STS-127 Commander Mark Polansky and Pilot Doug Hurley

2009-06-09 – At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, STS-127 Commander Mark Polansky and Pilot Doug Hurley are ready to begin practicing landings in the Shuttle Training Aircraft. They are practicing in preparation for launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on the STS-127 mission to the International Space Station. Endeavour will deliver the Japanese Experiment Module's Exposed Facility, or JEM-EF, and the Experiment Logistics Module-Exposed Section, or ELM-ES. (Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett)