(NASA) – With about a month to go before they launch to the International Space Station, the astronauts of STS-126 are at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston reviewing some of the equipment they will use during the mission.
The crew also is going over the detailed timeline for the 15-day flight.
Image above: Astronauts Heidimarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, right, and Don Pettit, middle, work inside the crew compartment trainer recently at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Image credit: NASA
The astronauts are in the last few weeks of intensive training leading up to the launch of space shuttle Endeavour on a mission to take a host of new equipment and fresh supplies to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for Nov. 14 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
At Kennedy, teams of workers are readying Endeavour and Atlantis for moves that will first return Atlantis to the Vehicle Assembly Building on Monday and then place Endeavour on Launch Pad 39A on Oct. 25.
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