STS-123

STS-123
Linnehan assisting in the installation of Dextre on the ISS, during the mission's first EVA
NamesSpace Transportation System-123
Mission typeISS assembly
OperatorNASA
COSPAR ID2008-009A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.32699
Mission duration15 days, 18 hours, 12 minutes, 27 seconds
Distance travelled10,585,900 kilometres (6,577,800 mi)
Orbits completed250
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSpace Shuttle Endeavour
Launch mass122,364 kilograms (269,767 lb)
Landing mass94,158 kilograms (207,582 lb)
Crew
Crew size7
Members
Launching
Landing
Start of mission
Launch dateMarch 11, 2008, 06:28:14 (2008-03-11UTC06:28:14Z) UTC[1]
Launch siteKennedy, LC-39A
End of mission
Landing dateMarch 27, 2008, 00:40:41 (2008-03-27UTC00:40:42Z) UTC
Landing siteKennedy, SLF Runway 15
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude336 kilometers (209 mi)
Apogee altitude346 kilometers (215 mi)
Inclination51.6 degrees
Period91.6 minutes
Docking with ISS
Docking portPMA-2
(Harmony forward)
Docking dateMarch 13, 2008, 03:49 UTC
Undocking dateMarch 26, 2008, 00:25 UTC
Time docked11 days, 20 hours, 36 minutes

Front row (L-R) Johnson, pilot; Gorie, commander. Back row (L-R) Linnehan, Behnken, Reisman, Foreman and Doi, mission specialists.
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STS-123 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which was flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour. STS-123 was the 1J/A ISS assembly mission. The original launch target date was February 14, 2008, but after the delay of STS-122, the shuttle was launched on March 11, 2008. It was the twenty-fifth shuttle mission to visit the ISS, and delivered the first module of the Japanese laboratory, Japanese Experiment Module (Kibō), and the Canadian Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, (SPDM) Dextre robotics system to the station. The mission duration was 15 days and 18 hours, and it was the first mission to fully utilize the Station-to-Shuttle Power Transfer System (SSPTS), allowing space station power to augment the shuttle power systems. The mission set a record for a shuttle's longest stay at the ISS.[2]

  1. ^ NASA (2008). "Space Shuttle STS-123". National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Archived from the original on July 29, 2009. Retrieved January 26, 2008.
  2. ^ Malik, Tariq (March 26, 2008). "Space Shuttle Lands Safely After Construction Marathon". Space.com. Archived from the original on May 22, 2009. Retrieved November 30, 2008.