crew, replacing ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter as the third long-duration crew member aboard the station.

• 2006 Dec 1 - International Space Station Status Report: SS06-052 

  The International Space Station crew have been preparing for the planned arrival next week of the Space Shuttle Discovery on a complex mission to rewire the station's electrical system.

  Shuttle Discovery is due to launch at 8:35 p.m. CST Thursday, Dec. 7 on mission ...more...

• 2006 Dec 9 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 01 

  The Space Shuttle Discovery rocketed into a dark Florida sky at 7:47 p.m. CST today, the third shuttle launch in five months, but the first night launch in more than four years.

  Discovery's seven-member crew will link up with the International Space Station ...more...

• 2006 Dec 10 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 02 

  The Space Shuttle Discovery crew, Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot Bill Oefelein, and Mission Specialists Nicholas Patrick, Joan Higginbotham, Bob Curbeam, Sunita Williams and Christer Fuglesang, are beginning a busy first full day in space.

  The astronauts will use the shuttle’s robotic arm to unberth the Orbiter Boom Sensor ...more...

• 2006 Dec 10 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 03 

  The Space Shuttle Discovery crew spent much of its first full day in space using the shuttle’s robotic arm and an extension boom-mounted sensor system to inspect heat shielding on Discovery's wing leading edges and nose.

  The data will be analyzed by engineers to ensure the spacecraft's heat shield is ...more...

• 2006 Dec 11 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 04 

  The Space Shuttle Discovery continues its pursuit of the International Space Station, a chase that should culminate in the docking of the two spacecraft at 4:05 p.m. CST today.

  Discovery’s crew, Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot Bill Oefelein and Mission Specialists ...more...

• 2006 Dec 11 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 05 

  Astronauts on the Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station were united today, and the joint crew immediately began the complex work associated with installing a new truss section and rewiring the station’s power grid.

  Discovery’s crew entered the station complex at 5:54 p.m. CST as Expedition 14 Commander ...more...

• 2006 Dec 12 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 06 

  The first spacewalk by Discovery's crew members, an excursion that will install a new, two-ton segment on the port side of the International Space Station's girder-like truss, will highlight today's work on mission STS-116.

  The six-hour, 10-minute excursion by astronauts Bob Curbeam and Christer Fuglesang ...more...

• 2006 Dec 13 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 08 

  Retracting a solar array wing that has been extended in space for six years will highlight the activities aboard the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle Discovery today.

  Furling of the wing, the left wing of the station's P6 solar arrays that were launched ...more...

• 2006 Dec 14 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 10 

  The second spacewalk for Discovery's crew members is scheduled for this afternoon. During the spacewalk, set to start about 2:12 p.m. CST, Bob Curbeam and Christer Fuglesang will begin to rewire the station’s power system

  Curbeam and Fuglesang spent the night in the station's Quest airlock at a reduced ...more...

• 2006 Dec 15 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 12 

  With half the International Space Station’s electrical system rewired, the crew of Space Shuttle Discovery gets half a day off today before they finish the job during a third spacewalk set for Saturday.

  Mission Specialists Bob Curbeam and Christer Fuglesang rewired channels 2 and 3 ...more...

• 2006 Dec 15 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 13 

  The crews of Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station tried again to refold an accordion-like solar array with help from engineers and flight controllers on the ground, but none of the techniques succeeded in clearing the jam.

  The final attempt of the day came at 8:04 p.m. CST when Expedition 14 Flight Engineer ...more...

• 2006 Dec 16 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 14 

  The third spacewalk of Discovery’s mission to the International Space Station is scheduled to begin at 1:37 p.m. CST to complete the rewiring of the orbiting laboratory’s power system.

  Discovery Mission Specialist Bob Curbeam and station Flight Engineer Sunita Williams ...more...

• 2006 Dec 17 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 16 

  Astronauts will spend much of today getting ready for a fourth spacewalk during Discovery’s mission to the International Space Station.

  On Saturday, Mission Specialists Bob Curbeam and Expedition 14 Flight Engineer Sunita ...more...

• 2006 Dec 19 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 20 

  Space Shuttle Discovery astronauts will leave the orbiting laboratory today after four successful spacewalks, delivery and installation of a new segment of the International Space Station’s main truss and reconfiguring the station’s power system.

  During their eight days docked to the station, the shuttle crew also dropped off ...more...

• 2006 Dec 19 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 21 

  Crews aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station bid one another farewell at 4:10 p.m. CST today, wrapping up eight days of docked operations.

  Staying behind on the newly rewired space station were Expedition 14 Flight Engineer ...more...

• 2006 Dec 20 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 22 

  Discovery crew members will make a final check of the shuttle’s heat shields today, using a sensor-equipped 50-foot extension of the shuttle’s robotic arm.

  After the inspection, Discovery will deploy two small scientific satellites. A third ...more...

• 2006 Dec 20 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 23 

  Inspection of Discovery’s heat shield was conducted today as the seven crewmembers began the task of preparing their ship for their high-speed return to Earth on Friday.

  One hour after removing the sensor-equipped 50-foot Orbiter Boom Sensor System from ...more...

• 2006 Dec 21 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 24 

  Discovery’s astronauts will spend today preparing to return to Earth. They will test flight control surfaces, steering jets and other entry and landing systems while they stow equipment in Discovery’s cabin.

  The crew, Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot Bill Oefelein, and mission specialists ...more...

• 2006 Dec 21 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 25 

  Discovery’s astronauts completed preparations for a planned return to Earth on Friday and received word from Mission Control that their final inspection showed the shuttle’s heat shield is in good shape.

  STS-116 Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot Bill Oefelein, and Flight Engineer Bob Curbeam ...more...

• 2006 Dec 22 - STS-116 MCC Status Report 26 

  Discovery’s wakeup call said it all. The song was "Home for the Holidays," sung by Perry Como for the crew, requested by the Mission Control Center.

  That 6:18 a.m. CST call began a day that the crew and their support teams on the ...more...