CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility-3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, members of the STS-130 crew receive a briefing about the processing of space shuttle Endeavour. From left are Mission Specialist Nicolas Patrick; Commander George Zamka; Mission Specialists Stephen Robinson, Kathryn "Kay" Hire and Robert Behnken; and Pilot Terry Virts Jr. The crew is at Kennedy for a crew equipment interface test, or CEIT, which provides hands-on training and observation of shuttle and flight hardware. The STS-130 flight will carry the Tranquility pressurized module with a built-in cupola to the International Space Station aboard Endeavour. Launch is targeted for Feb. 4, 2010. Photo credit: NASA/Steven Durnin
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date November 6, 2009