STS-129 Space Shuttle Atlantis ended its eleven-day mission at the International Space Station on November 27, 2009, at 9:44 AM EST. Atlantis landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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On November 23, 2009, at 1:55 AM EST, an Atlas V launch vehicle lifted off from Space Launch Complex 41 carrying the commercial satellite Intelsat-14. Intelsat-14 is a geosynchronous communications satellite that will be located at 45 degrees W longitude.
On November 21, 2009, during the six hours and eight minutes of the EVA #2, Michael Foreman and Randolph Bresnik installed the Grappling Adaptor to On-Orbit Railing bracket to the Columbus laboratory, an additional ham radio antenna and an antenna for wireless helmet video camera, and they relocated the Floating Potential Measurement Unit.
EVA #1 lasted six hours and thirty-seven minutes on November 19, 2009, from 14:24 UTC to 21:01 UTC. Michael Foreman and Robert Satcher were the spacewalkers during this EVA.
Space Shuttle Atlantis docked to Harmony on November 18, 2009, at 11:51 AM EST. The hatchway between Atlantis and the International Space Station opened at 1:18 PM EST. STS-129 has three EVAs scheduled.
STS-129 Space Shuttle Atlantis launched on November 16, 2009, at 2:28 PM EST. The members of the crew are Commander Charlie Hobaugh, Pilot Barry Wilmore, astronauts Leland Melvin, Mike Foreman, Robert Satcher and Randy Bresnik, all mission specialists.
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