Mission Information

Image above: Front row, Commander Mark Polansky (right) and Pilot Doug Hurley. Back row (left to right), astronauts Dave Wolf, Christopher Cassidy, Canadian Space Agency's Julie Payette, Tom Marshburn and Tim Kopra, all mission specialists. Kopra is scheduled to join Expedition 20 as flight engineer after launching to the International Space Station with the STS-127 crew. Image credit: NASA

Next Mission: STS-127
Space shuttle mission STS-127 is the 32nd construction flight of the International Space Station and the final of a series of three flights dedicated to the assembly of the Japanese Kibo laboratory complex.
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Previous Mission: STS-125
During the fifth and final space shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, Atlantis' seven astronauts repaired and improved the orbiting observatory's capabilities.