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Space Shuttle Mission: STS-129

    Mission Specialist Leland Melvin and Commander Charles O. Hobaugh Image above: STS-129 Mission Specialist Leland Melvin greets Commander Charles O. Hobaugh upon their arrival at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for their launch dress rehearsal, the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test. Photo credit: NASA/Troy Cryder
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    Atlantis and Crew Prepare for Flight
    The STS-129 mission will be commanded by Charles O. Hobaugh and piloted by Barry E. Wilmore. Mission Specialists are Robert L. Satcher Jr., Mike Foreman, Randy Bresnik and Leland Melvin. Wilmore, Satcher and Bresnik will be making their first trips to space.

    Atlantis and its crew will deliver two control moment gyroscopes, equipment and EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 1 and 2 to the International Space Station. The mission will feature three spacewalks.

    Atlantis also will return station crew member Nicole Stott to Earth and is slated to be the final space shuttle crew rotation flight.

    Atlantis will launch on the STS-129 mission at 2:28 p.m. EST Nov. 16.

    STS-129 Additional Resources
    › STS-129 Mission Overview
    › Mission Summary (518Kb Pdf)
    › More about STS-129 Crew
    › Remaining Shuttle Missions (730Kb)
    › STS-129 Press Kit (7 Mb PDF)

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    Atlantis Launch
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