STS-123
The launch of STS-123, at 06:28 UTC on 11 March 2008.
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| Mission type | ISS assembly | ||||
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| Operator | NASA | ||||
| COSPAR ID | 2008-009A | ||||
| SATCAT № | 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 |
Dominic Gorie Gregory H. Johnson Robert L. Behnken Michael Foreman Richard M. Linnehan Takao Doi |
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| Launching | Garrett Reisman | ||||
| Landing | Léopold Eyharts | ||||
| Start of mission | |||||
| Launch date | 11 March 2008, 06:28:14 UTC | ||||
| Launch site | Kennedy LC-39A | ||||
| End of mission | |||||
| Landing date | 27 March 2008, 00:40:41 UTC | ||||
| Landing site | Kennedy SLF Runway 15 | ||||
| Orbital parameters | |||||
| Reference system | Geocentric | ||||
| Regime | Low Earth | ||||
| Perigee | 336 kilometers (209 mi) | ||||
| Apogee | 346 kilometers (215 mi) | ||||
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees | ||||
| Period | 91.6 minutes | ||||
| Docking with ISS | |||||
| Docking port |
PMA-2 (Harmony forward) |
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| Docking date | 13 March 2008, 03:49 UTC | ||||
| Undocking date | 26 March 2008, 00:25 UTC | ||||
| Time docked | 11 days, 20 hours, 36 minutes | ||||
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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 14 February 2008 but after the delay of STS-122, the shuttle was launched on 11 March 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.
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