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It takes about six hours for a Space Shuttle, aboard a crawler-transporter, to make the trip from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pad preceding a mission.

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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Discovery Performs Fly-Around of Station

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

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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