Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-127

Mission Status

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Mission Details

STS-127 (ISS assembly flight 2J/A) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). It was the twenty-third flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour. The primary purpose of the STS-127 mission was to deliver and install the final two components of the Japanese Experiment Module: the Exposed Facility (JEM EF), and the Exposed Section of the Experiment Logistics Module (ELM-ES). When Endeavour docked with the ISS on this mission in July 2009, it set a record for the most humans in space at the same time in the same vehicle, the first time thirteen people have been at the station at the same time. It also tied the record of thirteen people in space at any one time.

Tipo Missione Human Exploration
Orbita Low Earth Orbit
Launch Window 22:03 - 22:03

Rocket Configuration

Name Space Shuttle
Manufacturer National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Height 56.1 m
Diameter 8 m
Maiden Flight 1981-04-12
Success Rate 133/135 (99%)

The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.