KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-116 Mission Specialist Robert Curbeam arrives at the Shuttle Landing Facility aboard a T-38 jet aircraft for the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on Dec. 7. On the mission, he and other crew members will deliver truss segment, P5, to the International Space Station and begin the intricate process of reconfiguring and redistributing the power generated by two pairs of U.S. solar arrays. The P5 will be mated to the P4 truss that was delivered and attached during the STS-115 mission in September. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date December 3, 2006