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Backgrounder: Mission STS-127 and Canadian Astronaut Julie Payette (Forwarded)
Canadian Space Agency
February 11, 2008 Backgrounder Mission STS-127 and Canadian Astronaut Julie Payette Set for launch in April 2009, mission STS-127 on Space Shuttle Endeavour is the 126th mission to the International Space Station. The crew of six will include Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette, Mission Specialist. Role of Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette Julie Payette will act as a mission specialist for STS-127. This will be the second space flight for Canadian astronaut Julie Payette. In 1999, she took part in mission STS-96, serving as a mission specialist responsible for the Station systems, and operating the Shuttle's Canadarm. Selected as a member of the Canadian astronaut corps by the Canadian Space Agency in 1992, Julie Payette has also worked as a technical advisor for the Mobile Servicing System, and as a CapCom, or capsule communicator, with Mission Control in Houston. Objectives of the mission STS-127 will launch the remaining components of Kibo, an experiment facility built by the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA). Crew will install the Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility and Experiment Logistics Module Exposed Section. Once complete, the facility will provide a platform for experiments exposed to the space environment. It comprises external logistics modules, and a pressurized module with a robotic arm attached it that can position experiments outside the Station. Kibo has 10 external payload storage areas. This 15-day mission will include five spacewalks for the crew, whose other members are NASA astronauts Mark L. Polansky, Commander, Douglas G. Hurley, Pilot, Christopher J. Cassidy, Mission Specialist, Thomas, H. Marshburn, Mission Specialist, and David A. Wolf, Mission Specialist. [NOTE: An image supporting this release is available at http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/img/bkgrounder_0211_e.jpg (65KB) ] |
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