iTWire - NASA adjusts 2008 launch schedule for last two shuttle missions

NASA adjusts 2008 launch schedule for last two shuttle missions

by William Atkins
Saturday, 06 September 2008
Page 2 of 2 The space shuttle Endeavour and its STS-126 crew will deliver supplies and cargo to the International Space Station so that its crewmembers will be able to stay longer. It will carry a reusable logistics module (the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM)) containing supplies and equipment, including a regenerative life support system, a second treadmill for exercising, and an additional crew quarters (six-person galley). Another task assigned to the crew is to service the Solar Alpha Rotary Joints (SARJs), which includes the problem in the starboard (right) SARJ that has plagued the Space Station for some time. The spacewalkers will lubricate both the starboard and port (left) SARJs, along with replacing eleven Trundle Bearings in the starboard SARJ. Its fifteen-day mission is schedule to launch at 8:43 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on November 12, 2008 (01:43 a.m. UTC on November 13). Its landing is scheduled for November 27 at 2:45 p.m. EST at the Kennedy Space Center. Additional information about the STS-126 crew and mission appears at NASA STS-126. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to post your comment! Tags See All Tags Astronaut Hubble Space Telescope International Space Station NASA Science William Atkins Get stories like this delivered daily - FREE - subscribe now << First page < 1 2 Next page > Last page - Post your comment >>

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