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NASA sets dates for remaining shuttle missions |
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Written by Derek Kessler on
Sunday, 20 July 2008
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 (From July 7, 2008) With the space shuttle fleet due to retire in 2010, NASA’s making the most of their remaining time. The space agency recently set the dates for the last shuttle missions in 2009 and 2010. All will be to the International Space Station, carrying the last modules for the orbital outpost, as well as crew and supplies.
Discovery || STS-119 (February 12, 2009)
Deliver final pair of US solar arrays for the starboard truss. Commanded by Lee Archambault, with pilot Tony Antonelli, and mission specialists John Phillips, Steve Swanson, Joseph Acaba, Richard Arnold, and JAXA’s Koichi Wakata. Wakata will be replacing then ISS resident US astronaut Sandy Magnus.
Endeavour || STS-127 (May 15, 2009)
Deliver JAXA’s Exposed Facility and Experiment Logistics Module Exposed Section to the Kibo Laboratory module, completing the lab. Commanded by Mark Polansky, with Doug Hurley as pilot, and mission specialists Christopher Cassidy, Tom Marshburn, David Wolf, Tim Kopra, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette. Kopra will be replacing ISS resident Koichi Wakata.
Atlantis || STS-128 (July 30, 2009)
Deliver science experiment and storage racks via Multi-Purpose Logistics Module. US astronaut Nicole Stott will replace ISS resident Tim Kopra. The rest of the crew for STS-128 has yet to be named.
Discovery || STS-129 (October 15, 2009)
Deliver space components, including two gyroscopes, two nitrogen tanks, two pump modules, an ammonia tank assembly, space latching end effector for the station’s robotic arm, a spare trailing umbilical system for the Mobile Transporter, and a high-pressure tank. ISS resident Canadian Space Agency astronaut Bob Thirsk will be returning with Discovery, he is scheduled to launch aboard a Soyuz craft to the ISS in July 2009. The rest of the crew for STS-129 has yet to be named.
Endeavour || STS-130 (December 10, 2009)
Deliver Node 3, the final connecting node, and the Cupola, a robotic control station and observation point. The Cupola provide a 360° view around the entire station. The crew for STS-130 has yet to be named.
Atlantis || STS-131 (February 11, 2010)
Deliver science experiments and storage racks via Multi-Purpose Logistics Module. The crew for STS-131 has yet to be named.
Discovery || STS-132 (April 8, 2010)
Deliver maintenance and assembly hardware and spare parts, as well as a Russian Mini Research Module to be attached to the bottom port of the Zarya module. The crew for STS-132 has yet to be named.
Endeavour || STS-133 (May 31, 2010)
Deliver critical space components including two S-band communications antennas, spare parts for the Dextre robot, and micrometeoroid debris shields. The crew for STS-133 has yet to be named.
And that’s all of them. After Endeavour returns to Earth in July 2010, the US space shuttle fleet will be officially retired. The shuttles’ replacement program, the Ares I and V lift vehicles and the Orion CEV are not projected to be fully online until 2015 at the earliest.
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