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Space Shuttle Mission: STS-130

    The STS-130 and Expedition 22 crew members Image above: The STS-130 and Expedition 22 crew members greet each other just after hatch opening. Image credit: NASA TV

    › Meet the STS-130 Crew

    Endeavour Arrives at International Space Station
    The astronauts on space shuttle Endeavour docked to the International Space Station at 12:06 a.m. EST Wednesday beginning eight days of docked operations.

    Starting early Tuesday evening Commander George Zamka and Pilot Terry Virts fired shuttle jets to refine the orbiter’s approach to the station, with Mission Specialists Kay Hire, Steve Robinson, Nicholas Patrick and Bob Behnken supporting them on the shuttle flight deck. At 11 p.m., after Endeavour arrived at a point 600 feet directly below the station, Zamka commanded the shuttle to slowly rotate so that its underside was facing the station. Expedition 22 Commander Jeff Williams and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov photographed the shuttle’s heat shield tiles. That imagery will be sent to the ground for study by specialists looking for any damaged tiles.

    After the rendezvous pitch maneuver Zamka moved his ship directly in front of the station and began slowly backing in for the docking. After leak checks were completed, the hatches between the vehicles opened at 2:16 a.m. to begin the joint operations.

    Among the first items to be transferred to the station are the spacesuits that Behnken and Patrick will wear during their three spacewalks and hardware for the replacement and checkout of the new Distillation Assembly that Williams will install in the station’s Water Recovery System.

    Additional Resources
    › STS-130 Press Kit (8.7 Mb PDF)
    › STS-130 Mission Summary (448 Kb PDF)
    › Reusable Solid Rocket Motor and Solid Rocket Boosters
    › Fact Sheet: Remaining Shuttle Missions (1.3 Mb PDF)

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STS-130 Status Reports

  • STS-130 MCC Status Report #04

    02.09.10 - The astronauts on space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station are just hours from a meeting in space as they work toward tonight’s docking of the shuttle to the orbiting outpost.

  • STS-130 MCC Status Report #03

    02.09.10 - Endeavour astronauts inspected the space shuttle’s thermal protection system, checked out spacesuits and prepared to dock with the International Space Station during their first full work day in space.

Reportes de la Misión STS-130

Shuttle Features

Endeavour to Deliver a Room With a View

S94-47164 -- Cupola

The International Space Station has been moving steadily closer to completion for the past several years. But what house is complete without a utility room, a gym and a picture window?

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Out-of-This-World Super Bowl Coin Lands in Ohio

Super Bowl coin

After traveling more than four million miles aboard space shuttle Atlantis, the Super Bowl XLIV opening-toss coin took a slight detour to the Pro Football Hall of Fame Museum before heading to the ...

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