STS-126

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STS-126
Organization National Aeronautics and Space Administration (UnitedStates)
Mission type Resupply/Refurbishment/Repair
Launch date November 15, 2008 (2008-11-15)
Launch vehicle Space Shuttle
Launch site Cape Canaveral, United States
COSPAR ID 2008-059A
Experiments Here
Alternate Names 33441
Additional Information Here
Data Collection Here
Payload Mass Up 17917.35 kg


STS 126 is an American Shuttle that was launched from Cape Canaveral at 00:55 UT on 15 November 2008. It carried seven American astronauts and 14.5 tonnes of construction materials and equipment to the International Space Station (ISS). It docked with the ISS at 22:01 UT on 16 November. The main objectives were to enhance the facility to accommodate six astronauts (instead of the current three), install an additional bathroom and a urine processor to produce drinking water. Also conducted were four spacewalks to repair the solar array orientation joints. It undocked from ISS at 14:47 UT on 28 November and landed at 21:25 UT on 30 November at Edwards Air Force Base.


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