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STS-123 || Space Shuttle Endeavour |
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Written by Administrator on
Tuesday, 19 February 2008
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 Endeavour safely back on Earth
26 March 2008 - Delayed a few hours by heavy cloud cover, the space shuttle Endeavour touched down at the Kennedy Space Center at 8:39 PM today. The shuttle crew successfully completed a record 16-day construction mission to the International Space Station, installing both a large Japanese science module and a new Canadian massive robotic manipulator - Dextre - to assist the station's crew with commong tasks. The Endeavour crew also swapped 6 1/2 week ISS resident French astronaut Leopold Eyharts with US astronaut Garrett Reisman. Endeavour's first landing attempt was cancelled due to dense cloud cover over KSC, but an hour and a half later the skies had cleared sufficiently for a second landing attempt.
|  Astronauts test space shuttle heat shield fix
22 March 2008 - It's always difficult to test a fix for something if it isn't broken, so when Robert Behnken and Mike Foreman of the space shuttle Endeavour ventured into the vacuum of space outside the shuttle yesterday to test a new method of reapiring broken heat tiles, they brought with them pre-damaged tiles. The test involved filling voids in the damaged tiles with a silicone-based goo meant to withstand the extreme frictional heat the shuttle's heat shield encounters during atmospheric reentry.
|  Astronauts equip Dextre with toolkit and cameras
21 March 2008 - The hard-working astronauts of the Space Shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station have continued their work on the massive Dextre robot and the Japanese Logistics Pressurized module, both installed on the orbital space station this week. Dextre, built by the Canadian Space Agency, is a multi-handed robot mounted on the end of the ISS's robotic arm that will aid the crew in common repair tasks, negating the need for as many spacewalks. A toolbelt of sorts was attached to the robot and it was mounted to the station's hull, completing its installation.
|  Astronauts install Japanese lab, assemble giant robot
16 March 2008 - The astronauts aboard the International Space Station and the space shuttle Endeavour have been hard at work since the shuttle docked with the station on Thursday. They have already attached the first segment of a massive Japanese laboratory and are busy assembling the Canadian Space Agency's dexterous robot, Dextre.
|  Endeavour docks with ISS, busy construction schedule ahead
Thursday, 13 March 2008 - The space shuttle Endeavour docked with the International Space Station last night in what is the start of the longest and one of the busiest construction missions in ISS history. The two orbital craft met at 343 km over Singapore, where the shuttle performed a backflip to allow the ISS crew to take photographs of the ship's heat shield underside for transmission back to Earth for analysis.
|  Endeavour heat shield passes inspection
12 March 2008 - Following a successful launch early yesterday morning, the crew of the space shuttle Endeavour turned their attention to the shuttle's sensitve heat sheild belly. Using a procedure instituted after the loss of Columbia in 2003, the astornauts methodically scanned the heat tiles with a laser mounted on the end of the craft's robotic arm, looking for any damage that may have been caused by ice or debris falling of the external fuel tank during launch. The inspection revealed no worrisome damage.
|  Endeavour launches towards ISS
11 March 2008 - The space shuttle Endeavour launched early this morning towards the International Space Station, carrying aboard a new robotic arm and the first part of a new Japanese laboratory. Endeavour lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canveral, Florida, at 2:28 AM this morning. The shuttle, commanded by Dominic Gorie, is on a 16-day construction mission to the ISS.
|  NASA gives March 11 Endeavour launch a 'Go'
01 March 2008 - NASA has given the space shuttle Endeavour a 'Go' for its planned March 11 launch. The shuttle rolled out to the launch pad on February 18th, and is destined for the International Space Station. Aboard is the first of three segment's for JAXA's Kibo laboratory, which will be installed on the ISS by the Endeavour crew. The mission is expected to last 16 days. They will also deliver a new two-armed robotic system named Dextre, from the Canadian Space Agency. The installation of Kibo and Dextre is expected to encompass five spacewalks.
|  Endeavour rolls out to launch pad
19 February 2008 - The space shuttle Endeavour, stacked with its orange 500,000 gallon external fuel tank and dual solid-fuel rocket boosters, rolled out to the space shuttle launch pad yesterday. The shuttle is scheduled to launch on March 11 on a mission to carry the first segment of JAXA's Kibo Laboratory to the International Space Station.
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