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NASA: Endeavour to launch Nov. 14
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Nov 3, 2008 The U.S. space agency has set Nov. 14 as the launch date for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-126 mission to the International Space Station. National Aeronautics and Space Administration managers who reviewed Endeavour's readiness for flight set the launch of Cmdr. Chris Ferguson and his six crewmates for 7:55 p.m. EST from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The primary focus of the 15-day flight and its four spacewalks is to service the station's two Solar Alpha Rotary Joints that allow the station's solar arrays to track the sun. "Endeavour will carry about 32,000 pounds to orbit, including supplies and equipment necessary to double the crew size from three to six members in spring 2009," NASA said in a statement. "The new station cargo includes additional sleeping quarters, a second toilet and a resistance exercise device." Ferguson will be joined on STS-126 by Shuttle pilot Eric Boe and astronauts Donald Pettit, Steve Bowen, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Shane Kimbrough and Sandra Magnus. Magnus will replace space station crew member Greg Chamitoff, who has been aboard the station for more than five months. Magnus will return to Earth during the next shuttle mission, STS-119, targeted for launch in February. Related Links Shuttle at NASA Watch NASA TV via Space.TV Space Shuttle News at Space-Travel.Com
Review Sets Nov 14 To Launch STS-126
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Oct 31, 2008Space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to launch Nov. 14 at 7:55 p.m. EST after NASA officials conducted an exhaustive review of the shuttle, its payload and the International Space Station. The officials met Thursday during the Flight Readiness Review, a standard session that clears the way for the launch of a shuttle mission. |
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