TAG | NASA adjusts 2008 launch schedule for last two shuttle missions |
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| by William Atkins | |
| Saturday, 06 September 2008 | |
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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. 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.
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