STS-130 Set to Launch on First Shuttle Mission of New Year

Targeted for launch at 4:39 a.m. EST on February 7, Space Shuttle Endeavour will lift off on a mission to deliver a third connection module - the Tranquility node - to the International Space Station and a seven-windowed cupola to be used as a control room for robotics.  The 13-day mission will feature three spacewalks and will be the 32nd Shuttle flight to the Station. 

Commander George Zamka will lead the STS-130 mission to the International Space Station aboard space shuttle Endeavour. Terry Virts Jr. will serve as the pilot. Mission specialists are Nicholas Patrick, Robert Behnken, Stephen Robinson and Kathryn Hire. Virts will be making his first trip to space.

For more information about STS-130, visit:  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts130/index.html

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