The STS-127 crew members for shuttle Endeavour are: (from left) mission specialists Tom Marshburn, Christopher Cassidy, Tim Kopra and Canadian astronaut Julie Payette, pilot Doug Hurley, commander Mark Polansky and mission specialist Dave Wolf. Behind them are the tops of Endeavour’s orange external fuel tank and one of the two solid rocket boosters.

Liftoff is set for Saturday, 13th June 2009 at 7:17 a.m. EDT (1117 GMT) from NASA’s seaside spaceport in Cape Canaveral, Fla.