STS-130

Infobox Space mission
mission_name = STS-130
insignia = Shuttle_Patch.svg
shuttle = Endeavour
launch_pad = 39A
launch = December 10, 2009 [ [http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/jul/HQ_08167_Final_Shuttle_Manifest.html NASA - NASA Sets Launch Dates for Remaining Space Shuttle Missions ] ]
landing = TBD
duration = 11 days
orbits = TBD
altitude = 122 nautical miles (225 km)
inclination = 51.6 degrees
distance = TBD
crew_photo =
crew_caption =
previous = STS-129
next = STS-131

STS-130 is a planned Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station, scheduled to launch December 10, 2009. It will use Space Shuttle "Endeavour". This will be ISS assembly mission 20A. Its primary payloads will be the Node 3 and the Cupola, a robotic control station with six windows around its sides and another in the center that provides a 360-degree view around the station.

Crew

To be announced

Mission parameters

* Mass: TBD
* Perigee: TBD
* Apogee: TBD
* Inclination: 51.6
* Period: TBD

Mission payload

STS-130 is scheduled to carry the Node 3 and the Cupola to the International Space Station.

The Node 3 is currently in storage at the Thales Alenia Space facility in Turin, Italy, and should be flown to Florida in preparation of the flight. The Cupola is already in Florida.

Mission background

Mission timeline

ee also

* 2009 in spaceflight
* List of ISS spacewalks
* List of space shuttle missions
* List of spacewalks and moonwalks
* List of human spaceflights chronologically

References