The crew also will deliver the Express Logistics Carrier 3, a platform that carries spare parts that will sustain station operations once the shuttles are retired later this year. NASAs space shuttle Endeavour appears to hang off one end of the International Space Station in this photo taken by an astronaut aboard a nearby Soyuz spacecraft on during Endeavour. on March 9 at the Kennedy Space Center Badging Office on State Road 405.ĭuring the 14-day mission to the space station, Endeavour’s astronauts will deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, a particle physics detector designed to search for various types of unusual matter by measuring cosmic rays. Reporters requesting accreditation must apply online at:īadges for rollout may be picked up starting at 6 a.m. Accreditation for international media representatives is closed. The mission was originally scheduled to fly on Sept. Endeavour was the fifth and final Space Shuttle NASA built. STS-99 faced a series of launch delays and one scrub before launching successfully. media representatives must apply by 5 p.m. Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavor on February 11, 2000, the 11-day mission provided enough information to fill more than 20,000 CDs. To attend rollout and the sunrise pad photo opportunity, U.S. Reporters must be at the news center by 6 a.m. NASA also will provide a sunrise photo opportunity at the launch pad on March 10, following Endeavour’s arrival. The two largest vehicles trailing the shuttle provide electrical power and air conditioning to the shuttle’s systems during post-flight. Media representatives must arrive at Kennedy’s news center by 7:30 p.m. A convoy of specialized support vehicles follow the Space Shuttle Endeavour as it is towed up a taxiway at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, CA, after landing on May 1, 2001. with Endeavour Flow Director Dana Hutcherson. photo opportunity of the move followed by an interview availability at 8:30 p.m. 29-30), two large cranes carefully lifted NASAs. Overnight Monday into the early hours of Tuesday (Jan. The shuttle’s 3.4-mile journey atop a giant crawler-transporter is expected to take approximately six hours.Īctivities include an 8 p.m. A complete space shuttle is standing upright for the first time in more than a decade. NASA TV’s Video File will broadcast highlights of the move.
The shuttle and its six-member crew lifted off from Launch Pad 39A at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 8:56 a.m. NASA Television will provide live coverage of the rollout. An exhaust cloud forms around Launch Pad 39A at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida as space shuttle Endeavour soars into the sky on the STS-134 mission to the International Space Station. The STS-134 mission to the International Space Station is the final scheduled flight for Endeavour before it is retired.Įndeavour’s first motion out of the VAB is scheduled for 8 p.m. Six astronauts are targeted to launch aboard the shuttle on April 19. – Journalists are invited to cover space shuttle Endeavour’s move from the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, to Launch Pad 39A on Wednesday, March 9, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.