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STS 125: Oct 08

STS 124 Videos
TouchDown at KSC! The successful STS-124 mission concludes as Discovery safely touches down at Kennedy Space Center. View Video Discovery Performs Fly-Around of Station Cameras aboard the International Space Station and space shuttle Discovery capture spectacular views as the shuttle performs a fly-around of the station. View Video Second Spacewalk for STS-124 Highlights of STS-124's second spacewalk are described by David Beaver, lead spacewalk officer for the mission. View Video Kibo Lab Open for Business Astronauts Mike Fossum and Ron Garan conduct the first spacewalk of the STS-124 mission. View Video STS-124 Conducts First Spacewalk Astronauts Mike Fossum and Ron Garan conduct the first spacewalk of the STS-124 mission. View Video Lift-off! Discovery on it's way to ISS Discovery roars off the launch pad and soars through the clouds for its date with the International Space Station. View Video

STS 124 Videos

TouchDown at KSC!
The successful STS-124 mission concludes as Discovery safely touches down at Kennedy Space Center. View Video

Discovery Performs Fly-Around of Station
Cameras aboard the International Space Station and space shuttle Discovery capture spectacular views as the shuttle performs a fly-around of the station. View Video

Second Spacewalk for STS-124
Highlights of STS-124's second spacewalk are described by David Beaver, lead spacewalk officer for the mission. View Video

Kibo Lab Open for Business
Astronauts Mike Fossum and Ron Garan conduct the first spacewalk of the STS-124 mission. View Video

STS-124 Conducts First Spacewalk
Astronauts Mike Fossum and Ron Garan conduct the first spacewalk of the STS-124 mission. View Video

Lift-off! Discovery on it's way to ISS
Discovery roars off the launch pad and soars through the clouds for its date with the International Space Station. View Video

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STS 124 Mission

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Navy Cmdr. Mark E. Kelly will command the STS-124 shuttle mission to deliver the Pressurized Module and robotic arm of the Japanese Experiment Module, known as "Kibo" (hope), to the International Space Station. Navy Cmdr. Kenneth T. Ham will serve as the pilot. Mission specialists will include NASA astronauts Karen L. Nyberg; Air Force Col. Ronald J. Garan Jr.; and Air Force Reserve Col. Michael E. Fossum. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide also will serve as a mission specialist. Navy Cmdr. Stephen G. Bowen was previously named to the STS-124 crew but has been reassigned to STS-126. The change allows room for the STS-124 mission to rotate a space station resident. Astronaut Gregory E. Chamitoff is scheduled to fly to the station as a mission specialist on STS-124. He will take Astronaut Garrett E. Reisman's place as an Expedition 17 flight engineer and return to Earth on shuttle mission STS-126. The STS-124 mission is the second of three flights that will launch components to complete the Kibo laboratory. The mission will include two spacewalks to install the new lab and its remote manipulator system. The lab's logistics module, which will have been installed in a temporary location during STS-123, will be attached to the new lab. STS-124 is the 26th shuttle mission to the International Space Station. Launch Target: May 31, 2008 Orbiter: Discovery Mission Number: STS-124 (123rd space shuttle flight) Launch Window: 10 minutes Launch Pad: 39A Mission Duration: 13 days Landing Site: KSC Inclination/Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles Primary Payload: 26th station flight (1J), Kibo Pressurized Module, Japanese Remote Manipulator System
Last Updated ( Thursday, 05 June 2008 )

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Discovery Rolls Out Space shuttle Discovery made an important step toward space when it was moved to its launch pad. View Video Tour of Japanese Experiment Module STS-123 Mission Specialist Takao Doi gives a tour of Kibo, the Japanese Experiment Module, for the Japanese Prime Minister. View Video Joint Crew News Conference The STS-123 and Expedition 16 crews answer questions from the media in a joint crew news conference. View Video STS 123 Farewell Ceremony The STS-123 and Expedition 16 crews bid one another farewell. View Video STS 123 Lands at KSC The space shuttle Endeavour touches down in Florida, ending a successful mission. View Video More Videos

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Discovery Rolls Out
Space shuttle Discovery made an important step toward space when it was moved to its launch pad. View Video

Tour of Japanese Experiment Module
STS-123 Mission Specialist Takao Doi gives a tour of Kibo, the Japanese Experiment Module, for the Japanese Prime Minister. View Video

Joint Crew News Conference
The STS-123 and Expedition 16 crews answer questions from the media in a joint crew news conference. View Video

STS 123 Farewell Ceremony
The STS-123 and Expedition 16 crews bid one another farewell. View Video

STS 123 Lands at KSC
The space shuttle Endeavour touches down in Florida, ending a successful mission. View Video