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Space shuttle Endeavour safely concluded its cross-country trek atop a Boeing 747 carrier jet December 12, returning home to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida following STS-126.
Just below 100 tons landing weight. No engines, not much lift, just enough to get it down safely. Flying is all about energy management. You can land every aerodynamically flying aircraft safely without any additional engine as long as you can reach a suitable landing field, runways preferred.
27 mar 2008 · November 14, 2008 – 7:55 p.m. EST. Launch occurred on schedule with no delays. Landing: November 30, 2008 – 4:25 p.m. EST on a temporary landing strip adjacent to Runway 22/04, Edwards Air Force Base, California. Two landing opportunities at the Kennedy Space Center were waived due to bad weather.
STS-126 MISSION OVERVIEW The STS-126 crew members take a break during a training session at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. From the left are astronauts Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Shane Kimbrough, both mission specialists; Eric Boe, pilot; Chris Ferguson, commander; Steve Bowen, Sandra Magnus and Donald Pettit, all mission specialists.
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 · Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Inclination/Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles Primary Payload: 27th station flight (ULF2), Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM)
15 lis 2008 · STS-126. Type: Human Exploration; Orbit: Low Earth Orbit; Launch Cost: $450,000,000; STS-126 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour.
