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SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR - STS-130 - CREW RETURNS TO EARTH 
 
Feb. 21, 2010 

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Endeavour and six astronauts 
ended a 14-day journey of more than 5.7 million miles with a 10:20 
p.m. EST landing Sunday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. 

The STS-130 mission to the International Space Station included three 
spacewalks and the installation of the Tranquility node, a module 
that provides additional room for crew members and many of the space 
station's life support and environmental control systems. Attached to 
Tranquility is a cupola with seven windows that offers a panoramic 
view of Earth, celestial objects and visiting spacecraft. Tranquility 
and its cupola are the final major U.S. portions of the station. The 
orbiting laboratory now is approximately 90 percent complete in terms 
of mass. 

George Zamka commanded the flight and was joined on the mission by 
Pilot Terry Virts and Mission Specialists Kathryn Hire, Stephen 
Robinson, Nicholas Patrick and Robert Behnken. A welcome ceremony for 
the astronauts will be held Monday, Feb. 22, in Houston. The public 
is invited to attend the 4 p.m. CST event at Ellington Field's NASA 
Hangar 990. 

Highlights from the ceremony will be broadcast on NASA Television's 
Video File. For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to 
streaming video, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv 

With Endeavour and its crew safely home, the stage is set for launch 
of shuttle Discovery on its STS-131 mission, targeted to lift off 
April 5. Discovery's 13-day flight will deliver supplies, a new crew 
sleeping quarters and science racks that will be transferred to the 
station's laboratories. 

For more about the STS-130 mission and the upcoming STS-131 flight, 
visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle 


Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 February 2010 03:27  

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