STS-133 Mission logo lapel pin
Mission STS-133
Please note the mission logo features the name of Astronaut Tim Kopra due to an accident Tim has been replaced by Astronaut Stephen Bowen.
STS-133 launched 24 February 2011 to the International Space Station. The mission will transport the Pressurized Multipurpose Module and the fourth ExPRESS Logistics Carrier to the ISS. The mission will be the 39th and final flight of Discovery and the 133rd and flight of the Space Shuttle program, which began on 12 April 1981.
STS-133 Mission Data:
- Mission name STS-133
- Space shuttle Discovery
- Launch pad 39A
- Launch date NET 1 November 2010, 16:33 EDT
- Landing NET 12 November 2010
- Mission duration 11 Days
- Orbital altitude 225 kilometres (121 nmi)
- Orbital inclination 51.6 degrees
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Image above: The STS-133 crew members, from the left, are NASA astronauts Alvin Drew and Nicole Stott, both mission specialists; Eric Boe, pilot; Steve Lindsey, commander; Michael Barratt and Tim Kopra, both mission specialists. Image credit: NASA
The STS-133 crew members are Commander Steven Lindsey, Pilot Eric Boe and Mission Specialists Alvin Drew, Michael Barratt, Tim Kopra and Nicole Stott.
Discovery will deliver and install the Permanent Multipurpose Module, the Express Logistics Carrier 4 and provide critical spare components to the International Space Station. This will be the 35th shuttle mission to the station.