1 00:00:03,266 --> 00:00:06,796 \h Music 2 00:00:06,796 --> 00:00:11,312 \h Atlantis lifted off on time into a clear blue Florida sky, 3 00:00:11,312 --> 00:00:16,016 \h carrying the seven member crew on mission STS-117. 4 00:00:16,016 --> 00:00:20,953 \h With the June 8 launch, Commander Rick Sturckow, Pilot Lee Archambault, 5 00:00:20,953 --> 00:00:25,062 \h Mission Specialists James Reilly, Steven Swanson, Patrick Forrester, John 6 00:00:25,062 --> 00:00:30,328 \h "Danny" Olivas, and Clayton Anderson were off to carry out the next phase 7 00:00:30,328 --> 00:00:33,905 \h of construction on the International Space Station. 8 00:00:33,905 --> 00:00:38,405 \h Their mission had been delayed by several months after hail at the launch pad 9 00:00:38,405 --> 00:00:42,905 \h damaged the external tank, requiring time-consuming repairs inside 10 00:00:42,905 --> 00:00:45,171 \h the Vehicle Assembly Building. 11 00:00:45,171 --> 00:00:49,687 \h Once Atlantis and crew reached the orbiting outpost, the astronauts installed 12 00:00:49,687 --> 00:00:53,218 \h the Starboard 3 and 4 truss segment with its solar arrays. 13 00:00:53,218 --> 00:00:59,266 \h The installation and activation took four spacewalks, bringing the additional 14 00:00:59,266 --> 00:01:01,828 \h power supply to the station online. 15 00:01:01,828 --> 00:01:08,000 \h During the first spacewalk, Jim Reilly and John Olivas connected power, data 16 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:12,608 \h and cooling cables, released launch restraints and deployed the four solar array 17 00:01:12,608 --> 00:01:15,578 \h blanket boxes on the S4 truss. 18 00:01:15,578 --> 00:01:20,078 \h Next up, spacewalkers Patrick Forrester and Steven Swanson prepared the 19 00:01:20,078 --> 00:01:25,625 \h Solar Alpha Rotary Joint between the S3 and S4 Truss segments for rotation. 20 00:01:25,625 --> 00:01:29,953 \h From inside, the crew also began the retraction of the solar array blanket 21 00:01:29,953 --> 00:01:32,155 \h atop the P6 truss. 22 00:01:32,155 --> 00:01:36,125 \h Reilly and Olivas conducted the third spacewalk. 23 00:01:36,125 --> 00:01:40,203 \h Supported by the shuttle robot arm, Olivas repaired a protruding 24 00:01:40,203 --> 00:01:44,875 \h piece of thermal blanket on Atlantis' left orbital maneuvering system pod 25 00:01:44,875 --> 00:01:48,468 \h while Reilly installed a hydrogen vent valve in the forward section 26 00:01:48,468 --> 00:01:50,375 \h of the Destiny laboratory. 27 00:01:50,375 --> 00:01:54,421 \h The two moved to the top of the P6 Truss to assist in completing 28 00:01:54,421 --> 00:01:57,546 \h the retraction starboard side solar array wing. 29 00:01:57,546 --> 00:02:01,250 \h Onboard the station, the Russian crew members and ground controllers worked 30 00:02:01,250 --> 00:02:05,328 \h to troubleshoot computer problems that were resolved by the end of the mission. 31 00:02:05,328 --> 00:02:09,233 \h Forrester and Swanson completed the fourth and final spacewalk of the mission, 32 00:02:09,233 --> 00:02:12,968 \h wrapping up all the planned tasks and finishing some jobs that 33 00:02:12,968 --> 00:02:16,266 \h will reduce the workload for future spacewalkers. 34 00:02:16,266 --> 00:02:20,812 \h Along with supplies, Atlantis also delivered Clayton Anderson, who assumed the 35 00:02:20,812 --> 00:02:24,687 \h role of Expedition 15/16 Flight Engineer. 36 00:02:24,687 --> 00:02:29,312 \h He replaced astronaut Sunita Williams, who arrived at the station in December 37 00:02:29,312 --> 00:02:34,718 \h aboard Discovery during mission STS-116 giving her the record for a long 38 00:02:34,718 --> 00:02:37,858 \h duration single spaceflight for a woman. 39 00:02:37,858 --> 00:02:42,266 \h With their work complete, Atlantis and crew had to extend their time in space by 40 00:02:42,266 --> 00:02:46,437 \h another day when bad weather in Florida prevented landing. 41 00:02:46,437 --> 00:02:51,500 \h The next day provided no weather relief, so the crew ended its 5.8-million-mile 42 00:02:51,500 --> 00:02:54,703 \h mission at Edwards Air Force Base in California.