STS-130
Launch: February 8, 2010, 4:14 am EST
Landing: February 21, 2010, 10:20 pm EST, Kennedy Space Center
Space Shuttle: Endeavor
Crew: Commander George D. Zamka, Pilot Terry W. Virts Jr., Mission Specialists Nicholas J. M. Patrick, Robert L. Behnken, Stephen K. Robinson, Kathryn P. Hire
The STS-130 mission’s purpose was to install the two final components of the United States segment of the International Space Station. STS-130 delivered and installed the new Tranquility node and cupola, which now gives astronauts a seven window, breathtaking view. The crew members took time to receive a phone call from President Obama, accompanied by a dozen middle school students, near the end of the mission.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: sts130-s-001
Date: September 2009
STS-130
Launch: February 8, 2010, 4:14 am EST
Landing: February 21, 2010, 10:20 pm EST, Kennedy Space Center
Space Shuttle: Endeavor
Crew: Commander George D. Zamka, Pilot Terry W. Virts Jr., Mission Specialists Nicholas J. M. Patrick, Robert L. Behnken, Stephen K. Robinson, Kathryn P. Hire
The STS-130 mission’s purpose was to install the two final components of the United States segment of the International Space Station. STS-130 delivered and installed the new Tranquility node and cupola, which now gives astronauts a seven window, breathtaking view. The crew members took time to receive a phone call from President Obama, accompanied by a dozen middle school students, near the end of the mission.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: sts130-s-001
Date: September 2009