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during the STS-125 Hubble servicing mission to launch from pad A. That mission was postponed, enabling Endeavour to move to pad A. Rollaround to pad A – 10/23/2008 Launch: Nov. 14, 2008, at 7:55 p.m. EST. Endeavour lit up the night sky with a flawless liftoff. Landing: Nov. 30, 2008, at 4:25 p.m. EST. After two
Astronaut Steve Bowen, STS-126 mission specialist, participates in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit fit check in the Space Station Airlock Test Article (SSATA) in the Crew Systems Laboratory at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.
The document outlines the mission timeline, priorities, crew members, payloads including the MPLM and experiments, spacewalks, launch and landing procedures, and contact information for media assistance.
STS-126 was the one hundred and twenty-fourth NASA Space Shuttle mission, and twenty-second orbital flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour (OV-105) to the International Space Station (ISS). [5]
14 lis 2008 · Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Director Bob Cabana (center left) watches the successful launch of space shuttle Endeavour on the STS-126 mission in the Firing Room of the Launch Control Center at KSC in Florida.
11 gru 2008 · The Space Shuttle Endeavour mounted atop its modified Boeing 747 carrier aircraft flies over California's Mojave Desert on its way back to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec 10, 2008. Read STS-126 Status Report December 10, 2008 NASA Photo / Carla Thomas ED08-0306-131.
To maximize performance, NASA targets launch for right around the moment the shuttle can launch directly into that plane. In the chart below, the target launch time is listed in the "in...