The STS-130 crew also delivered and installed the station’s new cupola – a robotic observation and control station that will be used for viewing celestial objects and visiting spacecraft.

On this 13-day mission, the STS-130 crew plans to make three space walks; one of which will be to deliver and install the Tranquility module, thereby increasing the interior space of the ISS.

STS-130 crew members installed a 2,600-cubic-foot addition to the International Space Station early Friday, combining the talents of robotic arm operators and spacewalkers to connect the Italian ...

The current launch window for STS-130, Endeavour, begins Sunday, February 7, 2010. STS-130 has a crew of seven astronauts. NASA Ames civil servants and contractors who wish to view the launch from ...