STS-126 was the one hundred and twenty-fourth NASA Space Shuttle mission, and twenty-second orbital flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station. The purpose of the mission
Bowen atop the S1 truss, en route to repair a faulty Solar Alpha Rotary Joints (SARJ) joints during the mission's first Extravehicular activity (EVA).
Sandra H. Magnus, Stephen G. Bowen, Donald R. Pettit, Christopher J. Ferguson, Eric A. Boe, Robert S. Kimbrough, Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-PiperSpace Shuttle program← STS-124 (123)STS-119 (125) →
LMC with FHRC and NTA STS-126
Endeavour at launch pad 39B prior to moving to pad 39A.
STS-124 was the 35th mission of Space Shuttle Discovery. It went to the International Space Station on this mission. Discovery launched on May 31, 2008, at 17:02 EDT, moved from an earlier scheduled l
STS-126
…in the crew manifest due to Higginbotham's decision to leave NASA to take a job in the private sector. Stephen G. Bowen was originally assigned to STS-124 but was moved to STS-126 to allow Discovery to rotate Greg Chamitoff with Garrett E. Reisman. STS-126 was scheduled to be a sixteen-day mission with…
Kibō's pressurized module, two days after its installation, with Discovery in the background
From left to right: Chamitoff, Fossum, Ham, Kelly, Nyberg, Garan and HoshideSpace Shuttle program← STS-123STS-126 →
A crane moves Discovery toward the external tank and SRBs in high bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building for STS-124.
ISS configuration after the STS-124 Mission (1J) is completed.