STS-130
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 February 8, 2010 and landed at 22:22 EST on February 21, 2010, on runway 15 at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility.
Patrick during EVA 3, preparing the Cupola for operational use following its installation on the ISS | |
| Names | Space Transportation System-130 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS assembly |
| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 2010-004A |
| SATCAT no. | 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) |
| Payload mass | 19,000 kilograms (42,000 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 6 |
| Members | |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | February 8, 2010, 09:14 UTC |
| Launch site | Kennedy LC-39A |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | February 22, 2010, 03:22:10 UTC |
| Landing site | Kennedy SLF Runway 15 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 341 kilometres (212 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 356 kilometres (221 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Period | 92 minutes |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | PMA-2 (Harmony forward) |
| Docking date | February 10, 2010, 05:26 UTC |
| Undocking date | February 20, 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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