STS-130
Endeavour launches on its penultimate mission
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| Mission type | ISS assembly |
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| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 2010-004A |
| SATCAT № | 36394 |
| Mission duration | 13 days, 18 hours, 6 minutes, 24 seconds |
| Distance travelled | 9,250,000 kilometres (5,750,000 mi) |
| Orbits completed | 217 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Endeavour |
| Launch mass | 2,051,127 kilograms (4,521,961 lb) (total) 121,320 kilograms (267,470 lb) (orbiter) |
| Landing mass | 91,033 kilograms (200,694 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 6 |
| Members |
George D. Zamka Terry Virts Kathryn P. Hire Stephen Robinson Nicholas Patrick Robert L. Behnken |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 8 February 2010, 09:14 UTC |
| Launch site | Kennedy LC-39A |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 22 February 2010, 03:22:10 UTC |
| Landing site | Kennedy SLF Runway 15 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee | 341 kilometres (212 mi) |
| Apogee | 356 kilometres (221 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Period | 92 minutes |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port |
PMA-2 (Harmony forward) |
| Docking date | 10 February 2010, 05:26 UTC |
| Undocking date | 20 February 2010, 00:54 UTC |
| Time docked | 9 days, 19 hours, 28 minutes |
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 Seated (l–r) Virts and Zamka. Standing (l–r) are Patrick, Behnken, Hire and Robinson. |
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STS-130 (ISS assembly flight 20A) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Space Shuttle Endeavour's primary payloads were the Tranquility module and the Cupola, a robotic control station with six windows around its sides and another in the center, providing a 360-degree view around the station.Endeavour launched at 04:14 EST (09:14 UTC) on 8 February 2010 and landed at 22:22 EST on 21 February 2010 on runway 15 at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility.
STS-130 carried Tranquility and the Cupola to the International Space Station. Tranquility was shipped from the Thales Alenia Space facility in Turin, Italy. It arrived at Kennedy Space Center on 21 May 2009. It was formerly known as Node 3, and was named by a NASA poll.
The Tranquility node during pre-processing.
Tranquility during its move from Endeavour to the install position on the Unity node.
Cupola just after installation at Earth-facing port on Tranquility.
Tranquility with Cupola attached.
PMA-3 is moved to the end of Tranquility. Cupola is seen on top with it protective launch cover still attached.
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