Preparations are going on the NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for space shuttle Endeavour’s launch on the STS-127 mission.
Endeavour's seven astronauts are arriving at Kennedy on 7th July at 2 p.m. EDT. The countdown will officially start on Wednesday at 10 p.m. when clocks begin ticking backward from T-43 hours. Liftoff is set on 11th July at 7:39 p.m.
An Overview of STS-127 Mission
This 16-day mission features the five spacewalks and a complete construction of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory. Astronauts will fix a platform to the outside of the Japanese module which will allow the experiments to be exposed to space.
The STS-127 crew seven astronauts are Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot Doug Hurley and Mission Specialists Dave Wolf, Christopher Cassidy, Tom Marshburn, Tim Kopra and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette. At last Kopra will join the space station crew and replace Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata so that he will return to Earth on Endeavour to conclude a three-month stay at the station.
Endeavour's seven astronauts are arriving at Kennedy on 7th July at 2 p.m. EDT. The countdown will officially start on Wednesday at 10 p.m. when clocks begin ticking backward from T-43 hours. Liftoff is set on 11th July at 7:39 p.m.
An Overview of STS-127 Mission
This 16-day mission features the five spacewalks and a complete construction of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory. Astronauts will fix a platform to the outside of the Japanese module which will allow the experiments to be exposed to space.
The STS-127 crew seven astronauts are Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot Doug Hurley and Mission Specialists Dave Wolf, Christopher Cassidy, Tom Marshburn, Tim Kopra and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette. At last Kopra will join the space station crew and replace Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata so that he will return to Earth on Endeavour to conclude a three-month stay at the station.
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