STS-126
Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105
United Space Alliance
Rocket Launch Video
Crew
Christopher Ferguson
- Birthday: 09/01/1961
- Role: Commander
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 09/09/2006
- Last Flight: 07/08/2011
Christopher J. Ferguson is a Boeing commercial astronaut and a retired United States Navy Captain and NASA astronaut. He was ...
Eric Boe
- Birthday: 10/01/1964
- Role: Pilot
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 11/15/2008
- Last Flight: 02/24/2011
Eric Allen Boe is a United States Air Force fighter pilot Colonel, test pilot, a Civil Air Patrol member, and a NASA astrona...
Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper
- Birthday: 02/07/1963
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 09/09/2006
- Last Flight: 11/15/2008
Heidemarie Martha Stefanyshyn-Piper is an American Naval officer, engineer, and a former NASA astronaut. She has achieved the...
Robert S. Kimbrough
- Birthday: 06/04/1967
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 11/15/2008
- Last Flight: 04/23/2021
Robert Shane Kimbrough is a retired United States Army officer, and a NASA astronaut. He was part of the first group of candi...
Sandra Magnus
- Birthday: 10/30/1964
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 10/07/2002
- Last Flight: 07/08/2011
Sandra Hall Magnus is an American engineer and a former NASA astronaut. She returned to Earth with the crew of STS-119 Discov...
Donald Pettit
- Birthday: 04/20/1955
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 11/24/2002
- Last Flight: 09/11/2024
Donald Roy Pettit is an American chemical engineer and a NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of two long-duration stays aboard th...
Stephen Bowen
- Birthday: 02/13/1964
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 11/15/2008
- Last Flight: 03/02/2023
Stephen Gerard Bowen is a United States Navy submariner and a NASA astronaut; he was the second submariner to travel into spa...
Mission
STS-126
- Type: Human Exploration
- Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
- Launch Cost: $450,000,000
STS-126 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour. The purpose of the mission, referred to as ULF2 by the ISS program, was to deliver equipment and supplies to the station, to service the Solar Alpha Rotary Joints (SARJ), and repair the problem in the starboard SARJ that had limited its use since STS-120.
Location
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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Launch Complex 39A has witnessed the launch of 208 rockets, including 207 orbital launch attempts. While Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA, has been the site for 266 rocket launches.
The John F. Kennedy Space Center, located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of NASA's ten field centers. Since 1968, KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of American spaceflight, research, and technology. Launch operations for the Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were carried out from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 and managed by KSC. Located on the east coast of Florida, KSC is adjacent to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS).
Rocket
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.
Agency
United Space Alliance
United Space Alliance (USA) is a spaceflight operations company. USA is a joint venture which was established in August 1995 as a Limited Liability Company (LLC), equally owned by Boeing and Lockheed Martin.
