George H. Diller
Nov. 15, 2001
Kennedy Space Center
321/867-2468

James Hartsfield
Johnson Space Center
281/483-5111

KSC Release No.  126-01

ENDEAVOUR LAUNCH SET TO COMPLETE RECORD YEAR IN SPACE

The Space Shuttle Endeavour is set to launch Nov. 29 at approximately 7:42
p.m. EST on a mission that will take a fourth crew to the International
Space Station, finishing a record-breaking year of missions that completed
the first phase of the station's orbital assembly.

"In the past 12 months, we've completed some of the most challenging space
flights in history, setting records for the number of space walks that have
been conducted and the amount of hardware we've assembled in orbit," Space
Shuttle Program Manager Ron Dittemore said. "In the next year those
challenges will continue with missions just as complex to service the Hubble
Space Telescope and expand the station. The team continues to excel safely
and successfully. Endeavour is ready to fly."

Endeavour will be commanded by Dom Gorie (Capt., USN). Mark Kelly (Lt. Cdr.,
USN) will serve as Pilot, and mission specialists will be Linda Godwin
(Ph.D.) and Dan Tani. Traveling to the station aboard Endeavour to begin a
five-month stay will be Expedition Four Commander Yury Onufrienko and flight
engineers Carl Walz (Col., USAF) and Dan Bursch (Capt. USN). Coming home on
Endeavour after almost four months on the station will be Expedition Three
Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer
Mikhail Tyurin.

Endeavour will carry an Italian-built logistics module named Raffaello to
the station loaded with supplies and experiments. During the shuttle's stay
at the orbiting complex, one space walk is planned by Godwin and Tani to add
insulation to mechanisms that rotate the station's solar arrays.

Endeavour is planned to land Dec. 10 at 3:16 p.m. EST at the Kennedy Space
Center.

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