This Day in Astro History

Sep 21

2006 – Landing of STS-115 Space Shuttle Atlantis. It was the first assembly mission to the ISS after the Columbia disaster.

Atlantis left the station with a new, second pair of 240-foot solar wings, attached to a new 17.5-ton section of truss with batteries, electronics and a giant rotating joint.
Atlantis left the station with a new, second pair of 240-foot solar wings, attached to a new 17.5-ton section of truss with batteries, electronics and a giant rotating joint.