NOVEMBER 2008 CONTENTS i
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STS-126 MISSION OVERVIEW................................................................................................ 1
TIMELINE OVERVIEW.............................................................................................................. 9
MISSION PROFILE................................................................................................................... 13
MISSION PRIORITIES............................................................................................................. 15
MISSION PERSONNEL ............................................................................................................. 17
STS-126 ENDEAVOUR CREW .................................................................................................. 19
PAYLOAD OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................. 29
MULTI-PURPOSE LOGISTICS MODULE ................................................................................................. 29
RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING .................................................................................................. 35
UNDOCKING, SEPARATION AND DEPARTURE ....................................................................................... 36
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL AND LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM (ECLSS) ....................................... 39
SOLAR ALPHA ROTARY JOINT (SARJ)..................................................................................... 47
SPACEWALKS ......................................................................................................................... 55
EXPERIMENTS......................................................................................................................... 63
DETAILED TEST OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................................... 63
SHORT-DURATION U.S. INTEGRATED RESEARCH TO BE COMPLETED DURING STS-126/ULF2 ............. 65
ADVANCED RESISTIVE EXERCISE DEVICE.............................................................................. 73
SHUTTLE REFERENCE DATA .................................................................................................... 77
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