Mission STS-123 Orbiter: Endeavour
Mission: STS-123/1J/A
Primary Payload: Kibo Logistics Module, Dextre Robotics System
Launch Date: March 11, 2008
Launch Time: 2:28 a.m. EDT
Launch Pad: 39A
Mission Duration: 16 days
Landing Date: March 26
Landing Time: 7:05 p.m. EDT
Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center
Inclination/Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles
Endeavour in Orbit
Image above: Liftoff of space shuttle Endeavour from Launch Pad 39A on the STS-123 mission lights up the night sky. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
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Space shuttle Endeavour carried the STS-123 crew into orbit March 11 during a early morning launch at 2:28 a.m EDT. The STS-123 astronauts are scheduled to spend 16 days in flight on an ambitious and challenging mission.
Endeavour's landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Fla. is planned for March 26 at 7:05 p.m. EDT. Mission Specialist Garrett Reisman will remain on station as the Expedition 16 and 17 flight engineer replacing Leopold Eyharts who will return with the Endeavour crew.
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