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Image above: In High Bay 1 in Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building Endeavour is lowered into place alongside the external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters to which it will be attached. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller
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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 4, 2010 at 5:52 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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