STS -117 "Atlantis" II

OV-104 (7:38 p.m. EDT) The start of a 5.8 million mile journey that took 13 days 20 hours 11 minutes and 34 seconds. "Atlantis" leaves Pad 39A on STS 117 to the International Space Station. The crew installed the Starboard 3 and 4 (S3/S4) truss structure to the outpost and retracted a set of arrays on the Port 6 (P6) truss. The (S3/S4) contains a new set of solar arrays that increases station power-generation capabilities. STS-117 is the 118th shuttle mission and 21st mission to visit the ISS.