STS-126A
Mission
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Venturestar docks to ISS, 1994 Concept. Lockheed-Martin's "Aeroballistic Rocket" spaceplane -- now called Venturestar -- docks with the Space Station. This 1994 illustration shows what the "Alpha" International Space Station would look like, without Russian modules.
Credit: NASA via Marcus Lindroos
Flight cancelled after the Columbia disaster. Would have flown ISS resupply mission ISS-UF3; carried an MPLM module and Express Pallet for delivery of equipment and supplies
Related
- Spacecraft
- Space Shuttle
Chronology
1 event
April 2005
- STS-126 (cancelled) - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA.
Program: ISS.
Flight: STS-126A.
Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle.
Spacecraft: Endeavour.
Flight delayed after the Columbia disaster. No crew had been named at the time of the loss of Columbia. STS-126 was to have flown ISS resupply mission ISS-UF3. It would have carried an MPLM module and Express Pallet for delivery of equipment and supplies to the station.