The 11 astronauts aboard the International Space Station and space shuttle Endeavour chatted with President Barack Obama on Wednesday.
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STS-130 Mission Information
Image above: (From left) Mission Specialist Nicholas Patrick, Pilot Terry Virts, Mission Specialists Robert Behnken and Kathryn Hire, Commander George Zamka and Mission Specialist Stephen Robinson. Image credit: NASA
Commander George Zamka led the STS-130 mission to the International Space Station aboard Endeavour. Terry Virts served as the pilot. Mission Specialists were Nicholas Patrick, Robert Behnken, Stephen Robinson and Kathryn Hire. Virts completed his first trip to space.
Endeavour delivered a third connecting module - the Tranquility node - to the station and a seven-windowed cupola to be used as a control room for robotics. The mission featured three spacewalks.
STS-130 was the 32nd shuttle mission to the station.
› Read the Dec. 5, 2008, press release
Mission Information
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The STS-130 Crew
Meet the astronauts of the STS-130 mission aboard space shuttle Endeavour.
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STS-130 Features
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Overview
Launch:
4:14 a.m. EST - Feb. 8, 2010
Landing:
10:20 p.m. EST - Feb. 21, 2010
Orbiter:
Endeavour
Mission Number:
STS-130
(130th space shuttle flight)
Launch Window:
10 minutes
Launch Pad:
39A
Mission Duration:
13 days, 18 hours, 6 minutes, 24 seconds
Landing Site:
KSC
Inclination/Altitude:
51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles
Primary Payload:
32nd station flight (20A), Tranquility Node 3, Cupola
› STS-130 Press Kit (8.7 Mb PDF)
› Mission Archives
Video Gallery
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STS-130: Delivering a Room with a View
Thanks to Endeavour and the STS-130 crew, International Space Station residents have a view of home like never before.
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Crew Enjoys "Walkaround"
The STS-130 astronauts celebrate landing with the traditional vehicle "walkaround."
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 "Crew members inside the newly installed cupola aboard the International Space Station")
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