In honour of the Swedish scientist Celsius, as well as celebrating the first Swede in space, the mission was named Mission Celsius, and its main tasks was to bring more construction parts to the International Space Station, put them together, and exchange some parts of the already assembled station. In addition, they set out to carry out some scientific experiments and replace one of the crew at the station.
STS 116 – Mission Celsius
01.05.2006
In honour of the Swedish scientist Celsius, as well as celebrating the first Swede in space, the mission was named Mission Celsius, and its main tasks was to bring more construction parts to the International Space Station, put them together, and exchange some parts of the already assembled station. In addition, they set out to carry out some scientific experiments and replace one of the crew at the station.