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STS-124
Sign in to saveSTS-124 was the 35th mission of Space Shuttle Discovery. It went to the International Space Station on this mission. Discovery launched on May 31, 2008, at 17:02 EDT, moved from an earlier scheduled launch date of May 25, 2008, and landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, at 11:15 EDT on June 14, 2008. Its objective was to deliver the largest module of the space station – Kibō, the Japanese Experiment Module pressurized section. The mission is also referred to as ISS-1J by the ISS program.
Key facts
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- STS-124
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- Space Transportation System-124
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- File:STS-124_Kibo.jpg
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- Kibōs pressurized module, two days after its installation, with Discovery in the background
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- ISS assembly
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- NASA
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- 217
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- 13 days, 18 hours, 13 minutes 7 seconds
- Spaceflight.payload_mass
- 17530 kg
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- Kennedy, LC-39A
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- UTC
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- UTC
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- Kennedy, SLF Runway 15
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- 7
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- Sts124crew.jpg
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- From left to right: Chamitoff, Fossum, Ham, Kelly, Nyberg, Garan and Hoshide
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- gee
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Article
30 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Crew notes
- Commander Kelly discusses the crew
- Mission payloads
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission background
- Shuttle processing
- Mission timeline
- May 31 (Flight day 1, Launch)
- Launch pad damage
- June 1 (Flight day 2)
- June 2 (Flight day 3)
- June 3 (Flight day 4)
- June 4 (Flight day 5)
- June 5 (Flight day 6)
- June 6 (Flight day 7)
- June 7 (Flight day 8)
- June 8 (Flight day 9)
- June 9 (Flight day 10)
- June 10 (Flight day 11)
- June 11 (Flight day 12)
- June 12 (Flight day 13)
- June 13 (Flight day 14)
- June 14 (Flight day 15, Landing)
- Extra-vehicular activity
- Wake-up calls
- Contingency mission
- Media
- References
- External links
STS-124 was the 35th mission of Space Shuttle Discovery. It went to the International Space Station on this mission. Discovery launched on May 31, 2008, at 17:02 EDT, moved from an earlier scheduled launch date of May 25, 2008, and landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, at 11:15 EDT on June 14, 2008. Its objective was to deliver the largest module of the space station – Kibō, the Japanese Experiment Module pressurized section. The mission is also referred to as ISS-1J by the ISS program.
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