Ship Endeavor successfully assembled with ISS

The US space agency (NASA) said at 5:06 (GMT) on February 10, the shuttle Endeavor successfully assembled with the International Space Station (ISS).

Space shuttle Endeavor

The Endeavor was launched from the Florida state space center on February 8, carrying six astronauts with the task of installing two new Tranquility Node 3 modules and Cupola for ISS.

According to NASA, the Tranquility module with the most modern life support system will help ISS clean and control the atmosphere.

Meanwhile, the Cupola module with 6 side windows and a central window will help cosmologists on the ISS station to observe the whole of the Earth and the universe, while protecting this station from the bumps of the ISS. meteorite.

The installation of these modules requires astronauts to walk in space for six and a half hours. And once the installation is successful, ISS will be completed up to 98%.

As expected, astronauts will complete the mission on ISS within 13 days.

NASA launched Endeavor during the time the agency was reviewing future plans after US President Barack Obama canceled plans to bring astronauts back to the Moon by 2020./ .