Atlantis and Crew Prepare for Flight

The STS-129 mission is the new mission of the Atlantis. Atlantis and its crew will deliver two control moment gyroscopes and Express Logistics Carrier 1 and 2 to the international Space Station. This mission will feature three spacewalks.
         The mission will be commanded by Chares o. Hubaugh and piloted by Barry E. Wilmore. The specialists are Robert L. Satcher Jr., Mike Foreman, Randy Bresnik and Leland Melvin. Wilmore, Satcher and Bresnik are novice in space trips, this will be their first space trip in their lives!
         Atlantis will also return Nicole Stott to Earth, who is part of the station’s crew. It is slated to be the final space shuttle crew rotation flight. Atlantis will launch on the STS-129 mission at 2:28pm EST Nov. 16.