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.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: sts126-s-001
Date: April 2008
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.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: sts126-s-001
Date: April 2008