STS-130
Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105
United Space Alliance
Rocket Launch Video
Crew
George D. Zamka
- Birthday: 06/29/1962
- Role: Commander
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 10/23/2007
- Last Flight: 02/08/2010
George David "Zambo" Zamka is an American NASA astronaut and United States Marine Corps pilot with over 3500 flight...
Terry W. Virts
- Birthday: 12/01/1967
- Role: Pilot
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 02/08/2010
- Last Flight: 11/23/2014
Terry W. Virts Jr. is a former NASA astronaut, and Colonel in the United States Air Force.
Kathryn P. Hire
- Birthday: 08/26/1959
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 04/17/1998
- Last Flight: 02/08/2010
Kathryn Patricia "Kay" Hire is a NASA astronaut and Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve who has flown aboard two Space...
Nicholas Patrick
- Birthday: 11/19/1964
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 12/10/2006
- Last Flight: 02/08/2010
Nicholas James MacDonald Patrick, Ph.D. is a British-American engineer and a former NASA astronaut. His flight on the 2006 Di...
Robert L. Behnken
- Birthday: 07/28/1970
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 03/11/2008
- Last Flight: 05/30/2020
Robert Louis "Bob" Behnken is a United States Air Force officer, retired NASA astronaut and former Chief of the Ast...
Stephen Robinson
- Birthday: 10/26/1955
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 08/07/1997
- Last Flight: 02/08/2010
Stephen Kern Robinson is a former NASA astronaut.
Mission
STS-130
- Type: Human Exploration
- Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
- Launch Cost: $450,000,000
STS-130 was an ISS assembly flight with the primary payloads being the Tranquility module and the Cupola observatory. The mission began on February 8th 2010 at 09:14 UTC launching Commander George D. Zamka, Pilot Terry Virts, Mission Specialist 1 Kathryn P. Hire, Mission Specialist 2 Stephen K. Robinson, Mission Specialist 3 Nicholas Patrick & Mission Specialist 4 Robert L. Behnken to orbit. They docked with the ISS 2 days after launch. During the mission 3 spacewalks were conducted to install the Tranquility module. On day 6, the wake-up song played to the ISS crew was "The Ballad of Serenity" by Sonny Rhodes, the theme for science fiction show Firefly, and was played for Robert Behnken. The mission concluded after 13 days & 18 hours on February 22nd 2010 at 03:22:10 UTC.
Location
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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Launch Complex 39A has witnessed the launch of 199 rockets, including 198 orbital launch attempts. While Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA, has been the site for 257 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.
