At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour is in the final week of prelaunch preparations for its upcoming STS-127 mission. The payload is secured inside Endeavour and the payload bay doors will be closed over the weekend.

The seven STS-127 astronauts wrapped up their terminal countdown demonstration test training at Kennedy on Thursday and returned to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The astronauts will go into quarantine Saturday and then return to Kennedy at 12:15 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, June 9 for their final preps before Endeavour's 7:17 a.m. launch time Saturday, June 13.

The crew's arrival at Kennedy on Tuesday will be aired live on NASA TV.

Endeavour Prepares for STS-127
At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour is in place at Launch Pad 39A, undergoing final preparations for its upcoming 16-day mission to the International Space Station. Mission STS-127 is the 32nd flight dedicated to station construction, and the final of a series of three flights dedicated to the assembly of the Japanese Kibo laboratory complex.The STS-127 payload is the Kibo Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility and Experiment Logistics Module Exposed Section.

Space shuttle Atlantis landed at Kennedy on Tuesday atop a modified 747 jet known as the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. On May 24, Atlantis landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California completing mission STS-125, a 13-day journey of approximately 5.3 million miles in space.

STS-127 Additional Resources
Mission Press Kit (6.3 Mb PDF)
Mission Summary (484KB PDF)
Meet the STS-127 Crew

STS-125 Additional Resources
Mission Summary (407KB PDF)
Press Kit (4.8MB PDF)
Meet the Crew
Learn About the Mission
View landing ground tracks
View the Launch of Atlantis in High Definition (HD)