STS-123

STS-123
	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	Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie; Gregory H. Johnson; Robert L. Behnken; Michael Foreman; Richard M. Linnehan; Takao Doi;
Launching	Garrett Reisman;
Landing	Léopold Eyharts;
Start of mission
Launch date	March 11, 2008, 06:28:14 UTC
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. Space Shuttle program ← STS-122 STS-124 →

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.

[nasa-sts-123-profile-1] NASA (2008). "Space Shuttle STS-123". National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Archived from the original on July 29, 2009. Retrieved January 26, 2008.

[first-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.

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