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  • STS-127 Launch HD

    STS-127 Launch HD

    NASA’S SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR LAUNCHES TO COMPLETE JAPANESE MODULE

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven-member crew launched at 6:03 p.m. EDT Wednesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will deliver the final segment to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Kibo laboratory and a new crew member to the International Space Station.

    Endeavour’s 16-day mission includes five spacewalks and the installation of two platforms outside the Japanese module. One platform is permanent and will allow experiments to be directly exposed to space. The other is an experiment storage pallet that will be detached and returned with the shuttle. During the mission, Kibo’s robotic arm will transfer three experiments from the pallet to the exposed platform. Future experiments also can be moved to the platform from the inside of the station using the laboratory’s airlock.

    Shortly before liftoff, Commander Mark Polansky thanked the teams that helped make the launch possible.

    “Endeavour has patiently waited for this,” said Polansky. “We’re ready to go, and we’re going to take all of you with us on a great mission.”

  • NASA Commander Tweets To Take Questions In Space

    NASA Commander Tweets To Take Questions In Space

    NASA astronaut Mark Polansky, commander of the next space shuttle mission to the
    International Space Station, is sharing the final weeks of his training on Twitter.
    Polansky invites followers to submit questions that he will answer from orbit during
    his mission, STS-127, targeted to launch in June. Questions should be submitted in
    the form of a video not longer than 30 seconds, posted to YouTube, and a link to the
    video sent to Polansky’s twitter account at:http://twitter.com/Astro_127.

    Questions will be selected each week to be among those Polansky will answer from space,
    live on NASA Television. The questions that have been selected will be announced on
    his Twitter feed each week.