Endeavour Is The Next Mission For ISS

The 32nd flight to the ISS is scheduled for target on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. This flight will use Space Shuttle Endeavour. The launch time is expected to be at 4:39 Eastern Stardard Time.

STS-130 DETAILS
1. Shuttle: Endeavour
2. Launch Target: Feb. 7, 2010, 4:39 a.m. EST
3. Duration: 13 days
4. Launch Window: 10 minutes
5. Launch Pad: 39A
6. Landing Site: KSC
7. Inclination/Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles

STS-130 LINKS
1. Mission Status Center – Updates and Video!
2. Countdown Timeline
3. STS-130 Flight Plan
4. NASA – Latest Space Shuttle News.
5. NASA TV – Public Channel. Now playing live events, mission coverage.

STS-130 Crew: Commander George D. Zamka, Pilot Terry W. Virts, Jr, Mission Specialist 1 Kathryn P. Hire, Mission Specialist 2 Stephen K. Robinson, Mission Specialist 3 Nicholas J. M. Patrick, and Mission Specialist 4 Robert L. Behnken. Meet the STS-130 Crew.

Scheduled Spacewalks:
EVA 1 – Flight Day 5, duration 6.5 hours
EVA 2 – Flight Day 7, duration 6.5 hours
EVA 3 – Flight Day 10, duration 6.5 hours

Mission: Deliver Node 3, named Tranquility, and the Cupola, a robotic control station with six windows around its sides and another in the center that provides a 360-degree view around the station.

Info: This will be the 32nd shuttle station assembly mission.

Commander George Zamka will lead the STS-130 mission to the International Space Station aboard space shuttle Endeavour. Terry Virts Jr. 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 and a seven-windowed cupola to be used as a control room for robotics. The mission will feature three spacewalks.

STS-130 will represent a major milestone mission, as it will be bringing up the last major United States addition to the space station. A Countdown of Countdowns: The Space Shuttle’s Finale. Click here for more info.