Sunday, July 20, 2008

Last Shuttle Launch Schedule

Oct. 8, 2008 - Atlantis (STS-125)
The final service mission to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST)

Nov. 10, 2008 - Endeavour's (STS-126 / ULF-2)
Supply the International Space Station (ISS) and service both Solar Alpha Rotary Joints

Feb. 12, 2009 - Discovery (STS-119 / 15A)
Install the final pair of Solar Arrays to the ISS

May 15, 2009 - Endeavour (STS-127 / 2JA)
Install the Japanese Kibo Laboratory's Exposed Facility and the Experiment Logistics Module Exposed Section

July 30, 2009 - Atlantis (STS-128 / 17A)
Deliver science and storage racks to the ISS and return an empty ammonia tank assembly

Oct. 15,2009 - Discovery (STS-129 / ULF-3)
Stage spare components outside the station, including two spare gyroscopes, two nitrogen tank assemblies, two pump modules, an ammonia tank assembly, a spare latching end effector for the station's robotic arm, a spare trailing umbilical system for the Mobile Transporter and a high-pressure gas tank

Dec. 10, 2009 - Endeavour (STS-130 / 20A)
Deliver Connecting Node 3 and the Cupola, a robotic control station that provides a 360-degree view around the ISS

Feb. 11, 2010 - Atlantis (STS-131 / 19A)
Install science racks to the ISS and attach a spare ammonia tank assembly outside the station

April 8, 2010 - Discovery's (STS-132 / ULF-4)
Deliver maintenance and assembly hardware, the second Russian Mini Research Module, a boom assembly for the Ku-band antenna and spares for the Canadian Dextre robotic arm extension

May 31, 2010 - Endeavour (STS-133 / ULF-5)
Install two S-band communications antennas, a high-pressure gas tank, additional spare parts for Dextre and micrometeoroid debris shields

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