STS-130
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STS-130 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station. Space Shuttle Endeavour's primary payloads were the Tranquility module and the Cupola, a robotic control station with six w
Patrick during EVA 3, preparing the Cupola for operational use following its installation on the ISS
Seated (l–r) Virts and Zamka. Standing (l–r) are Patrick, Behnken, Hire and Robinson.Space Shuttle program← STS-129STS-131 →
Node 3 at its factory in Italy. The structural steel hull is visible.
Tranquility during its move from Endeavour to the install position on the Unity node.
Terry Virts
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Terry Wayne Virts Jr. is a retired NASA astronaut, International Space Station commander, and colonel in the United States Air Force. Virts is a member of the Democratic Party. He was a candidate in t
STS-130
…OBSS boom and handed it off to the Space Shuttle robot arm using the station's SSRMS or Canadarm2. The shuttle arm was operated by Kay Hire and pilot Terry Virts. Flight day 4 saw Nick Patrick and Bob Behnken get all the tools they need ready for their spacewalk on flight day 5. While Patrick and Behnken were…
Official portrait, 2014
Virts gives the Vulcan salute to Boston, Massachusetts—Leonard Nimoy's hometown—after hearing of Nimoy's death