Launch: 2:28 p.m. EST - Nov. 16, 2009
Landing: 9:44 a.m. EST - Nov. 27, 2009
Orbiter: Atlantis
Mission Number: STS-129 (129th space shuttle flight)
Launch Window: 10 minutes
Launch Pad: 39A
Mission Duration: 10 days, 19 hours, 16 minutes, 13 seconds
Landing Site: KSC
Inclination/Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles
Primary Payload: 31st station flight (ULF3), EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 1 (ELC1), EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 2 (ELC2)
Commander Charlie Hobaugh led the STS-129 mission to the International Space Station aboard space shuttle Atlantis. Barry Wilmore served as the pilot. Mission specialists were Robert Satcher, Michael Foreman, Randy Bresnik and Leland Melvin. Wilmore, Satcher and Bresnik made their first trips to space.
The mission returned station crew member Nicole Stott to Earth. STS-129 was the final space shuttle crew rotation flight to or from the space station.
Atlantis delivered parts to the space station, including a spare gyroscope. The mission featured three spacewalks.
STS-129 was the 31st shuttle mission to the station.
