STS-127 Payload

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STS-127 Payload - 2J/A

Space Shuttle Endeavour STS‑127 was successfully launched on July 15th, 2009 to the International Space Station on Assembly Phase 2J/A after a lengthly delay due to several technical difficulties. Was first delayed on June 12^th for a GUCP problem. Second delay on June 15^th due to the same GUCP problem. This delay caused a stand down until the problem was solved and a new launch window opened on July 11^th. Endeavour suffered from another delay due to a lightning strike the day before on the pad which opened an investigation to find out it was safe to launch. On July 12^th Endeavour set up for another attempt and made it through a successful tanking but suffered another scrub due to unacceptable weather. On July 13th Endeavour made another attempt and was again scrubbed due to unacceptable weather.

On July 15^th Endeavour finally launched on her 6^th launch attempt. It is carrying the last element to complete the Japanese segment of the ISS.

It carried the Japanese Exposed Facility (JEF) that will stay on the ISS attached to the Kibo Module. Endeavour also carried the ELM-ES which is attached to the JEF. The ELM-ES carrier brought the first payloads to be attached to the JEF via the JEM robot arm:

-MAXI (attachment position 1)

-ICS-EF (attachment position 7)

-SEDA-AP (attachment position 9)

The ELM-ES then was moved back to the payload bay. Endeavour also carried the ICC-VLD which was temporarily attached to the Mobile Base System on the truss. The payloads from the ICC-VLD were moved to ESP-3 during EVA's. After everything was removed from the ICC-VLD, it was moved back to the payload bay and carried back to Earth along with the ELM-ES.

Endeavour landed on July 31st at Kennedy Space Center, wrapping up a 16 day space station construction mission and bringing Koichi Wakata back to Earth after 4 and a half months in space.

On a future mission, the HTV (H-II Transfer Vehicle) will bring 2 more external payloads.

For this model, the payload detail was made possible thanks to NASA's photo Gallery, and NASA's Flightdata files.

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