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The STS-127 crew portrait. Seated are Mark Polansky (right) and Doug Hurley (left). Standing, from left to right, are Dave Wolf, Christopher Cassidy, Canadian Space Agency's Julie Payette, Tom Marshburn and Tim Kopra. Image credit: NASA

The seven astronauts of STS-127 will fly space shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station to deliver and install the the Kibo Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility and Experiment Logistics Module Exposed Section.

NASA astronaut Mark Polansky will command the seven-member crew and Doug Hurley will serve as the pilot. Mission specialists for the flight will be Dave Wolf, Christopher Cassidy, Canadian Space Agency's Julie Payette, Tom Marshburn and Tim Kopra.

The mission will deliver Kopra to the station as a flight engineer and science officer and return Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata to Earth.

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