 Linnehan assisting in the installation of Dextre on the ISS, during the mission's first EVA | |
| Names | Space Transportation System-123 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS assembly |
| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 2008-009A |
| SATCAT no. | 32699 |
| Mission duration | 15 days, 18 hours, 12 minutes, 27 seconds |
| Distance travelled | 10,585,900 kilometres (6,577,800 mi) |
| Orbits completed | 250 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Endeavour |
| Launch mass | 122,364 kilograms (269,767 lb) |
| Landing mass | 94,158 kilograms (207,582 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 7 |
| Members | |
| Launching | |
| Landing | |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | March 11, 2008, 06:28:14 UTC[1] |
| Launch site | Kennedy, LC-39A |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | March 27, 2008, 00:40:41 UTC |
| Landing site | Kennedy, SLF Runway 15 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 336 kilometers (209 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 346 kilometers (215 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Period | 91.6 minutes |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | PMA-2 (Harmony forward) |
| Docking date | March 13, 2008, 03:49 UTC |
| Undocking date | March 26, 2008, 00:25 UTC |
| Time docked | 11 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. | |
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]
- ^ NASA (2008). "Space Shuttle STS-123". National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Archived from the original on July 29, 2009. Retrieved January 26, 2008.
- ^ 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.