STS-130 Mission Overview

Launch Target:  4:39 a.m. EST - Feb. 7, 2010
Orbiter:  Endeavour
Mission Number:  STS-130  (130th space shuttle flight)
Launch Window: 10 minutes
Launch Pad: 39A
Mission Duration:  13 days
Landing Site:  KSC
Inclination/Altitude:  51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles
Primary Payload:  32nd station flight (20A), Tranquility Node 3, Cupola  

STS-130 Mission Insignia

The STS-130 patch was designed by the crew to reflect both the objectives of the mission and its place in the history of human spaceflight. The main goal of the mission is to deliver Node 3 and the Cupola to the International Space Station (ISS). Node 3, named "Tranquility," will contain life support systems enabling continued human presence in orbit aboard the ISS. The shape of the patch represents the Cupola, which is the windowed robotics viewing station, from which astronauts will have the opportunity not only to monitor a variety of ISS operations, but also to study our home planet. The image of Earth depicted in the patch is the first photograph of the Earth taken from the moon by Lunar Orbiter I on August 23, 1966. As both a past and a future destination for explorers from the planet Earth, the moon is thus represented symbolically in the STS-130 patch. The Space Shuttle Endeavour is pictured approaching the ISS, symbolizing the Space Shuttle's role as the prime construction vehicle for the ISS.

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STS-130 Crew

4 Aug. 2009 -- Attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits, these six astronauts take a break from training to pose for the STS-130 crew portrait. Seated are astronauts George Zamka (right), commander; and Terry Virts, pilot. From the left (standing) are astronaut Nicholas Patrick, Robert Behnken, Kathryn Hire and Stephen Robinson, all mission specialists.