CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A Shuttle Training Aircraft transporting the STS-127 astronaut crew from Houston arrives at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. STS-127 crew arrived at Kennedy to get ready for launch on space shuttle Endeavour on June 13. The STS-127 mission is the final of three flights dedicated to the assembly of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory complex on the International Space Station. Endeavour will deliver the Japanese Experiment Module's Exposed Facility, or JEM-EF, and the Experiment Logistics Module-Exposed Section, or ELM-ES, to the space station on STS-127. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date June 8, 2009