With 30 days to launch, Shuttle Managers are targeting Wednesday to move space shuttle Atlantis to Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s KennedySpaceCenter in Florida. The STS-129 astronauts wrapped up their week at JohnsonSpaceCenter by completing two-days of equipment reviews related to the items they will use during their mission.
Launch of Atlantis on the STS-129 mission is targeted for 4:04 p.m. EST
Nov. 12. 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.
