STS-126 was the one hundred and twenty-fourth NASA Space Shuttle mission, and twenty-second orbital flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station .
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10 Facts About STS-126
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Stephen G Bowen was originally assigned to STS-124 but was moved to STS-126 to allow Discovery to rotate Greg Chamitoff with Garrett E Reisman.
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STS-126 was scheduled to be a sixteen-day mission with four spacewalks, largely dedicated to servicing and repair of the Solar Alpha Rotary Joints .
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STS-126 included the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module on its fifth spaceflight.
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Also aboard STS-126 was the Agricultural Camera which was installed in the Destiny module and is used to assist farmers and provide educational opportunities for students around the country.
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STS-126 flew the first bovine embryos as well as porcine embryonic stem cells on an American spacecraft for an experiment to evaluate effects of the environment of space on embryonic development.
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Payload for STS-126, including the MPLM Leonardo, arrived at launch pad 39A early on 22 October 2008.
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STS-126's drained a condensate collection tank to create the optimum ratio of condensate and distillate from the Urine Processor Assembly, and gathered additional water samples for testing.
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STS-126 was the only mission to land on the temporary runway 04 at Edwards Air Force Base, as the main runway was completing refurbishment.
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