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About the Space Station (as of Dec. 2006): Weight 471,444 pounds Habitable Volume 15,000 cubic feet Dimensions Span of Solar Arrays: 240 feet Length: 146 feet from Destiny Lab to Zvezda; 171 feet with a Progress docked Truss 191 feet Height: 90 feet

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STS 126 Mission / Videos
Endeavour lands at Edwards Space shuttle Endeavour wraps up the STS-126 mission with a smooth touchdown at Edwards Air Force Base in California. View Video Endeavour Performs a Flyaround of the Station Cameras aboard the International Space Station and space shuttle Endeavour capture spectacular views as the shuttle performs a flyaround of the station. View Video Final Spacewalk for STS-126 Spacewalkers Shane Kimbrough and Steve Bowen work on the International Space Station's port solar alpha rotary joint during the mission's fourth spacewalk. View Video Message to the Troops Shuttle and station astronauts send a message to the troops wishing them Happy Holidays. View Video Third Spacewalk for STS-126 Astronauts Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Steve Bowen work on the starboard solar alpha rotary joint during the third STS-126 spacewalk. View Video Second Spacewalk for STS-126 Astronauts Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Shane Kimbrough tackle the second spacewalk of the STS-126 mission. View Video STS-126 Conducts First Spacewalk Astronauts Steve Bowen and Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper perform the first spacewalk of the STS-126 mission. View Video Expedition 18 Welcomes STS-126 Expedition 18 welcomes STS-126 aboard the International Space Station. View Video STS-126 Approach and Rendezvous Endeavour approaches the International Space Station before docking. View Video STS 126 Launch Video Space shuttle Endeavour lights up Kennedy Space Center as it blazes a trail toward orbit. View Video STS 126 Details: Orbiter: Endeavour Mission: STS-126 Primary Payload: Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Target Launch Date: Nov. 14 Launch Time: 00:55 a.m. GMT Launch Pad: 39A Mission Duration: 15 days Landing Date: Nov. 29 Landing Time: 7 p.m. GMT Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center Inclination/Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles

STS 126 Mission / Videos

Endeavour lands at Edwards

Space shuttle Endeavour wraps up the STS-126 mission with a smooth touchdown at Edwards Air Force Base in California. View Video

Endeavour Performs a Flyaround of the Station

Cameras aboard the International Space Station and space shuttle Endeavour capture spectacular views as the shuttle performs a flyaround of the station. View Video

Final Spacewalk for STS-126

Spacewalkers Shane Kimbrough and Steve Bowen work on the International Space Station's port solar alpha rotary joint during the mission's fourth spacewalk. View Video

Message to the Troops

Shuttle and station astronauts send a message to the troops wishing them Happy Holidays. View Video

Third Spacewalk for STS-126

Astronauts Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Steve Bowen work on the starboard solar alpha rotary joint during the third STS-126 spacewalk. View Video

Second Spacewalk for STS-126

Astronauts Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Shane Kimbrough tackle the second spacewalk of the STS-126 mission. View Video

STS-126 Conducts First Spacewalk

Astronauts Steve Bowen and Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper perform the first spacewalk of the STS-126 mission. View Video

Expedition 18 Welcomes STS-126

Expedition 18 welcomes STS-126 aboard the International Space Station. View Video

STS-126 Approach and Rendezvous

Endeavour approaches the International Space Station before docking. View Video

STS 126 Launch Video

Space shuttle Endeavour lights up Kennedy Space Center as it blazes a trail toward orbit. View Video

STS 126 Details:

Orbiter: Endeavour
Mission: STS-126
Primary Payload: Multi-Purpose Logistics Module
Target Launch Date: Nov. 14
Launch Time: 00:55 a.m. GMT
Launch Pad: 39A
Mission Duration: 15 days
Landing Date: Nov. 29
Landing Time: 7 p.m. GMT
Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center
Inclination/Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles

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Endeavour lands at Edwards AFB, California

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With commander Chris Ferguson and pilot Eric Boe at the controls, space shuttle Endeavour descended to a smooth landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The STS-126 crew members concluded their successful mission to the International Space Station when the shuttle touched down at 9:25 p.m. GMT. Endeavour arrived at the station Nov. 16, delivering equipment that will help allow the station to double its crew size to six. In addition, the STS-126 astronauts delivered Expedition 18 Flight Engineer Sandra Magnus, who replaced Greg Chamitoff, now a mission specialist who returned to Earth aboard Endeavour. STS-126 is the 124th shuttle mission and 27th shuttle flight to visit the space station. Landed: Sun., Nov. 30, 2008, 9:25 p.m. GMT Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Mission Elapsed Time: 15 days, 20 hours, 29 minutes, 37 secs Official Landing Times Main gear touchdown: 9:25:06 p.m. GMT Nose gear touchdown: 9:25:21 p.m. GMT Wheels stop: 9:26:03p.m. GMT Total miles: 6.6 million STS 126 Mission Overview View Live Nasa TV
Last Updated ( Monday, 01 December 2008 )
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STS 125 Mission - Hubble Mission Postponed

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A critical equipment failure aboard the Hubble Space Telescope on the eve of a long-awaited fifth and final shuttle servicing mission put astronomical observations on hold and forced NASA managers today to delay the mid-October flight of Atlantis. Pending an engineering review, the long-awaited servicing mission is expected to slip from Oct. 14 to mid February - and possibly later - to give engineers and astronauts time to shoehorn replacement hardware into an already challenging five-spacewalk mission.
Last Updated ( Saturday, 04 October 2008 )
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Video Gallery
Last Mission to Hubble View Video STS 124 Video Gallery View mission videos of STS 124 View Video Discovery Rolls Out Space shuttle Discovery made an important step toward space when it was moved to its launch pad. View Video Tour of Japanese Experiment Module STS-123 Mission Specialist Takao Doi gives a tour of Kibo, the Japanese Experiment Module, for the Japanese Prime Minister. View Video Joint Crew News Conference The STS-123 and Expedition 16 crews answer questions from the media in a joint crew news conference. View Video STS 123 Farewell Ceremony The STS-123 and Expedition 16 crews bid one another farewell. View Video STS 123 Lands at KSC The space shuttle Endeavour touches down in Florida, ending a successful mission. View Video More Videos

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Last Mission to Hubble

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STS 124 Video Gallery
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Discovery Rolls Out
Space shuttle Discovery made an important step toward space when it was moved to its launch pad. View Video

Tour of Japanese Experiment Module
STS-123 Mission Specialist Takao Doi gives a tour of Kibo, the Japanese Experiment Module, for the Japanese Prime Minister. View Video

Joint Crew News Conference
The STS-123 and Expedition 16 crews answer questions from the media in a joint crew news conference. View Video

STS 123 Farewell Ceremony
The STS-123 and Expedition 16 crews bid one another farewell. View Video

STS 123 Lands at KSC
The space shuttle Endeavour touches down in Florida, ending a successful mission. View Video