Kirsten Larson
Headquarters, Washington                   Nov. 16, 2001
(Phone: 202/358-0243)

George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone: 321/867-2468)

James Hartsfield
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 281/483-5111)

RELEASE: 01-224

ENDEAVOUR LAUNCH SET TO COMPLETE RECORD YEAR IN SPACE

     Space Shuttle Endeavour is set to launch Nov. 29 at 
approximately 7:42 p.m. EST on a mission that will take a 
fourth crew to the International Space Station, finishing a 
record-breaking year of missions that completed the first 
phase of the station's orbital assembly.

"In the past 12 months, we've completed some of the most 
challenging space flights in history, setting records for the 
number of space walks conducted and the amount of hardware 
assembled in orbit," Space Shuttle Program Manager Ron 
Dittemore said. "In the next year those challenges will 
continue with missions just as complex to service the Hubble 
Space Telescope and expand the station. The team continues to 
excel safely and successfully. Endeavour is ready to fly."

Endeavour will be commanded by Dom Gorie (Capt., USN). Mark 
Kelly (Lt. Cdr., USN) will serve as pilot, and mission 
specialists will be Linda Godwin (Ph.D.) and Dan Tani. 
Traveling to the station aboard Endeavour to begin a five-
month stay will be Expedition Four Commander Yury Onufrienko 
and flight engineers Carl Walz (Col., USAF) and Dan Bursch 
(Capt., USN). Coming home on Endeavour after almost four 
months on the station will be Expedition Three Commander 
Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer 
Mikhail Tyurin.

Endeavour will carry to the station an Italian-built 
logistics module named Raffaello loaded with supplies and 
experiments. During the shuttle's stay at the orbiting 
complex, one space walk is planned by Godwin and Tani to add 
insulation to mechanisms that rotate the station's solar 
arrays.

Endeavour is planned to land Dec. 10 at 3:16 p.m. EST at 
NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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