June 3, 2009

Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla 321-867-2468 candrea k thomas@nasa gov

Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine trinidad@nasa gov

RELEASE: 09-128

NASA GIVES 'GO' FOR JUNE 13 LAUNCH OF SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla -- NASA managers completed a review Wednesday of space shuttle Endeavour's readiness for flight and selected June 13 as the official launch date for the STS-127 mission to the International Space Station Commander Mark Polansky and his six crewmates are scheduled to lift off at 7:17 a m EDT from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida

Endeavour's launch date was announced following a daylong Flight Readiness Review at Kennedy During the meeting, top NASA and contractor managers assessed the risks associated with the mission and determined the shuttle's equipment, support systems and procedures are ready for flight

The 16-day mission will feature five spacewalks and complete construction of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory Astronauts will attach a platform to the outside of the Japanese module that will allow experiments to be exposed to space

The STS-127 crew members are Polansky, Pilot Doug Hurley and Mission Specialists Dave Wolf, Christopher Cassidy, Tom Marshburn, Tim Kopra and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette Kopra will join the space station crew and replace Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata Wakata will return to Earth on Endeavour to conclude a three-month stay at the station

Polansky, who has a Twitter account named Astro_127, can be followed online at:

http://www twitter com/Astro_127

For more information about the STS-127 crew and its mission, visit:

http://www nasa gov/shuttle

For more information about the International Space Station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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