STS-130 Space Center Houston Event

Well, the crew has been working hard, and the 18 minute STS-130 movie is complete. On Tuesday, March 23rd at 6:30pm, the crew will show the movie at Space Center Houston in the IMAX theater. Each crew member will have a chance to speak and then they will stick around to sign some autographs. The event is open to the public, so come on out and see the show. I personally can't wait to see it all assembled into one movie and relive the adventure.

STS-130 by the numbers

I got a great little email the other day detailing some statistics on Endeavour's mission.... STS-130 was the...

130th space shuttle mission
24th flight of Endeavour
17th night landing at Kennedy Space Center
36,130 pounds of hardware were transferred to the station
5,738,991 total miles were traveled
217 orbits of the Earth were made

Terry Virts was the ...

188th visitor to the space station
and filled the 353rd seat aboard the shuttle

I still don't know how many different people have piloted the shuttle but I'll work on that one.

Home to Houston

Well everyone keeps calling and asking what Terry is doing now that he is home. Most people think that he has time off but actually the crew jumped right back into work. After the return ceremony on Monday, Terry stopped by the church for a little welcome home party with family and friends. It was almost magical being able to see him and touch him less than 20 hours after he had been in space. He came home to find the house and yard decorated by neighbors and then he crashed in the bed for a good 14 hours of hard-earned rest. Tuesday was an off day for the crew, Wednesday Terry stopped by the office for a few things and then Thursday he was back in the robotics simulator with the 131 crew. The STS-130 crew has two weeks of debriefs with all the training teams and also has to download and sort through all of their video and photos. They will use all the best photos and video for their big presentation at Space Center Houston on Tuesday, March 23rd at 6:30pm. After they show the official STS-130 movie, they will then take it on the road for about 60 days, traveling to most of the NASA sites and several other locations as well. Whew, no rest for the weary just yet but our excitement levels are still high and I can't wait to relive every bit of this great adventure.