L-4 Days - Thursday, Nov. 12
Approximately 5 p.m. - STS-129 astronaut arrival
L-3 Days - Friday, Nov. 13
10 a.m. - Countdown Status Briefing
- Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, NASA Test Director
- Scott Higginbotham, STS-129 Payload manager
- Kathy Winters, shuttle weather officer
1 p.m. - Countdown starts (not on NASA TV)
L-2 Days - Saturday, Nov. 14
11 a.m. (no earlier than) - Prelaunch News Conference
- Mike Moses, chair, Mission Management Team
- Mike Leinbach, Shuttle launch director
- Kathy Winters, shuttle weather officer
L-1 Day - Sunday, Nov. 15
10 a.m. - Countdown Status Briefing
- Steve Payne, NASA Test Director
- Scott Higginbotham, STS-129 Payload manager
- Kathy Winters, shuttle weather officer
1 p.m. - International Space Station Science Briefing
- John Uri, payloads deputy manager, NASA ISS Program
- Naoki Nagai, deputy director, JAXA, Houston office
- Scott Budzien, RAIDS principal investigator, Naval Research Laboratory
- Mike Corson, HICO principal investigator, Naval Research Laboratory
5:30 p.m. - Rotating Service Structure moves away from Atlantis
Launch Day - Monday, Nov. 16
Crew Activities: (times may vary slightly)
About 6 a.m. -- Crew wakes up (not on NASA TV)
About 9:55 a.m. -- Weather briefing (commander, pilot and mission specialist 2) (not on NASA TV)
About 10:05 a.m. -- Astronauts don flight suits
10:38 a.m. -- Depart for launch pad
11:08 a.m. -- Arrive at White Room and begin ingress
12:13 p.m. -- Close crew hatch
5 a.m. - Fueling commentary coverage begins
Approx. 5:03 a.m. - Tanking begins
9:30 a.m. - Continuous launch commentary coverage begins
2:28 p.m. - Launch
Launch + 1 hour - Post-launch News Conference
- Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for Space Operations
- Mike Moses, chair, Mission Management Team
- Mike Leinbach, space shuttle launch director