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[[Space Shuttle]] [[Discovery]] launched from NASA’s [[Kennedy Space Center|KSC]] at 7:43 p.m. (EDT). [[STS-119]] carried the fourth and final set of solar-array wings, which would complete the [[ISS]]’s truss when installed. The schedule for the 13-day mission included three spacewalks to install the [[S6-truss]] segment on the starboard side of the [[ISS]] and to deploy the solar arrays. The seven-member crew was composed of Commander [[Lee J. Archambault]], Pilot [[Dominic A. Antonelli|Dominic A. “Tony” Antonelli]], and Mission Specialists [[Joseph M. Acaba]], [[Steven R. Swanson]], [[Richard R. Arnold II]], [[John L. Phillips]], and [[Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency|JAXA]] astronaut [[Koichi Wakata]]. Wakata would remain at the [[ISS]], replacing [[Expedition 18]] crew member [[Sandra H. Magnus]], who had been aboard the station for more than four months. Acaba and Arnold, former teachers who had become fully trained NASA astronauts, were on their first mission, scheduled to undertake critical spacewalking tasks. [[STS-119]] was one month behind schedule; NASA had delayed the launch four times because of fragile valves inside the Shuttle’s propulsion system. On 11 March, NASA had postponed [[Discovery]]’s launch because, during fueling, engineers had detected a leak associated with the gaseous hydrogen venting system. Because of the delays, NASA had shortened the [[STS-119]] mission by one day and had dropped one of the four spacewalks originally scheduled. ''NASA, “NASA’s Shuttle [[Discovery]] Launches To Fully Power Space Station,” news release 09-060, 15 March 2009, http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/mar/HQ_09-060_Discovery_launches.html (accessed 4 May 2011); Robert Block, “[[Discovery]] Heads to [[International Space Station]],” Orlando Sentinel (FL), 16 March 2009.'' *[[March 2009|March]] [[Mar 1 2009|1]] [[Mar 2 2009|2]] [[Mar 3 2009|3]] [[Mar 4 2009|4]] [[Mar 5 2009|5]] [[Mar 6 2009|6]] [[Mar 7 2009|7]] [[Mar 8 2009|8]] [[Mar 9 2009|9]] [[Mar 10 2009|10]] [[Mar 11 2009|11]] [[Mar 12 2009|12]] [[Mar 13 2009|13]] [[Mar 14 2009|14]] [[Mar 15 2009|15]] [[Mar 16 2009|16]] [[Mar 17 2009|17]] [[Mar 18 2009|18]] [[Mar 19 2009|19]] [[Mar 20 2009|20]] [[Mar 21 2009|21]] [[Mar 22 2009|22]] [[Mar 23 2009|23]] [[Mar 24 2009|24]] [[Mar 25 2009|25]] [[Mar 26 2009|26]] [[Mar 27 2009|27]] [[Mar 28 2009|28]] [[Mar 29 2009|29]] [[Mar 30 2009|30]] [[Mar 31 2009|31]] *[[April 2009|April]]

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