involved the launch date being brought forward. If needed, it would have launched no earlier than November 11, 2006. The crew for this mission was a four-person subset of the full STS-116 crew: Mark Polansky – Commander and prime Remote Manipulator System (RMS) operator William Oefelein – Pilot and backup RMS operator Robert Curbeam – Mission specialist 1, Extravehicular 1 Nicholas Patrick – Mission specialist 2, Extravehicular 2 STS-317 In the event that Discovery suffered irreparable damage but made it to Earth orbit during STS-116, the crew would have taken refuge at the ISS and waited for a Contingency Shuttle Crew Support mission to launch. The mission would have been named STS-317 and would have been flown by the Space Shuttle Atlantis no earlier than February 21, 2007. The crew for this rescue mission would have been a subset of the full STS-117 crew. Wake-up calls A tradition for NASA spaceflights since the days of Gemini, mission crews are played a special musical track at the start of each day in space. Each track is specially chosen, often by their family, and usually has special meaning to an individual member of the crew, or is applicable to their daily activities. Day 2: "Here Comes the Sun" by The Beatles; played for Commander Mark Polansky. MP3 WAV Day 3: "Beep Beep" by Louis Prima; played for Sunita Williams. MP3 WAV Day 4: "Waterloo" by ABBA; played for Christer Fuglesang. MP3 WAV Day 5: "Suavemente" by Elvis Crespo; played for Joan Higginbotham. MP3 WAV Day 6: "Under Pressure" by Queen & David Bowie; played for Robert Curbeam. MP3 WAV Day 7: "Low Rider" by War; played for William Oefelein. MP3 WAV Day 8: "Fanfare for the Common Man" by Aaron Copland performed by the London Philharmonic; played for Nicholas Patrick. MP3 WAV Day 9: "Blue Danube Waltz" by Johann Strauss performed by the Vienna Philharmonic; played for Christer Fuglesang. MP3 WAV Day 10: "Good Vibrations"; by The Beach Boys played for the entire Discovery crew. Chosen as part of the EVA involved shaking the solar array. The track was used as a wake up call on STS-85 when a Microgravity Vibration Isolation Mount was being tested. Curbeam was a mission specialist on that flight. It was his first trip into space. MP3 WAV Day 11: "Zamboni" by Gear Daddies; played for Pilot William Oefelein. MP3 WAV Day 12: "Say You'll Be Mine"