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Space Shuttle Flights and ISS Assembly Sequence

(For historical information, the preceding assembly sequence version may be viewed here.)

+ View computer-generated artist's renderings of future ISS assembly flights

Find out how you can visit Kennedy Space Center to watch a future space shuttle launch and/or landing. Launch Target Assembly Flight Launch Vehicle Element(s) May 31, 2008 1J Discovery STS-124 Kibo Japanese Experiment Module Pressurized Module (JEM-PM) Japanese Remote Manipulator System (JEM RMS) Aug. 28, 2008 N/A Atlantis STS-125 (HST-SM4) N/A Oct. 16, 2008 ULF2 Endeavour STS-126 Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Dec. 4, 2008 15A Discovery STS-119 Fourth starboard truss segment (ITS S6) Fourth set of solar arrays and batteries + View installation video Under review 3R Russian Proton Multipurpose Laboratory Module with European Robotic Arm (ERA) Under review 2J/A Endeavour STS-127 Kibo Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility (JEM EF) Kibo Japanese Experiment Logistics Module - Exposed Section (ELM-ES) Spacelab Pallet - Deployable 2 (SLP-D2) Under review HTV-1 H-IIB Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle Under review 17A Discovery STS-128 Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Lightweight Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure Carrier (LMC) Three crew quarters, galley, second treadmill (TVIS2), Crew Health Care System 2 (CHeCS 2) Establish Six Person Crew Capability Under review ULF3 Endeavour STS-129 EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 1 (ELC1) EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 2 (ELC2) Under review 19A Discovery STS-130 Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Lightweight Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure Carrier (LMC) Under review *ULF4 Endeavour STS-131 EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 3 (ELC3) EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 4 (ELC4) Under review 20A Discovery STS-132 Node 3 with Cupola Under review *ULF5 Endeavour STS-133 EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 5 (ELC5) EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 1 (ELC1) ISS Assembly Complete Under review 9R Russian Proton Research Module * Two shuttle-equivalent flights for contingency Notes: Additional Progress and Soyuz flights for crew transport, logistics and resupply are not listed.