NASA Assigns Crew for Space Station Assembly Mission

U.S. Newswire, October, 2007

To: SCIENCE EDITORS

Contact: John Yembrick, Headquarters, Washington, 1-202-358- 0602, john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov, or Kylie Clem, Johnson Space Center, Houston, 1-281-483-5111, kylie.s.clem@nasa.gov, both of NASA

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has assigned the space shuttle crew for Endeavour's STS-126 mission, targeted for launch in September 2008. The flight will deliver equipment to the International Space Station that will enable larger crews to reside aboard the complex.

Veteran space flier Navy Capt. Christopher J. Ferguson will command Endeavour. Air Force Lt. Col. Eric A. Boe will serve as the pilot. The mission specialists are Navy Cmdr. Stephen G. Bowen, NASA astronaut Joan E. Higginbotham, Army Lt. Col. Robert S. Kimbrough and Navy...

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