- STS-127
Infobox Space mission
mission_name = STS-127
insignia = Shuttle_Patch.svg
shuttle = Endeavour
launch_pad = LC-39A
launch =May 15 ,2009 [ [http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/jul/HQ_08167_Final_Shuttle_Manifest.html NASA - NASA Sets Launch Dates for Remaining Space Shuttle Missions ] ] Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.html|title=NASA revises shuttle manifest]
landing = TBD,2009
duration = 15 days
orbits = TBD
altitude = 122 nautical miles (225 km)
inclination = 51.6 degrees
distance = TBD
crew_photo =
crew_caption =
previous =STS-119
next =STS-128 STS-127 is a
Space Shuttle mission to theInternational Space Station (ISS) which will launch no earlier thanMay 15 ,2009 . It is expected to use Space Shuttle "Endeavour". Its primary purpose is to deliver and install the final two components of theJapanese Experiment Module : the Exposed Facility (JEM EF) and the Exposed Section of the Experiment Logistics Module (ELM-ES). This will be ISS assembly flight "2J/A". After STS-127, "Endeavour" is scheduled to fly next onSTS-130 .Crew
On
February 11 ,2008 , NASA announced the official crew for STS-127.Cite web| url=http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/feb/HQ_08052_Crew_Announcements.html|title=NASA Assigns Crews for STS-127 and Expedition 19 Missions |accessyear=2008|accessmonthday=February 11| publisher=NASA| year=2008| author=NASA]*
Mark L. Polansky (3) - Commander
*Douglas G. Hurley (1) - Pilot
*Christopher J. Cassidy (1) - Mission Specialist
*Thomas H. Marshburn (1) - Mission Specialist
*David A. Wolf (4) - Mission Specialist
*Julie Payette (2) - Mission Specialist - CSACite web| url=http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/eng/media/news_releases/2008/0211.asp|title=Canadian astronauts Julie Payette and Robert Thirsk to go on space missions in 2009 |accessyear=2008|accessmonthday=February 11| publisher=CSA| year=2008| author=CSA]* Number in parentheses indicates number of spaceflights by each individual prior to, and "including" this mission.Launching ISS
Expedition 19 Crew:*Timothy Kopra (1) - Flight Engineer -
NASA Landing ISS
Expedition 18 Crew:*
Koichi Wakata (3) - Flight Engineer -JAXA Mission parameters
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Mass : TBD
*Perigee : TBD
*Apogee : TBD
*Inclination : 51.6 degrees
* Period: TBDMission payload
*Kibo Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility (JEM EF) [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/iss_manifest.html Consolidated Launch Manifest]
*Kibo Japanese Experiment Logistics Module - Exposed Section (ELM-ES). Once its payloads are transferred to the JEM EF, the ELM-ES will be returned to the payload bay.
*Spacelab Pallet - Deployable 2 (SLP-D2)
*Integrated Cargo Carrier-Vertical Light Deployable (ICC-VLD) containing:
**Six new batteries for installation on the P6 truss. The old batteries will be placed on the ICC-VLD for return to Earth.
**LDU (Linear Drive Unit), PM-2 (Pump Module-2), and the SGANT (Space to Ground Antennae) - all of which will be transferred to ESP-3 (External Stowage Platform-3) during an EVA.Mission background
EVA's
Mission timeline
ee also
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2009 in spaceflight
*List of ISS spacewalks
*List of space shuttle missions
*List of spacewalks and moonwalks
*List of human spaceflights chronologically References
External links
* [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html NASA Shuttle site]
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