Today at Johnson Space Center in Houston, NASA will preview the STS-126 mission scheduled to launch Nov. 14 from Cape Canaveral.You can watch all the briefings live here at The Flame Trench. Just click on the NASA TV viewer on the right side of the page, click the image at the top of this post or click here to open the player now. Coverage starts at 8 a.m. with video footage related to the 15-day mission to the International Space Station, and the briefings start at 9 a.m.
You'll learn more about the mission's goals and the details of four planned spacewalks, and get to know the seven-member crew.
The crew, which visited Kennedy Space Center last week for countdown training, includes: Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Eric Boe and mission specialists Donald Pettit, Steve Bowen, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Shane Kimbrough, and Sandra Magnus.
Flying shuttle Endeavour, they'll carry furnishings and a water recycling system that will pave the way for six-person crews on the station. They'll also attempt to repair a damaged joint that rotates solar wings on the station's right side.
Click "Read more" to see today's complete briefing schedule.
Briefing schedule (all times EST):
- 8 a.m.: Video B-roll feed on NASA TV
- 9 - 10:30 a.m.: Program Overview (Space Shuttle Program Manager John Shannon and International Space Station Program Manager Mike Suffredini)
- 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.: Mission Overview (STS-126 Lead Flight Director Mike Sarafin, International Space Station Lead Flight Director Ginger Kerrick and Launch Package Manager Kevin Engelbert).
- 12 p.m.: NASA TV Video File
- 12:30 - 2 p.m.: Spacewalk Overview Briefing (Lead Extravehicular Activity Officer John Ray)
- 2 - 3 p.m.: STS-126 Crew News Conference
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