Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Astronauts Arrive at Kennedy

The six astronauts for the STS-130 mission arrived at Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility in their T-38 jets to begin their Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test and related training.

Space Shuttle Mission: STS-130The STS-130 crew arrives at Kennedy Space Center to begin their Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test.

Image above: At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the STS-130 crew members arrive at the Shuttle Landing Facility to begin their Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test and related training. › High-res image

› Meet the STS-130 Crew

Endeavour's STS-130 Mission
Commander George Zamka will lead the STS-130 mission to the International Space Station aboard space shuttle Endeavour. Terry Virts will serve as the pilot. Mission Specialists are Nicholas Patrick, Robert Behnken, Stephen Robinson and Kathryn Hire. Virts will be making his first trip to space.

Shuttle Endeavour and its crew will deliver to the space station a third connecting module, the Italian-built Tranquility node and the seven-windowed cupola, which will be used as a control room for robotics. The mission will feature three spacewalks.

Liftoff from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is targeted for February 7, 2010, at 4:39 a.m. EST

Additional Resources
› STS-130 Mission Summary (448 Kb PDF)
› Reusable Solid Rocket Motor and Solid Rocket Boosters
› Fact Sheet: Remaining Shuttle Missions (1.3 Mb PDF)

Orbiter Status
› About the Orbiters

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