NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour

STS-127 Mission Overview and Information Sources

Space shuttle Endeavour stands on Launch Pad 39A after weather prevented Monday's scheduled liftoff. Image credit: NASA TV


The 16-day mission will feature five spacewalks and complete construction of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory. Astronauts will attach a platform to the outside of the Japanese module that will allow experiments to be exposed to space.The STS-127 crew members are Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot Doug Hurley and Mission Specialists Dave Wolf, Christopher Cassidy, Tom Marshburn, Tim Kopra and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette. Kopra will join the space station crew and replace Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata. Wakata will return to Earth on Endeavour to conclude a three-month stay at the station.

STS-127 Additional Resources


› Mission Press Kit (6.9 Mb PDF)


› Mission Summary (429 Kb PDF)


› Meet the STS-127 Crew



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STS-127 Endeavour Preparations

Endeavour Prepares for STS-127

At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour is in place at Launch Pad 39A, undergoing final preparations for its upcoming 16-day mission to the International Space Station. Mission STS-127 is the 32nd flight dedicated to station construction, and the final of a series of three flights dedicated to the assembly of the Japanese Kibo laboratory complex.The STS-127 payload is the Kibo Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility and Experiment Logistics Module Exposed Section.Space shuttle Atlantis landed at Kennedy on Tuesday atop a modified 747 jet known as the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. On May 24, Atlantis landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California completing mission STS-125, a 13-day journey of approximately 5.3 million miles in space.

STS-127 Additional Resources› Mission Summary (484KB PDF)› Meet the STS-127 Crew

STS-125 Additional Resources› Mission Summary (407KB PDF)› Press Kit (4.8MB PDF)› Meet the Crew› Learn About the Mission› View landing ground tracks› View the Launch of Atlantis in High Definition (HD)

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Image above: At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-127 crew members stop in front of the Astrovan before leaving for Launch Pad 39A for a simulated launch countdown. Image credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett