STS-129 Astronauts arrive at Kennedy Space Center for Space Shuttle Atlantis launch

http://www.spaceflightnews.net - The six-member crew of space shuttle Atlantis flew to Kennedy Space Center today in preparation for launch on mission STS-129 scheduled for November 16.

Commander Charlie Hobaugh will lead the STS-129 mission to the International Space Station
aboard space shuttle Atlantis. Barry Butch Wilmore will serve as the pilot.
Mission Specialists are Bobby Satcher, Mike Foreman, Randy Bresnik and Leland Melvin.
Wilmore, Satcher and Bresnik will be making their first trips to space.

The mission will return station crew member Nicole Stott to Earth. STS-129 is slated
to be the final space shuttle crew rotation flight to or from the space station.

Atlantis will deliver almost 14 tons of spare parts and equipment to the space station.
The mission will feature three spacewalks.

STS-129 is the 31st shuttle mission to the station.

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