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STS-126 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour. The purpose of the mission, referred to as ULF2 by the ISS program, was to deliver equipment and supplies to the station, to service the Solar Alpha Rotary Joints (SARJ), and repair the problem in the starboard SARJ that had limited its use since STS-120.
Serial OV-105
Launch Crew Count 7
Status Retired
Landing Time 2008-11-30T21:25:00+0000
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1961-09-01
Status Active
Type Commercial
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1964-10-01
Status Active
Type Government
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1955-04-20
Status Active
Type Government
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1963-02-07
Status Retired
Type Government
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1967-06-04
Status Retired
Type Government
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1964-10-30
Status Retired
Type Government
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1964-02-13
Status Active
Type Government
Height 56.10 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 28200 kN
Diameter 8.00 Meters
Mass To LEO 27500 kg
Liftoff Mass 2030 Tonnes
Launch Success 133
Consecutive Success 22
Maiden Flight 1981-04-12
Launch Failures 2
The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011.
The International Space Station programme is tied together by a complex set of legal, political and financial agreements between the sixteen nations involved in the project, governing ownership of the various components, rights to crewing and utilization, and responsibilities for crew rotation and resupply of the International Space Station. It was conceived in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan, during the Space Station Freedom project as it was originally called.