2010: Space Shuttle Program Odyssey Ends

With the STS-129 Atlantis space shuttle mission now back at the Kennedy Space Center from the final ISS flight of 2009, the space shuttle program is set to begin the final year of flight in 2010. Five flights are pending in the manifest with the International Space Station as the orbital destination. The final shuttle astronaut crews have been named and are in mission training. By the end of 2010, American astronauts will be Russian Soyuz-dependent for access to space. 

1. STS-130 Endeavour is scheduled to launch on February 4, 2010;
2. STS-131 Discovery is scheduled to launch on March 18, 2010;
3. STS-132 Atlantis is scheduled to launch May 14, 2010;
4. SRS-134 Endeavour is scheduled to launch on July 29, 2010;
5. STS-133 Discovery is scheduled to launch on September 16, 2010.