STS-126
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Nasa galleries for STS-126:
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[edit] Crew
 Official crew portrait. |
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 Commander Christopher J. Ferguson. |
 Pilot Eric Boe. |
 Mission Specialist Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper. |
 Mission Specialist Donald R. Pettit. |
 Mission Specialist Sandra H. Magnus. |
 Mission Specialist R. Shane Kimbrough. |
 Mission Specialist Stephen Bowen. |
[edit] Before launch
 Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo prepeared for transfer to Launch Pad 39A. |
 Sitting atop the mobile launcher platform, Space Shuttle Endeavour welcomes the dawn after arriving on Launch Pad 39B prior to being moved to Launch Pad 39A for mission STS-126. |
 Endeavour on LC-39-B in preperation as a Launch on Need as STS-400 for the STS-125 mission. |
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 Endeavour on launch pad 39A ready to lift off |
 Ferguson on the White Room |
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[edit] Launch
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[edit] In Orbit
 Endeavour approaching ISS |
 Shane Kimbrough on the aft flight deck of Endeavour |
 Endeavour docked |
 Sandra Magnus and Shane Kimbrough on the middle deck of Endeavour |
 Expedition 18 crew welcomes the STS-126 crewmembers |
 Expedition 18 and Endeavour crews |
 Expedition 18 and Endeavour crews |
 Astronauts Greg Chamitoff and Sandra Magnus move a crew quarters rack in the Harmony node. |
 Continuing a longstanding tradition, astronaut Eric Boe, Pilot for STS-126, adds his crew patch in the Unity node. |
[edit] First Spacewalk
 Anchored to a Canadarm2 mobile foot restraint, astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, STS-126 lead spacewalker, carries a nitrogen tank assembly during the mission's first spacewalk as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. |
 Mission Specialist Stephen Bowen participates in his first spacewalk. |
 Steve Bowen participates in his first spacewalk. |
 A crew lock tool bag floats away from the station after accidentally becoming untethered during the mission's first EVA. |
[edit] Second Spacewalk
 Stefanyshyn-Piper and Kimbrough during EVA2 |
 Stefanyshyn-Piper and Kimbrough during EVA2 |
 Stefanyshyn-Piper and Kimbrough during EVA2 |
 Kimbrough during EVA2 |
[edit] Third Spacewalk
 Astronaut Steve Bowen, STS-126 mission specialist, participates in the mission's third scheduled session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. |
 Steve Bowen participates in the third EVA. |
 Steve Bowen participates in the third EVA. |
 Steve Bowen participates in the third EVA. |
[edit] Fourth Spacewalk
 Steve Bowen participates in the fourth EVA. |
 Steve Bowen participates in the fourth EVA. |
 Steve Bowen participates in the fourth EVA. |
[edit] Landing
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 Endeavour landing (hi-res) |
Endeavour landing (low-res) |
 Endeavour being prepared at Dryden for its ferry flight back to Florida |
 Endeavour atop its carrier aircraft during takeoff from Dryden |
