Space Shuttle Endeavor: STS-130

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:56:14 AM MSTuFri, 15 Jan 2010 06:56:14 AM MST
Liftoff from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is targeted for February 7, 2010, at 4:39 a.m. EST

Workers at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A completed the loading of fuel in space shuttle Endeavour's orbital maneuvering system and auxiliary power units.

Shuttle Endeavour and its crew will deliver to the space station a third connecting module, the Italian-built Tranquility node and the seven-windowed cupola, which will be used as a control room for robotics. The mission will feature three spacewalks. (put with picture)





















Leak checks will be performed today on the ground umbilical carrier plate quick disconnect, or GUCP. The GUCP is the overboard vent to the pad and the flame stack where the vented hydrogen is burned off.

During the weekend, launch pad teams will open the rotating service structure that protects the shuttle from inclement weather and the environment in anticipation of the STS-130 mission payload delivery scheduled for early Monday morning.

At NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Endeavour's six astronauts are preparing for their Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, or TCDT. The crew is scheduled to arrive at Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility in their T-38 jets on Monday at 6 p.m. EST.

The crew during mission training.



http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/415450main_STS130_Mission_Summary_1-5-10.pdf

› STS-131 (Discovery)
-Launch Target: March 18, 2010
Mission: 13 days-Deliver a multi-purpose logistics module filled with science racks to be transferred to laboratories on the International Space Station.
› STS-132 (Atlantis)
-Launch Target: May 14, 2010
-Mission: 11 days-Deliver an integrated cargo carrier and Russian-built mini research module to the International Space Station.
› STS-134 (Endeavor)
_Launch Target: July 29, 2010
-Mission: 10 days-Deliver express logistics carrier 3 and the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer to the International Space Station.
› STS-133 (Discover)
-Launch Target: September 16, 2010
-Mission: 8 days-Deliver express logistics carrier 4 and critical spare components to the International Space Station.

Fact Sheet:
394380main_2009.12.01%20Remaining%20Shuttle%20Missions.pdf

ATK Progress on NASA's Constellation Program

The past year has been monumental for the U.S. space program as ATK continued the development of NASAs Ares I launch vehicle and launch abort motors. Major milestones were completed successfully including ground tests, parachute drop tests and a historic test flight. This coming year will bring additional parachute testing, the first flight test of the Orion crew capsules Launch Abort System, and the second ground test of an Ares I first-stage five-segment solid rocket motor. Heres to an awe-inspiring 2009 and continued progress in 2010.