STS-126
Sign in to saveSTS-126 was the one hundred and twenty-fourth NASA Space Shuttle mission, and twenty-second orbital flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour (OV-105) to the International Space Station (ISS). 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. STS-126 launched on 15 November 2008 at 00:55:39 UTC from Launch Pad 39A (LC-39A) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) with no delays or issues. Endeavour
Key facts
- Spaceflight.programme
- Space Shuttle program
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-126
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-126
- Spaceflight.image
- EVA 1 Bowen.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Bowen atop the S1 truss, en route to repair a faulty Solar Alpha Rotary Joints (SARJ) joints during the mission's first Extravehicular activity (EVA).
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- 300px
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- ISS assembly
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- 15 days, 20 hours, 30 minutes, 30 seconds (achieved)
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 251
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39A
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- 15 November 2008, 00:55:39 UTC
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- 30 November 2008, 21:25:09 UTC
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Edwards, Runway4L
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 7
- Spaceflight.crew_launching
- Sandra H. Magnus
- Spaceflight.crew_landing
- Gregory E. Chamitoff
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- Geocentric orbit
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 1369834
- Mass
- 101343
- Orbital period
- 91.6
- Image
- STS-126 RPM.jpg
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- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 2008-11-30
- Commons category
- STS-126
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2008-11-15
- Commons gallery
- STS-126
- orbits completed
- 251
- orbital inclination
- 51.6
- periapsis
- 343
- apoapsis
- 350
- maximum capacity
- 7
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Article
35 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Crew notes
- Mission payloads
- Educational outreach
- Agricultural camera (AgCam)
- Cow embryos and pig cells in space
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission background
- Shuttle processing
- Mission timeline
- Launch preparations
- 14 November (Flight day 1, Launch)
- 15 November (Flight day 2)
- 16 November (Flight day 3)
- 17 November (Flight day 4)
- 18 November (Flight day 5)
- 19 November (Flight day 6)
- 20 November (Flight day 7)
- 21 November (Flight day 8)
- 22 November (Flight day 9)
- 23 November (Flight day 10)
- 24 November (Flight day 11)
- 25 November (Flight day 12)
- 26 November (Flight day 13)
- 27 November (Flight day 14)
- 28 November (Flight day 15)
- 29 November (Flight day 16)
- 30 November (Flight day 17, Landing)
- Extravehicular activity (EVA)
- Wake-up calls
- Contingency mission
- Media
- See also
- References
- External links
STS-126 was the one hundred and twenty-fourth NASA Space Shuttle mission, and twenty-second orbital flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour (OV-105) to the International Space Station (ISS). 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. STS-126 launched on 15 November 2008 at 00:55:39 UTC from Launch Pad 39A (LC-39A) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) with no delays or issues. Endeavour successfully docked with the station on 16 November 2008. After spending 15 days, 20 hours, 30 minutes, and 30 seconds docked to the station, during which the crew performed four spacewalks, and transferred cargo, the orbiter undocked on 28 November 2008. Due to poor weather at Kennedy Space Center, Endeavour landed at Edwards Air Force Base on 30 November 2008 at 21:25:09 UTC.
== Crew ==