![]() ![]() The crew was also successful in down-linking imagery and video of the external tank to the ground.īolden, left, congratulates Leinbach and the launch team in Firing Room Four of the Launch Control Center for a successful launch. ![]() Nick Patrick and Kay Hire then proceeded to activate, did a check out of the Shuttle Robotic Arm (SRMS) and then conducted a survey of the payload bay. Once in orbit the crew opened the payload bay doors, activated the radiators and deployed the K u band antenna. When Endeavour lifted off, the space station was traveling about 212 miles over western Romania. Mission timeline February 8 (Flight Day 1: Launch) Launch video (10 min 12 secs)Įndeavour launched successfully at 4:14:08 EST (9:14:08 UTC). 34th night launch of a shuttle, 21st night launch from launch pad 39A.The second launch attempt was successful at 04:14:08 EST (9:14:08 UTC) February 8, 2010. The first launch attempt was scheduled for 04:39:00 EST February 7, 2010, with forecasters originally predicting a 70% chance of favorable launch weather conditions at the Kennedy Space Center, but that degraded to 30% hours before the planned launch due to low clouds. The 3.4 miles (5.5 km) was completed at 10:37 EST. Before rolling out to the launch pad, engineers at Kennedy Space Center had an extended preparation time to get Endeavour ready to move to the launch pad due to the unusually cold weather. The process started at 04:13 EST on January 6, 2010. Roll over began at 13:00 EST and was completed 1 hour and 5 minutes later at 14:05 EST.Įndeavour moved from the Vehicle Assembly Building to launch pad 39A. Space Shuttle Endeavour was moved from her hangar in the Orbiter Processing Facility 2 to the Vehicle Assembly Building High bay 1 on December 11, 2009. Shuttle processing Endeavour arrives at Pad 39A on January 6, 2010, for the STS 130 mission. Cupola is seen on top with its protective launch cover still attached. PMA-3 is moved to the end of Tranquility. It is also known as Node 3, and was named by a NASA poll as Tranquility. It arrived at the Kennedy Space Center Space Station Processing Facility on May 21, 2009. Tranquility was manufactured at the Thales Alenia Space factory in Turin, Italy, and transported by aircraft to Florida. STS-130 carried Tranquility and the Cupola to the International Space Station. Endeavour launched at 04:14 EST (09:14 UTC) on Febru and landed at 22:22 EST on February 21, 2010, on runway 15 at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility. Space Shuttle Endeavour's primary payloads were the Tranquility module and the Cupola, a robotic control station with six windows around its sides and another in the center, providing a 360-degree view around the station. NASA officials said today that the crew is continuing to train, review flight plans and undergo equipment and personal checks in preparation for launch.STS-130 ( ISS assembly flight 20A) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The piece will add another element to the space station's growing backbone and make way for its future expansion, but the shuttle's biggest haul will be 5,000 pounds (2,268 kilograms) of fresh cargo to re-supply the ISS. "It's a little bit of everything."īarbara Morgan, NASA's teacher-turned-astronaut, will be part of Endeavour's crew delivering a 4,010-pound (1,820-kilogram) girder spacer for the Starboard-5 (S5) truss segment of the ISS. "There's a little bit of assembly, there's some re-supply, there's some repairs and there are some high-visibility education and public affairs events," said Matt Abbott, NASA's lead STS-118 shuttle flight director, of the mission last month. Once there, astronauts will begin an 11-to-14 day mission to further assemble the space laboratory as well prepare it for future construction. ![]() Led by commander and veteran astronaut Scott Kelly, the seven-person STS-118 crew will dock with the International Space Station (ISS) two days after launch. "We could get some isolated showers and - some anvil coming in from over the Gulf Stream." Crew primed "We have 30 percent chance of KSC weather prohibiting launch," Winters said, which an eastern weather system is mainly responsible for. So far, said NASA's shuttle weather officer Kathy Winters, the forecast is looking favorable for launch, considering the turbulent seasonal conditions. ![]()
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