Tranquility at Pad; Astronauts Arrive at KSC Today

The Tranquility node was taken to Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space
Center overnight arriving at about 3 a.m. EST. Technicians are getting the
latest International Space Station module ready to be loaded into space
shuttle Endeavour’s payload bay for launch on the STS-130 mission.

The six astronauts for the STS-130 mission fly to Kennedy to start their
Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test and related training. Mission
Specialists Behnken and Patrick have arrived at Kennedy’s Shuttle Landing
facility. The rest of the STS-130 crew will arrive at Kennedy at
approximately 5:30 p.m. EST after a brief stop in Mobile, Ala. The arrival
will be carried live on NASA Television.