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Space Shuttle and Rocket Launch Schedule
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2009 Launches
Date: Nov. 16
Mission: STS-129
Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle Atlantis
Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center - Launch Pad 39A
Launch Date: Nov. 16
Launch Time: 2:28 p.m. EST
Landing: Nov. 27 - 9:44 a.m. EST
Description: Space shuttle Atlantis will deliver components including
two spare gyroscopes, two nitrogen tank assemblies, two pump modules,
an ammonia tank assembly and a spare latching end effector for
the station's robotic arm to the International Space Station.
Date: Dec. 9
Mission: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7320
Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base - SLC 2
Launch Time: 6:10 - 6:23 a.m. PST / 9:10 - 9:23 a.m. EST
Description: This mission will survey the entire sky in the mid-infrared
with far greater sensitivity than any previous mission or program
ever has. The WISE survey will consist of over a million images,
from which hundreds of millions of astronomical objects will be
cataloged.
2010 Launches
Date: Feb. 3
Mission: Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
Launch Vehicle: United Launch Alliance Atlas V
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station - Launch Complex
41
Launch Time: 10:53 - 11:53 a.m. EST
Description: The first Space Weather Research Network mission
in the Living With a Star, or LWS Program of NASA.
Date: Feb. 4 +
Mission: STS-130
Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle Endeavour
Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center - Launch Pad 39A
Launch Time: 5:52 a.m. EST
Description: Space shuttle Endeavour will deliver the final connecting
node, Node 3, and the Cupola, a robotic control station with six
windows around its sides and another in the center that provides
a 360-degree view around the International Space Station.
Date:Feb. 25 *
Mission: GOES-P
Launch Vehicle: United Launch Alliance Delta IV
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station - Launch Complex
37
Launch Time: TBD
Description: GOES-P is the latest in a series of meteorological
satellites designed to watch for storm development and weather
conditions on Earth.
Date: March 18 +
Mission: STS-131
Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle Discovery
Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center -
Launch Pad 39A
Launch Time: 1:34 p.m. EDT
Description: Space shuttle Discovery will carry a Multi-Purpose
Logistics Module filled with science racks that will be transferred
to laboratories of the International Space Station.
Date: May 14 +
Mission: STS-132
Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle Atlantis
Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center - Launch Pad 39A
Launch Time: 2:28 p.m. EDT
Description: Space shuttle Atlantis mission will carry an integrated
cargo carrier to deliver maintenance and assembly hardware, including
spare parts for space station systems. In addition, the second
in a series of new pressurized components for Russia, a Mini Research
Module, will be permanently attached to the bottom port of the
Zarya module.
Date: **
Mission: Aquarius
Launch Vehicle: United Launch Alliance Delta II 7320
Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base - SLC 2
Description: The Aquarius mission will provide the first-ever
global maps of salt concentrations in the ocean surface needed
to understand heat transport and storage in the ocean.
Date: July 29 +
Mission: STS-134
Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle Endeavour
Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center - Launch Pad 39A
Launch Time: 7:51 a.m. EDT STS-134
Description: Space shuttle Endeavour will deliver an EXPRESS Logistics
Carrier-3 (ELC-3) and an Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) to
the International Space Station.
Date: Sept. 16 +
Mission: STS-133
Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle Discovery
Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center - Launch Pad 39A
Launch Time: 11:57 a.m. EDT STS-133
Description: Space shuttle Discovery will deliver the Express
Logistics Carrier 4 (ELC4), a Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MLPM)
and critical spare components to the International Space Station.
Date: Oct. 1 *
Mission: Glory
Launch Vehicle: Orbital Sciences Taurus Rocket
Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base - Launch Pad SLC 576-E
Description: The Glory Mission will help increase our understanding
of the Earth's energy balance by collecting data on the properties
of aerosols and black carbon in the Earth's atmosphere and how
the Sun's irradiance affects the Earth's climate.
2011 Launches
Date: October
Mission: Mars Science Laboratory
Launch Vehicle: United Launch Alliance Atlas V
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Description: The Mars Science Laboratory is a rover that will
assess whether Mars ever was, or is still today, an environment
able to support microbial life and to determine the planet's habitability.
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