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STS-126

Launch: November 14, 2008, 7:55 p.m. EST

Landing: November 30, 2008, 4:25 p.m. EST, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

Space Shuttle: Endeavour

Crew: Commander Christopher J. Ferguson, Pilot Eric A. Boe, Mission Specialists Stephen G. Bowen, Robert S. (Shane) Kimbrough, Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, Donald R. Pettit, Sandra H. Magnus, Gregory Chamitoff

 

The purpose of the STS-126 mission was to increase the number of crew members that the International Space Station could house. The crew of STS-126 worked closely with the Russian cosmonaut and two astronauts already living onboard the ISS, to install a new crew quarters, galley, water recycler, and toilet.

 

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Credit: NASA

Image Number: sts126-s-001

Date: April 2008

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