STS-115This is the STS-115 insignia. This mission continued the assembly of the International Space Station (ISS) with the installation of...KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Smoke and steam billow across Launch Pad 39B as Space Shuttle Atlantis hurtles into the...JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, TX - STS115-S-002 (November 8, 2002) -- These six astronauts take a break from training to pose...KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After suiting up, the STS-115 mission crew exits the Operations and Checkout Building to board...KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A heavy bank of storm clouds gather behind Space Shuttle Atlantis on Launch Pad 39B....KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Space Shuttle Atlantis is illuminated on Launch Pad 39B, surrounded by amber lights on the...STS115-S-032 (9 Sept. 2006) --- The Space Shuttle Atlantis and its six-member crew launch at 11:15 a.m. (EDT) to begin...KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Flaming rockets propel Space Shuttle Atlantis into the sky for a rendezvous with the International...KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Twin columns of fire propel Space Shuttle Atlantis into a clear blue sky after liftoff...This view of the International Space Station, back dropped against the blackness of space, was taken shortly after the Space...ISS013-E-81630 (16 Sept. 2006) --- The Expedition 13 and STS-115 crewmembers gather for a group portrait during a joint crew...This view of the International Space Station, back dropped against the blackness of space and Earth, was taken shortly after...S115-E-06524 (16 Sept. 2006) --- STS-115 and Expedition 13 crewmembers enjoy a light moment in the Unity node of the...S115-E-07113 (17 Sept. 2006) --- This nadir photo of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, taken on Sept. 17, 2006 at 18:13:11 GMT,...S115-E-07115 (17 Sept. 2006) --- This nadir photo of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, taken on Sept. 17, 2006 at 18:14:09 GMT,...S115-E-07114 (17 Sept. 2006) --- This nadir photo of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, taken on Sept. 17, 2006 at 18:13:44 GMT,...S115-E-06775 (17 Sept. 2006) --- This image of greater San Diego, Calif., was photographed by one of the STS-115 crewmembers...S115-E-05423 (11 Sept. 2006) --- An astronaut onboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis took this photo of the International Space Station...S115-E-05623 (12 Sept. 2006) --- Astronaut Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, STS-115 mission specialist, releases the restraints on the forward Solar Array...S115-E-06203 (15 Sept. 2006) --- Astronaut Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, STS-115 mission specialist, participates in her second spacewalk this week and...View of Astronaut Joseph R. (Joe) Tanner, STS-115 Mission Specialist (MS), in the red striped Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU), as...S115-E-05750 (12 Sept. 2006) --- Astronaut Joseph R. Tanner, STS-115 mission specialist, looks toward the digital still camera of his...Astronaut Joseph R. Tanner, STS-115 mission specialist, waves toward the digital still camera of his spacewalk colleague, astronaut Heidemarie M....S115-E-05728 (12 Sept. 2006) --- Astronaut Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, STS-115 mission specialist, works with the Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ)...S115-E-06214 (15 Sept. 2006) --- Astronaut Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, STS-115 mission specialist, participates in her second spacewalk this week and...S115-E-06143 (15 Sept. 2006) --- Backdropped by a blue and white Earth, the newly installed P3/P4 truss and the Canadarm2...S115-E-06135 (15 Sept. 2006) --- Astronaut Joseph R. Tanner, STS-115 mission specialist and a veteran NASA spacewalker, is pictured during...S115-E-06158 (15 Sept. 2006) --- This image of Houston's "downtown" and "uptown" districts and most of the area inside the...S115-E-05554 (12 Sept. 2006) --- Astronauts Joseph R. Tanner (image center) and Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper (partially obscured, lower left), both...S115-E-06104 (15 Sept. 2006) --- In the center of this panoramic scene of new hardware on the International Space Station,...ISS013-E-80783 (12 Sept. 2006) --- Backdropped by a blue and white Earth, the new P3/P4 truss and the Canadarm2 on...S115-E-06786 (17 Sept. 2006) --- Astronaut Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, STS-115 mission specialist, works out on a bicycle ergometer on the...S115-E-05719 (12 Sept. 2006) --- Astronaut Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, STS-115 mission specialist, exposed this self-portrait during the Sept. 12 space...S115-E-05704 (12 Sept. 2006) --- Astronaut Joseph R. Tanner, STS-115 mission specialist, participates in the first of three sessions of...KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The drag chute glows in the lights illuminating Atlantis as it touches down on Runway...KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Concluding mission STS-115, Atlantis and her crew return to Kennedy Space Center and approach a...