STS-126

STS-126

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English: STS-126 is a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Endeavour, that was launched on November 14, 2008.

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• Media archive link archive copy at the Wayback Machine
• NASA Spaceflight link archive copy at the Wayback Machine

Crew

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  crew portrait.
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  Official mission poster
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  Commander Christopher J. Ferguson.
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  Pilot Eric Boe.
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  Mission Specialist Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper.
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  Mission Specialist Donald R. Pettit.
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  Mission Specialist Sandra H. Magnus.
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  Mission Specialist R. Shane Kimbrough.
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  Mission Specialist Stephen Bowen.

Before launch

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  Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo prepeared for transfer to Launch Pad 39A.
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  Sitting atop the mobile launcher platform, Space Shuttle Endeavour welcomes the dawn after arriving on Launch Pad 39B prior to being moved to Launch Pad 39A for mission STS-126.
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  Endeavour on LC-39-B in preperation as a Launch on Need as STS-400 for the STS-125 mission.
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  STS-125 and STS-400 on the two Launch Pads
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  Endeavour on launch pad 39A ready to lift off
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  Ferguson on the White Room
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Launch

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In Orbit

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  Endeavour approaching ISS
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  Shane Kimbrough on the aft flight deck of Endeavour
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  Endeavour docked
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  Sandra Magnus and Shane Kimbrough on the middle deck of Endeavour
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  Expedition 18 crew welcomes the STS-126 crewmembers
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  Expedition 18 and Endeavour crews
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  Expedition 18 and Endeavour crews
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  Astronauts Greg Chamitoff and Sandra Magnus move a crew quarters rack in the Harmony node.
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  Continuing a longstanding tradition, astronaut Eric Boe, Pilot for STS-126, adds his crew patch in the Unity node.

First Spacewalk

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  Anchored to a Canadarm2 mobile foot restraint, astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, STS-126 lead spacewalker, carries a nitrogen tank assembly during the mission's first spacewalk as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station.
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  Mission Specialist Stephen Bowen participates in his first spacewalk.
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  Steve Bowen participates in his first spacewalk.
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  A crew lock tool bag floats away from the station after accidentally becoming untethered during the mission's first EVA.

Second Spacewalk

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  Stefanyshyn-Piper and Kimbrough during EVA2
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  Stefanyshyn-Piper and Kimbrough during EVA2
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  Stefanyshyn-Piper and Kimbrough during EVA2
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  Kimbrough during EVA2

Third Spacewalk

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  Astronaut Steve Bowen, STS-126 mission specialist, participates in the mission's third scheduled session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station.
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  Steve Bowen participates in the third EVA.
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  Steve Bowen participates in the third EVA.
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  Steve Bowen participates in the third EVA.

Fourth Spacewalk

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  Steve Bowen participates in the fourth EVA.
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  Steve Bowen participates in the fourth EVA.
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  Steve Bowen participates in the fourth EVA.

Landing

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  Endeavour landing (hi-res)
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  Endeavour landing (low-res)
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  Endeavour being prepared at Dryden for its ferry flight back to Florida
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  Endeavour atop its carrier aircraft during takeoff from Dryden
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  STS-126 crossing the Mojave Desert