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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. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Share This Article With Planet Earth
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Endeavour Nears Launch Pad 39A
Cape Canveral FL (SPX) Oct 24, 2008Space shuttle Endeavour is expected to complete its rollaround this evening from Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center to Launch Pad 39A on Thursday. The move began at 8:28 a.m. EDT and will leave Endeavour positioned for the last steps in processing before launch. Liftoff is targeted for Nov. 14 at 7:55 p.m. EST. |
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