KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA — Space Shuttle Endeavour is set to launch Nov. 29 at approximately 7:42 p.m. EST on a mission that will take a
fourth crew to the International Space Station, finishing a
record-breaking year of missions that completed the first
phase of the station’s orbital assembly.
“In the past 12 months, we’ve completed some of the most
challenging space flights in history, setting records for the
number of space walks conducted and the amount of hardware
assembled in orbit,” Space Shuttle Program Manager Ron
Dittemore said. “In the next year those challenges will
continue with missions just as complex to service the Hubble
Space Telescope and expand the station. The team continues to
excel safely and successfully. Endeavour is ready to fly.”
Endeavour will be commanded by Dom Gorie (Capt., USN). Mark
Kelly (Lt. Cdr., USN) will serve as pilot, and mission
specialists will be Linda Godwin (Ph.D.) and Dan Tani.
Traveling to the station aboard Endeavour to begin a five-
month stay will be Expedition Four Commander Yury Onufrienko
and flight engineers Carl Walz (Col., USAF) and Dan Bursch
(Capt., USN). Coming home on Endeavour after almost four
months on the station will be Expedition Three Commander
Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer
Mikhail Tyurin.
Endeavour will carry to the station an Italian-built
logistics module named Raffaello loaded with supplies and
experiments. During the shuttle’s stay at the orbiting
complex, one space walk is planned by Godwin and Tani to add
insulation to mechanisms that rotate the station’s solar
arrays.
Endeavour is planned to land Dec. 10 at 3:16 p.m. EST at
NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
