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Image above: STS-130 crew members along with astronaut T.J. Creamer (left), Expedition 22/23 flight engineer, participate in a training session in an International Space Station mock-up/trainer in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Pictured from the right are Kathryn Hire, mission specialist; Terry Virts, pilot; George Zamka, commander; and Stephen Robinson, mission specialist. Photo credit: NASA/JSC
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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.

Endeavour will deliver a third connecting module, the Tranquility node, to the station in addition to the seven-windowed Cupola module, 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
› Reusable Solid Rocket Motor and Solid Rocket Boosters
› STS-129 Mission Information
› Fact Sheet: Remaining Shuttle Missions (1.3 MB PDF)

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