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STS-129 Mission Information

Image above: The STS-129 crew members pictured (clockwise) from bottom left are Commander Charles Hobaugh, Mission Specialists Mike Foreman, Leland Melvin, Robert Satcher Jr. and Randy Bresnik, Pilot Barry Wilmore and Mission Specialist Nicole Stott. Image credit: NASA

Commander Charlie Hobaugh led the STS-129 mission to the International Space Station aboard space shuttle Atlantis. Barry Wilmore served as the pilot. Mission specialists were Robert Satcher, Michael Foreman, Randy Bresnik and Leland Melvin. Wilmore, Satcher and Bresnik made their first trips to space.

The mission returned station crew member Nicole Stott to Earth. STS-129 was the final space shuttle crew rotation flight to or from the space station.

Atlantis delivered parts to the space station, including a spare gyroscope. The mission featured three spacewalks.

STS-129 was the 31st shuttle mission to the station.

› Read the Sept. 30, 2008, press release

Mission Information

The STS-129 Crew

Meet the astronauts of the STS-129 mission aboard space shuttle Atlantis.
STS-129: Stocking the Station

The spare parts delivered to the International Space Station by Atlantis during the STS-129 mission will mean spare years on the station’s life once the space shuttle fleet is retired.