STS-129 Launch Coverage
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Track the exciting countdown to the launch of space shuttle Atlantis on the STS-129 mission beginning at 9:30 a.m. EST on Nov. 16. Liftoff is scheduled for 2:28 p.m. Blogger Steve Siceloff will deliver live updates from the Firing Room inside the Launch Control Center as the clocks tick backward to launch.
Veteran astronaut Charlie Hobough will command Atlantis on the flight to the International Space Station. First-time flier Barry Wilmore will serve as pilot. The mission specialists are Randy Bresnik and Robert Satcher, making their first spaceflights, and veteran fliers Leland Melvin and Mike Foreman. Current space station crew member Nicole Stott will return to Earth aboard Atlantis as the seventh crew member of STS-129.
NOTE: All times are posted in Eastern. Timestamps may appear in your local time.