Photos from the mission «STS-131"

Space shuttle "Discovery" has made the 33th flight to the International Space Station. The purpose of the flight: shipping in the transport module "Leonardo" of various scientific equipment to the ISS. The total weight of the cargo was more than 10 tons. Among the cargo were delivered new sleeping space for the ISS crew, food, supplies, sports equipment, spare parts for the purification and regeneration of water, a new freezer for laboratory and other scientific equipment. Also on board was taken to a new ammonia tank for the cooling system, which was installed by the astronauts, which was carried out three spacewalks during the mission.








The crew of space shuttle "Discovery" commander Alan Poindexter (Alan Poindexter), pilot James Detton (James P. Dutton), specialists Richard Mastracchio (Richard Mastracchio), Anderson Clayton (Clayton Anderson), Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger (Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger) Stephanie Wilson (Stephanie Wilson) and Naoko Yamazaki (Naoko Yamazaki).