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![The six man crew for NASA's Space Shuttle "ATLANTIS" commanded by Charlie Hobaugh [ far left] answer questions during the Terminal Count- down Demonstration Test [TCDT] at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on October 20 ,2009 .STS 129 will deliver parts to the International Space Station for both the robotic arm and mobile transporter.UPI/Joe Marino-Bill Cantrell](https://cdnph.upi.com/svc/sv/upi/57261258036417/2009/1/a40dfa42723a7de63a1e76a08ae500cb/NASA-prepares-for-Atlantis-liftoff.jpg "The six man crew for NASA's Space Shuttle \"ATLANTIS\" commanded by Charlie Hobaugh [ far left] answer questions during the Terminal Count- down Demonstration Test [TCDT] at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on October 20 ,2009 .STS 129 will deliver parts to the International Space Station for both the robotic arm and mobile transporter.UPI/Joe Marino-Bill Cantrell")
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The six astronauts who will be aboard space shuttle Atlantis on its STS-129 mission began their pre-launch activities at Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday. The astronauts, who were under medical quarantine at the Johnson Space Center in Houston this week, were to arrive Thursday afternoon at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with the launch countdown officially beginning Friday at 1 p.m. EST. Liftoff is scheduled for Monday at 2:28 p.m.
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The STS-129 mission will be commanded by Charles Hobaugh and piloted by Barry Wilmore. The mission's astronauts are Dr. Robert Satcher Jr., Mike Foreman, Randy Bresnik and Leland Melvin. Wilmore, Satcher and Bresnik will be making their first trips into space, NASA said.
Officials said Atlantis will deliver two gyroscopes and other equipment to the international space station, with the mission to include three spacewalks to adjust the station's robotic arms.
Atlantis also will return station crew member Nicole Stott to Earth, making the mission the final scheduled space shuttle crew rotation flight.
