Endeavour and its crew are scheduled to launch at 4:14 a.m. EDT on 8 February 2010 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle will deliver the third connecting module, called the Tranquility node, and a seven-windowed cupola to be used as a control room for robotics to the International Space Station. The mission will feature three spacewalks. See below video for more mission highlights.

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This is the live, ongoing coverage of STS-130 to the ISS flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour.

Commander George Zamka will lead the STS-130 mission to the International Space Station aboard space shuttle Endeavour. Terry Virts Jr. will serve as the pilot. Mission specialists are Nicholas Patrick, Robert Behnken, Stephen Robinson and Kathryn Hire. Virts will be making his first trip to space.

Endeavour's mission will include three spacewalks and the delivery of the Tranquility node, the final module of the U.S. portion of the space station. Tranquility will provide additional room for crew members and many of the space station's life support and environmental control systems. Attached to the node is a cupola, which houses a robotic control station and has seven windows to provide a panoramic view of Earth, celestial objects and visiting spacecraft. After the node and cupola are added, the orbiting laboratory will be about 90 percent complete.

Patrick, who holds a doctorate in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is sending updates about his training to his Twitter account. He plans to tweet from orbit during the mission.

Endeavour's flight begins the final year of shuttle operations. Five missions are planned in 2010, with the final flight targeted for launch in September.