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Space Shuttle Mission: STS-127

    Space shuttle Endeavour undergoes a tanking test Wednesday, July 1. Image above: Space shuttle Endeavour is revealed on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a tanking test July 1. Image credit: NASA TV

    STS-127 Mission Overview
    The 16-day mission will feature five spacewalks and complete construction of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory. Astronauts will attach a platform to the outside of the Japanese module that will allow experiments to be exposed to space.

    The STS-127 crew members are Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot Doug Hurley and Mission Specialists Dave Wolf, Christopher Cassidy, Tom Marshburn, Tim Kopra and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette. Kopra will join the space station crew and replace Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata. Wakata will return to Earth on Endeavour to conclude a three-month stay at the station.

    STS-127 Additional Resources
    › Mission Press Kit (6.9 Mb PDF)
    › Mission Summary (429 Kb PDF)
    › Meet the STS-127 Crew
    › Flow Valve Fact Sheet (447 Kb PDF)

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KSC-2009-3336 -- Space Shuttle Endeavour

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Personal Items Show Crew's Varied Paths

The STS-127 mission patch

The crew members of STS-127 are carrying tokens reflecting their past accomplishments.

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STS-127 Clock

    Endeavour Launches
    Sat. July 11, 7:39 p.m. EDT:

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