STS-130 Mission Information

    STS130-S-002 -- STS-130 crew portrait
    Image above: (From left) Mission Specialist Nicholas Patrick, Pilot Terry Virts, Mission Specialists Robert Behnken and Kathryn Hire, Commander George Zamka and Mission Specialist Stephen Robinson. Image credit: NASA

    Commander George Zamka is leading the STS-130 mission to the International Space Station aboard Endeavour. Terry Virts is serving as the pilot. Mission Specialists are Nicholas Patrick, Robert Behnken, Stephen Robinson and Kathryn Hire. Virts is making his first trip to space.

    Endeavour will deliver a third connecting module - the Tranquility node - to the station and a seven-windowed cupola to be used as a control room for robotics. The mission will feature three spacewalks.

    STS-130 is the 32nd shuttle mission to the station.

    › Read the Dec. 5, 2008, press release

Crew Profiles

Overview

     STS-130 crew patch
    Launch:
    4:14 a.m. EST - Feb. 8, 2010
    Orbiter:
    Endeavour
    Mission Number:
    STS-130
    (130th space shuttle flight)
    Launch Window:
    10 minutes
    Launch Pad:
    39A
    Mission Duration:
    13 days
    Landing Site:
    KSC
    Inclination/Altitude:
    51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles
    Primary Payload:
    32nd station flight (20A), Tranquility Node 3, Cupola

    › STS-130 Press Kit (8.7 Mb PDF)
    › Mission Archives

     

STS-130 Multimedia

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    The STS-130 crew members prepare for their mission to the International Space Station aboard space shuttle Endeavour.

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