CONTENTS
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Section PageSTS-130/20A MISSION OVERVIEW ....................................................................................... 1
STS-130 TIMELINE OVERVIEW ............................................................................................... 9
MISSION PROFILE ................................................................................................................... 13
MISSION OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................................ 15
MISSION PERSONNEL ............................................................................................................. 17
STS-130 CREW ....................................................................................................................... 19
PAYLOAD OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................. 27
NODE 3 ................................................................................................................................................ 27
THE CUPOLA OBSERVATION MODULE .................................................................................................. 33
RENDEZVOUS & DOCKING ....................................................................................................... 43
UNDOCKING, SEPARATION, AND DEPARTURE ...................................................................................... 44
SPACEWALKS ......................................................................................................................... 47
EXPERIMENTS ......................................................................................................................... 53
DETAILED TEST OBJECTIVES AND DETAILED SUPPLEMENTARY OBJECTIVES ....................................... 53
SHORT-DURATION U.S. INTEGRATED RESEARCH TO BE COMPLETED DURING STS-130/20A .............. 54
TROPI-2: STUDYING PLANT GROWTH IN SPACE .................................................................................. 59
ADDITIONAL STATION RESEARCH FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF EXPEDITION 21/22 ........................ 63
SHUTTLE REFERENCE DATA .................................................................................................... 69
LAUNCH AND LANDING ........................................................................................................... 87
LAUNCH ............................................................................................................................................... 87
ABORT-TO-ORBIT (ATO) ...................................................................................................................... 87
TRANSATLANTIC ABORT LANDING (TAL) ............................................................................................. 87
RETURN-TO-LAUNCH-SITE (RTLS) ....................................................................................................... 87
ABORT ONCE AROUND (AOA) ............................................................................................................... 87
LANDING ............................................................................................................................................. 87